VLC media player
Open sourceVideoLAN
- Category
- Video
- Version
- 3.0.23
- Size
- ~44 MB
- Licence terms
- Open source (GPL) · free for personal and business use
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- VideoLAN
- Downloads via this site
This links to VideoLAN’s own download source. AfterFormat neither stores nor modifies installer files.
What it is
An open-source media player from the VideoLAN project. It carries its own codecs, so it plays almost any video or audio file without installing a codec pack. There are no ads and no bundled software, and it is free for personal and commercial use alike.
When to pick this
If you want one player that opens everything with no ads. For automatic subtitle lookup, GOM Player; for fine-grained playback settings, PotPlayer.
Details
Plays almost anything
mkv, avi, mp4, wmv, flv and more open without extra codecs. It also plays damaged files that other players refuse.
No ads, no bundles
The installer contains only the player. Nothing to uncheck, and nothing appears later.
Also plays discs and streams
DVDs, network streams and audio CDs play in the same window.
Distribution
- winget ID
- VideoLAN.VLC
- Redistribution policy
- Open source licence
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
- Official site
- https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
