The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full features list.
It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.
 

 
Input media

UDP/RTP Unicast
UDP/RTP Multicast
HTTP / FTP
MMS
TCP/RTP Unicast
DCCP/RTP Unicast
File
DVD Video 1 -
Video CD / VCD -
SVCD 2 -
Audio CD (no DTS-CD) -
DVB (Satellite,
Digital TV, Cable TV) -
MPEG encoder 3 -
Video acquisition Direct Show iSight, EyeTV 4 V4L, V4L2 V4L, V4L2

Input formats

MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
AVI
ASF / WMV / WMA
MP4 / MOV / 3GP
OGG / OGM / Annodex
Matroska (MKV)
Real
WAV (incuding DTS)
Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
Raw DV
FLAC
FLV (Flash)
MXF
Nut
Standard MIDI / SMF
Creative™ Voice
 

video format :
MPEG-1/2
DIVX (1/2/3)
MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4
H.261
H.263 / H.263i
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
Cinepak
Theora
Dirac / VC-2
MJPEG (A/B)
WMV 1/2
WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 1, 2 1 1, 2 1 1
Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
DV (Digital Video)
On2 VP3/VP5/VP6
Indeo Video v3 (IV32)
Indeo Video 4/5 (IV41, IV51)
Real Video 1/2
Real Video 3/4
 

audio format :
MPEG Layer 1/2
MP3 - MPEG Layer 3
AAC - MPEG-4 part3
Vorbis
AC3 - A/52 (Dolby Digital)
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) 3
MLP / TrueHD 3
DTS
WMA 1/2
WMA 3 1 1 1
FLAC
ALAC
Speex
Musepack / MPC
ATRAC 3
Wavpack
Mod (.s3m, .it, .mod)
TrueAudio (TTA)
APE (Monkey Audio)
Real Audio 2
Alaw/µlaw
AMR (3GPP)
MIDI
LPCM
ADPCM
QCELP
DV Audio
QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
MACE
 

Download VLC Media Player 1.0 Final