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VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, mp3, ogg, mkv, mp4, flv, mov, wmv...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also convert and capture video and be used as a server to stream video.
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Free software  Win  Mac  Linux  Released:20120127 Size:20.1MB |
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Latest version: 1.1.11/2.0 RC1 (January 27, 2012) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Download latest beta version here Supported operating systems: Windows Mac OS Linux
More information and other downloads: Download nightly builds here: http://nightlies.videolan.org/ Download IPTV Recorder here, it is an add-on for VLC media player with the intention to simplify timed recording of IPTV media streams. Sections/Browse similar tools: Linux video tools, MacOS video tools, Video Players, Video Streaming Alert me! when this software has been updated. |
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Changes between 1.1.x and 2.0.0-rc1: View full changelog ------------------------------------ Important notes: * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options: - --file-caching specifies caching for local files, - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources, - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media. All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions. * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers. By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS. - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate), --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and --http-crl (optional CRL). * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly. Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively. * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0. * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines. Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script. Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions. * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed. * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation. * The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs. * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64 Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA module * DVB-S scanning support on Unix * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently) * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux) * PulseAudio audio input support * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4 are notably concerned. * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits * EIA-608 closed captions improvements * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2 Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts) * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks * Improved support of tracker files Interfaces: * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform * Qt: minor look improvements, notably on the seek bar * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style) * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder * Qt: preferences are now searchable * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) * New video output for iOS platform * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for chroma conversion between YUV and RGB * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine * New video output based on kva API for OS/2 Audio Output and Filters: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS * New audio output in memory (amem) * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP) * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate) * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor * New simplistic Karaoke filter * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay * New anti-flickering filter * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting blackbox and customizable shadow. NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually. The Win32 font selection was improved too. Stream output: * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3, venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{ access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" * S...
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Compared to my old favorite MPC-HC, and the new PotPlayer, I now prefer good ol' VLC because: - It supports playing Windows Media Center recordings (.wtv) properly, including those flagged as "protected" (PotPlayer plays my digital tuner recordings with the audio out of sync; MPC-HC can't play "protected" recordings). - It can properly play all formats faster when want to (MPC-HC can't play .wtv faster, e.g.). - It time-stretches the audio properly when playing faster (PotPlayer causes a kind of reverb effect; MPC-HC still has no time-stretch at all). Other than the above, all the other handy features are cool. I did run into some quirkages, though: - For some reason, the playback speed setting default became 0.90x instead of 1.00x. I found how to fix it, though, by going into the "vlcrc" settings file and changing it there. - If "post processing" is activated, it seems to cancel out deinterlacing. I was wondering why the picture quality seemed especially bad on some files, so I dug around and found disabling the post-processing filter actually improved things. And will there every by a 64-bit version?!
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Thanks for the tip, but there's a bit more to this. First of all, there's been a bit of discussion on the Kaspersky forum indicating you're correct in saying it's a false positive. http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=20 ... try1623021 However, one of the posters there pointed out that on the VLC site itself, there are some indications that the download really is infected: http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=89196 Why / How are you 100% sure that it's a false positive? 0 Oh, and as for "freaking out", as the saying goes, "only the paranoid survive". ;-) Anyway, thanks very much for your input and have a nice weekend.
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false positives happen. don't freak out and go nuts next time. the installer is clean.
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I downloaded the latest version from Source Forge and installed it on my XP SP3 IBM machine. Then my anti-virus program, Kaspersky Internet Security, detected a Trojan in it and said a "special procedure" was needed to eradicate it. The "special procedure" completely screwed up my machine. Fortunately I was able to find a Restore Point that got the machine working again, but I had to uninstall and re-install Kaspersky. I know there's apparently a security problem in VLC 1.1.7 (http://www.videolan.org/news.html), but I think I'm going to wait awhile before re-installing the new VLC. Too bad. It's a great viewer.
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Just a "must have". Also able to record stream and convert between file formats.
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This player is doing exactly what is expected: plays all kinds of files, like avi or mkv without a problem. ease od use and respecting aspect ratio of the move. Can't ask for anything more.
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V.1.1.4 seems to have solved the inability to play a dvd from a folder on a HD, introduced in v.1.1.2 (crash) and sustained in v.1.1.3 (no action at all). Now works fine.
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With VLC crashing, the inability to play a DVD folder from my hard drive, and the noticeable slowdown in execution from previous releases, I've switched to KMPlayer until VLC becomes more stable.
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V.1.1.2 crashed immediately if I tried to play a DVD from a folder (and sent a crash message to Videolan), so I returned to v.1.1.1 and awaited v.1.1.3. Here came v.1.1.3: It doesn't crash immediately, but does NOTHING when you select a DVD from a folder. Just sits there. No crash report. So, it's back to v.1.1.1 and hope v.1.1.4 works . . . or v.1.1.5 or v.1.1.6 or . . .
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Plays most all formats, BUT crashes instantly when I try to play a DVD ripped to a folder on my HD. V. 1.1.1 and earlier did not have this problem on my computer. A reinstall made no difference. Will revert to 1.1.1 and cautiously test upgrades past 1.1.2 to see if this problem is fixed.
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This was one of my favorite most dependable players prior to v. 1.0. Anything after v. 1.05 is totally useless for me. It looked as though PGS subtitles would finally be supported in a software player. But as soon as you touch this thing, it crashes. I'll check it out again maybe around v. 1.5. I'm just tired of watching it rebuild the font cache every time I reinstall trying to get it to work. Looks like a great player has gone by the wayside.
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This version of vlc m.p. is better than ANY media player I have ever used. I am very reluctant to even upgrade because of possible negative changes that may occur.I cannot fathom anyone complaining at all about this product. The interface is very simple and can be modified to fit per user tasks. It records, takes snapshots, and covers most,(I can't say all because I need only use a few different formats)video formats, is FREE!, with FREE! upgrades, and you can actually adjust audio and video flaws in lower quality videos, and add various video effects, and record the finished product. What more could anyone ask for out of a media player,with cost OR free? While some people are spending all their viewing time worrying about "per-snickety" B.S., I am watching SUPERB quality videos the way I like to view them. Thank you VSO for the great service you have help to provide.....
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I see some, well a lot of negatives with other users ... but for me it has been great. The color adjustments are really good, the volume change with mouse wheel, the ability to save playlists, easy change of audio and caption tracks ... well they're probably all easy - other players. It has cropping, zooming and aspect ratio settings which made a lot of difference on Woody Allen movies which are 16:9, I guess but don't appear in reg. letterbox. I need some info on this part of video ... anyway, I haven't experienced crashes on video or audio. I use it a lot, every day. XP SP3
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Did not pass go, it didn't work Found it, downloaded it, installed it. Tried using it to pay a DVD, it didn't work, just ended, and then I had a message that it had crashed. On investigating by looking on their forums, found a reference to the problem, and the bottom line from the developers was it's not our problem, take it elsewhere, we're not going to fix it. And other posts by the VLC team displayed the same arrogant attitude
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VLC player is better in Win7 than in WinXp because Win7 is much better at data transfer. But CPU Usage of MPC-Home Cinema is three times less than VLC player when playing HD Matroska files.
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Great but the dvd playback is still broken in many ways. Sometimes menu buttons are unelectable, sometimes menus are broken and the skip over FBI warning feature can't be turned off. However the player is very good and plays almost any file.
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Last three versions are not as good or efficient at handling mp4 as MPC with ffdshow.
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Like most media players, it doesn't recognize calibration .icm's and can't be set to display proper white-points, black levels or color balance. Works OK (usually, but buggy option menus and toolbars that look different every time it starts), but overall display quality looks as mediocre as any other player.
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crashes like crazy...
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This app has been really great, especially since it started support for rm and rmvb playback, I trashed rm player for it. I give this app a 6 because it cannot save custom settings to audio or video in options. The moment you leave the player (close) it forgets all custom saved settings in adjustments and effects (equalizer,brightness,sharpness.. everything), giving a loud bass and very low vocals when you start playing a movie. I have to turn off my speakers before starting a movie. Version 0.8.6 does save settings as required but with it comes so many unsolved bugs
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It claims to playback AVCHD. It is the slowest thing a have ever seen in my life! it creates slideshow on my Quad core 2.6GHz. The worst player for AVCHD i have seen :(
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Liking the interface overhaul in 0.9.2 and 0.9.3 BUT on my system both of these versions often disappear from the screen when going from fullscreen to a window, sometimes you get an icon in the taskbar (which may or may not restore to a window again) but often it just disappears with the audio still playing and has to be killed from the Task manager. My other issue with the new look is that in fullscreen mode the 'Controller' is centered relative to the desktop, which is fine if you only have a one-screen setup. However, on my two-screen setup (a 1152x864 22" CRT and a 1680x1050 22" LCD TV) the 'controller' ALWAYS appears on the LCD TV in fullscreen regardless of which screen the video is on. Reluctantly I'm going back to version 0.8.6i.
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Won't play compressed AVI created with Video for Windows, even if VFWupport is installed. Doesn't like huffyuv AVI's at all. Like most Windows media players, it ignores any .icm color profiles or other means used to calibrate a PC monitor, instead uses your monitor's own user-controlled default settings, which are usually set to factory default if you're using Adobe Gamma or other .icm files for calibration. Have to change many player settings every time you open a new video, many settings are in hidden menus that disappears when VLC is closed. Nog that much of an improvement over Win MediaPlayer or PowerDVD. Some davanced settings are very useful, but a pain in the enck to get at.
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Best player I have used. Will play anything I throw at it. I do have one complaint/comment. My control panel has no rewind/back key. It also has no frame forward/frame back keys(when paused). Even if it is open source, I do not have the skills to add these features. Does anyone know if these features are included but need to be manualy added to the console/control panel? Or how to add them to your player? Hopefully they will be included in an update for future versions.
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The most useful, flexible quality player I've encountered.
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