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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.0 Server/10.3.9/10.4 PPC/Intel
- Date added: April 17, 2007
- Total Downloads: 2,286,856
- Downloads last week: 9,000
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 186 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:
Various bugfixes, notably:* Out-of-bound read in demuxers
* Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
* Mac OS X Interface crashes
* VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
* Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
* Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
Decoders:
* Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
* Teletext subtitles (telx) support
Webbrowser plugins:
* Rectified behaviou... see all new features
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User reviews of VLC media player 0.8.6b
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 186 votes
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6b
Pros: Better than Windows Media Player
Cons: The skin
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6b
"plays everything including partial files"
Pros: Plays all video formats (except for real and wm) - great if you download video from the internet. Can even play files that are imcomplete!
Cons: GUI a bit confusing. If it would handle real and wm i could throw out those two
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VLC media player 0.8.6b
"Perfect Player for Windows media"
Pros: Play all kind of files with all codecs perfect!!
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6b
"An all-round top video/dvd player. Plays stuff almost nothing else will."
Pros: VLC is a crisp no nonsense player that's so simple to use. And it's got a very colourful, pleasing easy to recognise icon which I find very handy considering the battalion of icons we all collect these days. I also like it because the program itself doesn't claim a huge amount of real estate (if you don't want to blow it up to full screen). When I'm only using 1 computer to amuse myself on, I like to play a video and play cards or surf the net at the same time. I hate Real because it takes up a lot of space with its toolbar (&WM as well). If I use one of the other players though I'll watch something on my desktop pc or imac and surf/play or whatever on my laptop or macbook. Yes, I'm spoiled for choice at present but that's because I'm in the process of changing over to MAC and nuking all my PC/microsoft stuff
Cons: Some of the jargon in the advanced configuration is obscure. But that's not something the majority of users would need to get into anyway so it's a really minor beef.
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6b
Pros: Ease of use
Cons: nothing that comes to mind
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