Compatible with many different audio and video formats: DivX, H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, Cinepak, Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime), DV (Digital Video), WMV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, Wavpack, MIDI, DV Audio, or REAL AUDIO.The main functions of this player are very broad and go beyond the features offered by others that can be considered as its rivals, as is the case of GOM Player that, despite not being a bad program, lacks quite a few of its functions: The best multimedia player ist totally free. Its great reputation has led it to have other platforms such as Mac, Linux, iPhone, and Android. And it does so thanks to its own codecs that prevents it from having continuously search for updates on the Internet. Well, it possibly is VLC Media Player offers us great stability and versatility as it's capable of playing almost any multimedia file that can be played. Is VLC the most stable and versatile player for Windows? It started back in the mid-90s' as an academic project, but nowadays it's considered a reference way ahead of other alternatives like DivX Player, SMPlayer, BSPlayer or KMPlayer. That's the best definition of VLC Player, capable of playing the vast majority of multimedia file formats, as well as DVDs, audio CDs, VCDs and different streaming protocols.