Software - > VideoLAN (VLC)

Title:	VideoLAN (VLC)
Author/Publisher:	Official Website
Ease of use:	Not Rated
Latest Version:	1.0.3 (details)
OS Support:
License:	Open Source
Date Added:	Nov 27, 2005
Last Updated:	Oct 31, 2009
Page Viewed:	67779 times

Email Updates
email me whenever this software gets updated

Send to Friend

User Rating:

(2 votes)
Details / Vote Now / Post Your Comments

Related Forum Threads:

Downloads:

	Title: Official Download page Link: Download Description: All the files and instructions needed to install this software - also check out herefor the latest files

	Title: vlc-1.0.3-win32.exe Link: Download Size: 17.19 MB Description: Download VLC media player (Windows version)

Download Older Versions (9 downloads)...

	Title: H.264 Playback Guide Link: Read Article Description: A guide on how to play back H.264 files (MP4 + AAC), including a look at software including ffdshow, CoreAVC, Nero ShowTime

Description:

VLC Media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Playing back .MP4 H.264 encoded movies:

Use VideoLAN which has a built in .MP4 reader and H.264 decoder
Use Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player and ffdshow
For more information on how to play back, encode and convert MP4 files, please refer to our MP4 Usage Guide

Categories:

Main Categories: AVI (DivX, XviD ...), DVD/SVCD/VCD (MPEG-1/2), Linux/Unix, Mac OS, MPEG-4 (ASF/WMV, QuickTime, Real, VC-1, H.264 ...), Play
Sub Categories:

Supported File Formats:

Input Files: 3GP, AAC, AC3, ASF, AVI, DTS, DVB, DVD, DVR-MS, FLC, H.264, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPG, OGG/OGM, SVCD, VCD, WAV, WMA, WMV

Useful Tip:

Having trouble playing DivX or XviD movie files?

Visit Digital Digest's DivX and XviD section for news, guides and downloads (DivX Codec, XviD Codec downloads).

Revision History:

Version 1.0.3

Release Date: Oct 31, 2009
Download(s):
Video outputs:
- Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to regressions in most popular drivers
- New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
Decoders:
- Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
- Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
Encoders:
- x264 has profile-limitter, like: #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
Input:
- Update for appletrailers lua script
- Fixes on the RAR stream filter
- Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
- Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
- Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
Service discovery:
- New udev module for linux
Qt4 interface:
- Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
Translations:
- French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates