Play non playable audio and video files

Digital data (such as audio and video) needs to be compressed (encoded) before transmission and

decompressed (decoded) before playback . The encoding

and decoding is done by a program called a ’Codec’. Each

media file format requires a codec .VLC media player

supports many codecs and hence it can play almost any media file .If you use another media player than it would

be a good idea to download and install the K-Lite Codec pack, which is a library of most codecs.