What is the full form of VLC?

The full form of VLC is VideoLAN Client. It is a media player that is open source and cross-platform. It was created by VideoLAN and can be used by anyone free of charge. It is accessible in app stores and serves all mobile platforms and operating systems.

Along with DVDs and VCDs, VLC allows sound – visual formats like DivX / Xvid, MPEG, Ogg, etc. It is designed in a modular way to select various modules and determine how well the output can be managed and displayed.

Essential pieces of information about VLC

• VLC can transmit and transcode multimedia files over networks and can store them in different formats.
• In 1996, the VideoLAN project was an academic project by French Engineering School students. On their PCs, they decided to watch TV. To stream and read MPEG2, they wrote VideoLAN Server and VideoLAN Client.
• It was published on 1st February 2001 under the name VLC media player. Since 2011, it has been available on google play store for android apps.

Characteristics of VLC

• VLC can also play broken, incomplete or unfinished images, as it is packet-based.
• It can be mounted or run directly from the USB or some other external drive.