VLC Player VS Windows Media Player

Most people who use Windows will most likely stick with the default multimedia player software such as Windows Media Player that has been preinstalled on the machine. But there are so many more free and open-source alternatives out there that can do so much more than Windows Media Player. One of these programs is VLC Player. VLC is a free video & audio player that is capable of doing so much more than the average multimedia player.

VLC can read and play corrupted and broken files. VLC Player will skip the parts that are broken and will continue playing the video unlike many other multimedia players who simply give you an error and stop the playback immediately.

Another useful feature is its ability to read archived files. This is a big time saver for people who love to use programs such as Winzip, 7Zip or Winrar. With VLC Media Player, you no longer have to extract video or audio from the archive in order to play it. Simply load up your Zip or RAR file into VLC Player and it will start playing.

VLC (VideoLan) Player also features a very light-weight and a user friendly interface. Thanks to its light interface, VLC will run on almost any Windows OS including Windows 98,2000,XP,Vista and Windows 7.

The Most Amazing thing about VLC Player is that it can play virtually any file format out there. You no longer need to look for different codecs in order to make that one video work.