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ecrabb
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: VLC finally 1.0! |
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After years as a public beta, VLC has finally gone 1.0!
| Quote: | Today, the VideoLAN team has announced the release of the first version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.0.
This major release introduces many new features, new formats and new codecs to the VLC multimedia framework and fixes a very high number of bugs that were present in the 0.9.x or 0.8.6 versions.
VLC 1.0.0 Features:
• Free, Open Source and cross-platform
• Independant of systems codecs to support most video types
• Live recording
• Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support
• Finer speed controls
• New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, ...)
• New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, ...) and major improvements in many formats...
• New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder
• Video scaling in fullscreen
• RTSP Trickplay support
• Zipped file playback
• Customizable toolbars
• Easier encoding GUI in Qt interface
• Better integration in Gtk environments
• MTP devices on linux
• AirTunes streaming
• New skin for the skins2 interface |
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10280845-16.html
Download here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
FYI.
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AnalogRocks
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Wow I use to use that all the time. I didn't realize it was a beta still.
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JustGreg
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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SUH-WEEET! Thanks for the info SC! 
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ecrabb
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | Wow I use to use that all the time. I didn't realize it was a beta still. |
OK, it wasn't technically beta (thought there were plenty of beta releases along the way), but it's been a <1.0 software package for years and years; meaning the software was incomplete, missing major features, or not reliable enough for a 1.0 designation. In that way, this release is a big milestone for VLC.
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Clarence
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| ecrabb wrote: | | it's been a <1.0 software package for years and years; meaning the software was incomplete, missing major features, or not reliable enough for a 1.0 designation |
yet VLC has always been twice as stable as PowerDVD and all of the other DVD/video players that I've used
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Zebu Fellenz
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Clarence,
Check your 1D Mark II gallery link in your sig, it looks like there is an extra URL code on the end.
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WanMan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Reminds me of a linear algebra class I took at UF. The first half of the semester was covering chapter 0. And this from a book that th professor claimed was noted as the worse LA book out there.
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Clarence
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Zebu Fellenz wrote: | | Check your 1D Mark II gallery link in your sig, it looks like there is an extra URL code on the end. |
Fixed. Thanks.
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Tom.W
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Just downloaded VLC 1.0 and it works quite well !
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Jester
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So this will now play blue-ray. That is awesome. I can't wait for the weekend to try it out. Thanks for the info!
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garyfritz
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OK, I tried it. The first thing I notice is the scaler sucks compared to WMP or Media Player Classic. I tried all the different deinterlace settings and the various video effects but scaled-up full-screen (1680x1050) images look blocky and coarse compared to the same media in WMP and MPC. Am I missing something?
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Zebu Fellenz
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I like it, it's the only player so far that has played all of my BD=>MKV files without complaint or problem.
Also downloaded the new KMplayer and it seems equally excellent
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