I became so fed up with the software lag that I dusted off an old Chromecast I found in a drawer and plugged it into my Android TV. It's a second-generation model that was released in 2015.

VLC doesn't need another dashboard, account system, background service, or elaborate setup to justify its existence. It ...

The media player Microsoft should've built.

A lightweight modern player that keeps VLC's codec power while adding a polished Windows native interface and touch support.

Eli is a freelance journalist who lives in Detroit, MI. He got his start in journalism covering video games and sports for Heavy before branching out into greater esports coverage at Dexerto. He also ...

Microsoft is slowly making Windows Media Player Legacy less useful, and their latest move is particularly telling. In Windows 11 Experimental Build 29648.1000 for Future Platforms, the old player’s ...

The takeaway: A recent social spat highlights the conflicting priorities between Microsoft and open-source projects such as VLC. The universal media player is having issues dealing with MP3 audio ...

VLC can take 33 seconds to start playing an MP3 on some Windows PCs, and VideoLAN, the developers behind the open-source media player, says a Microsoft Defender bug is to blame. Jonathan Blow, the ...