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
HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
VideoLAN-SA-0801)
Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
VideoLAN-SA-0802)
Audio filter:
* Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
Audio output:
Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
Access:
Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
Stream output:
Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
Encoders:
Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 encoding on multi-cpu systems
- Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
- Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
Mac OS X Interface & Port:
Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
Localization:
Updated Romanian and Polish translations
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
