VLC Media Player 0.8.6f

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VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Version 0.8.6f is a bug-fixing release.

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Editor's review of VLC Media Player

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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  VLC Media Player

  not as good as it used to be

  by: Aaren Fiedler on 15-Apr-2008 06:03:44 PM

  Pros: Still the best VCD player for Mac

  Cons: The VLC is not as good as it used to be. I get a lot more errors not than I used to. It also does not seam to be able to do streaming video any more.

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  VLC Media Player

  Much better than usual. Lacks video equalizer in SMPand subtitle cotrol not as good

  by: d4235 on 15-Apr-2008 06:18:27 PM

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  VLC Media Player

  it cool .com

  by: tarun teja on 18-Apr-2008 12:05:07 AM

  Pros: it view nice movies

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