VLC demos AI-generated subtitles as it hits new milestone of 6 billion downloads
VideoLAN, the nonprofit organization behind VLC Media Player, announced in a presentation atCES2025 that the popular open-source multimedia tool has reached a milestone of 6 billion downloads. While this achievement is quite significant, the figure may be conservative, as the company likely excluded download numbers from third-party sources. Along with that, the developers at VideoLAN announced its future plans with the showcase of their next big feature: AI-powered subtitles and real-time translation for 100 languages....