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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: Building on feedback from the 29 million downloads of VLC media player 0.8.5, VideoLAN brings you version 0.8.6 with many bugfixes, as well as a couple of new features we think you will truly enjoy.
Highlights of the new features and improvements:
- Support for Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1
- Support for VP5/VP6 and Flash video
- Support for TTA and WavPack Lossless audio
- Much improved H.264 support
- Preliminary DVR-ms, MXF support
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- Add audio/video codecs and filters to playback any video file.
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- Burn any video to DVD disc, DVD folder or ISO files.
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- Burn, copy, write and erase your DVD / CD.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 325 votes
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Current version:
4.9 starsout of 10 votes
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"It plays every thing"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
Never had one problem with it
Cons
I cant fault this product
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"awesome"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
any
Cons
nothing
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"I have a problem using this program with Windows Vista"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
Its great when using windows XP.
Cons
I can't run this program in windows vista. Can anyone help.
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"Excellent way to play AVI files on a mac"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
Free, great for playing AVI files, easy to use, clean and tidy GUI, stable.
Cons
For what I have used it for this application has been superb and I cannot really fault it
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"smart little player, no history, no colecting data from HD, play ewerything."
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
keep it symple as it is.
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"Works Flawlessly!"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
Will convert video TS Files into quicktime format!
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"Way better than I expected"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
This program turned out to be outstanding! It plays every single kind of video and audio file I have, and what's best is how light and small it is. So it's not heavy on the system resources and starts up almost instantly on my system. (Quicktime always makes me wait )
Even plays VOB files to my surprise, better than power dvd. I am no longer using power dvd because of this.
Cons
Honestly, I am not left for wanting anything else in a player.
The only thing it won't play are mp4 (itunes protected files), but then again, that is why itunes encrypts them that way, and no one has cracked it yet. So, yeah...no cons.
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"great player! I can watch and listen videos without any problems"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
because it's easy to download and broadcast almost all kinds of videos
Cons
i like all!
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"Great Universal Viewer"
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6
Pros
This plays many more video formats than Quicktime player. Video quality is often better than that using Quicktime which sometimes fails to play the sound. When problems occur descriptive error messages give one a clue as to what is wrong with a file.
Indispensible for people who simply want to see what is going on in the world through video sharing. With VLC it is now rare for someone to send me video from a conference or interview which is unreadable.
I've been impressed using VLC 8.5 with no problems on my intel iMac or G3 iBook, so 8.6 may simply do better.
Cons
This is not video editing, conversion, or creation software. Fast-forward & reverse are minimally functional, so I often find myself rewatching more than I need to catch the statement that I missed.
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