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VLC media player has been downloaded 3 billion times

45 points by jmsflknr 8y ago

bitxbitxbitcoin 8y ago
And they stood up for all those users when scummy people came around to buy access to those computers!
cordonbleu 8y ago
a complicated program, its far more than a media player! to say its a media player is to say a diamond is a shiny thing with no other use. thanx for the post and support.
- NoPicklez 8y ago
  Do you mind elaborating on what else it can do apart from being a media player? Just for someone who uses the software daily, I'd like to know more!
  - cordonbleu 8y ago
    VLC is a transcoder and will convert from one format to another, or from one stream container to another. VLC will capture and record a stream as well as restream. VLC will record whatever media or stream is being played. VLC has web interfaces to remotely access and controll the [VLC] application. http://www.videolan.org/ http://www.videolan.org/ http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html
dirtylowprofile 8y ago
Their MobileVLCKit is a huge help on our projects too.
RileyJames 8y ago
I’ve been loving the iOS VLC player. I have no qualms with the app, but the network tabs leads me to believe it has lots of features I never utilise, primarily because I’m not sure how. Primarily I’m talking about the streams and downloads features. Obviously, it’s a media player. I don’t expect it to provide the links for these features, but my big question is always, what’s 3rd party sites or apps do provide vlc compatible stream/download links. Are there sites / apps for this? If not, it seems like a huge opportunity for iOS considering how locked down those kinds of download / stream features seems to be in general.
gruturo 8y ago
I have a huge amount of respect for them, for having refused the very substantial (7-8 figures) amount of money they got offered to bundle crapware/spyware with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048

45 points by jmsflknr 8y ago

And they stood up for all those users when scummy people came around to buy access to those computers!

a complicated program, its far more than a media player! to say its a media player is to say a diamond is a shiny thing with no other use. thanx for the post and support.

NoPicklez 8y ago
Do you mind elaborating on what else it can do apart from being a media player? Just for someone who uses the software daily, I'd like to know more!
- cordonbleu 8y ago
  VLC is a transcoder and will convert from one format to another, or from one stream container to another. VLC will capture and record a stream as well as restream. VLC will record whatever media or stream is being played. VLC has web interfaces to remotely access and controll the [VLC] application. http://www.videolan.org/ http://www.videolan.org/ http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html

dirtylowprofile 8y ago

Their MobileVLCKit is a huge help on our projects too.

RileyJames 8y ago

I’ve been loving the iOS VLC player. I have no qualms with the app, but the network tabs leads me to believe it has lots of features I never utilise, primarily because I’m not sure how. Primarily I’m talking about the streams and downloads features. Obviously, it’s a media player. I don’t expect it to provide the links for these features, but my big question is always, what’s 3rd party sites or apps do provide vlc compatible stream/download links. Are there sites / apps for this? If not, it seems like a huge opportunity for iOS considering how locked down those kinds of download / stream features seems to be in general.

gruturo 8y ago

I have a huge amount of respect for them, for having refused the very substantial (7-8 figures) amount of money they got offered to bundle crapware/spyware with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048