[mothered]

It's open source, stable, has many features, and is like the Swiss Army Knife of media players (it even has a screen recorder).

Agree.

I've tried quite a few alternatives over the years, and VLC wins hands down.

I cannot remember the name, but there was a media player that one of my friends paid for a very long time ago. My friend allowed me to try the software, and it didn't even read DVDs properly.

Goodness, not having the capacity for effective DVD playback Is definitely an Issue.

For a short period, I was using CyberLink PowerDVD which was extremely Impressive.