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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.0 Server, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Date added: June 25, 2005
- Total Downloads: 2,286,856
- Downloads last week: 9,000
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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, it seems like nothing is ever as easy as it should be. VLC Media Player offers a one-stop solution, supporting playback of a whole slew of file types, including AVI, OGG, MP2, MP3, MP4, DivX, and DVD. It can even function as a streaming-media server. Its open-source roots mean the program evolves quickly, with new features and fixes released frequently. Though the skinned mode perks up the interface, the program suffers from unpredictable behavior when it's activated. 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-scratcher Quick Open File. Overall, though, VLC Media Player earns its place on any computer with its ability to open just about any type of video file. Watch the CNET video review of VLC media player:
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:
- Rewrite of the playlist (tree structure, input preparsing ...)
- Preferences improvements
- Mac OS X Tiger compatibility
- New Mac OS X audio output module. Gives full multichannel analog discrete soundsupport with all devices. SPDIF is not supported by this module. Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for detailed information.
- Client-side SSL/TLS support
- Support for FTP over IPv6
- Massive Matroska improvements
- Support for SOCKS p... see all new features
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User reviews of VLC media player 0.8.2
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 185 votes
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.2
Pros: everything, plays avi's without additional downloads, everything just works
Cons: i wish i could play .wmv files through firefox with it
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.2
Pros: This software covers all formats of video, including VOB which are DVD files. The volume control is much better than Quicktime and allows a louder volume, even without the EQ enabled which is also fantastic. It caters for widescreen, especially for DVD playing.
Cons: The error messages get annoying for skipped frames, but this can be disabled
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.2
Pros: even plays 2 rocks banging together format.
I love it,get a lot of exotic codec movies,VLC never let me down.
Cons: before 0.8.1 player could hang,
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.2
Pros: I'm able to view material that would have been difficult to attain before.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.2
Pros: plays everything well
Cons: seems a bit rough around the edges in terms of looks, function, etc
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