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
video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
input level before dropping out of date frames.
configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
Input access:
fixed HTTP redirects
support for opening an entire directory
EOF should be detected more reliably
new video4linux access plug-in
new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
Input demux:
added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
fix for some ogg web radio streams
fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
Codecs:
support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
better SSA4 subtitles recognition
new codec for raw I420 video
improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
Interfaces:
improvements to wxWindows based interface
(although it still misses some important features)
skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
Stream output:
new HTTP output support
fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
fixed AV synchronization issues
Miscellaneous:
support for oldstyle id3 genres
UNIX ports:
the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
Mac OS X port:
reorderable playlist
fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
support for mono audio output devices
reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
fixed several cosmetic issues
you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
the messages window remembers more lines
delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
http and ogg stream output options
Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
Win32 port:
new skinnable interface
the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
iPAQ familiar Linux port:
support for FLAC audio format
the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
playlist
network tab in the interface
"apply" handling in preferences
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
