(based on 212 reviews)

VLC (VideoLAN) 1.0.3

Rated 50/50 by tbryson92110 at Mar 10, 2010

"Great software! It plays EVERYTHING! I mean Everything!" Great software! It plays EVERYTHING! I mean Everything! Hate the Orange cone icon!! Great software! It plays EVERYTHING! I mean Everything!

Rated 40/50 by JPJayhawk at Mar 9, 2010

"Worked great for cell phone video" Was the only thing I could get to open a video file a friend took on his phone...loved it and it's free! Nothing yet.

Rated 50/50 by jaredzusmc at Mar 9, 2010

"Great All-In-One player" No codecs need to be installed. Not a memory hog. Plays multiple, multiple file types even in their compressed state. Has an option to repair broken files, and will play parts of file that are readable. Broadcasting capabilities. Requires a lot of customization if you're not satisfied with default settings. Will sometimes freeze when going back and forth "Skins". Make sure to carefully select what file types to associate. NO real CONS actually. A great All-In-One media player/utility. Straight out of the box, and ready to use. A simply must have from novice to advanced user. Great for quick testing of files. Personally, I much rather install all of my own codecs to work with al... read more >>

Rated 40/50 by pirooz_9_11 at Mar 9, 2010

"Good Good Good" good good good good good good

Rated 30/50 by DaWeiDave at Mar 5, 2010

"Not all all what I was looking for .(not it's fault'!)" Well as a complete novice ... evan though I dpn't know how.. it looks 'knowable' which is enheartening... Crisp, clean lines (visually and phonically) Really easy to just 'drag' from RP, KM then to Ultra.Mixer So far no real library function which is what I wanted...Dull looking, not nearly as sexy as KM,....why Orange? I'll stick at it I'm going to use it as a learning tool... watch this space!

Rated 50/50 by rmmarikz at Mar 3, 2010

"just great" One of the best players around whats more it comes free, plays virtually anything nothing at all just works perfect

Rated 50/50 by BIGSNORINGBEAR at Mar 3, 2010

"THE BEST MEDIA PLAYER EVER!" IT PLAYS ALL MEDIA FILES, AND ITS FREE!!!! THERE ARE NONE

Rated 50/50 by alanleu at Mar 3, 2010

"nice player support many format" support many formats nanananana great software

Rated 30/50 by subscriber99 at Mar 3, 2010

"Unsuccessfull DVD burning" It's free. It's free. It's free. Couldn't successfully burn a DVD to my hard drive. Couldn't find useful instructions. Poked around interface and did get it to burn a decent quality two minutes of the DVD menu loop, but could get it to burn the whole DVD. Didn't use if for viewing anything, so can't comment, but burning DVD was not successful.

Rated 50/50 by tjjb99 at Mar 3, 2010

"The best there isNo nonsence kicks right in" Kicks in quickly clarity out quick only 1 con no audio for dowloaded music

Rated 50/50 by NathanW at Feb 19, 2010

Dissatisfied with Windows Media Player, this application is a far better alternative. It has more options and is easy to use. I recommend it for anyone who uses a DVD ROM or CD ROM. VLC Media Player is a very user friendly, intuitive application that allows me to use my music libraries or 'movie of the day' without any struggle. It lets me gets started, the 'disappears' while in use. Then it comes easily to use when I am done.

Rated 50/50 by jcamelj at Feb 15, 2010

"able to play everything" the fact that i can play all my media i cant find anything bad about this product simplicity in its use

Rated 40/50 by eltonvaldez at Feb 15, 2010

"plays anything i needed to" easy to use not all formats playable well it plays most formats I use

Rated 40/50 by geftom at Feb 14, 2010

"Plays virtually all formats" Plays virtually all formats Interface not as good as other media players A virtual DVD play setting would be useful

Rated 50/50 by woodsmyth1976 at Feb 14, 2010

"It simply works, every time. What more can be said?" This player works with no hassles, no extra things to download for particular kinds of files. It doesn't try to take over all your media, only what you specify. Haven't found anything yet.

Rated 50/50 by laundrymanric at Feb 14, 2010

"VLC is an improvement over the Microsoft Media Player." Dissatisfied with Windows Media Player, this application is a far better alternative. It has more options and is easy to use. I recommend it for anyone who uses a DVD ROM or CD ROM. It took a little bit to get it to work initially, but the application is far better than messing with Microsoft's application. VLC Media Player is a very user friendly, intuitive application that allows me to use my music libraries or 'movie of the day' without any struggle. It lets me gets started, the 'disappears' while in use. Then it comes easily to use when I am done.

Rated 50/50 by Enlightenment at Feb 10, 2010

If you have an older computer, try VLC Media Player, because it has a FAST start-up time and REQUIRES far less CPU-horsepower to get results. I have VLC, MPC, K-Lite Codecs installed on all of my computers. I prefer to have multiple video players so I have the option to handle the rare problems playing some videos. I use VLC the most because it starts up the fastest and just plain works on all of my family and friends computers that I support.

Rated 50/50 by lar_pri at Feb 7, 2010

"Works when others will not." The most reliable player I've used. When other players are making you reboot, VLC keeps on going, like in that famous commercial. Occasionally, the slide bar will chase the cursor. Just close and reopen VLC and its good to go.

Rated 50/50 by free2create at Feb 7, 2010

Supports formats I've never even heard of, plays video/music better than most paid programs and even allows play lists to be easy and fun (not like Media player). All and all, the best media program I've ever used. I've noticed small glitches here and there as far as navigating through the program but I come from a family of programmers and happen to be a perfectionist anyways. It's a great program and very well written with all cynical nitpicking aside. Think I covered It, I've had the earlier version for about 6 months, re did my Os so now I'm back to restore the VLC. It seems to be a newer version than what I had, can't wait. Doesn't have the bells and whistles of anything fancy but Einstein once said "Any intelligent fool can make things more complicated, it takes a hero with a touch of genius to work in the other direction". As a side note, I hate being bothered with logins and verification for every little thing these days but I took the time to recreate a password just so I could say what a great job these people did with VLC. Excellent Job!

Rated 50/50 by mr_gdogncbd at Feb 7, 2010

"SUPERB SOFTWARE MEDIA PLAYER 4 FREE" VERY EASY TO USE AND PRETTY MUCH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY VERY USER FRIENDLY,AND PICTURE PLAYBACK IS A-1,CAN PLAY MOST COMMON FORMATS WITH NO EXTRA PLUG INS