Originally called VideoLAN Client, VLC media player is the main software of the VideoLAN solution.

VLC works on many platforms: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, *BSD, Solaris, Familiar Linux, Yopy/Linupy and QNX. It can play:

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MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 / DivX files from a hard disk, a CD-ROM drive, ...
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DVDs, VCDs, and Audio CDs
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from satellite card (DVB-S),
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Several types of net ...