Ever since my days as a starry-eyed teenager who’d daydream about server hardware, I’ve had VLC media player as a key component of my PCs. After all, it works with different operating systems, ...

If you ask any tech enthusiast which video player they use on their computer, chances are you’ll hear just one name: VLC. This is true across devices and platforms because VLC is a solid media player ...

I've tried most of the mainstream media players and disliked all of them for one reason or another. Windows Media Player irritates me by not allowing me to uninstall it, and with its baffling ...

Microsoft has had a strange relationship with local video playback for the past several years. It’s one of those features that was caught in the purgatory that was created with the start of Windows 10 ...

In brief: Microsoft has applied a fresh coat of paint to one of its oldest default OS apps: the venerable Windows Media Player. Now just called the 'Media Player' in Windows 11, the revamped app is ...

Microsoft has built a new media playback app for Windows 11 to supplant both Windows Media Player, which hasn't really changed since 2009, and the Groove Music app. Windows Insiders can start testing ...

Microsoft's new audio and video app replaces both Groove and the ancient Windows Media Player. We walk you through how to use it and explain what it can and can't do. I've been testing PC and mobile ...