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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Date added: April 05, 2009
- Total Downloads: 2,354,611
- Downloads last week: 11,029
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 185 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 Mac 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 media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.
What's new in this version:
It fixes VLC's behaviour on PowerPC-based Macs and includes updated libraries for all Mac OS X platforms. In order to take full advantage of VLC 0.9.9's features, including native Real Video playback, we recommend all Mac users to update to this new release. Due to a lack of active Mac OS X developers, these issues remained unnoticed for the last release. We are sorry for the noise and are looking for enthusiastic Mac developers to help and support us.
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User reviews of VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 185 votes
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
"really good! thanks so much for this."
Pros: user-friendly.
Cons: have not discovered any yet.
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
Pros: Sound works.
Cons: Video doesn't work on any .avi file. I replaced my .8.6 version. I really regret it.
Summary: If you want video while watching movies. This isn't for you. I was an avid vlc supporter before this but now it seems they'll release anything to put another decimal place behind their version number.
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
Pros: Plays anything and everything.
Cons: The UI can be revamped.
Summary: Can't wait till the 1.0 release! All the features you love + a new skin! :)
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
Pros: My ONLY objective was to enable The MacBookPro to play media player files ,(Microsoft) and it was a successful effort
Cons: Huh? What?
Summary: The bottom line: Make sure and download this file it is eXcellent!
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Version: VLC Media Player 0.9.9a
Pros: I like it a lot! It can play WMV files which is all that I wanted; plus many other formats that quicktime can't place.
Cons: Nearly nothing. The UI could be a bit better...
Summary: Great alternative to quicktime. Get it.
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