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VLC 1.0: Open source media player is all growed up
VLC 1.0 includes a number of new features including new HD video codecs, finer speed controls, instant pausing, frame-by-frame playback, and a ton of bug fixes and minor GUI enhancements.
You can read the complete list of updates in the changelog.
[via The Open H]
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Subscribe to commentsmichas_piJul 7th 2009 10:36AM
Something open source hit version 1.0?
zxfiles@yahoo.comJul 7th 2009 12:26PM
What is instant pausing? One feature I wish VLC had was "pausing when minimized" and I wasn't sure if that's what this is.
gdodsonJul 7th 2009 12:26PM
If you've used VLC previously, you might have noticed that it will still play for a second when pausing and the audio will skip a few times. This release is supposed to eliminate that problem.
lilduderpimpJul 7th 2009 11:28AM
@michas_pi
You do realize Firefox is open source, right?
michas_piJul 7th 2009 11:37AM
Yes, I do.
CrazylinkJul 7th 2009 12:22PM
I prefer Media Player Classic and cccp for my codecs. Does this new release have anything that would make me consider switching?
shibathedogJul 7th 2009 12:51PM
KMPlayer owns VLC. I used VLC for years but once I tried KMPlayer I never used it again. Much better compatibility/customization than VLC. (The number of options in advanced mode is insane) I've seen plenty of stuff VLC could not play that KMPlayer could. I'm pretty sure I read it can be made into a portable app as well but I haven't tried it myself. It has internal codecs just like VLC but can be configured to use external codecs as well. Someone mentioned CCCP which probably really means you want to use FFDShow and you can :D
My only complaint is for some reason the volume normalizer is on by default, and I hate volume normalizers, so I had to go turn it off. Obviously I'm nit picking here. Seriously, go try it out, its free anyway.
AshishJul 7th 2009 6:21PM
BUG!!!
My VLC is .9.9.0 Grishenko, but, when I check for updates, it says "you have the latest version"
I want 1.0.0! Help!
I know I can download and install but please let me live with the misery.
mkoJul 9th 2009 6:20PM
From its website...
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
JeffO93Jul 7th 2009 6:21PM
To bad it doesn't view Blu-ray, yet.
Niels van DijkJul 8th 2009 11:14AM
Finally. Now they should campaign it like Firefox did.
glaciaJul 8th 2009 2:26PM
Kind of plain looking. The greyed out buttons look like they're disabled.
Player and playlist don't dock so you have to drag one at a time.
When opening a folder all file types are added to the playlist not just media.
When it hits some non-media files in the playlist it pops up a huge error message window instead of simply bypassing it..
File information doesn't indicate what tag version you're looking at.
The 'location' in the 'file information window interprets spaces as '%20'
The 'minimal view' option seems completely useless since the resulting window is no smaller but simply goes blank and shows the orange cone logo
When dragging the indicator across the window the 'time' window jumps between the time and "BUFF:100%" This would be okay (I guess) except the window constantly resizes itself causing an annoying 'jumping' of that window and the one next to it. (Just try it to see what I mean)
I guess that's enough for a 2 minute look at the software. Good start but this is not a 1.0 version.
MerrickJul 15th 2009 8:10AM
... shouldn't it be "all grown up"?
I wonder if it will support skins? I liked the original look.