VLC : Current version: v1.0.2 et v1.0.5.

VLC is widely used to watch movies and other files that can't be opened in WMP. It contains all codecs to load these files, that's why we also use it on some P2P programs. Release notes: Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0-git: ------------------------------------ Access: * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Support for the sftp protocol * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version Decoders: * Support for Atrac1 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support * Invmem modules improvements Demuxers: * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) files * Various EGP improvements Playlist: * WPL playlist support * ZPL playlist support * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image * Podcast images are now displayed Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API * NEON assembly audio converter module Encoders: * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required Video Output: * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks. * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2) Visualisation: * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries Service discovery: * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories * Service discovery based on libudev Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory Mac OS X Interface: * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency Removed modules: * csri * galaktos * showintf * transrate * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo (use XCB instead) * HAL (use libudev instead) * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces Instructions: Just download and install it. To open a Sopcast channel when running in VLC: Open file --> network stream --> select http --> 127.0.0.1:8902 (the end can change to 8912 or 8903) To open a TVU channel, select 8901 at the end.

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Downloads: MAC OSX Download:   http://rapidshare.com/files/393354791/vlc-1.0.5-win32.rar