Website: http://www.videolan.org/ Software Provider: VIA Centrale Réseaux Current Version:
VLC Player 1.0.3 Operating Systems: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7 License: Freeware
audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is playing
Input access:
various minor fixes on the network inputs
fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
Input demux:
fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
continuity counter
Codecs:
support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
DVD support:
fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
without the user consent
UNIX ports:
GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
popup menu
X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
ALSA: fixed mono files output
Mac OS X port:
fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
playlist enhancements
added half, normal and double video window menu items
new step forward/step backward commands
the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
vlc.app is now VLC.app
Win32 port:
fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
BeOS port:
smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
Opie port:
native video output is working again
only commandline interface support
support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
About:
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, avi) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
VLC Player Features
It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
