Semantic Coherence: VideoLAN – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

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VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

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For Everyone

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VLC media player
VLC is a powerful media player playing most of the media codecs and video formats out there.

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VLMC
VideoLAN Movie Creator is a non-linear editing software for video creation.

For Professionals

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DVBlast
DVBlast is a simple and powerful MPEG-2/TS demux and streaming application.

multicat
multicat is a set of tools designed to easily and efficiently manipulate multicast streams and TS.

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x264
x264 is a free application for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

For Developers

libdvdcss

libdvdnav

libdvdpsi

libVLC

vlc-unity

libbluray

libaacs

libdca

biTStream

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VideoLAN is a non-profit organization. All our costs are met by donations we receive from our users. If you enjoy using a VideoLAN product, please donate to support us.
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Contribute

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VideoLAN is open-source software.This means that if you have the skill and the desire to improve one of our products, your contributions are welcome
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Spread the Word

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We feel that VideoLAN has the best video software available at the best price: free. If you agree please help spread the word about our software.
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[H1] News & Updates

VLC for Android 3.7.0
2026-02-25
We are pleased to release version 3.7.0 of the VLC version for the Android platform.It comes with a completely new equalizer and an improved settings backup. See our Android page.
VideoLAN at FOSDEM
2026-01-31
This weekend, VideoLAN is present at FOSDEM in Bruxelles, Belgium with a booth at the K building on Level 1. Throw balls, win rare prices and see our latest work on VLC including our AI based live subtitles generator!
VLC 3.0.23
2026-01-08
VideoLAN and the VLC team are publishing the 3.0.23 release of VLC today, which is the 24th update to VLC's 3.0 branch: it updates codecs, adds a dark mode option on Windows and Linux, support for Windows ARM64 and improves support for Windows XP SP3. This is the largest bug fix release ever with a large number of stability and security improvements to demuxers (reported by rub.de, oss-fuzz and others) and updates to most third party libraries. Additional details on the release page. The security impact of this release is detailed here.The major maintenance effort of this release to strengthen VLC's overall stability as well as the compatibility with old releases of Windows and macOS was made possible by a generous sponsorship of the Sovereign Tech Fund by Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.
VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 3.7.0
2026-01-08
Alongside the 3.0.23 release for desktop, VideoLAN and the VLC team are publishing a larger update for Apple's mobile platforms to include the latest improvements of VLC's 3.0 branch plus important bug fixes and amendments for the 26 versions of the OS. Previously, we added pCloud as a European choice for cloud storage allowing direct streaming and downloads within the app.
New releases for biTStream, DVBlast and multicat
2025-12-01
We are pleased to release versions 1.6 of biTStream, 3.5 of DVBlast and 2.4 of multicat.DVBlast and multicat had major improvements and new features.
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Rémi Denis-Courmont: VLC 3.0.22-rc2 plays Doom music filesWith the back-port of the VLC DMXMUS plugin from VLC 4.0,
versions 3.0.22-RC2 and later are able to play music files
from the 1990's DMX sound library such as Doom, Doom II and Heretic.[...]Rémi Denis-Courmont: SpacemiT's Integrated Matrix ExtensionBreaking down the SpacemiT X60's matrix product.[...]Rémi Denis-Courmont: C908 & X60 HCF instructionsDecoding the HCF instructions from the GhostWrite paper.[...]

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VLC for Android 3.7.0
2026-02-25
We are pleased to release version 3.7.0 of the VLC version for the Android platform.It comes with a completely new equalizer and an improved settings backup. See our Android page.
VideoLAN at FOSDEM
2026-01-31
This weekend, VideoLAN is present at FOSDEM in Bruxelles, Belgium with a booth at the K building on Level 1. Throw balls, win rare prices and see our latest work on VLC including our AI based live subtitles generator!
VLC 3.0.23
2026-01-08
VideoLAN and the VLC team are publishing the 3.0.23 release of VLC today, which is the 24th update to VLC's 3.0 branch: it updates codecs, adds a dark mode option on Windows and Linux, support for Windows ARM64 and improves support for Windows XP SP3. This is the largest bug fix release ever with a large number of stability and security improvements to demuxers (reported by rub.de, oss-fuzz and others) and updates to most third party libraries. Additional details on the release page. The security impact of this release is detailed here.The major maintenance effort of this release to strengthen VLC's overall stability as well as the compatibility with old releases of Windows and macOS was made possible by a generous sponsorship of the Sovereign Tech Fund by Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation.
VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 3.7.0
2026-01-08
Alongside the 3.0.23 release for desktop, VideoLAN and the VLC team are publishing a larger update for Apple's mobile platforms to include the latest improvements of VLC's 3.0 branch plus important bug fixes and amendments for the 26 versions of the OS. Previously, we added pCloud as a European choice for cloud storage allowing direct streaming and downloads within the app.
New releases for biTStream, DVBlast and multicat
2025-12-01
We are pleased to release versions 1.6 of biTStream, 3.5 of DVBlast and 2.4 of multicat.DVBlast and multicat had major improvements and new features.
New releases for libdvdcss, libdvdread and libdvdnav
2025-11-09
New releases of libdvdread, libdvdnav and libdvdcss have been published today. The biggest features of those releases (libdvdread/nav 7 and libdvdcss 1.5) are related to DVD-Audio support, including DRM decryption.
VLC for Android 3.6.0
2025-01-13
We are pleased to release version 3.6.0 of the VLC version for the Android platform.It comes with the new Remote Access feature, a parental control and a lot of fixes. See our Android page.
VLC 3.0.21
2024-06-10
VideoLAN and the VLC team are publishing the 3.0.21 release of VLC today, which is the 22nd update to VLC's 3.0 branch: it updates codecs, adds Super Resolution and VQ Enhancement filtering with AMD GPUs, NVIDIA TrueHDR to generate a HDR representation from SDR sources with NVIDIA GPUs and improves playback of numerous formats including improved subtitles rendering notably on macOS with Asian languages. Additional details on the release page. This release also fixes a security issue, which is detailed here.
VLC for iOS, iPadOS and Apple TV 3.5.0
2024-02-16
We are happy to announce a major update of VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS adding playback history, A to B playback, Siri integration, support for external subtitles and audio tracks, a way to favorite folders on local network servers, improved CarPlay integration and many small improvements.
VLC 3.0.20
2023-11-02
Today, VideoLAN is publishing the 3.0.20 release of VLC, which is a medium update to VLC's 3.0 branch: it updates codecs, fixes a FLAC quality issue and improves playback of numerous formats including improved subtitles rendering. It also fixes a freeze when using frame-by-frame actions. On macOS, audio layout problems are resolved. Finally, we update the user interface translations and add support for more. Additional details on the release page. This release also fixes two security issues, which are detailed here and there.
VLC for iOS, iPadOS and Apple TV 3.4.0
2023-05-03
We are happy to announce a major update of VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS adding a new audio playback interface, CarPlay integration, various improvements to the local media library and iterations to existing features such as WiFi Sharing. Notably, we also added maintenance improvements to the port to tvOS including support for the Apple Remote's single click mode. See the press release for details.
VLC 3.0.18
2022-11-29
Today, VideoLAN is publishing the 3.0.18 release of VLC, which adds support for a few formats, improves adaptive streaming support, fixes some crashes and updates many third party libraries. More details on the release page. This release also fixes multiple security issues, which are detailed here.
VideoLAN supports the UNHCR
2022-10-24
VideoLAN is a de-facto pacifist organization and cares about cross-countries cooperations, and believes in the power of knowledge and sharing. War goes against those ideals. As a response Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we decided to financially support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and their work on aiding and protecting forcibly displaced people and communities, in the places where they are necessary. See our press statement.
VLC for Android 3.5.0
2022-07-20
VideoLAN is proud to release the new major version of VLC for Android. It comes with new widgets, network media indexation, a better tablet and foldable support, design improvements in the audio screen, improved accessibility and performance improvements.
VLC 3.0.17
2022-04-19
Today, VideoLAN is publishing the 3.0.17 release of VLC, which adds support for a few formats, improves adaptive streaming support, fixes some crashes and updates many third party libraries. More details on the release page.
VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 3.3.0
2022-03-21
We are happy to announce a major update of VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS adding a new video playback interface, support for NFS and SFTP network shares and major improvements to the media handling especially for audio. See the press release.
libbluray releases
2022-03-06
libbluray and related libraries, libaacs and libbdplus, have new releases, focused on maintenance, minor improvements, and notably new OSes and new java versions compatibility. See libbluray, libaacs and libbdplus pages.
VLC and log4j
2021-12-15
Since its very early days in 1996, VideoLAN software is written in programming languages of the C family (mostly plain C with additions in C++ and Objective-C) with the notable exception of its port to Android, which was started in Java and recently transitioned to Kotlin. VLC does not use the log4j library on any platform and is therefore unaffected by any related security implications.
VLC for Android 3.4.0
2021-09-20
We are pleased to release version 3.4.0 of the VLC version for the Android platforms.Still based on libVLC 3, it revamps the Audio Player and the Auto support, it adds bookmarks in each media, simplifies the permissions and improves video grouping. See our Android page.
VLC 3.0.16
2021-06-21
Today, VideoLAN is publishing the 3.0.16 release of VLC, which fixes delays when seeking on Windows, opening DVD folders with non-ASCII character names, fixes HTTPS support on Windows XP, addresses audio drop-outs on seek with specific MP4 content and improves subtitles renderering. It also adds support for the TouchBar on macOS. More details on the release page.
VLC 3.0.14, auto update issues and explanations
2021-05-11
VLC users on Windows might encounter issues when trying to auto update VLC from version 3.0.12 and 3.0.13. Find more details here. We are publishing version 3.0.14 to address this problem for future updates.
VLC 3.0.13
2021-05-10
VideoLAN is now publishing 3.0.13 release, which improves the network shares and adaptive streaming support, fixes some MP4 audio regressions, fixes some crashes on Windows and macOS and fixes security issues. More details on the release page.
libbluray 1.3.0
2021-04-05
A new release of libbluray was pushed today, adding new APIs, to improve the control of the library, improve platforms support, and fix some bugs. See our libbluray page.
VideoLAN is 20 years old today!
2021-02-01
20 years ago today, VideoLAN moved from a closed-source student project to the GNU GPL, thanks to the authorization of the École Centrale Paris director at that time. VLC has grown a lot since, thanks to 1000 volunteers!Read our press release!.
VLC for Android 3.3.4
2021-01-21
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC for Android 3.3.4 release which focuses on improving the Chromecast support. Since the 3.3.0 release, a lot of improvements have been made for Android TV, SMB support, RTL support, subtitles picking and stability..
VLC 3.0.12
2021-01-18
VideoLAN is now publishing 3.0.12 release, which adds support for Apple Silicon, improves Bluray, DASH and RIST support. It fixes some audio issues on macOS, some crashes on Windows and fixes security issues. More details on the release page.
libbluray 1.2.1
2020-10-23
A minor release of libbluray was pushed today, focused on fixing bugs and improving the support for UHD Blurays. More details on the libbluray page.
VLC for Android 3.3
2020-09-23
VideoLAN is proud to release the new major version of VLC for Android. A complete design rework has been done. The navigation is now at the bottom for a better experience. The Video player has also been completely revamped for a more modern look. The video grouping has been improved and lets you create custom groups. You can also easily share your media with your friends. The settings have been simplified and a lot of bugs have been fixed.
VLC 3.0.11.1
2020-07-29
Today, VideoLAN is publishing the VLC 3.0.11.1 release for macOS, which notably solves an audio rendering regression introduced in the last update specific to that platform. Additionally, it improves playback of HLS streams, WebVTT subtitles and UPnP discovery.
VLC 3.0.11
2020-06-16
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.11 release, which improves HLS playback and seeking certain m4a files as well as AAC playback. Additionally, this solves an audio rendering regression on macOS when pausing playback and adds further bug fixes. Additionally, a security issue was resolved. More information available on the release page.
VLC 3.0.10
2020-04-28
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.10 release, which improves DVD, macOS Catalina, adaptive streaming, SMB and AV1 support, and fixes some important security issues. More information available on the release page.We are also releasing new versions for iOS (3.2.8) and Android 3.2.11 for the same security issues.
VLC for iOS and tvOS releases
2020-03-31
VideoLAN is publishing updates to VLC on iOS and tvOS, to fix numerous small issues, add passcode protection on the web sharing, and improve the quick actions and the stability of the application.
VLC for iOS 3.2.5 release
2019-12-03
VideoLAN is publishing updates to VLC on iOS, to improve support for iOS9 compatibility and add new quick actions and improves the collection handling.
libdvdread and libdvdnav releases
2019-10-13
We are publishing today libdvdnav and libdvdread minor releases to fix minor crashes and improving the support for difficult discs. See libdvread page for more information.
VLC for iOS 3.2.0 release
2019-09-14
VideoLAN is finally publishing its new major version of iOS, numbered 3.2.0. This update starts the changes for the new interface that will drive the development for the next year. It should give the correct building blocks for the future of the iOS app.
VLC 3.0.8
2019-08-19
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.8 release, which improves adaptive streaming support, audio output on macOS, VTT subtitles rendering, and also fixes a dozen of security issues. More information available on the release page.
VLC 3.0.7
2019-06-07
After 100 millions downloads of 3.0.6, VideoLAN is releasing today the VLC 3.0.7 release, focusing on numerous security fixes, improving HDR support on Windows, and Blu-ray menu support. VideoLAN would like to thank the EU-FOSSA project from the European Commission, who funded this initiative. More information available on the release page.
VLC for Android 3.1
2019-04-08
VideoLAN is happy to present the new major version of VLC for Android platforms. Featuring AV1 decoding with dav1d, Android Auto, Launcher Shortcuts, Oreo/Pie integration, Video Groups, SMBv2, and OTG drive support, but also improvements on Cast, Chromebooks and managing the audio/video libraries, this is a quite large update.
libbluray 1.1.0
2019-02-12
VideoLAN is releasing a new major version of libbluray: 1.1.0. It adds support for UHD menus (experimental), for more recents of Java, and improves vastly BD-J menus. This release fixes numerous small issues reported.
libdvdread 6.0.1
2019-02-05
VideoLAN is releasing a new minor version of libdvdread, numbered 6.0.1, fixing minor DVD issues. See libdvdread page for more info.
VLC reaches 3 billion downloads
2019-01-12
VideoLAN is very happy to announce that VLC crossed the 3 billion downloads on our website: VLC statistics. Please note that this number is under-estimating the number of downloads of VLC.
VLC 3.0.6
2019-01-10
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.6 release, which fixes an important regression that appeared on 3.0.5 for DVD subtitles. It also adds support for HDR in AV1.
VLC 3.0.5
2018-12-27
VideoLAN is now publishing the VLC 3.0.5 release, a new minor release of the 3.0 branch.This release notably improves the macOS mojave support, adds a new AV1 decoder and fixes numerous issues with hardware acceleration on Windows. More information available here.
VLC 3.0.4
2018-08-31
VideoLAN is publishing the VLC 3.0.4 release, a new minor release of the 3.0 branch.This release notably improves the video outputs on most OSes, supports AV1 codec, and fixes numerous small issues on all OSes and Platforms. More information available here.Update for all Windows versions is strongly advised.
VLC 3.0.13 for Android
2018-07-31
VideoLAN is publishing today, VLC 3.0.13 on Android and Android TV. This release fixes numerous issues from the 3.0.x branch and improves stability.
VLC 3.1.0 for WinRT and iOS
2018-07-20
VideoLAN is publishing today, VLC 3.1.0 on iOS and on Windows App (WinRT) platforms. This release brings hardware encoding and ChromeCast on those 2 mobile platforms. It also updates the libvlc to 3.0.3 in those platforms.
VLC 3.0.3
2018-05-29
VideoLAN is publishing the VLC 3.0.3 release, a new minor release of 3.0. This release is fixing numerous crashes and regressions from VLC 3.0.0, "Vetinari", and it fixes some security issues. More information available here. Update for everyone is advised for this release.
VLC 3.0.2
2018-04-23
VideoLAN is publishing the VLC 3.0.2 release, for general availability. This release is fixing most of the important bugs and regressions from VLC 3.0.0, "Vetinari", and improves decoding speed on macOS. More than 150 bugs were fixed since the 3.0.0 release. More information available here.
VLC 3.0.1
2018-02-

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VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

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Version
3.0.23 • Windows • 38 MB

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[H2] Simple, fast and powerful

Plays everything - Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
Runs on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...
Completely Free - no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.
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Add skins.

Create skins with VLC skin editor.

Install extensions.

[H1] Screenshots

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[H2] Sources
You can also directly get the source code.

[H2] GNU/Linux
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VLC for Android™

VLC for Android is a full port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform.
It can play any video and audio files, network streams and DVD ISOs, like the classic version of VLC.
VLC features a full music player, a media database, equalizer and filters, and numerous other features.
VLC for Android is a full port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform.
It can play any video and audio files, network streams and DVD ISOs, like the classic version of VLC.
VLC features a full music player, a media database, equalizer and filters, and numerous other features.

Version
3.7.0 • Android
or download the APK package from our mirrors.
Changelog.

[H1] Features

Plays all files, in all formats, like the classic VLC.
Audio and video media library, with full search and history.
Support for network streams, including HLS and Dash.
Support for NAS and shared drives browsing.
Supports Android Version 2.2 (platform-8) or later for older versions.
Supports Android Version 4.2 (platform-14) or later for current version.
Supports ARMv7, ARMv8 / AArch64, MIPS and x86.
Support Android TV.
Support Chromebooks.

Subtitles support, embedded and external, including ASS and DVD subtitles.
Multi audio or subtitles tracks selection.
Multi-core and full hardware decoding.
Gestures, headphones control.
Audio equalizer and filters.
Supports secondary display.
Supports 360 video and 3D audio.

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[H2] Test it
We need help to test VLC under a variety of devices.
Please join us on our forum to provide feedback and get assistance with any issues you might have.
[H2] Send us phones
If you are a phone manufacturer or have spare phones, please send them to us :)
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[H1] Decoding performance
VLC can decode video in software and hardware mode. Hardware decoding often provides better performance but is not supported on all devices. If your device Android version is below 4.3, software decoding may be the only supported option for you.
[H1] Documentation
We have documentation available on our wiki - please have a look here.