![]() ![]() ![]() VideoLAN, the company that develops the VLC Player, says their software is "not vulnerable" to the flaw reported by security researchers. If you read somewhere that VLC Media Player had a "critical software vulnerability" that could allow attackers to compromise your computer, you can relax. ![]() Just install VLC on every device you own and don’t worry about converting one file format to another. Today, it’s the Swiss Army Knife of media players. VLC set out to support Windows Media Video (WMV), Apple QuickTime (MOV), RealPlay’s RealAudio and RealVideo, and every other format. The open-source project got its start in 1996, a time when numerous software developers were trying to establish dominance in multimedia by imposing their proprietary file formats on everyone. That is the whole point of VLC Media Player, of course. VideoLAN President Jean-Baptiste Kempf is quoted as saying "VLC runs everywhere, plays everything.” The latest versions include security updates, improvements for Blu-ray and HDR (high dynamic range), 4k (and 8K) playback support, and hardware acceleration. With every release, support for new codecs (file formats) are added, further reducing the chance that you will ever encounter a multimedia file or disc that VLC can’t play. The VLC Player includes features like 360-degree video navigation, the ability to detect vertically oriented video and rotate it automatically, and the ability to re-start a video at the point where you left off or closed it accidentally. Notably, it is developed by a non-profit organization, and has no spyware, ads, or user tracking. ![]() VLC Media Player plays MPEG, AVI, H.264, MKV, WebM, WAV, WMA, WMV, MP3, MP4, and practically all other video and sound formats, as well as DVDs, audio CDs, and various streaming protocols. There are mobile versions for Apple/iOS, Android, and Windows Phone and even versions for Chrome OS, Apple TV, and OS/2. It is also available for over a dozen flavors of Linux and Unix. In January 2021, version 3.0.12 of VLC Media Player was released for Windows and Mac OS X. Today, it’s available on more operating systems than any other media player, and it just keeps getting better. You may not be familiar with VLC Media Player, but it's one of the most popular programs on Earth it passed the 3.5 billion downloads mark this month. ![]()
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