VLC (VideoLAN) 1.1.4

Rated 40/50 by rseiler at Sep 15, 2008

Among many other improvements, it finally has video controls when playing full screen. Only problem is that these video controls keep popping up every three seconds for no apparent reason, and it's incredibly annoying.

Rated 50/50 by elitegangsta at Sep 15, 2008

Love it, plays any media file I throw at it, even Blu-Ray RAW .mkv and .ts files. Has a very small digital footprint, runs fast and very stable. Love it's cross platform nature. I like being able to use the same app on Window, OS X, and Linux interchangeably depending on which PC I am using. Haven't had a file this wouldn't play by default, great source of codecs recognized (best I've seen to date). Some ppl claim problems with .mk files... I haven't had a single issue, possibly not a standard packaged codec? Maybe those pppl should try installing the CommunityCombinedCodec pack (CCC) which seems to have the problem solved on my end, at least on the Windows side. Great work dev. team, keep up the great effort.

Rated 10/50 by echohead at Sep 15, 2008

please fix libmkv - this is the only media player i encounter regularly that doesnt seem to handle matroska content properly.

Rated 30/50 by Lands at Sep 15, 2008

I appreciate the effort, but it is a rushed release. Lots of bugs, some of them very annoying: - for mkv files, it doesn't play dts audio (5.1 option, only the stereo/2front,2 rear option) - it was imposssible for me to save the settings (audio/video equalizer etc.) 3/5 for now

Rated 10/50 by Qlib at Sep 15, 2008

well bleh.. 3-4 years ago there wasnt really much competition to VLC (exept the already then FAR superior Media Player Classic) but these days theres LOADS of other players out there that have superceeded VLC by lightyears and the VLC developers doesnt seem interested in trying to catch up.. its still missing TONS of features other players have.. its still ugly as fu*k and horrible to use and setup as well as a having a nasty habit of just locking up randomly and crashing.. severely dissapointed.. move on to something better like KMPlayer.com .. those koreeans knows what they are doing.. at least if you use windows..

Rated 30/50 by Blaxima at Sep 15, 2008

Still buggy and lacks alot of basic funcionality that I like in other players. Plays most formats but not all. The picture quality is also sub-par when compared to other players. Great for streaming video but thats about all I use it for now

Rated 30/50 by terve at Sep 15, 2008

I just noticed that this new version doesn't show Matroska subtitles. The old one 0.8.6 did that ok.

Rated 50/50 by Marucins at Sep 15, 2008

Nice Many new future and fix bug.

Rated 40/50 by butthead at Sep 19, 2008

Qlib, could you tell me about some of the features missing (should be easy since you say it misses TONS of features ;)). Overall good program, though i prefer mpc for daily use.

Rated 40/50 by Undesired Username at Sep 19, 2008

Seems OK, video seeking seems much improved in particular, but it drives me nuts how there seems to be no way to make the controls auto-hide in full screen. You can either set it up so the controls are always shown in full screen, or never shown. I like the way MPC does it much better. Edit: I installed VLC on a second PC and found that there is a sort of auto-hide, but it becomes disabled if the "Native" radio button is selected under Interface settings.

Rated 40/50 by myboy at Sep 29, 2008

People should probably be cautious about this package since there is no official version 0.9.3 release for Windows anywhere - including the VideoLAN distribution FTP site(s). The latest official version for Windows is still 0.9.2 - and will be so until the VideoLAN web site says otherwise. My guess is that someone independently built this package manually from the source code or they grabbed some 0.9.3 build off the nightlies here: http://nightlies.videolan.org/ But there is a difference between something being posted there versus something being posted for general distribution. If you really want to use a nightly, just get the final 0.9.3 nightly build for Windows from here: http://nightlies.videola...32/branch-20080926-0207/ But if you really want a nightly, you could just as well use the latest from here: http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/latest/ At the moment, it's 0.9.4 - even newer than what is posted here in FF. Of course, if you're really adventurous, you can even get a version 1.0 release at the nightly site (look in the latest "trunk-" folder)...

Rated 50/50 by Zee333 at Sep 29, 2008

Im so confused, this is from the front official page for VideoLAN, it says "the VideoLAN team presents version 0.9.3, the first bugfix release of the 0.9 series. We are also putting a call out for new Windows developers for our team." but then it goes on to say "This is version 0.9.2, we do not have a 0.9.3 windows release." also on the home page, so what the heck is going on, is it v0.9.2 or v0.9.3? This is a good program, curryently using v0.8.6i, 0.9.2 had an annoying volume bug that really made it annoying to watch movies in full screen.

Rated 50/50 by Paul Skinner at Sep 29, 2008

Good to see they've either got a Windows developer again, or had help from the community. 0.9.2 was horribly buggy and the 0.9.3 release was desperately needed. *Edit* At poster above, I believe it has just been released on their FTP site, and will be updated on the main site by tomorrow.

Rated 10/50 by Qlib at Sep 30, 2008

ugh.. wanted to test if they had fixed an issue with the fullscreen in this one.. but.. now it wont even start.. even when i installed it on my laptop that was completely clean and fresh.. no start.. nothing.. just.. bleh.. kmplayer.com ftw! or mpchc if your desperate.. avoid this old and outdated wannabeplayer..

Rated 30/50 by Lands at Sep 30, 2008

It is just not what it used to be. Buggy, slow development. Just use mpc-hc.

Rated 50/50 by scious at Oct 1, 2008

just dl new version. I have been using this for years. The new interface is fantastic - great prog just got better.

Rated 50/50 by ark2000 at Oct 2, 2008

Finally, works great now, I tried using some skins, ran into some problems there... but still good progress and new default interface works great!

Rated 40/50 by Zee333 at Oct 7, 2008

VLC Homepage is still advertising v0.9.2 as the latest version yet this is v0.9.4, are you sure v0.9.3 and v0.9.4 are not BETA releases, or are they actually final builds because im really confused now.

Rated 50/50 by vithos at Oct 7, 2008

Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4: ------------------------------------ Various bugfixes: * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread * Fixes several memory leaks. Mac OS X port: * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier ) * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences. * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates Windows port: * Stability fix for the video output. Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3: -------------------------------- Various bugfixes: * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype * Fixed update system bugs * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+) Mac OS X port: * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on modern Mac OS X versions Windows port: * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled before installation * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback * Multiple directory and path location fixes. Qt4 interface: * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues) * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in pre

Rated 30/50 by Blaxima at Oct 7, 2008

I think the new interface is kind of tacky. I much prefered the old one which matched the visual style I was using besides the skins do not work properly at all. The minimal mode is nice looking though The preferences are cleaned up a bit but switching to advanced mode is still a nightmare to go through. Plays most files well but the picture quality is not as good as others, it's not as sharp or virbrant. A small gripe that has been there since the begining and still has not been fixed is the fact that when you hit pause, unlike every other player on the market, this one takes a second to acutally pause (wtf is that about?) I use to use this for all my video but now its only good for watching sopcast streams and contrary to what most just regurgatate here, I will not say use MPC home cinema because its picture quality does not compare to BS Player