A lightweight modern player that keeps VLC's codec power while adding a polished Windows native interface and touch support.

Let's begin with Windows' built-in storage management tool: press Win + I to open the Settings panel, then go to System > ...

A decades-old filename limit still trips up users and apps, with a hidden Group Policy that unblocks long paths.

VLC has a rival, and it's 90% smaller with zero features missing.

Plex and Jellyfin dominate the media-server debate, but Kodi can play local and network media without requiring either one.

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 ...

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VLC can take 33 seconds to start playing an MP3 on some Windows PCs, and VideoLAN, the developers behind the open-source media player, says a Microsoft Defender bug is to blame. Jonathan Blow, the ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken steps to end Temporary Protected Status for 13 countries, affecting an estimated 1 million out of 1.3 million recipients who had it as of March 2025.

Local CCTV retrieval and playback for CP PLUS .cpv recordings stored on Google Drive or in a local buffer. Everything runs on the Mac at 127.0.0.1; there is no cloud deployment and footage is not sent ...