VLC Media Player is my favorite media player for many reasons, including:
- It is open source
- It is efficient
- It is feature rich
- It is cross platform
- It is very well developed
- It has several features I need
- It is trustable
- It has a good UI, and an option to change to a better one if needed
- It has great file support
- It is a name brand
- It is very popular
- It is the first media player I have ever used
- It does everything that I need out of a media player