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− | |Firefox is a free and open-source web browser for connecting and learning. | + | |VLC Media Player is a general purpose application to play audio and videos. |
− | We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources.
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| |Educational application and relevance | | |Educational application and relevance |
− | |Accessing the web for one's learning as a global digital library is one of the most important advantages of ICT. A browser is essential for accessing pages on the web. | + | |VLC media player is used to play video and audio files. It supports to play all Audio and Video format files such as mp4, mpeg, divx, flv, mp3, mkv etc). |
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| |Version | | |Version |
− | |Firefox 75.00 | + | |VLC Media Player 3.4.0 |
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| |Configuration | | |Configuration |
− | |No need to configure, its a web based application and need internet connection to browse. | + | |After installation, no need to do any configure. Just open VLC media player. |
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| |Other similar applications | | |Other similar applications |
− | |[https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ C]<nowiki/>[https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/ hromium], [https://www.apple.com/in/safari/ Safari] , '<nowiki/>''[https://www.google.com/chrome/ Go]'''<nowiki/>'''[https://www.google.com/chrome/ ogle Chrome], '''[http://www.opera.com/download Opera]'<nowiki/>''''' | + | | Winamp |
| + | SMPlayer |
| + | Media Player Classic |
| + | MX Player |
| + | Windows Media Player |
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| |The application on mobiles and tablets | | |The application on mobiles and tablets |
− | |Android version for Firefox can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/repo/fennec-50.1.0.multi.android-arm.apk Fdroid]. | + | |VLC for Android |
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| |Development and community help | | |Development and community help |
− | |[https://mozilla.org/firefox Mozilla Foundation and contributors - Mozilla Corporation] | + | |[https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC Media Player] |
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− | ==ICT Competency==
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− | VLC is a media player It uses to play a video and audio files. This will teach you the steps to how to use VLC media player to play video and audio files.
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− | Its supports to play all Audio and Video format files (ex: Mp4, Mpeg, Divx, flv, mp3, etc).
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− | ==Educational application and relevance==
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− | ==Version==
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− | VLC media player, Version 2.1.6. This can be opened from (Applications → Sound and Videos → VLC media player).
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− | ==Configuration==
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− | After installation, no need to do any configure. Just open VLC media player (Applications → Sound and Videos → VLC media player
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| ==Overview of Features== | | ==Overview of Features== |
| Simple, fast and powerful media player. | | Simple, fast and powerful media player. |
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| MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3... | | MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3... |
| Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix.. | | Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix.. |
− | ==Other similar applications==
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− | #Winamp
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− | #SMPlayer
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− | #Media Player Classic
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− | #MX Player
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− | #Windows Media Player
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− | ==Development and community help==
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− | Developer(s)-VideoLAN
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− | Initial release- 1 February 2001; 15 years ago[1]
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− | Written in C, C++ (with Qt), Objective-C
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− | Operating system-Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Windows Phone, QNX, Haiku, Syllable, Tizen, OS/2[6]<br>
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− | [https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Official Website]
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| =Working with the application= | | =Working with the application= |