VLC vs. +VLC vs. 
Windows Media Player| Software | Choices | Pros | Cons | Publisher's description | #1 choices | Must-Haves | People | Rating | License | HomePage | OS |
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| #1 in ogv player #1 in Video Player #7 in Music Player #11 in Media Player | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See the full features list. It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks. | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 0 0 0 1 | Free | http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ | Windows Mac Linux | ||
+VLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | |||||||
| #9 in Media Player #9 in Video Player #12 in Music Player | Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris, but have since been discontinued. | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 | Free | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/ | Windows |