Videolan VLC
 

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/


Features
Simple, Powerful and Fast

Plays everything, Files, Discs (DVD, CD, VCD, Blu-Ray), Webcams and Streams

Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed:
MPEG-2, H.264, DivX, MPEG-4, WebM, WMV player

Completely Free, 0 Spyware, Ads or User Tracking

Works on most platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix...

Media Converter and Streamer

http://forum.videolan.org/index.php

VLC Skins downloads

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php


For Win7 64 here a link for VLC 64

Link show all version and latest is at the bottom
http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/last/win64/


http://wiki.videolan.org/Skins

VLC PLAYER CAN DO MUCH MORE

For most people, VLC is the favorite media player because it plays everything they throw at it without hiccups. No hunting for codec. But VLC can do a lot of other things as well. Find out how many of these listed below you knew, and how many you did not.

1. Rip DVDs: VLC includes a basic DVD ripper. You probably would never use it when there are better DVD rippers available, but it helps to know that you can in fact, get a decent quality DVD rip with VLC. To rip a movie follow these steps: Go to the Media menu and choose Convert/Save. Click on the Disc tab.

* Here you can adjust the Starting Position and rip only specific titles or chapters.
* Enter file name making sure to end with .MPG, and start ripping.
* Click Save.

2. Record videos: With the new VLC, you can record videos during playback. The record button is hidden by default. To see it, click on View>Advanced Control. The record button will now appear. Clicking on the button while playing a movie or video will start recording. Clicking again will stop recording.


3. Play RAR files: Do you know VLC can play videos zipped inside RAR files? They play like normal video files and you can even use the seek bar. If the RAR file is split into several files, no problem. Just load the first part (.part001.rar ) and it will automatically take the rest of the parts and play the whole file.

4. Play in ASCII mode: VLC media player has an amusing ability, to playback movies in ASCII art. To enable ASCII mode, open VLC media player and click on Tools>Preferences. Open the section "Video" section and under "Output" select "Color ASCII art video output" from the drop down menu. Save it. Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art.

5. Listen to online radio: VLC includes hundreds of Shoutcast radio stations. You just need to enable it through Media>Services Discovery>Shoutcast radio listings. Now, open the Playlist and browse through the stations.

6. Convert Audio and Video formats: In VLC you can convert video and audio files from one format to another. Several different formats are supported like MP4, WMV, AVI, OGG, MP3 etc. To access the converter:

* Go to Media>Convert/Save.
* Load the file you want to convert using the Add button and click Convert.
* Now choose the output format and output file location.

7. Download YouTube and other online videos: First grab the URL of the YouTube video page. Now click on Media>Open Network stream. Paste the URL and click Play.
Once VLC starts streaming the video, click Tools>Codec Information and at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box. Copy the URL and paste it on your browser's address bar. The browser will now download the file which you can save it to your hard disk. Alternatively, you can record the video.

This page is just a reminder of what the keyboard hotkeys are in the Qt4 Interface.
<dl><dt>Ctrl + A </dt><dd> Advanced controls </dd><dt>Ctrl + B </dt><dd> Bookmarks </dd><dt>Ctrl + C </dt><dd> Open capture device </dd><dt>Ctrl + D </dt><dd> Open disc </dd><dt>Ctrl + E </dt><dd> Extended settings </dd><dt>Ctrl + F </dt><dd> Open Folder/Directory </dd><dt>Ctrl + H </dt><dd> hide/show menus (a.k.a Minimal view; like in Acrobat Reader) </dd><dt>Ctrl + I </dt><dd> Media Information </dd><dt>Ctrl + J </dt><dd> Codecs Information </dd><dt>Ctrl + L </dt><dd> Hide/Show playlist </dd><dt>Ctrl + M </dt><dd> Messages </dd><dt>Ctrl + N </dt><dd> Open network stream </dd><dt>Ctrl + O </dt><dd> Open File </dd><dt>Ctrl + P </dt><dd> Preferences </dd><dt>Ctrl + Q </dt><dd> Quit </dd><dt>Ctrl + R </dt><dd> Convert/Save </dd><dt>Ctrl + S </dt><dd> Streaming </dd><dt>Ctrl + T </dt><dd> Goto Time </dd><dt>Ctrl + U </dt><dd> Dock/Undock playlist </dd><dt>Ctrl + V </dt><dd> Paste Location/Paste MRL </dd><dt>Ctrl + W </dt><dd> VLM configurator </dd><dt>Ctrl + X </dt><dd> Load playlist </dd><dt>Ctrl + Y </dt><dd> Save playlist </dd><dt>Ctrl + Z </dt><dd> Switch to skins (requires restart) </dd><dt>+ </dt><dd> faster </dd><dt>- </dt><dd> slower </dd><dt>ESC </dt><dd> leave fullscreen/close dialogue </dd><dt>space </dt><dd> play/pause </dd><dt>Enter </dt><dd> select menu entry (dvd) </dd><dt>Arrows </dt><dd> navigate menus (dvd) </dd><dt>A </dt><dd> cycle aspect ratio </dd><dt>B </dt><dd> cycle audio track </dd><dt>C </dt><dd> cycle cropping ratio </dd><dt>D </dt><dd> cycle deinterlace filters </dd><dt>E </dt><dd> next frame (1.0 and over) </dd><dt>F </dt><dd> toggle fullscreen </dd><dt>G </dt><dd> subdelay down </dd><dt>H </dt><dd> subdelay up </dd><dt>I </dt><dd> interface show </dd><dt>J </dt><dd> audiodelay down </dd><dt>K </dt><dd> audiodelay up OR next subtitle-track (or none) (??????????????) </dd><dt>L </dt><dd> loop </dd><dt>M </dt><dd> mute </dd><dt>N </dt><dd> next track </dd><dt>O </dt><dd> original video size ( adding the black borders to the video ) </dd><dt>P </dt><dd> previous track </dd><dt>R </dt><dd> random </dd><dt>S </dt><dd> stop </dd><dt>T </dt><dd> position/time </dd><dt>V </dt><dd> subtitle track cycle </dd><dt>W </dt><dd> wallpaper (does only work with video output DirectX) </dd><dt>Z </dt><dd> cycle zoom </dd><dt>Shift + A </dt><dd> cycle audio device </dd><dt>Shift + B </dt><dd> title next </dd><dt>Shift + G </dt><dd> history back </dd><dt>Shift + H </dt><dd> history forward </dd><dt>Shift + N </dt><dd> chapter next </dd><dt>Shift + O </dt><dd> title prev </dd><dt>Shift + P </dt><dd> chapter prev </dd><dt>Shift + M </dt><dd> disc menu </dd><dt>Shift + S </dt><dd> snapshot </dd><dt>Alt + A </dt><dd> audio menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + C </dt><dd> crop / (+shift) uncrop bottom </dd><dt>Alt + D </dt><dd> crop / (+shift) uncrop left </dd><dt>Alt + F </dt><dd> crop / (+shift) uncrop right </dd><dt>Alt + H </dt><dd> help menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + L </dt><dd> playback menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + M </dt><dd> media menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + R </dt><dd> crop / (+shift) uncrop top </dd><dt>Alt + T </dt><dd> tools menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + V </dt><dd> video menu (English translation) </dd><dt>Alt + Left Arrow </dt><dd> jump 10 sec. back </dd><dt>Alt + Right Arrow </dt><dd> jump 10 sec. forward </dd><dt>Control + Left Arrow </dt><dd> jump 1 minute back </dd><dt>Control + Right Arrow </dt><dd> jump 1 minute forward </dd><dt>Control + Alt + Left Arrow </dt><dd> jump 5 minutes back </dd><dt>Control + Alt + Right Arrow </dt><dd> jump 5 minutes forward </dd><dt>Shift + Left Arrow </dt><dd> jump 5 seconds back </dd><dt>Shift + Right Arrow </dt><dd> jump 5 seconds forward </dd></dl> See also

VLC to convert an MKV file to MP4:

Run "VLC media player".
From main menu select "Media" > "Convert / Save...".
On "File" tab, click "Add..." button.
Choose you MKV file. ...
Click "Convert/Save" button.
Select Profile: "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)".
Click on the icon button that has hint: "Edit selected profile".