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While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by playing every weird file you could throw at it. Here's how to get the most ...

Abstract: Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology in indoor implementation is challenged by ambient light and other lighting noise, such as fluorescent lamp and bulb. The ambient light could ...

VLC Media Player for Android, Windows PC, and Apple Mac can cast videos and audio to any Chromecast-enabled device. When watching a movie on VLC, you can stream it to a Chromecast-connected big-screen ...

The VLC media player, with its support for almost every codec, video and audio format, and platform, is one of the best media players you can get. The app even lets you stream content from a PC if you ...

In the vast expanse of digital media technology, few names are as recognisable or as enduring as VLC Media Player. An emblem of open-source success, VLC has evolved significantly since its inception, ...

VideoLAN, the nonprofit organization behind the globally popular VLC media player, has revealed a significant new feature at CES 2025. The new tool enables real-time subtitle generation and ...

The VLC media player includes an ActiveX control that you can embed into your PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint natively supports certain video and audio formats, but VLC can play many other ...

Pair a $5,000 chromed-out Italian espresso machine with old or poorly ground coffee, and your ristretto will taste mediocre — or worse, like a cup of salty battery acid. But invest in a good manual ...

VLC Media Player is a versatile tool that can handle a wide range of media files, but by default, it does not support playing YouTube playlists directly. However, with a simple addon and some ...