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
Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
Input access:
Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
Fixed large file support on Windows
Video 4 Linux support
CD Digital Audio support
Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
Input demux:
Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
Support for OpenDML avi files
More complete .mp4/.mov support
Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
Codecs:
VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
Interfaces:
The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
New HTTP remote control interface
Stream output:
New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
Miscellaneous:
New reset option for the preferences
You can set your language in the prefences
New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
SAP/SDP IPv6 support
UNIX ports:
Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
New skinable interface ported to X11.
Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
Mac OS X port:
When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
Fixed the deinterlace menu.
Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
New icons by Davor Orel.
New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
Win32 port:
the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
Fixed SVCD chapters support.
Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
BeOS port:
Interface localization
Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
A few new keyboard shortcuts
New full-featured Preferences window
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
