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VLC media player

VLC media player is a media player, streamer, and encoder for Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, QNX, and PocketPC. It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can play most audio and video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.), but can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the network.

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Release Notes: VLC 2.0.0 "Twoflower" is a major new release of VLC. It has faster decoding using multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware, and the ability to open more formats, notably professional, HD, and 10bits codecs. It has a new rendering pipeline for video, with higher quality subtitles and new video filters. It supports many new devices and BluRay Discs (experimental). It features completely-reworked Mac and Web interfaces and improvements in the other interfaces to make VLC easier than ever to use. It fixes several hundred bugs.

Release Notes: This is the twelfth release of the 1.1.x branch. This is a minor release, focused on security issues and bugfixes. It notably fixes security issues in the AVI and RM demuxers, improves the AVI muxer for transcoding, the OS X interface, extensions support, and the Windows Web plugin. It also integrates updated codecs and translations.

Release Notes: This release brings fixes for some security issues, notably in the xspf demuxer and in some underlying libraries; it also includes a rewritten pulseaudio audio output, removal of the fontconfig dependency on the Win32 freetype module, updated translations, and a lot of small Mac OS X fixes.

Release Notes: This release, not long after 1.1.8, is necessary because some security issues were found, notably in the mp4 demuxer and in some underlying libraries. This release also brings updated translations and a lot of small Mac OS X fixes.

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    Release Notes: This release is a minor one, bringing minor enhancements and fixing security issues. Enhancements include new UI graphics for the Mac interface, a new dirac encoder, and updated codecs. It also brings multiple fixes in codecs, protocols, demuxers, and subtitles support. Finally, there is a major update in most translations.

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    06 Jun 2011 17:49 giacomodrago Thumbs up

    Wonderful program.

    02 May 2011 09:33 xc_shen Thumbs up

    VLC is the most awesome streaming player i ever used. Thanks to the guys work on vlc.

    25 Mar 2011 01:08 Avatar ThomasBotelho

    YESSSSS

    01 Feb 2011 15:41 she_died

    VLC for Windows lets you use your DVD drive for (surprise!) watching DVDs! Imagine that! Most graphic cards driver updates tosses out DVD playback features. We got playback capability only after installing VLC! Thank you guys!

    23 Mar 2010 20:09 doccal Thumbs up

    Finally a media player that can easily beat the KMP.

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