But everyone needs money to survive and so does VideoLAN. In over 20 years of existence, the open-source media player has remained free for the users. While VLC can already stream YouTube videos without any hassle, it needs to keep up with the ever-progressing digital world, where online streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ are taking the lead now. In addition to core features, Kempf also revealed that they are working to integrate more online services into the player. However, we expect it to look a little different since VLC 4.0 is currently in development. Taking them into consideration, the new modern interface will be neat and clean with primary controls now moving to the center from the left-hand side in the existing VLC installation.

The last time we saw a different-looking VLC media player was when VideoLAN released a UWP version of the media player for Windows 10.īack in 2019, VideoLAN shared the screenshots of its under-development UI. A UI refresh for the VLC media player has been long due.

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