VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that will allow its users to play most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that will allow its users to play most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

Here are some key features of "VLC Media Player":

· Simple, Powerful and Fast
· Plays everything, Files, Discs (DVD, CD, VCD), Devices and Streams
· Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed
· Completely Free, 0 Spyware, Ads or User Tracking
· Best Mpeg2, x264, DivX player
· Works on most platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix...
· Media Converter and Streamer

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Important notes:
· The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
· Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
· The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options. All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
· HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers. By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS. - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate), --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and --http-crl (optional CRL).
· RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly. Us...