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VideoLan VLC 1.0.0 Released

Jul 7, 2009
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Code named “Golden eye” VLC 1.0.0 was released. For those of you who are not as familiar with VLC, it is one of the more popular all in one media players, next to players such as Media Player Classic for example. The great thing about VLC is no need to install any extra codecs, no need for any mind numbing, hair pulling configurations. With VLC you just download the player and it will start playing your media out of the box.

The new features of VLC 1.0.0 are as follows:

  • Live recording
  • Instant pausing and frame-by-frame support
  • Finer speed controls
  • New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, …)
  • New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, …) and major improvements in many formats
  • New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder
  • Video scaling in full screen
  • 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

Another great feature of VLC is that it will transcode your media on the fly. One feature I regularly use it for is to capture and transcode flash videos from the internet so that I can put them onto my Blackberry Strom and share them on the go.

Visit Cnet for more information on the new VLC Player

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Josh Shenkle

Five+ year veteran media center user. Over the years I have built over 20 media center pc's whether it has been to upgrade an existing system in my setup, or to build a media center pc (HTPC) for friends or family. My other passion besides HTPC's and Media Center is Home Theater. After purchasing my first home with a blank slate in the basement, I completely finished it off, building a home theater with a 120" front projection setup and 7.1 surround sound system. So between Media Center and Home theater that is what you'll find me talking about here. Like Adam Thursby, between the two of us are probably the only Zune users you'll find. I started out with an iPod nano but eventually found my way to the Zune and the Zune software and never looked back. Also like Josh Pollard I too am a mobile phone/smart phone gadget nerd. In my "day job" one of my job responsibilities is to test out new phones, specifically windows mobile phones, and test them out with our exchange server and trouble shoot end user issues. I am also a Blackberry convert as I recently got a Blackberry Storm for personal use and absolutely love it! I am a huge forum troll, you can find me on AVSforums, TGB, Missingremote, Hardforums, and even the AU media center forums. I like to help out where I can when it comes to HTPC's and media center in general, so if there are questions to be had, I try to answer them the best I can.

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