There's a good chance you already use the VLC media player. But VLC isn't just a media player — it's a complete Swiss Army Knife for digital videos and music, filled with useful and fun features you haven't found yet.
If you're just using VLC to play back local media files, you're only using a tiny fraction of VLC's capabilities. There's so much more you can do with VLC, whether you're using it on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Convert Media Files
VLC can convert media files between the formats it supports. You could use this to make a video smaller for a mobile device, convert media from an unsupported format to one your device supports, or even to extract the audio from a video and save it as a separate file.
To do this, click the Media menu and select Convert / Save. Load the file you want to convert, click the Convert / Save button, and select the type of file you want to convert it to. Use the Edit selected profile button to tweak the video encoding settings.
Stream Media Over the Network or Internet
VLC can stream media across the Internet or on your local network. To get started, click the Media menu, select Stream, provide the media file you want to stream and click the Stream button. You'll be able to set up VLC as a media server so other computers on the network — or even around the world — can connect to your stream and view it.
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