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== Description == <!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. --> VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC is based primarily on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec libavcodec] produced as part of the [[FFmpeg]] software. == User Experiences == <!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. --> * http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/digital-video-preservation-identifying-containers-and-codecs * [http://prezi.com/yvwj9nlfmmqt/digital-preservation-tools/ Digital Video Preservation: Identifying Containers and Codecs] * http://www.carli.illinois.edu/sites/files/digital_collections/documentation/guidelines_for_audio.pdf * [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/digital-curation/k-B7g80lOfQ Sound and Moving Image Viewer question on Digital Curation Google Groups forum] == Development Activity == <!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. --> <!-- Add the Ohloh.com ID for the tool, if known. -->