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VLC media player 0.9.8a

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Price: Free
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Date added: December 08, 2008
Total Downloads: 2,125,445
Downloads last week: 9,778
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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars
Average user rating: 4.0 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, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

What's new in this version:

Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer
Bunch of small bugfixes.

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"very good product"

by Madisharma on January 2, 2009

Pros: very good product

Cons: download not easy

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