VideoLAN Client is a free, open-source media player which allows you to view a wide range of multimedia formats starting with DivX, VCD, DVD and ending with CUE/BIN files. Its simple interface makes it very easy to use and the 'Preferences' panel contains advanced options for advanced users. Using the program, you can visualise a large variety of multimedia formats without installing extra codec packs. VideoLAN Client 'Preferences' give you access to the customization of video and audio filters, codecs, output modules, subtitles, etc. The interface is skinnable and the program has multilanguage support.
Pluses: Some nice features are the Mozilla Plugin, ActiveX plugin, Context Menus and the option to delete preferences and cache. An important advantage is the fact that VideoLAN Client comes with all the needed codecs embedded so that you needn't install extra codec packs. You can also watch a stream from a network sent by the VideoLAN Server or another source. The stream can be MPEG 2 TS in UDP or HTTP packets unicasted or multicasted on an IPv4 or IPv6 network.
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In conclusion: A complete, reliable and versatile media player. Excellent!
version reviewed: 0.8.6
by Soft32 Editors on 08/07/2008: "Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats."
VideoLAN Client Publisher's Description
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. [1] DVD decryption is done through the libdvdcss library. [2] DVD navigation is done through the libdvdplay library. [3] supported CPU extensions are MMX, MMXEXT, SSE and 3D Now! on x86 processors, and AltiVec on G4 processors. [4] the OpenBSD 2.9 default assembler does not support MMX. [5] VLC for GNU/Linux supports two kinds of MPEG-2 encoding cards: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250/350 and Visiontech Kfir. [6] VLC on GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows has playback control support via libcdio and libvcdinfo. On other platforms SVCD support varies depending on the availability of these libraries. (Volunteers for adding support is always welcome.). Handling still frames (often used in menus) and switching between different video formats is a problem. [7] Full color for YUV-type chromas is not handled, only the gray-scale value. Subtitle transparency is not fully supported for all chromas. Some chromas are not handled at all. [8] CDDB information provided by libcddb via libcdio. Support is available on those platforms both of these libraries are available. libcddb runs on BeOS although libcdio doesn't. On Microsoft Windows, libcddb doesn't compile yet using without POSIX emulation.
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