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
Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
Windows port:
Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
WinCE port:
A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
Audio Output:
Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
Video Output:
Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
Demuxers:
Fixed crash with ODML avi files
Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
Stream Output:
Encoders:
Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
Stream output:
Support of playlist group announcement
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