VLC 1.0: Open source media player is all growed up
VLC is an open source, cross-platform media layer for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It's been around for years, and it's earned a reputation as a media workhorse that can handle pretty much any video codec you can throw at it. So it's hard to believe that it's just today that VLC finally hit version 1.0. VLC 1.0 includes a number of new features including new HD video codecs, finer speed controls, ...
If you'd asked us yesterday if there was anything wrong with the typical fast forward, rewind, and scrollbar buttons included in most video players, we would have said no. But that would have been before we saw DimP, a new video player that offers a unique way to navigate a video timeline - through direct image maniuplation.
Here's how it works. Instead of sliding that big scrollbar on the ...





