VLC (VideoLAN) 1.1.4

Rated 40/50 by Kei-chan at May 24, 2009

Anomoly - sounds like you've got ffdshow installed, with the 'OSD' option enabled (that'll overlay information about the video on the display). Open the "Video decoder configuration" option in ffdshow's Start menu folder, and make sure the OSD checkbox in the left-hand pane is cleared. VLC's an okay player, which uses its own codecs and not those of the system it's installed on, but I've had a few issues with it... and yes, it can require a bit of tweaking for it to work well enough for you.

Rated 40/50 by anomoly at May 27, 2009

Thanks. Kept thinking it was mpc. 4 for no dxva I am aware of.

Rated 50/50 by DrTeeth at May 28, 2009

Never had to tweak a thing. Plays some WMV files that GomPlayer throws a hissy fit at.

Rated 20/50 by FixXxeR at Jun 8, 2009

Still does not remember the last folder used despite claims that it has been fixed on their forums. I have tried every nightly and this player still defaults the open file dialog to MY DOCUMENTS as opposed to the last folder used. 2/5 because this bug is highly annoying.

Rated 50/50 by commander2001 at Jun 11, 2009

good no problems yet

Rated 20/50 by Blaxima at Jun 18, 2009

Thats it, I can't take the flaws of this player anymore and it seems they don't seem to care about fixing them because they have been the same build after build. It will play just about everything which is good but the image quality is not very good when put side by side with other players. One of my biggest gripes is that when you pause playback it doesn't pause the video right away but the audio pauses. This is the only player I've ever seen do this and because of it it throws audio and subtitles out of sync with the video.

Rated 40/50 by some guy at Jun 19, 2009

great for video I find playing Audio is to over exposed the standard db default is set to high

Rated 40/50 by danho001 at Jun 25, 2009

Bug reporting system is HORRIBLY BROKEN. I've been using VLC for over a year now. It's fantastic. I use it mainly to play ripped DVDs off of the hard drive. However, I ran into this bug and tried to report it through VLC's proper channels -- CAN"T!!!! Problem -- can't playback a DVD with 4 channel audio properly. Program accidentally switches rear surround channels with front mains -- and vice versa. Test DVD: Rescuers Down Under, Robin Hood Men In Tights. System: Vista Ultimate x64

Rated 30/50 by Lusono at Jul 7, 2009

The VLC Player is pretty good, but after all this time I think it could be better. I don't know why they decided to make the volume control the way they did. When it looks like the volume is at half, it's actually 100%. This allows you to increase the volume to 200% if you turn it all the way up. (Who needs to do this in the media player? Don't your speakers go louder?) Now, it does say "100%" above the volume control to let you know that half-way is actually 100%, but this still looks bad and can be confusing. If you raise the volume all the way, it will be at 200% and sound distorted, like it's blowing your speakers out. Another feature that's missing is the ability to show a video in a window that has no border or anything else, but then shows controls when you move your mouse over it. The KMPlayer does this and I don't know another modern player that does. VLC has a "minimal" mode, but it still shows a title bar and does not show controls when you move your mouse over the video. Finally, the main thing that VLC (and most media players) is missing is something that Windows Media Player has. TOOLBAR MODE! You can make it so when you minimize Windows Media Player, it will be in a "mini mode" in the taskbar, where you can still play, pause, go forward or backward a track, or use the seek bar. Please, somebody make a good media player that can do all of these things and also play any file! The KMPlayer is almost there except for this last thing. Otherwise, even though it doesn't have the borderless video ability or toolbar mode, I like SMPlayer.

Rated 30/50 by cekicen at Jul 7, 2009

Finally! Version 1.0

Rated 30/50 by nugro at Jul 7, 2009

ugly ugly image quality.... some stars for the effort though...

Rated 50/50 by malirene at Jul 28, 2009

All in all the best player around. Some little thing are missing but nothing I can't live without. mkv container playback is kind a cheese, please fix that. 6/5 from me :o)

Rated 50/50 by darkpepe at Jul 28, 2009

I love being able to give the volume a boost to 200%. The build in speakers of my laptops sometimes are not enough.

Rated 10/50 by Phat Esther at Sep 15, 2009

no multiprocessor support not use only one brain of cpu but 2 or 4 have 2009 autumn ??? wake up programmers its your time write working program not only crash - send feedback ? crash crash crash crash send send send send vlc has good start after heavylie fall down must trying give negativ rating -1 or -2 star

Rated 10/50 by vandr3ad at Sep 22, 2009

for a veteran video player, VLC just doesn't cut it for media playback superiority. has anyone here tried The KMPlayer. It's feature-rich and gives you a lot of options on how you play your media. it can play virtually any media file available. for those non-technical users, setup is very easy. i used VLC before and playback is jerky. this is using a freshly installed VLC, no customizations. playing the same video on The KMPlayer, i got a better experience. playback was smooth. i can't seem to understand how VLC can be "the best" player around when there are way better players out there.

Rated 20/50 by dhry at Sep 23, 2009

Avoid this and either get Media Player Classic HC + fffdshow, or KMPlayer.

Rated 40/50 by uberfly at Sep 23, 2009

There are better dedicated players out there now, but the versatility of this is great. It is more than just a simple player. I use KM Player now, but will always keep this installed for when KM chokes (which it often does). Also, I use its streaming ability to transfer stuff off my comcast box at home. It's a solid app.

Rated 10/50 by Epsi at Sep 23, 2009

Totally agree. VLC was good back in the day when they could still hide behind the "beta" status. And yea. KM Player has no rival when it comes to high end features

Rated 10/50 by nugro at Sep 24, 2009

Ugly image quality and subtitle render. Do more with less, use MPC-HC, superior in every way.

Rated 20/50 by chucke at Sep 25, 2009

"CONSTANT TWEAKING" Large menu of functions such as screen size, subtitle on and off control etc. This newest version seems to have a problem showing the video. I have to make sure the screen size is full and "Deinterlace" is set to "Linear" before I can see the video. Previous versions did not have that problem. I do not like the fact that I have to make some video adjustments to watch a video. Other than having to adjust the settings in "Deinterlace" while making sure that it is in full screen mode; it is a very good player.