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Bing warns Official VLC Player site as dangerous and Microsoft confirms its true [Updated]

Posted by Techdows on Nov 28th, 2018

If you now search for VLC player on Bing and hover over the first result, which is from official Videolan website, Microsoft Search engine shows ‘Site might be dangerous’ warning and suggest to choose another result, and... More »

VLC 3.0 Preview: Play 360° videos with VLC Player

Posted by Techdows on Nov 25th, 2016

Till now you can able to watch 360° videos on YouTube and other sites, but the popular VLC Player on desktop can’t play them, soon it’ll. Videolan has released a Technical preview version of VLC player 3.0 – VLC... More »

How to remove VLC Web Plugin from Firefox and Chrome browsers?

Posted by Techdows on May 22nd, 2015

When you install VLC Player on your computer, it’s Plugins’ for browsers will also be installed by default (unless you uncheck them during the setup). Have you ever watched videos within Chrome and Firefox browsers by using... More »

How to Upgrade VLC to Latest Version

Posted by Techdows on Dec 17th, 2013

VLC Player which plays all media formats (also can convert video files to MP4) offers some special effects too for playing videos. If you’ve already installed this program in your computer, then to upgrade to its latest version... More »

Download VLC Player 2.1 Major Version Now

Posted by Techdows on Sep 26th, 2013

Rincewind codenamed VLC Player version 2.1.0 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux. Videolan has finally released VLC Player 2.1 final with codename Rincewind. This version comes with fixes close to thousand, so you can... More »

VLC 2.0.7 Update Improves Stability, Fixes Security Issues

Posted by Techdows on Jun 11th, 2013

VLC 2.0.7, though a small update for VLC 2.0 series, codenamed “TwoFlower” but it comes with fixes to security issues and improvements for PowerPCs (Mac). VLC 2.0.6 update was offered in April. You can update VLC on Windows... More »

VLC Media Player 2.0.6 Improves Overall Stability and Fixes ASF Files Crashing Bug

Posted by Techdows on Apr 12th, 2013

VideoLan has released 2.0.6 version of their VLC player for Windows, Linux and Mac is available for download from their website with stability bug fixes and improvements. This version has improved the stability, adds support for Matroska... More »

VLC 2.0.6 to Address Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in ASF Demuxer Plugin

Posted by Techdows on Jan 31st, 2013

VLC Player 2.0.5 and earlier versions are affected with a critical vulnerability, to address this Videolan is likely to release 2.0.6 version any time soon. If you’re using VLC media Player 2.0.5 and earlier versions you’re advised... More »

How to Remove Santa Hat in VLC Player Forever – This is For don’t want Users Only

Posted by Techdows on Dec 21st, 2012

On eve of Christmas, VLC Player dresses up its cone with a Santa hat, this hat stays on the VLC cone till January 1st, if you don’t want to see the Christmas hat in the VLC player, you can easily disable or remove it on Windows... More »

VLC Player 2.0.5 Stability Update Released

Posted by Techdows on Dec 15th, 2012

VLC Media Player version 2.0.5 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux and is available for download from the Videolan website. This release is a minor update, fixes several bugs across desktop platforms and on Windows this... More »

VLC 2.0.4 is a Major Update with Opus Support and Numerous bug Fixes

Posted by Techdows on Oct 18th, 2012

VLC Media Player 2.0.4 for Windows/Mac/Linux has been released by Videolan by fixing over hundred bugs and with the addition of 300 commits on top of VLC 2.0.3. This release introduces support for Opus codec and offers number... More »

How to Set VLC Player in Windows 8 As Default Player

Posted by Techdows on Jul 19th, 2012

Microsoft confirmed that Windows Media Player in Windows 8 won’t support DVD Playback, and Windows Media Center will be available to Pro users as an economical add-on pack. Though you can install Windows Media Center in Windows 8... More »

Videolan Finally Removes Annoying Font Cache in VLC 2.0.2 for Mac

Posted by Techdows on Jun 30th, 2012

By this time most of Mac users probably know the news about VLC 2.0.2 release with support for Retina Display, joy for users who purchased Mac Book Pro as they can enjoy videos displayed on higher resolution in VLC with much better... More »

VLC Player 2.0 Released with Blu-ray Playback Support

Posted by Techdows on Feb 19th, 2012

VLC bumps its version number from 1.1.X to 2.0 and boasts it brings new interface for Mac, blu-ray disc support and the ability to open more formats, notably 10bits codecs. Also there are many under the hood changes and improvements.... More »

How to disable Building Font Cache Dialog of VLC Player

Posted by Techdows on Dec 5th, 2010

We’ve covered the purpose of Building Font Cache dialog box shown by VLC Player that appears whenever you try to play a media file, this turns out to be annoying for everyone. VLC only rebuilds font cache file to display subtitles... More »

What is Purpose of Building font Cache in VLC Media Player

Posted by Techdows on Jul 30th, 2010

Update: Read How to disable Building Font Cache Dialog of VLC Player After installing VLC player, when you run it for the first time by opening any media file in it, you will see Building font cache dialog box saying “please... More »

How to Update VLC Media Player

Posted by Techdows on Jul 22nd, 2010

If you are using the popular VLC Media Player, you can check updates for it from it’s help menu. It is always recommended to use the latest version because the newly released version contains bug fixes found in the previous VLC... More »

VLC Media Player 1.1.0 Final Released [download now]

Posted by Techdows on Jun 22nd, 2010

Finally much awaited VLC Player 1.1.0 with supporting WebM and extensions has been released and up for grabs.Check out new features in VLC 1.1.0 below. Read How to Play Your Videos with Special Effects in VLC Player Trick to... More »

VLC Player Adds Supports for Extensions

Posted by Techdows on Feb 1st, 2010

Popular open source VLC media player has added support for extensions.Upcoming VLC 1.1 version will support extensions.It’s quite strange thinking of extensions for media players as we are familiar to using extensions for browsers... More »

How to Convert Any Video File to MP4 Using VLC Player

Posted by Techdows on Dec 29th, 2009

We’ve covered How to play videos with special effects in VLC Player, that’s really fun. These days richest video format being played is MP4 format, a lot of users depend on commercial software to convert video files to such... More »

How to Play Your Videos with Special Effects in VLC Player

Posted by Techdows on Dec 3rd, 2009

VLC Player is an open source media player plays all video and audio format files preferred by a lot of users. Is VLC player only for playing media files? No, there is something more to play and fun with playing your videos with special... More »

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