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Simple, fast and powerful media player. Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
SpecsUpdate
Pros
Pro Surprisingly lightest on resources
Yes. Lightest. Even better than the ones known to be light. Both when playing music, only a single song or when playing a video. Either in terms of RAM and CPU. Compared with almost all, including the ones from Windows like mpc-hc, or light ones from Linux like Alsa Player, Audacious, SmPlayer.
Pro Surprisingly Lightest on Resources
Yes. Lightest. Even better than the ones known to be light. Both when playing music, only a single song or when playing a video. Either in terms of Ram and Cpu. Compared with almost all, including the ones from Windows like mpc-hc .. or light ones from Linux like Alsa Player, Audacious, SmPlayer .
Cons
Con Does not follow GTK theming
Since VLC is not a GTK app, it's hard or even impossible to make it look consistent with some GTK themes.
Con Lacks libraries and advanced music player features
VLC is a media player first and foremost. There is no library management (aside from playlists), limited usage of tags, and no rating system. VLC is best at playing a file directly from a folder, but falls behind when it comes to helping you manage or find good songs in your music library.