VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

However, when you install VLC, it does not become the default media player for the computer i.e., when you double-click on a media file, Windows plays it in the Windows Media Player. So if you ...

The first thing you need to do to fix the lagging issue is to update VLC Media Player. To do that, launch VLC Media Player, go to the Help tab and click Check for updates. Finally, follow the on ...

I certainly did with VLC Player. I was shocked how far Media Player has come since it was introduced two years ago, though.

If you've been looking for a media player, I'll provide some reasons why you should consider giving VLC a go. VLC is free for ...