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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
2,367,005
- Operating Systems:
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 07, 2009
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Publisher's description of VLC Media Player
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.
Version 1.0 introduces more responsive controls, frame-by-frame playback, on-the-fly recording for all media, and support for a wider range of codecs, decoders, encoders, and demuxers.
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Editor's review of VLC Media Player
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- "VLC for video victory"
- Reviewed on: July 9, 2009
- Version reviewed: VLC Media Player 1.0
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.More popular Media Players downloads
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Version: VLC Media Player 1.0
Pros: You dont need to download any codecs. this software got it all. It even opens some file that are corrupted and force it to play.
Cons: I cant think of any
Summary: Plays every thing
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Version: VLC Media Player 1.0
Pros: This product is not only easy to use, but works exactly as advertised. If it wasn't free, I would buy it. It's very refreshing to try software that exceeds my expectations. I am very happy and satisfied with the VLC Media Player
Cons: I really have nothing bad to say about this software, but if pressed, I would say that they have a silly icon...
Summary: This is great product, useful, easy and fun.
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