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This free VLC alternative for Windows keeps things simple without losing the essentials

MPC-HC is a better VLC alternative for Windows users who mostly want to open videos without any extra complexities.

VideoLAN blames Microsoft Defender for VLC performance issue

A bug involving Microsoft Defender causes MP3 files to take over 30 seconds to open in VLC media player. The delay occurs when Defender scans VLC's plugin cache during startup, but users can resolve ...
Research Snipers

After criticism of a lame player: VLC makers blame Windows

If the VLC player takes over 30 seconds to play a simple MP3 file, you’re in trouble. A user used this to generally criticize ...
XDA Developers

Windows Media Player needs these 3 features if it wants to compete with VLC

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...
TechSpot

A Windows Defender bug is making VLC take 30 seconds to open an MP3 file

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

VLC Media Player 3.0.8 Released with 13 Security Fixes

VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.8 and it is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This release fixed 13 security vulnerabilities as well as providing improvements to video playback.