While the GUI might not be so impressive as far as the design is concerned, but all the basic playback controls are in place and within reach. The idea behind VLC is to provide a powerful media player that is extremely easy to use. Furthermore, it does not require installation, which is quite convenient.
The portable edition comes with the same functionality as the installer edition, but it allows you to launch it from a removable drive and use it on the go, without affecting the registry of the host computer. Released under an open-source license, VLC can play almost any media format out there, with additional support for DVDs, audio CDs and online streaming. VLC is one of the most popular and widely used multimedia players out there, mostly due to extended support for virtually all video and audio formats.