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About VLC
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`VLC media player <https://www.videolan.org/vlc/>`_ (commonly known as just **VLC**) is a free and Open Source cross-platform multimedia player and framework.

VLC plays most multimedia files and Blurays, DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

You can download the latest version of VLC on our `website <https://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download>`_ for free. 

Key features
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* VLC plays Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices, and Streams.
* VLC runs on all platforms and is completely free. 
* It has a complete feature-set over the video, subtitle synchronization, video, and audio filters.
* It has hardware decoding on most platforms. It supports 0-copy on the GPU and can fallback on software when required.
* No spyware, ads, and user tracking are allowed on the VLC media player.
* Advanced formats are allowed on VLC.
* VLC lets you apply audio effects, video effects and tweak how a video’s audio and video line up.