VLC is a media player that can play almost any media format and act as a streaming server. It is an open source project led by VideoLan.

The following slackbuilds by AlienBob are available to install VLC:

• Codec-free version: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/vlc/
• With codecs version: http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/

• VLC official website: http://www.videolan.org/
• Building VLC from source : http://wiki.videolan.org/Slackware