VideoLAN

media player and streaming server

Our Rating: (Very Good!)

VideoLAN is a media player and streaming server that supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, FLV and many other formats (without the need for additional codecs), as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. The built-in streaming server supports on-the-fly transcoding, RTP Unicast/Multicast and HTTP. Other features include fiull-screen playback, video snapshots, CDDB support (for Audio CDs), web/telnet and command-line interfaces and much more. The VideoLAN interface is plain and simple, focused on functionality rather than eye candy - best suited for video playback.

Freeware