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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 31, 2009
- Total Downloads: 18,121,113
- Downloads last week: 155,136
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1918 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on July 09, 2009
VLC Media Player is a long-time open-source favorite, and the latest version is also the first to be out of beta development. It's not the only option for free video playback, but it's one of the best, and the feature updates in version 1 make it well worth the upgrade.
Users can now get frame-by-frame advancement, granular speed controls allowing for on-the-fly slower or faster playback, and live recording of streaming video. The toolbars are fully customizable, so you can have only the buttons you need in the interface, there's AirTunes streaming, and there's better integration in Gtk environments. Along with the improvements, VLC continues to offer robust support for a wide range of video and audio formats, including OGG, MP2, MP3, MP4, DivX, HD codecs like AES3, Raw Dirac, and even support for playing back zipped files. The default interface is still a stripped down player that belies VLC's functionality and features. Skinning can fix that quickly, but behavior can still be a bit unpredictable depending on the quality of the skin. VLC's open-source foundation and community ensures that it evolves quickly and often, with new features and fixes released frequently. Overall, VLC Media Player is a must-have application for its ability to open just about any type of video file you throw at it. Watch the CNET video review of VLC Media Player:
Publisher's description
From VideoLAN Project :VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.0.3 includes new deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms and fixes downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks.
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- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1918 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC Media Player 1.0.3
"This product plays every file I've got on my PC"
Pros: This product plays every file I've got on my PC
Cons: The UI could be better, but this is a minor issue
Summary: This product plays every file I've got on my PC
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC Media Player 1.0.3
Pros: I have no idea how to convert video files or anything else & when I use Download Helper to download Gimp Video tutorials from the Internet this player converts the files without me having to do anything. This is the only time I have used this player.
Cons: Haven't found any problems with it yet.
Summary: Have used very limited but that is just because I don't do a lot with any player. I have found no problems with it for what I use it for. Plays very well for what I use it for without any problems. If I use any of the other features later, I will up... read more >>
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Version: VLC Media Player 1.0.3
"Very useful for difficult to convert videos"
Pros: Retro style
Useful
Plays lots of formatsCons: Sometimes crashes/freezes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC Media Player 1.0.3
Pros: sample and easy to use
Cons: i can't see any thing dislike.
Summary: it is not complicated
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Version: VLC Media Player 1.0.3
"Frankly, more frustrating than it's worth."
Pros: Image only clear at minimum size of window.
Cons: It almost always hangs up explore (list of files) requiring a reboot.
Summary: I could easily do without this program if it hadn't listed itself as the default program for videos.
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