{"id":4188,"date":"2008-12-22T10:13:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4188"},"modified":"2008-12-22T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:13:50","slug":"vlc-media-player-trends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/software-trends\/vlc-media-player-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC Media Player Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vlclogo.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;background-color: #FEEB84;margin:5px 0px 5px 10px\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size:20px;color:white;background-color:#A93A1C;padding:5px;font-style:italic;text-align:center\">Software Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0px 20px 5px 5px;\">\n<ul class=\"post\" style=\"font-size:20px;list-style-position: outside;list-style:circle;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/category\/research\/\">Research Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4101\">Software Trends Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4678\">Skype Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=5648\">Avira AntiVir Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4748\">Google Chrome Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4104\">Mozilla Firefox Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4131\">OpenOffice.org Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4136\">Thunderbird Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4698\">Paint.NET Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4692\">AVG Anti-Virus Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4188\">VLC Media Player Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4184\">7-Zip Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4179\">Audacity Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?page_id=4695\">FileZilla Trends<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\">VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, &#8230;) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.<\/p>\n<p>VLC Media Player is part of the VideoLan Project.  What started out ,in 1996, as a French student school project has evolved into a worldwide project with developers from 20 countries.<br \/>\nYou can find more information about the VLC Media Player <a href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:white;text-align:center;font-style:italic;\">VLC Media Player Shows Steady Growth<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" onmouseover=\"return tooltip('&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;Linear Growth Trend&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;VLC Media Center shows similar popularity on both desktop and portable PCs.&lt;\/font&gt;');\" onmouseout=\"return hideTip();\" src=\"\/graph_lib\/research\/VLCARPCtype.php\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:white;text-align:center;font-style:italic;\">Most Likely to be Found on Home PCs<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" onmouseover=\"return tooltip('&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;Is the Boss Watching?&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Probably due to the entertainment nature of the product, business lags home in the prevalence of the VLC Media Player.&lt;\/font&gt;');\" onmouseout=\"return hideTip();\" src=\"\/graph_lib\/research\/VLCARloc.php\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:white;text-align:center;font-style:italic;\">Eastern Hemisphere Leads the Pack<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" onmouseover=\"return tooltip('&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;US and Latin America Shows Lower Acceptance&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Possibly due to the European roots of the VideoLan project, the application has lower prevalence in US and Latin American regions . &lt;\/font&gt;');\" onmouseout=\"return hideTip();\" src=\"\/graph_lib\/research\/VLCARRegion.php\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color:white;text-align:center;font-style:italic;\">VLC Media Player is More Popular with Males<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" onmouseover=\"return tooltip('&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;Males Almost Twice as Likely to have VLC Media Player.&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Women PC users show significantly lower attach rates.&lt;\/font&gt;');\" onmouseout=\"return hideTip();\" src=\"\/graph_lib\/research\/VLCARGender.php\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software Research Research Home Software Trends Home Skype Trends Avira AntiVir Trends Google Chrome Trends Mozilla Firefox Trends OpenOffice.org Trends Thunderbird Trends Paint.NET Trends AVG Anti-Virus Trends VLC Media Player Trends 7-Zip Trends Audacity Trends FileZilla Trends VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player for various audio and video formats 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