Media > Open Capture Device displays input from webcams or TV tuner cards so that you can save, stream or just plain view the feed. VLC also plays movies and music from the Internet or over your local network via the Media > Open Network Stream command.

Speaking of opening files, OGG and FLAC fans will be happy to hear - literally - that VLC supports almost any file type you throw at it, including ISO disc images. Image courtesy of VideoLAN VLC can handle all sorts of media formats and even ignores region coding, so you can watch your favorite foreign films. If VLC refuses to play your favorite HD disc, installing these hush-hush files (at your own risk!) should help for older Blu-rays with AACS encryption, or you could rip the movie to your hard drive using MakeMKV (more on that later) and watch it as you would any video file in VLC, by selecting Media > Open File.

Experimental Blu-ray disc support was added early in 2012, but the Blu-ray encryption system can make that experimental playback more miss than hit. DVDs aren’t the only physical discs that VLC can read: standard audio CDs, VCDs and SVCDs all play without a hitch as well.

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