The world of open source software has ample choices for editing andmanipulating audio and video media files. But when you just want putyour feet up and relax, fewer really ideal options are available.

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Windows/Linux: VLC gets a lot of praise around here, but it's Achilles' heel has long been a lack of hardware-accelerated playing, which means HD content choking up. A rough 1.1 preview offers ...

The player has a rewritten audio core that allows better volume outputs and device management. Some of the modules have also been rewritten to support the new core. It also correctly supports ...

VLC is now 15, and it's still the world's most popular media player. There's a good reason for that: it can load up content that other players simply can't. First things first, let's go over a little ...

VideoLAN has pushed out a new finalized build of its VLC media player, adding stability as well as numerous enhancements and features. Among the more noteworthy items listed in 1.1.0's changelog is ...

Open source media player VLC got a huge update this week, including native support for Apple's Arm-based silicon for new M1 Macs. The update should allow owners of Apple's new Macs to experience VLC ...

Users will now be able to run the popular VLC media player on their Chromebox or Chromebook devices as the company recently launched it as a port of the VLC Android version of the app. Chrome OS is ...