Tuesday, September 16, 2008

VLC Player 0.9 Released

The long awaited new version of VLC player is now available. Get it here.

Whats new:

Interface
New interface module has a few improvements on the old one.

  • Simplified settings and dialogs
  • Media library integration
  • Album art displaying and metadata editing
  • Live activation of Video and audio filters
  • Basic encoding profiles
  • Multiple start modes (classic, enhanced and minimalist)
  • System tray icon and minimizing
  • Fullscreen controller
Playlist

  • Live Searching in the playlist,
  • Youtube, Dailymotion, Google Video and similar services URL can be scripted in VLC to play directly those URLs,
  • last.fm submission support,
  • Album art support,
  • Better metadata tagging reading and writing support for audio files.

Playback

A lot of new decoders, demuxers, and protocols have been added.

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