VLC Media Player has long been the go-to alternative for Windows Media Player on PCs. In fact, it used to be one of the first few apps I installed as soon as I set up a new computer. Over time, though ...

MPV is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and OpenBSD, among others. The source code is also available on GitHub, so if you ...

Looking for a Windows video player that looks nice, is easy to use, and supports every media file you can imagine? Screenbox is a free and open source application that fits perfectly in Windows 11. It ...

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

Winamp aims to boost the player’s development by making its code open source. This move allows developers worldwide to contribute their ideas and expertise. Alexandre Saboundjian, CEO of Winamp, ...

Holy Llamas!: Winamp is being relaunched as an all-around music platform for creators and artists, but the old desktop player isn't disappearing anytime soon. The corporation owning the brand has now ...

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 ...