New VLC media player released

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~2 weeks late, but VLC 2.0.1 has been released.

   Support for MxPEG files and streams
   New features in the Mac OS X interface for more customization.
   Numerous fixes in the Qt, the Mac OS and the skins interfaces.
   Fixes for HTTP Live Streaming, CDDB, UDP/RTP support.
   Security issues SA-1201 and SA-1202.
   Limited support for Bluray discs menus.
   Numerous fixes for MKV support.
   Fix for splitted RAR files playback.
   Numerous fixes for more than 120 bugs.
   Codec and 3rd party libraries security updates.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download

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Major update of this well used software

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.0.2.html

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2.0.2 specific changes

2.0.2

  • Rework of the Mac OS X interface
  • Fix video output for old graphic cards on Windows XP, which are using DirectX
  • Fix video output on old Macs, notably PowerPC and GMA950 intel Macs.
  • Support for HiDPI, aka Retina Display
  • Support for H264 v4l2 devices on Linux
  • Translations updates and new Scottish Gaelic translation

2.0.2

  • Fixes for splitted RAR, MKV segmented, mp4 and Real media files playback.
  • Rewrite of the Digital TV module on Windows
  • Enhancements in HLS, Blu-Ray and various codecs support
  • Fixes for subtitles auto-detection
  • Fixes on Qt, skins2 and web interfaces

Neat, although I converted to SMPlayer a while back, I do like VLC

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I like VLC Portable for burning onto data DVDs.

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VLC 2.0.3

VLC 2.0.3

2012-07-19

VideoLAN and the VLC development are proud to present a minor update adding support for OS X Mountain Lion as well as improving VLC's overall stability on OS X. Additionally, this version includes updates for 18 translations and adds support for Uzbek and Marathi. For MS Windows, you can update manually if you need the translation updates.

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VLC Portable v2.0.3 available here:

http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

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I like VLC for its capability to play ISO images of movies with menus. But I hate how you have to navigate endless pages of options to find what you really need.

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Still using MPC HC as my main player, but VLC is my secondary player (also for testing/comparing).

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I've been sticking with SMPlayer for a while, though I do like what they've done with the VLC interface in the newer versions :)

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But I hate how you have to navigate endless pages of options to find what you really need.

That's one of the things I've never liked much about the install version, on a number of times I had to use the feature that allows resetting it to default to undo changes. None of those issues exist for me using the portable version.

I've been sticking with SMPlayer for a while

Does that still have the looping bug at the end of videos where it reaches the end then replays the last 1 to 3 seconds? That's one reason I stopped using it, made it impossible to know if where I split a video was going to be seemless/gapless when merged.

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Nope, not that ive seen.

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Btw. could this be moved to -> Software

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Done

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VLC v2.0.4

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VLC v2.0.5

  • Rework and fixes of the Mac OS X interface
  • Fix Pulseaudio initial synchronization
  • Fix MKV, SWF, AIFF and subtitles demuxer crashes
  • Translations updates and new Welsh translation
  • DVB-S delivery system detection
  • Fix audio and video track selection through libVLC
  • Fix system sleep issue on Mac OS X 10.5

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For those who use VLC:

VLC Media Player ASF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

http://www.videolan.org/security/sa1302.html

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Thank you, nodles, for the warning.