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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: April 02, 2009
- Total Downloads: 15,534,419
- Downloads last week: 124,859
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1853 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.
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User reviews of VLC Media Player 0.9.9
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1853 votes
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9
Pros: The good products for user media player.
Cons: truly awful you and i.
Summary: if you want simple yet powerful player you need to choose this one than others.
The best choice of media player for online user.
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9
"great product for opening difficult video files"
Pros: Good product
Cons: Couldn't find any
Summary: great
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9
"It's an all-in-one program, simple and easy to use."
Pros: You can open any media file format. Won't have to lookup codecs as in Windumbs Media Player. If media sound quality is vague, you can increase volume beyond Windows max as well as video quality, if too dark, increase brightness, and so on..awesome!
Cons: None! To CNET: Why do you have to make this a required field?
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9
Pros: I tried several other players, updates to players I had none would help with a driver issue I had. Downloaded this one and it took off and played great.
Cons: None at all.
Summary: If you want a simple yet powerful player you need to check this one out. I loaded this onto a computer for my daughter and wanted something simple to use. This one met and exceeded my expectations.
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9
Pros: Full featured
Cons: Nothing to dislike
Summary: Surpasses costly programs
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