What is VideoLAN VLC media player?

VideoLAN VLC media player is software application developed by VideoLAN Team. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 82.61% of installations running this operating system. VideoLAN VLC media player's installer is typically 57.00 MB in size and installs around 9 files. The most common release is 0.8.6 with 44.37% of all installations currently using this version.

VideoLAN VLC media player is most popular in the United States with 21.2% of installations residing in this country.

VideoLAN VLC media player adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, VideoLAN VLC media player is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About VideoLAN VLC media player?

This driver package is essential for the proper functioning of the installed VNC Printer. It enables seamless communication between the hardware device and your computer. Additionally, VLC supports customizable skins through the skins2 interface and is compatible with Winamp 2 and XMMS skins. Due to its packet-based nature, VLC has the capability to play video content from damaged, incomplete, or unfinished files, such as those still being downloaded via peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.

Software Behaviors

Services:

vlc.exe runs as a service named 'VLC-Win7_Service' (VLC-Win7_Service).

Firewall:

vlc.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

vlc.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A204F134-5052-4A33-BF57-A9AE2A845D9C}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

vlc.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Set Audio mode to Waveout.
vlc.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named VLC startup.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.videolan.org

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe

Size:

57.00 MB

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