How to use VLC media player

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.

Video tutorial |  How to use VLC media player

VLC media player for Windows

Download from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

VLC media player for Mac OS X

Download from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Features

Simple, fast and powerful media player.

Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.

Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed:
MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...

Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...

Completely Free, no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.

Can do media conversion and streaming.  Read more...