The program was created in 2001 by Jean-Baptiste Kempf who was just 15 years old at the time! It has support for almost any type of video output from DVDs to VCDs and YouTube videos it can go over the internet or local area networks (LAN), play audio CDs with CD+G enabled. VLC Media Player is a free and open-source media player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols.
