VideoLAN, the creator of the free video player and editing utility, VLC media player, has hit two Indian ministries with legal notices in response to the country’s recent ban on its software. The company asserts that the ban was illegal and is in contravention of prior decisions made by the Supreme Court of India.
VLC passed 3 billion downloads live in front of an audience at CES.
We knew that VLC media player for Windows Phone was coming, but until today we didn’t know what it was going to look like. Now one of the developers has posted an image of the app in action on Twitter.
One of the most essential free apps for PC and Mac, VLC media player, has been updated to version 2.1.0. The update is codenamed Rincewind, after a character from the popular Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.