VLC Media Player 0.8.2

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: June 27, 2005
Total Downloads: 12,746,644
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1873 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. Watch the CNET video review of VLC Media Player:

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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.

New in version 0.8.2: Rewrite of the playlist Tree structure, input preparsing (for meta-data), grouping (by artist, ...) support. Preferences improvements. XML parsers. Core image manipulation support. Client-side SSL/TLS support. SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD). Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language). Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments. Many bugfixes...

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Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 1873 votes
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5 stars

80 out of 102 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.8.2

"Will play aimost anything"

by goldengreeke on December 10, 2005

Pros: This will play all your medaia files that Windows Media Player won't. VLC Media player has all the codecs built in. If you get error messages on your WMP that says it is missing a codec and can't play the file, then VLC is what you need. It's free, and I give VLC Media player 5 stars and two thumbs up!

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4 stars

4 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.8.2

"This program is great and plays 99% off my audio collection"

by LoW_Reviewer on December 13, 2005

Pros: This program works well with my PC, and is definately worth downloading. If VLC is what you need this is definately the only solutions worth looking at!

Cons: None, system reource use was high but nothing that slowed my pc enough to worry.

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5 stars

3 out of 6 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.8.2

"Great Media Player"

by afrobat on November 10, 2005

Pros: -Stable
-Easy to Use
-Does not take up much RAM

Cons: the icon doesn't look that great...

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5 stars

6 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.8.2

"Does what is supposed to do"

by lapointe34 on January 19, 2006

Pros: Works like a charm, play any video content I ask it to play.

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5 stars

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: VLC Media Player 0.8.2

"Great alternative to WMP"

by Foxhound4444 on December 11, 2005

Pros: This is a great alternative to WMP. Highly recommended for easy to use and also plays everything WMP doesn't.

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