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
Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
Stream output:
Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
Improved MPEG TS muxer.
Access input:
Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
Few fixes to the VCD navigation
Interfaces:
Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
UNIX ports:
ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity
Win32 port:
Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
iPaq port:
Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
Miscellaneous:
Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
mpeg1/2 videos.
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
