A lightweight modern player that keeps VLC's codec power while adding a polished Windows native interface and touch support.

In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.

The takeaway: A recent social spat highlights the conflicting priorities between Microsoft and open-source projects such as VLC. The universal media player is having issues dealing with MP3 audio ...

MPC-HC is a better VLC alternative for Windows users who mostly want to open videos without any extra complexities.

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Amber Barkley is a writer and editor with over 10 years of experience in topics ranging from personal finance to marketing analytics to fiction. She found her niche ...

You can often guess someone’s age by the version of Windows they vehemently stand by. For many (like myself), Windows 98 turned the family PC into something more ...

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