VLC Media Player 2.0.1 for Ubuntu

If we had to choose a media player to play any video, we would choose VLC. VLC is probably the best media player out there... and it's free.

It offers compatibility to next to all video formats and includes a good bunch of codecs. In case it doesn't support a certain format, it will connect to the Internet to download the specific codec and play it.

Furthermore, the quality offered by the media player is excellent and its interface is really simple and effective, what makes it lighter than any other and not to consume extra resources when playing videos.

Finally, it can be used to play music too.