VLC media player facts for kids
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VLC 3 running on Linux and GNOME Shell, playing Spring, a short film by the Blender Foundation
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| Developer(s) | VideoLAN |
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| Initial release | February 1, 2001 |
| Written in | Core: C GUI: C++ (with Qt), Objective-C (with Cocoa), Swift, Java Bundled Extensions: Lua |
| Operating system | Windows, Windows Phone, macOS, Linux, Android, Chrome OS, iOS, iPadOS, Apple TV, Tizen, watchOS, Xbox One |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, ARM, ARM64, MIPS, PowerPC |
| Available in | 48 languages |
| Type | Media player |
| License | GPL-2.0 with some libraries under LGPL-2.1 |
VLC media player, often called VLC, is a very popular program that plays videos and music. It's made by the VideoLAN project and is completely free to use.
VLC is special because it can play almost any type of audio or video file. It can even try to fix and play files that are damaged or not fully downloaded. It works on many different computer systems, like Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, and even phones like Android and iOS. This makes it one of the most flexible players available!
VLC uses many free tools to understand and play different file types. Many of these tools come from the FFmpeg project. VLC was one of the first players to let people watch encrypted DVDs on Linux computers.
The Story of VLC
VLC started as part of the VideoLAN project. It was first created by students at a school in France called the École Centrale de Paris. They released it for free on February 1, 2001. Today, people from all over the world help improve VLC.
The famous orange traffic cone icon of VLC was inspired by traffic cones collected by the students who first created it.
How VLC Works
VLC has a very flexible design. This means it's easy to add new parts (called modules) to help it play new types of files or use new ways to stream video. There are over 300 different modules in VLC!
You can also change how VLC looks by using different skins. It can even play high-quality videos from special D-VHS tapes.
Related Pages
- List of media players
- Comparison of media players
- List of multimedia (audio/video) codecs
Images for kids
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VLC 3.0.10 preferences and effects (running on Linux)
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VLC on Android
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See also
In Spanish: VLC media player para niños
