If you're one of the millions who already know that VLC is one of the best media players around, maybe you also know a few of the hidden things on this list. But if you've never experienced one of the ...

VLC isn’t just one of the most capable video player apps out there, but one of the most popular PC apps of all time. It’s entirely free, it’s open-source, and it’s so widely loved by nearly everyone.

While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by playing every weird file you could throw at it. Here's how to get the most ...