VLC 0.8.6 Released 258
h2g2bob writes "VideoLAN yesterday released a new version of VLC media player. A shout out goes to ffmpeg for many of the codec improvements." From the blurb: "Building on feedback from the 29 million downloads of VLC media player 0.8.5, we bring you version 0.8.6 with many bugfixes, as well as a couple of new features we think you will truly enjoy. Most prominent are probably Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. Other important changes are improved H.264 decoding, better Windows Unicode support, a Fullscreen controller, and Apple Remote support for Mac OS X."
Hmmm....WMV9 on OS X? (Score:5, Interesting)
Why is this under Linux? (Score:5, Interesting)
VLC is teh woohoo! (Score:5, Interesting)
Woohoo! I've been a tad frustrated with the lack of control while in fullscreen. I suppose I could memorize all of the keyboard shortcuts, but I use several different viewers between the Mac, Linux and Windoze...it just gets too confusing. I can't wait to try this out!
Re:Hmmm....WMV9 on OS X? (Score:5, Interesting)
Some help with versioning? (Score:3, Interesting)
For bug fixes I could see a 0.0.1 increase but don't new additions and features generally come with a 0.1.0 increment at least? Maybe the devs are too scared of developing a true 1.0 version? =)
ffmpeg's WMV9 implementation (Score:5, Interesting)
Incidentally, it looks like the new version is finally available in Universal Binary as well as Intel- and PPC-specific builds. And it seems to load subtitle texts automatically from the get-go without mingling with the preferences settings (yes, I confirmed this by trashing the existing preferences file). I say job well done for the VLC developers.
torrent? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:What fullscreen controller? (Score:4, Interesting)
Gack, good! One of the best things about VLC is that there is no annoying "control" eating screen space when you go fullscreen. The keyboard shortcuts remain fully functional, so use those.
I've seen way too many public presentations that begin with the Windows Media Player controls present, then sliding away, not to appreciate the value of VLC.
Re:h264 decoding on vlc player kicks ass! (Score:3, Interesting)
I have also read good reviews about coreAVC on doom9 forums, but VLC player is free and open-source as opposed to coreAVC which is closed.
Re:Why is this under Linux? (Score:2, Interesting)
Lots of things are possible. That's one that's possible and not true.
VLC Player is more likely to be the best media player under Windows, where stuff like MPlayer isn't native.
Re:How is this news? (Score:1, Interesting)
It wouldn't be artificially inflating the number. If there are new features, it shouldn't be a minor version number increase. This is sloppy release engineering, plain and simple.
Re:How is this news? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:VLC is teh woohoo! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:How is this news? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Version Number Deflation... (Score:5, Interesting)
When you call it 1.0, there is no going back. It's kind of scary for some projects. Look at the difference in press in a project like firefox. When it hit 1.0 it started getting flack for a poor upgrade mechanism and such, while before that no one cared much if it only came in
Sooooo pretty. (Score:5, Interesting)
Plays DVDs & CDs from ISO images (Score:3, Interesting)
Question: (Score:3, Interesting)
Dwight Shrute.