
To stream media, use the “ Media” menu and select “ Open Network Stream” and enter the URL of the stream.To play a DVD, you can use the “ Media” menu and select “ Open Disc” and choose the DVD option.To customize the interface, you can use the “ View” menu to access different skins, and can also access the preferences from the tools menu.

To play a playlist, use the " Media" menu and select " Open Playlist" or you can also drag and drop the playlist file into the window.You can also use the " Audio" and " Video" menus to adjust the volume, brightness, and other settings.You can use the controls at the bottom of the window to play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind the video or audio.


It supports many new devices' inputs, formats, and metadata and improves most of the current ones, preparing for the next-gen codecs. Rincewind has a new rendering pipeline for audio, with better efficiency, volume, and device management, to improve VLC audio support. With a new audio core, hardware decoding and encoding, port to mobile platforms, preparation for Ultra-HD video, and special care to support more formats, 2.1 is a major upgrade for VLC 2023.
