How do I download VLC Media Player?

How do I download VLC Media Player?

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

Version 3.0.17.4 • Windows • 38 MB

Simple, fast and powerful

  • Plays everything - Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
  • Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
  • Runs on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...
  • Completely Free - no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.

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How do I download VLC Media Player?

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

Version 3.0.17.4 • Windows • 38 MB

Windows requirements

VLC runs on all versions of Windows, from Windows XP SP3 to the last version of Windows 11.

VLC for Windows 95/98/Me

Please install KernelEx or take an old version of VLC

Older versions

Older versions can be found by browsing our archives

VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

Version 3.0.17.4 • Windows • 38 MB

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2022-10-24

VideoLAN is a de-facto pacifist organization and cares about cross-countries cooperations, and believes in the power of knowledge and sharing. War goes against those ideals. As a response Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we decided to financially support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and their work on aiding and protecting forcibly displaced people and communities, in the places where they are necessary. See our press statement.

2022-07-20

VideoLAN is proud to release the new major version of VLC for Android. It comes with new widgets, network media indexation, a better tablet and foldable support, design improvements in the audio screen, improved accessibility and performance improvements.

2022-04-19

Today, VideoLAN is publishing the 3.0.17 release of VLC, which adds support for a few formats, improves adaptive streaming support, fixes some crashes and updates many third party libraries. More details on the release page.

2022-03-21

We are happy to announce a major update of VLC for iOS, iPadOS and tvOS adding a new video playback interface, support for NFS and SFTP network shares and major improvements to the media handling especially for audio. See the press release.

2022-03-06

libbluray and related libraries, libaacs and libbdplus, have new releases, focused on maintenance, minor improvements, and notably new OSes and new java versions compatibility. See libbluray, libaacs and libbdplus pages.

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  1. Open your browser and go to www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html.
  2. Click on the orange DOWNLOAD VLC BUTTON at the top-right of the page. Your operating system should be automatically detected and matched with the correct version of the software:

    How do I download VLC Media Player?

  3. Click the .exe file in your browser's download window when the download has completed to start the install wizard:

    How do I download VLC Media Player?

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Where is VLC Media Player installed?

Install the VLC Media Player in Windows Typically, the default location is set to the Downloads folder. Once the installation file has downloaded, double-click on the file to launch the installation. When the "Do you want this allow this app to make changes to your device?" window pops up, select Yes.

Is VLC Media Player free?

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols.

Is VLC free on App Store?

VLC is completely free and open source.