Install VLC in Linux
VLC is a robust video player in Linux, it can play many video and audio files, Here’s what VLC can support (from Wikipedia):
- Input
- UDP/RTP unicast or multicast, HTTP, FTP, MMS, DVDs, VCD, SVCD, CD Audio, DVB (Only on Linux and on Windows in development versions), Video acquisition (via V4l and DirectShow), RSS/Atom Feeds, and from files stored on your computer.
- Container formats
- 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, QuickTime, MP4, Ogg, OGM, WAV, MPEG-2 (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AIFF, Raw audio, Raw DV, FLAC
- Video formats
- Cinepak, DV, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HuffYUV, Indeo 3[14], MJPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2, Sorenson (thus enabling direct playback of the modified Sorenson H.263 encoded videos downloaded from YouTube), Theora, VC-1, VP5, VP6, WMV
- Subtitles
- DVD, SVCD, DVB, OGM, SubStation Alpha, SubRip, Advanced SubStation Alpha, MPEG-4 Timed Text, Text file, Vobsub, MPL2, Teletext
- Audio formats
- AAC, AC3, ALAC, AMR, DTS, DV Audio, FLAC, MACE, MP3, QDM2/QDMC, RealAudio, Speex, Screamtracker 3/S3M, TTA, Vorbis, WavPack, WMA
Install it by using this command:
$ sudo apt-get install vlc
