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* http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/digital-video-preservation-identifying-containers-and-codecs
 
* 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://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
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* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/digital-curation/k-B7g80lOfQ Sound and Moving Image Viewer question on Digital Curation Google Groups forum]
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 21 April 2021



Cross platform audio and video player based primarily on the libavcodec.
Homepage:http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
License:GNU LGPL
Platforms:Cross platform
Function:Rendering
Content type:Audio,Video
Appears in COW:Archival Forensics workflow (storage media deposit)


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Description[edit]

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 libavcodec produced as part of the FFmpeg software.

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