At long last, the Windows 8 Metro environment has a decent media player that can play MKV files: VLC for Windows 8! VLC Media Player Beta for Windows 8 is a complete reimagining of VLC for Microsoft's ...

Why it matters: VLC is universally regarded as one of the best (if not the best) media players available today. A new version released a couple of days ago brings further improvements for the ...

VLC Media Player, a popular open-source cross-platform multimedia player has received major updates as of Friday, Dec. 2. According to VideoLAN, the non-profit creator of this program, the 3.0.18 ...

VideoLAN has released an updated version of its VLC Player to fix over a dozen bugs. Two high-risk vulnerabilities in the VLC media player could allow an adversary to craft a malicious .MKV video file ...

It's been a while since ever popular VLC has seen a major update, and today's debut of version 2.1 -- also known as "Rincewind" -- packs a handful of features that are sure to please. Most notably, ...

Open source media player VLC is known as a Swiss Army knife of video players. It can handle pretty much any DRM-free video format you can throw at it, from WMV to MKV, with a little H.264, Xvid and ...

As always, VLC is the free media player you want on your system…but the differences in 2.1, while real and welcome, are hard to spot. The VideoLAN Player, a.k.a. VLC, rarely struts a flashy update.

The best free media player is getting even better. After three years of development, VLC 3.0 ‘Ventari’ is rolling out to all platforms, and it’s packed full of goodies such as Chromecast support. The ...