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I would like to know what are some safe and easy ways to play a media (in particular, video) file that I downloaded from the internet, from an untrusted source. I know that if I use an open-source media player, like VLC, one could craft the media file in such a way to exploit a vulnerability in the media player and possibly hijack my computer. Would the Windows Movies & TV app be safer than VLC in principle, since it's not open-source? Are there any media players designed with security in mind?

Related question: How to handle media files from untrusted sources?

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  • Are you asking if open source is more secure than closed source? That's a separate question. – schroeder Feb 21 '22 at 13:28
  • "Are there any media players designed with security in mind?" ends up being a product recommendation, which is off-topic. – schroeder Feb 21 '22 at 13:28
  • Aside from those two questions, you appear to be asking the same thing in the question you linked and the answer is the same: use a media player that is up-to-date and play them in a container/VM/sandbox., – schroeder Feb 21 '22 at 13:29

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