VLC Media Player 0.9.2

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: September 15, 2008
Total Downloads: 17,970,535
Downloads last week: 162,419
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1912 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

When it comes to video files, nothing is ever as easy as it should be. Thankfully, VLC Media Player offers a one-stop solution for the file-format problem. The program supports playback of OGG, MP2, MP3, MP4, DivX, DVD, and a whole slew of other file types. In addition, it also can function as a streaming media server. Because of its open-source foundation, VLC Media Player evolves quickly, with new features and fixes released frequently.

Though the interface varies from platform to platform, the sparseness of the Windows version leaves plenty to be desired. The skinned mode perks things up slightly, but the program seems to suffer from unpredictable behavior when skinned. Also, the basic task of opening a file is far more confusing than it should be; the program gives you several options, including the head-scratching Quick Open File. Overall, though, VLC Media Player is a must-have application for its ability to open just about any type of video file you throw at it.

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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. The most prominent additions to version 0.8.6 are probably Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. Other important changes are improved H.264 decoding, better Windows Unicode support, and a full-screen.

Version 0.9.2 adds a new interface module for Linux, Unix and Windows, a media library and an improved playlist, support for many new inputs and codecs, and many new audio and video filters.

What's new in this version:

Version 0.9.2 adds a new interface module for Linux, Unix and Windows, a media library and an improved playlist, support for many new inputs and codecs, and many new audio and video filters.

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Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1912 votes
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4 stars

Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.2

"user friendly.."

by mohafrim on November 3, 2008

Pros: another good job from download.com team...!!

Cons: icon is too small

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5 stars

Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.2

"THIS IS GREAT!!!"

by Seeker1948 on October 27, 2008

Pros: It plays almost everything I need for my computer work or play; AND with a small footprint.

Cons: I have found nothing that I dislike about this product.

Summary: I was using Windows Media Player (small yea)#11, but technology moves ahead much faster than Microsoft and that one player just didn't get it done. I looked around for quite a while and found this one and "Voila" it magically did exactly what MP 11... read more >>

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4 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.2

"Works easy and great"

by Juliempollock on October 21, 2008

Pros: Very easy to use and works very well.

Cons: Haven't found any yet.

Summary: I use this one more than any other now.

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5 stars

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.2

"WOW! what! :)"

by jcarales on October 13, 2008

Pros: it can play alot of video and audio files

Cons: boring GUI

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3 stars

Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.2

"Still new to it but looks good"

by VCDgyan on October 10, 2008

Pros: Plays the VCDs that won't play with other medias

Cons: This morning the VLC froze, crashed my computer, I tried to find out what the problem was, people in reviews seem to say that the explanations are easy, for me it was Chinese. I downloaded it again, hoping it is going to work when I use it tomorrow

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