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Pro Needs no additional codecs
Everything VLC needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Pro Free, open source and cross-platform
VLC is licensed under the CC-SA v3.0+ and available on Windows, OSX and Linux with source code available here.
Pro Plays anything: discs, streams, files
VLC can play not just files, but disc-based media, or even streams. Tools like LiveStreamer can be used to directly play streams from sites like Twitch.tv or Dailymotion directly.
Con Lacks libraries and advanced music player features
VLC is a media player first and foremost. There is no library management, aside from playlists, usage of tags is very limited, no rating system and VLC is best at playing a file directly from a folder as opposed to helping you manage or find good songs in your music library.
Pro Works via CLI and has multiple frontends to choose from
Some of the more popular frontends include Deepin Media Player, GNOME MPlayer, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Rosa Media Player, SMPlayer and Xt7-Player.
Pro Multiple forks
Some of the more popular forks include MPlayer2 and mpv.
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