VLC (VideoLAN) 1.1.4

Rated 30/50 by schmen at Feb 22, 2008

this was my favorite player after i discovered the kmplayer. it has more preferences then vlc and plays also everything without need to install. another major difference are the onscreen controls. after now almost a year without major update, now they are coming out with only some little bug fixes?? man work on the fullscreen controls. it cant be this hard. everybody in forums are asking for years now! because of the ignorance only 3 stars..

Rated 20/50 by echohead at Feb 27, 2008

one of the few programs out there that are equally bad AND overrated on both windows and mac.

Rated 50/50 by Project51 at Feb 28, 2008

I used this to view incomplete videos before fully downloading them.

Rated 50/50 by Banshie at Feb 28, 2008

A brilliant program, Not my main, but always there :)

Rated 40/50 by comeoffit at Feb 28, 2008

When will VLC improve its subtitles support?

Rated 40/50 by Metshrine at Mar 18, 2008

This would be a perfect player if it had global hotkey support. The author has said that this will come, but not until after the next release which is 4-5 months away (his own words). 4/5 for now

Rated 50/50 by internetworld7 at Apr 2, 2008

This version of VLC is great on a Mac and corrected a bug that kept crashing on my Mac. Noting is better, not GOM Player or that other Korean media player. ?

Rated 40/50 by -Lord- at Apr 2, 2008

I would give it a 5, but the authors should not give it a 5 in order to post the version changes. That should be posted with the description as to not artificially inflate the ratings. I use this almost exclusively, except for mkv files which appear choppy. smplayer is was better for those, and is fast gaining ground as player of choice.

Rated 50/50 by eviljolly at Apr 2, 2008

VLC is awesome. Definitely worth a 5/5.

Rated 40/50 by DudeBoyz at Apr 2, 2008

Good Stuff! Keep up the good work. :)

Rated 50/50 by MickyFoley at Apr 2, 2008

Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f: ---------------------------------- Security updates: * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681) * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073) * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489) * Fixed cinepak integer overflow Various bugfixes: * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer * Close MMS access on network timeout * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer

Rated 50/50 by joeshmoe7 at Apr 3, 2008

Still rocks. My personal favorite for watching a DVD.

Rated 40/50 by wognum at Apr 6, 2008

Still an awful background ;-)

Rated 50/50 by osric at Apr 9, 2008

From the VLC website: "We are pleased to announce the release of VLC media player 0.8.6f. This is a bugfix release. VLC media player 0.8.6e and earlier versions suffer from security vulnerabilities in the Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, MP4 demuxer and Cinepak codec. This release also includes improved video output on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X and compatibility with Windows 9x/ME has been restored. We strongly recommend all users to update to this new version."

Rated 50/50 by kal4 at Apr 14, 2008

It Good...and..faster

Rated 30/50 by dpcdpc11 at May 14, 2008

sucks ass... can't even be compared with kmp or with gom... the interface is crap even if you enable the skins.. not to be able to see your controls in full screen it's like a player form the 80's or something... i'd ather use mplayer the original player on which this crap was built on. not to even mention the preferences that are a total mess!

Rated 40/50 by rhensley at May 15, 2008

I use videolan daily, but the project appears to have hit a snag. Maybe the fame caused management issues, I don't know. The newer beta versions have a lot of cool interface enhancements, but I am not sure when they will ever get out of beta. The project probably needs some refreshed focus and clarity. Overall, great media player and streamer though.

Rated 50/50 by philosopher_dog at May 29, 2008

Very good player. But I'm becoming very attached to GOM player. It's smarter out of the box among other things.

Rated 50/50 by XICO2KX at May 29, 2008

Great media player! Changelog can be found here: > http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS

Rated 40/50 by guti at May 29, 2008

Quite good, but probably MPlayer, being also open source, supports more formats, and is for sure more efficient. You can read a comparison between MPlayer, KMPlayer and VideoLAN at http://guti.bitacoras.co...ntry=entry070910-235034