VLC is one Powerful Player

1- Run/Install VLC from flash drives
2- Portability: Play any DVD on the go, ignoring region coding
3- Play anything, audio or video
4- AirTune Streaming
5- Effortlessly use VLC player with other programs
6- Minimize VLC player to system tray
7- Convert your files using VLC
8- Screenshot your video
9- Play subtitles
10- Add Logo to your video like a TV
11- Control and customize VLC
12- View fullscreen videos and simultaneously control the player with hotkeys. Hotkey: Ctrl+H
13- View videos with minimal interface. i.e watch vidoes in full screen and keep watch on other applications in the taskbar as well. Hotkey: F11
14- Customize interface of VLC
15- Control VLC remotely
16- Automatically Quit VLC after playing your video
17- Play damaged and unfinished videos
18- Play RAR files
19- Play ISO files
20- Rip DVDs
21- Record videos
22- Record Live TV
23- Listen to online radio
24- Play in ASCII mode
25- Drag and drop files to play in VLC
26- Play and edit m3u Playlists (audio or video)

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https://www.unixmen.com/22-things-you-can-do-with-vlc/

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And you can use your remote with it, too!

It is also a good external Recording program for use with Kodi.
(requires a playcorefactory.xml file setup in the userdata folder)

Highlight a program from the EPG or Channel list.
Right click or bring up the Context menu and select "Plays from" and "VLC External Player"(program path specified in the xml file)
Program starts playing in external window.
Click Record

/kens