vlc.exe
VLC media player by the VideoLAN Team
Overview
There are 14 versions of vlc.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.2.0-git-20110303-0019. vlc.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 109.75 KB. The programs VLC media player 1.1.11, Free Media Player 2.0.7 and VLC media player 1.1.3 have been observed as installing specific variations of vlc.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 47.2 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 7.53 KB per minute for reads and 5.76 KB per minute for writes.
What is vlc.exe?
VLC media player (VLC) is a highly portable free and open-source media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project. VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream over computer network and to transcode multimedia files.
About vlc.exe (from the VideoLAN Team)
“VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various”
 Details
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| File name: | vlc.exe |
| Publisher: | the VideoLAN Team |
| Product name: | VLC media player |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of VLC media player.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of vlc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VLC\vlc.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe'
Autoplay handlers
Runs under the registry key 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayVideoFilesOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayVCDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlaySVCDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayMusicFilesOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayDVDMovieOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayDVDAudioOnArrival'
- Handler name 'VLCPlayCDAudioOnArrival'
All file variations of vlc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
32.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.00% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
5.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.75% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
3.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
3.50% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 |
3.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.75% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 28.00% of VLC media player.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.24% |
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| Acer |
17.71% |
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| Intel |
16.00% |
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| Dell |
10.67% |
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| ASUS |
10.67% |
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| Lenovo |
5.33% |
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| Toshiba |
5.33% |
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| Samsung |
4.38% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.67% |
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| Medion |
2.67% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.33% |
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