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Open Source VLC media player 2.0.0 is out
- krig 15y agoI had to go in and delete the old version of VLC (1.12) that I had installed, and also delete the old preferences before the new version would work properly for me. The new graphical look in OSX (perhaps other systems as well, I don't know about them) has gotten some critique, but I think it looks great.
- joejohnson 15y agoThere was a script provided with the OS X .dmg (at Goodies/Delete VLC Preferences)
- ajays 15y agoAny pointers to Ubuntu (10.04) packages for this version of VLC?
- morsch 15y ago10.04? No. But this PPA seems to have the up-to-date package for 11.10: https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc
- pibefision 15y agoDoes it consumes more CPU than 1.12?
- agumonkey 15y agoon my core duo, intel crap gpu, winxp it did consume much more. test : old, low quality 480p divx version | cpu usage | comm. vlc 2.0.0f | ~ 15% | half of it being system calls. vlc 1.1.11 | > 1% | smaller than one pixel in proc.exp graph sad since vlc was usually the lightest ( sometimes trading quality for fluidity )
- mitchty 15y agoOk, so first thing it did upon starting a movie in OSX was decide to rebuild the font cache. Wasn't this a problem on windows that was fixed?
- avirambm 15y agoSame here. I also find the "Use the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion" option terribly slow.
- tolmasky 15y agoI can't believe this option is enabled by default, native fullscreen mode is by all accounts a bug marketed as a feature in Lion, especially for a video player. It provides zero functionality over "non-native" (??) fullscreen, and actually severely degrades the experience in many situations. Namely, if you have two monitors, native fullscreen is completely broken as it: 1. Forces you to full screen on the main monitor regardless of which monitor the window is currently in. So if you click it on your left hand monitor it jumps to your right hand monitor. 2. Forces you to look at linen (!!!) in the other monitor. It doesn't even do the slightly less broken behavior of giving you black on the other monitor, it literally fills it up with that ridiculous linen repeated pattern so that it can optimally annoy you as you are watching the movie. Not to mention that you should have the option of actually using your other monitor for actual work. This is why I just can't use iTunes or Quicktime for watching video content anymore. Because someone literally went in and deleted working code. Quicktime used to have nice options for blacking the other screens or not, etc. and they were taken out. Were people demanding this feature in VLC or something?
- DrJokepu 15y agoTo be fair, using multiple displays on a Mac is not exactly a common use case so that would explain why they've chosen to enable it by default.
- alixmartineau 15y ago> I can't believe this option is enabled by default Because it's the platform default. That's how it should be. > It provides zero functionality over "non-native" (??) fullscreen Wrong. It puts you in another "Space". You can argue that you like OS X's fullscreen feature, but VLC implements it just how it sould be.
- babebridou 15y agoAnyone else having issues with the delay in volume control? I'm used to the volume changing instantly whenever I change it with the mouse wheel, but in 2.00 there seems to be an annoying delay of about a second for each change, at least on my PC.
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- skymt 15y agoThis appears to be the relevant bug: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5654 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/5654
- babebridou 15y agoThanks for the link. It certainly looks like it.
- baddox 15y agoIn the new version, it also seems to actually change the volume a lot more drastically (at least above 100%), which is a good thing.
- jbk 15y agoIt used to be a linear scale, which is a nonsense. Now it use a quadratic scale (faster to compute than a log and close enough)
- tnuc 15y agoAnd I still can't use the multimedia keys on my keyboard to control it while minimized.
- chrisballinger 15y agoDoes the move to LGPLv2.1+ for libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat allow for Applidium's VLC iPhone port (http://applidium.com/en/applications/vlc http://applidium.com/en/applications/vlc) to be resubmitted to the App Store after some minor changes?
- tcas 15y agoI don't think so. According to the FAQ they don't think it'll change (http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html). The LGPL requires dynamically linking the library or providing the raw object files if statically linked to allow the end user to change the LGPL library in the code. I've read that the app store's code signing + pay wall to get a signing certificate violates this exception, so it looks like a no go. It would have been nice if they added in a static linking exception. Hopefully this will allow for other open source software to link to libVLC without having to fully upgrade to GPL however.
- dtorres 15y agoEven if it's not available in the App Store, you can get it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html
- jbk 15y agoYes/No. We also need to move many VLC modules to LGPL, since VLC/iOS needs static linking on this platform. But, I am working on it. It takes a lot of time, and I am already doing much on my free time.
- tcas 15y agoInteresting new look. I was excited about getting HTTP Live Streaming support in VLC, however, it seems to be broken for sliding playlists, which is surprising since I thought it hooks into libav* for a lot of that stuff, which does have support.
- jbk 15y agoVLC HLS support is not using libav, for many reasons. Can you file a bugreport for a sample?
- tcas 15y agoI'll see what I can do, unfortunately generating a sample sliding window playlist isn't the easiest thing in the world to do (I can't post the feed I'm testing it with). Looking at access logs it appears to have something to do with reloading the playlist, as the access intervals don't look like Quicktime's or an iPhone's.
- dmix 15y agoStill doesn't have an option to remember playback position. Users have been asking for this on the forums for years. Most of us use VLC to watch movies and not all of us finish them in one sitting. I hate having to find where I left off...
- w1ntermute 15y agoThis is why I use SMPlayer. It has all the features of VLC and is less resource-intensive, to boot. Edit: also displays subtitles a lot better.
- conradfr 15y agoI use kmplayer for the same reasons. I have yet to test VLC 2.0 though.
- jbk 15y agoDisplay subtitles better? You did not test 2.0.0. This is exactly what was fixed in this version. You might need to use the OpenGL output on Linux, though.
- w1ntermute 15y agoJust updated to 2.0.0 on Arch x64, and things subtitle-wise are not much better. They still look much less grainy on SMPlayer, though I may be able to mitigate that at least partially by fiddling with the settings (though ideally this wouldn't be necessary). But trying VLC out reminded me of a few more issues: * Activating the controls while in full-screen mode (by hitting the bottom of the screen) is temperamental * There's a lag after unpausing the video before audio starts playing again. Not functionally relevant, but it drives me nuts.
- jbk 15y agoDid you try the OpenGL output?
- simcop2387 15y ago
- nixle 15y agoLoving everything about this!
- nixle 15y agoWhat do they mean with "New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2." ? It's not the "android" or "ios" version they are talking about, since those are still in development, right?
- jbk 15y agoAndroid nightly build works fine. We need to finish the UI.
- saintfiends 15y agoDoes anybody have a link to the source? It's giving a 404 from the website right now.
- jbk 15y agoOOps. Just fixed it.
- ChrisNorstrom 15y agoI'm still using the old 0.9.9 version because that's the last version that has the old Slow Motion = Deep Pitch sound effect when you slow down the music. I actually like my music to sound deeper when I slow it down. So I've refused to upgrade for years.
- kzrdude 15y agoI love Depeche Mode 45 rpm in 33 rpm.
- morsch 15y agoPreferences - Audio - Uncheck Enable Time-Stretching audio I did need to restart VLC for that to take effect. This is VLC 1.x (whatever the latest in the Ubuntu repos is). I suspect the option is still available in VLC 2.
- jbk 15y agoNot only there is an option to deactivate this, but VLC 2.0 gives you better resampling quality and does not cut audio files in the beginning and the end.
- moonchrome 15y ago>New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2. OS/2 ? Why ?
- jlarocco 15y agoWhy not? My guess, and it's just a guess, is that a few guys with old OS/2 machines thought it would be cool, so added it. Highly unlikely they devoted mainline VLC devs to it.
- moonchrome 15y agoI just thought there's some secret OS/2 using club (outside of legacy industrial machines :))
- guard-of-terra 15y agoThere totally are. People still use OS/2 because they think it's the best desktop OS ever created, they are tiny in numbers but are more than capable of serving themselves' needs. http://www.ecomstation.com/ http://www.ecomstation.com/ - they even have this.
- jbk 15y agoAnd you are exactly right. One guy, from Korea gave use very high quality patches for OS/2 that did not break other platforms and were easy to maintain. On what ground could we refuse them?
- kalleboo 15y agoMaybe an ATM manufacturer trying to add some flair to their standby displays
- DavidSJ 15y agoHow is it acceptable that SourceForge download links are HTTP and not HTTPS?
- DavidSJ 15y agoIs there a reason this comment was modded down?
- alexchamberlain 15y agoI didn't vote down, but why would open source downloads need to go over HTTPS? It's very expensive to encrypt such large files for each download. Furthermore, many of the advantages can be gained by checking the MD5.
- jbk 15y agoAnd we supply md5, sha1, sha256 (overkill, yeah!) + signature of all packages.
- legality 15y agoVLC is probably illegal in some countries due to the patents applying to a lot of video and audio codecs. If Sourceforge downloads were over an encrypted connection, one could avoid monitoring.
- astrange 15y agoThat illegality applies to the developers of VLC, not to people downloading it.
- alexchamberlain 15y agoSSH tunnel to a cloud server in Europe, then download over that.
- DavidSJ 15y agoAre checksums provided over HTTPS anywhere? If not, then this doesn't help with MITM attacks.
- prophetjohn 15y agoWindows and OS X only?
- jbk 15y agoSource is done and packagers for Linux are doing builds now.
- derleth 15y agoIt's on Linux, too; the source is out so it's out for every system they support, but they have Linux builds. The VLC team likes people to get it from their distro's package repos. On Ubuntu (Oneiric, Precise) you do that by adding the correct PPA to your sources list. This website has more info: http://iloveubuntu.net/vlc-20-released-ppa-available http://iloveubuntu.net/vlc-20-released-ppa-available Basically, though, do this at a command line: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc
- jerrell 15y agoWow. I cannot believe the pettiness of comments here. VLC is a fantastic media player, and I'm quite appalled to see the conversation here dominated by such little gripes. VLC plays media more reliably than any other program I've tried, on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. And whether or not you consider it perfect, reaching the 2.0 milestone is something to be lauded, not bitched about.
- jbk 15y agoGeeks and video geeks love to tweak at the best their media players. VLC is not the best tool for that, compared to selecting your own renderer, own codec pack+configuration and own subtitles codecs. This is normal. However, since VLC is getting too mainstream, I see more and more of hate that is unjustified. When asked why, they cannot explain why. This is a bit annoying to be honest. Finally, VLC being Cross-Platform cannot be the best on all platforms. We do our best, but we cannot be 100% perfect, especially with so little time. We need to do a company, but what Business Model?
- StavrosK 15y agoI don't know, I just want a video player that plays anything with minimal hassle. Therefore, VLC gets installed on every new machine first thing. I love it to bits, keep up the good work! Haters are a reeeeally small minority.
- hello_moto 15y agoDon't listen to the haters. We (me, my wife, my family) are all using VLC and don't care about anything else. It can open all media files we care until today. It displays subtitles correctly. It enhances the sound of some media files that would otherwise have lower volume level when played on Windows Media Player. It is cross-platform: we use it on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Did I tell you that people around me are happy users (regardless the UI tweak?) because it just works with minimum effort to install? Keep the very good work.
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- chj 15y agoLove VLC! Good to know it is moving to LGPL, if it means we can have VLC on iOS.
- Cyph0n 15y agoOn OS X: MPlayerX - On Windows: MPC and/or KMPlayer Until VLC becomes more "native" on OS X and improves its interface, I don't think I'll be using it. In any case, I've downloaded it on my PC, so I'm keeping an open mind towards it.
- Terretta 15y agoMplayerX and Movist are both in Mac App Store and both are playing one upsmanship on releases since getting there. It's great for video loving users. I normally use Plex Client (playing from Plex Media Server) but some sources crash Plex if the type of digital audio changes midstream, so I'll play that source in one of these, depending on whether I need the subtitles or am watching a whole series at once.
- jbk 15y agoVLC 2.0 has a more native interface. Instead of commenting, you could, at least, click the link...
- zak_mc_kracken 15y agoI can't find any indication that this new release supports 3D, did I miss something?
- jbk 15y agoNope, only a fork does.
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- hoag 15y agoI love VLC but my buddy swears by Media Player Classic (at least on Windows). Anybody else?
- salemh 15y agoWhen all else fails, VLC always works. Media Player Classic (on windows) does a fair job, but breaks a lot as well. VLC doesn't break for pretty much any medium :) Love it.
- pwelch 15y agoI love VLC. Just today I was playing around with the streaming feature which I had not realized was so awesome. Plus the fact that it plays anything I have asked it to. Glad to see this open source project going strong! Keep up the good work VLC devs!
- thewordis 15y agoI'm curious why no one ever brings up the legal status of VLC. It's an incredibly popular program, and is likely illegal in the US. Their FAQ (http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html) used to make this explicit, mentioning who and where you'd have to send payment for patent royalties and that decoding DVDs is against the DMCA, whereas now any mention is relegated to the legal section (http://www.videolan.org/legal.html http://www.videolan.org/legal.html), where they encourage you to make your own judgment. Wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20091201230711/http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html http://web.archive.org/web/20091201230711/http://www.videola...
- rmc 15y agoThe USA is not the world. Many US software is illegal in other countries, that doesn't mean we need to keep telling everyone that (say) some software is illegal in China everytime it comes up.
- lunarscape 15y agoVLC is far from the only project to face this problem unfortunately. The Linux Mint devs likewise state it is "designed in Ireland and conforms to both Irish and European law", something H-Online talks about: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/HealthCheck-Linux-Mint-1405495.html http://www.h-online.com/open/features/HealthCheck-Linux-Mint...
- adrianscott 15y agoFirst off, VLC is awesome, and VLC team are heroes, imho. I ended up having to go back to 1.11, as it ended up choking on the 1080p60 files my vidcam produces, though at first, for a minute or two, it worked better than 1.11 win32 (where i have to slow it down to 67% speed to get smooth playback). The u.i. changes (removal of slow down and speed back, and see playback speed) threw me for a moment, but then I saw I could customize the u.i. really easily, which was great. Can't wait til the day it can tap into my Nvidia GPU (460), but i know that's a non-trivial problem. Anyhow, overall, congrats to the team, and I look forward to some additional upgrades so I can tap into the new features. -a
- jbk 15y agoThey are not removed, just hidden by default. The view menu and the customize menus are your friends.
- gala8y 15y agoMade me think how much effort goes into the stuff so I can say "I was just watching a video on the second monitor using VLC." Seems like version 1.1 does not pick it up for update via 'Help / Check for updates'. Dont know if its by design or a little, tiny bug.
- meetcause 15y agoThank you guys. I prefer VLC on all the platforms I use. It gives me what I need for free.