Should I remove VLC media player?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #759
United States Rank #1,777
Reach 0.9009%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 10.85 days
320.01 days >
Average installed length: 168.14 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 2.1.0 |
100.00% |
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VLC media player 2.1.0
What is VLC media player?
VLC media player (also known as VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source cross-platform media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project. VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream over computer network and to transcode multimedia files. The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. Many of VLC's codecs are provided by the libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project, but it uses mainly its own muxer and demuxers and its own protocols.
About (from VideoLAN Team)
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
Overview
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Integrates into the web browser
- Installs a Windows Service
Program details
URL: www.videolan.org
Help link: www.videolan.org/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 69.97 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by VLC media player 2.1.0
| Program executable: | vlc.exe |
| Name: | VLC media player |
| VLC media player 2.1.0 |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe |
| MD5: | c3967ee40d7d552b871c097af863d51f |
| Taskbar: | Displays an icon in the notification area |
| VLC media player (VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project. VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including... |
Additional files:
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emp.exe - VLC media player (VLC media player 2.0.2)
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libvlc.dll - VLC media player 2.1.0
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libvlccore.dll
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vlc 64.exe - VLC media player 2.0.7
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vlc-cache-gen.exe
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axvlc.dll - VLC Web Plugin (VLC media player (Activex Plugin))
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npvlc.dll - VLC media player Web Plugin 2.1.0
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winmm.dll (by Power Technology) - DFX (MCI API DLL)
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uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
3 Autoplay Handlers
- emp.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'VLCPlayVCDMovieOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'VLC.VCDMovie' and the action verb 'Open.
- vlc.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'Play DVD movie_using_VLC media player' with the ProgID of 'VLC media player_autoplay_handler' and the action verb 'Play DVD movie_verb.
- vlc 64.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'VLCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'VLC.OPENFolder' and the action verb 'Open.
Google Chrome Plugin
- npvlc.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npvlc.dll'.
2 Mozilla Plugins
- npvlc.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.2.8' with a plugin key of '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.2.8' for all users of the PC.
- axvlc.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.1.5' with a plugin key of '@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.1.5' for all users of the PC.
5 Scheduled Tasks
- emp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A204F134-5052-4A33-BF57-A9AE2A845D9C}' (runs on registration).
- vlc 64.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B5788EAA-76DD-482C-BCBF-70F9A1D510EE}' (runs on registration).
- vlc.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{69980E95-3F27-4DC6-8B8A-028AE9BD8EBC}' (runs on registration).
- vlc-cache-gen.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{ADECADBF-839E-4312-8357-FA4BBDA49790}' (runs on registration).
- uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{613565C6-1AF3-41A6-9B3C-3BACE15948B3}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- vlc.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Set Audio mode to Waveout.
2 Services
- vlc.exe runs as a service named 'VLC media player' (VLC media player).
- vlc 64.exe runs as a service named 'VLC media player' (VLC media player).
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- vlc.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'.
- emp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Easy Media Player\emp.exe'.
- vlc 64.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| vlc.exe |
| Memory: | 57.1 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0102281052% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00496145% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00526665% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 9,001 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 115 Bytes | |
| emp.exe |
| Memory: | 7.08 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.2811075314% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.18189311% | |
| User CPU: | 0.09921442% | |
| Switches/sec: | 26 | |
| vlc 64.exe |
| Memory: | 47.42 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0263413894% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00882668% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01751470% | |
| Switches/sec: | 333 | |
How do I remove VLC media player?
You can uninstall VLC media player from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program VLC media player 2.1.0, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove VLC media player.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by VLC media player 2.1.0 you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win 8 0%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
58.90% |
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| Windows 10 |
31.84% |
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| Windows XP |
6.04% |
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| Windows Vista |
3.19% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.02% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.53% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.59% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.94% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
8.17% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.98% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.46% |
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Geography
24.97% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
24.97% |
| Germany |
7.43% |
| France |
5.71% |
| Italy |
5.27% |
| MA |
4.71% |
| United Kingdom |
3.64% |
| India |
3.60% |
| Canada |
3.08% |
| Brazil |
2.78% |
| Netherlands |
2.40% |
| DZ |
2.09% |
| Saudi Arabia |
1.75% |
| IQ |
1.74% |
| Sweden |
1.71% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.88% |
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| Acer |
18.90% |
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| Dell |
18.63% |
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| ASUS |
11.73% |
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| GIGABYTE |
6.08% |
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| Toshiba |
6.08% |
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| Samsung |
5.14% |
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| Lenovo |
4.59% |
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| Intel |
1.42% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.93% |
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| MSI |
0.64% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
8.80% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.87% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
3.20% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.12% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.87% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
2.10% |
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About VideoLAN Team
The VideoLAN project is a project, lead and composed by a team of volunteers, that believes in the power of open source when dealing with multimedia.
Publisher URL: www.videolan.org