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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5, 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
- Date added: October 07, 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:
Various bugfixes: * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread * Fixes several memory leaks.Mac OS X port: * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier ) * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences. * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
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User reviews of VLC media player 0.9.4
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 185 votes
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Version: VLC media player 0.9.4
"Has a simple user interface."
Pros: Nothing to dislike
Cons: didn't update anolder existing version, or i didn't know how
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Version: VLC media player 0.9.4
Pros: Easy to use and will play anything i have.
Cons: nothing to dislike
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Version: VLC media player 0.9.4
Pros: Plays audio files
Cons: Dunno yet. They wanted me to rate this before I've really used it.
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Version: VLC media player 0.9.4
Pros: easy to use and plays most everything
Cons: didn't update anolder existing version, or i didn't know how
Summary: great i keep using plays most everything
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Version: VLC media player 0.9.4
Pros: Has a simple user interface.
Cons: None I can see right now
Summary: You should give it a try. You will like it.
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