VLC vs Media Player Classic: Which One is Better?

VLC and Media Player Classic are two famous media players on the Internet. If you have no idea which one to choose, you’ve come to the right place. This article will compare these two players and help you to finger out which one is better.

Introduction of VLC and Media Player Classic

VLC is an open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework developed by the VideoLAN project. It supports many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols, which can be called a portable multimedia player, encoder, and streamer.

Media Player Classic is a small and lightweight media player for Windows. It looks just like the good-old Windows Media Player 6.4, but has various extra features. For example, it has a built-in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support (requires QT and/or Real player), and lots more.

Comparison Between VLC and MPlayer

Software VLC Media Player Classic
Operating Systems
Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/iOS/Android
Windows
Latest Version
2.0.6
6.4.9.1
Most Recent Release Date
Apr 11, 2013
Dec 10, 2008
Original Release Date
Feb 1, 2000
May 29, 2003
Supported Formats
.wav, .mp3, .mp4, .aac, .wma, .ogg, .ra, .avi, .mov, .xvid, .mpeg, .3gp, .asf, .asx, .flv, .m2p and etc.
.wma, .mp3, .mp4, .ogg, aac, .mkv, .xvid, divx, .avc, .avi, .flv and ect
Streaming
Skinnable
Media Data Base
A-B Repeat
Visualizer
Color Controls

From this cart, we’ll see VLC is better than Media Player Classic when comes to features and functions.

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