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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 13, 2008
- Total Downloads: 14,324,805
- Downloads last week: 99,780
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1920 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 0.9.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 0.9.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of VLC Media Player 0.9.4
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1920 votes
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.4
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.4
Pros: Works fine for me
Cons: I have no cons so far
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.4
Pros: it has great versatility.
Cons: it needs more understanable set up instructions as most people don't speak fluent geek
Summary: I love the quality of the player...fabulous.... but it needs easily understandable set up instructions....perhaps more automation in the set up.....big stupid easy to understand pictures...even...whatever gets the public to embrace open source produ... read more >>
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.4
Pros: It follows the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) policy - easy to figure out what to do and where to do it
Cons: Occasionally freezes - mainly due to faulty DVD's than anything else
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.4
Pros: almost all formats are playable with vlc player and can play even broken videos.
Cons: crashes sometimes
Summary: probably the best player out there available and free.
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