Tuesday
Jul072009
VLC Finally Hits Version 1.0
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 1:29PM | Print Article The free, open source and cross-platform media player, VLC has finally hit version 1.0. In my opinion VLC is the best media player on the market and since its release in February 2001 has been downloaded more then 100 million times.
VLC is one of the most platform-independent players available, with versions for Windows, OS X, Linux, BeOS, Syllable, BSD, MorphOS, Solaris and Sharp Zaurus. It also has support for just about every media file format you can throw at it.
With version 1.0 many new features have been added, these include:
- Free, open source and cross-platform
- Independent of systems codecs to support most video types
- Live recording
- Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support
- Finer speed controls
- New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0)
- New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS) and major improvements in many formats...
- New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder
- Video scaling in full screen
- RTSP Trickplay support
- Zipped file playback
- Customizable toolbars
- Easier encoding GUI in Qt interface
- Better integration in Gtk environments
- MTP devices on linux
- AirTunes streaming
- New skin for the skins2 interface
All information is taken from the VLC Wiki.
To download your copy of VLC head over to VideoLAN.org.