How do I download VLC to my computer?

How do I download VLC to my computer?

How do I install VLC Media Player on my computer?

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

Is VideoLAN organization legit?

Help us out! VideoLAN is a non-profit organization. All our costs are met by donations we receive from our users. If you enjoy using a VideoLAN product, please donate to support us.

Who is owner of VLC player?

The founder of the company is a VideoLAN developer Jean-Paul Saman. M2X provides innovative solutions for these use cases through its experience in developing and integrating Open Source software like VLC and embedded linux in customer products.

What is VideoLAN/VLC?

videolan / vlc 1 VLC media player. VLC is a libre and open source media player and multimedia engine , focused on playing everything, and running everywhere. 2 Platforms. Haiku, OS/2 and a few others. 3 Contributing & Community. VLC is maintained by a community of people, and VideoLAN is not paying any of them. 4 libVLC. 5 Support.

What does VLC stand for?

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats ( MPEG, DivX / Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several…

What is the license of the software VLC?

VLC is part of the VideoLAN project and is developed and supported by a community of volunteers. The VideoLAN project was started at the university École Centrale Paris who relicensed VLC under the GPLv2 license in February 2001. Since then, VLC has been downloaded billions of times. VLC is released under the GPLv2 (or later) license.

Is VLC a registered trademark?

VideoLAN, VLC, VLC media player and x264 are trademarks internationally registered by the VideoLAN non-profit organization. VideoLAN software is licensed under various open-source licenses: use and distribution are defined by each software license.