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VLC Media Player 1.0.0 is finally out

102 points by etix 17y ago

uggedal 17y ago
While nothing beats mplayer-nogui, it's nice to have an alternative running on Windows.
- etix 17y ago
  You can run VLC without a GUI too: vlc -I dummy There's also a skins, ncurses and http interface.
- Dauntless 17y ago
  Well, MPlayer and VideoLAN share most of the libraries so it's basically the same back-end. I like them both and I'm glad they share resources (speeding up the development process). Basically the best video players out there.
- stcredzero 17y ago
  If they all have the same backend, why is it that nothing beats mplayer-nogui? Is it so that you can watch video in a screen session? </humor> Now seriously, what is the application? Isn't that a defect in the GUI?
palsecam 17y ago
The official website, announcing the news: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ This version doesn't support Mac OS X Tiger anymore. From the changelog: Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations.
jrockway 17y ago
Considering VLC has worked wonderfully for many years, I am not sure how an arbitrary version bump is particularly meaningful.
- palsecam 17y ago
  I don't care that much too, but I would say: it's good to see some software which doesn't suffer from the eternal beta syndrom (like Gmail).
  - jrockway 17y ago
    What actual difference does this make? Is VLC 1.0.0 any more stable or secure than the non-1.0 versions? Would Gmail be any different if it didn't say "beta"? (As an aside, VLC still crashes on malformed data because the video codecs are written in careless C code. Changing the version number isn't going to fix that bug. )
    - palsecam 17y ago
      For VLC: apparently this version 1.0 is effectively not a special release, a "major version, with long time support". 1.0 just comes after 0.99. However, quoting one of the developer blog: "After the longest feature freeze stabilization period in the project's history, VLC 1.0.0-final is coming at last..." (http://www.remlab.net/ http://www.remlab.net/). In general case: for me "version 1.0 not beta" means "we give you the insurance that this software is very stable and reliable. We consider all bugs as important issues. We respect you." In the case of GMail, I'd like Google to give me this insurance and stop the "no warranty at all, f* you if there is a problem" era. I think they have the power to do it. Would it be really different? No, but I would be able to sleep at night knowing Google takes really care of my email.
      - erlanger 17y ago
        I agree with this. By declaring this branch stable, who knows what new features will be brought in...can't wait to see the 1.x/2.x roadmap.
      - radu_floricica 17y ago
        Time, cost, quality, right? Even google can't do miracles.
dmix 17y ago
New HD codecs work well. It can finally handle my Blu-ray rip of Blade Runner without being choppy.
- DarkShikari 17y ago
  Thank the folks over at ffmpeg for that; they write the (en|de)coders.
- nradov 17y ago
  Does it support AVCHD files (.mt2s extension)? I have a Panasonic HD camcorder which records in that format and software support still seems very limited. http://www.avchd-info.org/ http://www.avchd-info.org/
mtomczak 17y ago
This news and Google Apps coming out of beta in the same day? I can't take all this sudden and drastic change!
bardioc 17y ago
After experiencing frequent crashes with VLC (every 2 out of 3 launches, on different pc's), I eagerly upgraded to 1.0 to find that... it still crashes 2 out of 3 times. I must be doing it wrong.
- tjpick 17y ago
  dusty?
mleonhard 17y ago
They're missing checksums for the download files. Here are md5sums: ca4041c2d80391b9963e7599b75b8c1d *vlc-1.0.0-win32.exe 58d0e276690442fa887e9a07767ddd6c *vlc-1.0.0.dmg

102 points by etix 17y ago

uggedal 17y ago

While nothing beats mplayer-nogui, it's nice to have an alternative running on Windows.

etix 17y ago
You can run VLC without a GUI too: vlc -I dummy There's also a skins, ncurses and http interface.
Dauntless 17y ago
Well, MPlayer and VideoLAN share most of the libraries so it's basically the same back-end. I like them both and I'm glad they share resources (speeding up the development process). Basically the best video players out there.
stcredzero 17y ago
If they all have the same backend, why is it that nothing beats mplayer-nogui? Is it so that you can watch video in a screen session? </humor> Now seriously, what is the application? Isn't that a defect in the GUI?

palsecam 17y ago

The official website, announcing the news: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ This version doesn't support Mac OS X Tiger anymore. From the changelog: Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations.

jrockway 17y ago

Considering VLC has worked wonderfully for many years, I am not sure how an arbitrary version bump is particularly meaningful.

palsecam 17y ago
I don't care that much too, but I would say: it's good to see some software which doesn't suffer from the eternal beta syndrom (like Gmail).
- jrockway 17y ago
  What actual difference does this make? Is VLC 1.0.0 any more stable or secure than the non-1.0 versions? Would Gmail be any different if it didn't say "beta"? (As an aside, VLC still crashes on malformed data because the video codecs are written in careless C code. Changing the version number isn't going to fix that bug. )
  - palsecam 17y ago
    For VLC: apparently this version 1.0 is effectively not a special release, a "major version, with long time support". 1.0 just comes after 0.99. However, quoting one of the developer blog: "After the longest feature freeze stabilization period in the project's history, VLC 1.0.0-final is coming at last..." (http://www.remlab.net/ http://www.remlab.net/). In general case: for me "version 1.0 not beta" means "we give you the insurance that this software is very stable and reliable. We consider all bugs as important issues. We respect you." In the case of GMail, I'd like Google to give me this insurance and stop the "no warranty at all, f* you if there is a problem" era. I think they have the power to do it. Would it be really different? No, but I would be able to sleep at night knowing Google takes really care of my email.
    - erlanger 17y ago
      I agree with this. By declaring this branch stable, who knows what new features will be brought in...can't wait to see the 1.x/2.x roadmap.
    - radu_floricica 17y ago
      Time, cost, quality, right? Even google can't do miracles.

dmix 17y ago

New HD codecs work well. It can finally handle my Blu-ray rip of Blade Runner without being choppy.

DarkShikari 17y ago
Thank the folks over at ffmpeg for that; they write the (en|de)coders.
nradov 17y ago
Does it support AVCHD files (.mt2s extension)? I have a Panasonic HD camcorder which records in that format and software support still seems very limited. http://www.avchd-info.org/ http://www.avchd-info.org/

mtomczak 17y ago

This news and Google Apps coming out of beta in the same day? I can't take all this sudden and drastic change!

bardioc 17y ago

After experiencing frequent crashes with VLC (every 2 out of 3 launches, on different pc's), I eagerly upgraded to 1.0 to find that... it still crashes 2 out of 3 times. I must be doing it wrong.

tjpick 17y ago
dusty?

mleonhard 17y ago

They're missing checksums for the download files. Here are md5sums: ca4041c2d80391b9963e7599b75b8c1d *vlc-1.0.0-win32.exe 58d0e276690442fa887e9a07767ddd6c *vlc-1.0.0.dmg