Notes: VLC is only applicable IF it is a media file, and you need to first rename it to the corect file extension.

VLC media player is an open source video and audio player capable of playing almost any type of media including DVDs and VCDs. In addition to being able to play most video and audio files, VLC can also post free ads without registration
File extensions that can be opened by editplus

mx.ASA	ASP Configuration File
mx.ASAX	ASP.Net Open XML Configuration File
mx.JSP	JavaServer Pages Source File
mx.CONFIG	Configuration File
mx.MANIFEST	Windows Assembly Manifest File
mx.DAT	Data File
mx.PART	Partially Downloaded File
mx.TXT	Comma Separated Value Database
mx.ASPX	ASP.Net Open XML Source File
mx.STM	Server Side Includes HTML File
mx.HTA	HTML Application
mx.CGI	Perl Source File
mx.XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language
mx.CSPROJ	C# Project File
mx.VBPROJ	Visual Basic .Net Project File
mx.TMP	Temporary File
mx.NFO	Downloaded Program Information
mx.HTM	Hypertext Markup Language Source File
mx.CPP	C++ Source File
mx.CXX	C++ Source File
mx.H	C Header File
mx.JS	JavaScript Source File
mx.VBS	Visual Basic Script
mx.VB	Visual Basic .Net Source File
mx.CSS	Cascading Style Sheets Source File
mx.CS	C# Source File
mx.TXT	Text Document
mx.LOG	Log File
mx.HTML	Hypertext Markup Language Source File
mx.ASP	Active Server Page Source File
mx.SHTML	Server Side Includes HTML File
mx.C	C Source File
mx.HPP	C++ Header File
mx.XML	Extensible Markup Language
mx.PL	Perl Source File
mx.PHP3	PHP3 Source File
mx.RC	C++ Resource Compiler Script
mx.PM	Perl Module
mx.PHP	PHP Source File
mx.JAVA	JAVA Source File

File extensions that can be opened by vlc-media-player

mx.ASX	Advanced Stream Redirector
mx.DTS	Digital Theater Systems Audio File
mx.GXF	General eXchange Format
mx.M2V	MPEG-2 Video
mx.M3U	MP3 Uniform Resource Locator
mx.M4V	MPEG-4 Video File
mx.MPEG1	MPEG-1 Video
mx.MPEG2	MPEG-2 Video
mx.MTS	AVCHD Video File
mx.MXF	Material eXchange Format
mx.OGM	Ogg Multimedia Container File
mx.PLS	Playlist
mx.BUP	DVD Information File
mx.A52	Dolby Digital AC-3 Compressed Audio File
mx.AAC	Advanced Audio Coding Compressed Audio File
mx.B4S	Winamp 3+ Playlist
mx.CUE	Cue Sheet
mx.DIVX	DivX Movie
mx.DV	Digital Video
mx.FLV	Flash Video
mx.M1V	MPEG-1 Video
mx.M2TS	MPEG-2 Transport Stream Videos
mx.MKV	Matroska Video Stream
mx.MOV	Apple QuickTime Movie
mx.MPEG4	MPEG-4 Video
mx.OMA	OpenMG Audio File
mx.SPX	Ogg Speex Audio File
mx.TS	DVD Video
mx.VLC	VLC Media Player Data
mx.VOB	DVD Video Object
mx.XSPF	XML Shareable Playlist Format
mx.DAT	VCD Video
mx.BIN	Binary DVD Video
mx.IFO	DVD Information File
mx.PART	Partially Downloaded File
mx.3G2	3G Mobile Phone Video
mx.AVI	Audio Video Interleave
mx.MPEG	MPEG Video
mx.MPG	MPEG Video
mx.FLAC	Free Lossless Audio Codec Compressed Audio FIle
mx.M4A	MPEG-4 Audio File
mx.MP1	MPEG-1 Audio Layer I
mx.OGG	Ogg Multimedia Container File
mx.WAV	Waveform Audio
mx.XM	Extended Module Audio File
mx.3GP	3G Mobile Phone Video
mx.SRT	DVD Subtitles File
mx.WMV	Windows Media Video
mx.AC3	Dolby Digital AC-3 Compressed Audio File
mx.ASF	Advanced Systems Format Video
mx.MOD	MOD Audio File
mx.MP2	MPEG-1 Audio Layer II
mx.MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
mx.MP4	MPEG-4 Part 14 Multimedia Container
mx.WMA	Windows Media Audio File
mx.MKA	Matroska Audio Stream
mx.M4P	Protected AAC File

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