VLC on RISC-V

VLC is a widely used open-source multimedia player and framework capable of playing nearly any audio or video format, with a modular architecture supporting codecs, filters, and streaming.

Category: Multimedia / Media Framework

Status: Collaboration with VideoLAN developers

Focus Areas:

• Enabling full VLC playback on RISC-V
• Optimizing decoding performance on RISC-V CPUs & NPUs
• Adding and upstreaming AI-powered features (Whisper STT, Qwen T2T)
• Preparing VLC AI support for future RISC-V devices

Why it matters: VLC is the world’s most popular open-source media player; enabling AI-enhanced playback on RISC-V proves that the architecture is ready for mainstream consumer applications.

Related resources:

• https://deepcomputing.io/real-time-ai-media-on-risc-v-deepcomputing-at-videolan-developer-days-2025/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=revLZpfYj9o
• https://github.com/DC-DeepComputing/Framework/blob/main/FML13V03/DC%20ROMA%20RISC-V%20AI%20PC%20VLC-STT%20Demo.md