VLC 1.0.0 Released

rift321 writes "VLC media player, which we all know for simplifying the playback of pretty much any codec out there, has finally released version 1.0.0. Here's a quick list of improvements: 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 fullscreen, RTSP Trickplay support, zipped file playback, customizable toolbars, easier encoding GUI in Qt interface, better integration in Gtk environments, MTP devices on Linux, and AirTunes streaming."

Comments

So it plays back media

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Is that it?

These days, if all you do is one thing, no matter how well you do it, you're always only going to be known for that one thing.

To borrow a phrase from Michael Jackson.. What have you done for me lately?

Does it still have a GUI interface

[sys.stdout.write]

... that looks like it was written in 1997?

Re:Sticking with mplayer, thank you

[Anonymous Coward]

Choose to be a slave. You can be free, and help free software, but you chose poorly.

Re:Sticking with mplayer, thank you

[Hurricane78]

Well, how many people need them anyway? I guess that group is too small to have any relevance. But hey, you can always add the feature yourself!.

Re:cutting edge

[Slashcrap]

Also, I was very surprised when I got the Matrix trilogy from the intertubes in raw BluRay format (25GB each one) and they also were played smoothly, so YMMV...

You used 75GB of bandwidth downloading the Matrix trilogy?

Get off my fucking Internet.