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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Date added: June 05, 2008
- 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, 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:
Security updates:- Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948, CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
- Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
- Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface, playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs) <... see all new features
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User reviews of VLC media player 0.8.6h
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 185 votes
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6h
Pros: It can open and play almost any media file that ends up on your hard drive. This is particularly useful when receiving media files from Windows users, as there are many different media file formats used on Windows.
Cons: User interface for opening files and working with playlists is a bit clunky - it takes a little thinking to play DVDs particularly.
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6h
Pros: multiplayer
Cons: skin
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Version: VLC media player 0.8.6h
"Fantastic - solved many problems"
Pros: Quick to load and handles just about any format including iso's.
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"Excellent to only player used"
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