VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedias files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
Features
- GPU and DSP decoding, depending on the platform
- Faster and more stable
- New codecs and HD codecs enhancements
- MKV, mp4 and avi improvements
- Extensions
- Important code cleanup and rewrite
- Interface and playlist reworked
- Completely Free
Access and demuxers:
- fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
- fix for podcasts parsing
- DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
- fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab, CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
- fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
- fix m3u playlists exports
- fix video autoresize behaviour
- Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
- Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed