Get VideoLAN 1.0 Final
The first version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC 1.0.0 was just released yesterday. It represents a major milestone in the development of VideoLAN media player, a free multimedia framework and streaming tool. This release ads a wide range of new features, new formats and new codecs to the VLC multimedia framework and improvements, by fixing a high number of bugs identified in the 0.9.x or 0.8.6 versions.
What is so special about VideoLAN ? This multimedia management software solution is maybe unique, as compared with similar applications, because it provides support for almost all existing types of video and audio files on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems, without depending on pre-installed client codecs.
According to the official publisher description, VideoLAN is “capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.”
These are the main features of VideoLAN 1.0:
-Independent of systems codecs to support most video types
-Live recording
-Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support
-Finer speed controls
-HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0)
-support for new formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS) and major improvements in many formats
-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
In order to enjoy your multimedia content at maximum computer performance, try VideoLAN 1.0. It is available for free download from the official VideoLAN website.
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