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VLC

VLC

VLC media player is a 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 supports an extensive range of formats without the need for additional codecs.

It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

 VLC 0.8.6c

Price
Free to download

Size
10.6MB
License

GNU General Public License

Developer
VideoLAN team

Website
www.videolan.org/vlc

System Requirements
tbc

Support Sites:
VLC Play Howto, VideoLan Streaming Howto, VLS user guide, VideoLAN FAQ, The VideoLAN Forums, Videolan Wiki, Mailing Lists

Selected Reviews:
Softpedia, Raiden's Realm

Features include:

  • Support for input media: UDP/RTP Unicast and Multicast, HTTP / FTP, MMS, File, DVD, VCD, SVCD, DVB, MPEG encoder, Video acquisition (V4L)
  • Input formats: MPEG, ID3 tags, AVI, ASF / WMV / WMA, MP4 / MOV / 3GP, OGG / OGM / Annodex, Matroska, WAV (including DTS), Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52, Raw DV, FLAC, FLV (Flash)

    Video

  • Decoders: MPEG-1/2, DIVX, MPEG-4, XviD, 3ivX, H.264, Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime), DV, Cinepak, Theora, H.263 / H.263i, MJPEG, WMV 1/2, WMV 3 WMV-9 / VC-1, Indeo Video v 3-5, Rado Video
  • Subtitles: DVD, SVCD / CVD, DVB, OGM, Matroska, Text files, Vobsub
  • Filters: Deinterlace, cropping, image wall, image adjust, rotate/mirror, logo overlay, magnification, image distortion, bluescreen, RSS/Aton feeds
  • Outputs: Native, X11, XVideo, SDL, Framebuffer, ASCII Art

    Audio

  • Decoders: MPEG Layer 1/2, MP3, AC3 - A/52, DTS, LPCM, AAC, Vorbis, WMA 1/2, WMA 3, ADPCM, DV Audio, FLAC, QDM2/QDMC (Quicktime), MACE, Real Audio, Speex
  • Filters: Visualization effects, equalizer
  • Outputs: Native (OSS, ALSA), S/PDIF (OSS, ALSA), Multi-channel (OSS, ALSA), SDL, ESD, aRts, JACK

    Streaming

  • UDP Unicast / Multicast, RTP Unicast / Multicast, File, HTTP, MMSH
  • Transcoding
  • Send DVD subtitles
  • Send SAP announces

    Interfaces and control

  • Qt4, Skins, Web, Telnet, Command line, Infrared

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Last Updated Sunday, April 20 2008 @ 04:08 PM EDT


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