The latest VLC update quietly improves one of its best new features

Now, with its latest 3.0.23 update, VLC's dark palette has been improved even further, and on top of that, there are a ton of ...
ExtremeTech

VLC for Windows 8 finally arrives, bringing MKV and subtitle support to tablets

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 ...

VLC on Android is ugly, but it's still the only video player I trust

VLC for Android is not a beautiful application. It does not follow the fluid design trends of Google’s Material You. It does ...
TechSpot

VLC media player adds support for new formats, improves streaming support, and more

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 ...
Ars Technica

VLC choking on .MKV files

AVI and Matroska are just container formats. What makes a difference is how the contents are encoded. Most MKVs I've seen use the Theora video codec which is more resource-intensive than DivX (MPEG4) ...
PC World

Beloved VLC media player releases a robust universal Windows 10 app

Two years ago, VLC-maker VideoLan rolled out a version of its popular open source media player for the Windows Store. Now the group is back with a new beta version of VLC for the Windows Store built ...
TechSpot

Say goodbye to VLC as Windows 8.1 gets native MKV support

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Xbox One received native Matroska Multimedia Container (MKV) file support earlier this year and now, ...