Command-line tool

VLC media player

winget/VideoLAN.VLC

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Cross-platform multimedia player. cross-platform video foss audio-player media-player audio open-source dvd multimedia video-player audioplayer

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id VideoLAN.VLC -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/vlc

Play a file

vlc path/to/file

Play in fullscreen

vlc --fullscreen path/to/file

Play muted

vlc --no-audio path/to/file

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