New Version Of VLC Player - 0.8.6e

[Conrad11]

Details:

This is a bugfix release. VLC media player 0.8.6d and earlier versions suffer from security vulnerabilities in the Web interface, Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, SDL_image library and MP4 demuxer.
Technical details are available in our advisories: SA-0801 and SA-0802.
The usual collection of assorted changes and improvements can be found here.
This release fully supports Mac OS X 10.3.9 once again.
We strongly recommend all users to update to this new version.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

 

[Steedie]

Nice one, thanks for the heads up

 

[Dappy]

Cheers

 

[superplay]

This is a great player, thanks.

 

[Duke]

cheers

 

[McDaniel]

i used to use VLC for everything though i have since switched to KMPlayer which is utterly superb

 

[Van Hellseek]

Nice one, thanks for the heads up

 

[marc2003]

i don't understand why vlc is so popular. i find a lot of my videos are noticeably blockier when using it compared to MPC/ffdshow. i don't tweak settings either. i've tried both at default settings......

 

[badbob]

i don't understand why vlc is so popular. i find a lot of my videos are noticeably blockier when using it compared to MPC/ffdshow. i don't tweak settings either. i've tried both at default settings......

Yeah same here, FFDSHOW scaling offers better PQ. Also VLC has problems with WMV, if you skip to a section it's blocky for a split second.

I just use VLC if something refuses to play in WMP/WMC.

 

[Andre]

i used to use VLC for everything though i have since switched to KMPlayer which is utterly superb

The truth has never been stated clearer

 

[Greenlizard0]

Yip thanks dude!

 

[IAmATeaf]

i used to use VLC for everything though i have since switched to KMPlayer which is utterly superb

JUst downloaded KMPlayer to have a play with, how the hell do I change the default colour/type of font used for DVD subtitles? Seems to default to black text with a dark blue outline which not only looks rubbish but is very difficult to read. Tried changing the options but they seem to do nadda.

 

[MarcLister]

Thanks. Saw the update on FileHippo.

 

[Van Hellseek]

i don't understand why vlc is so popular. i find a lot of my videos are noticeably blockier when using it compared to MPC/ffdshow. i don't tweak settings either. i've tried both at default settings......

I imagine it's just using the same thing as VLC's "post processing". The only difference is that with VLC it isn't enabled by default.

In VLC it is enabled via "video tab > post processing". It makes lower quality video's much smoother, without blurring.

 

[MarcLister]

I imagine it's just using the same thing as VLC's "post processing". The only difference is that with VLC it isn't enabled by default.

In VLC it is enabled via "video tab > post processing". It makes lower quality video's much smother, without blurring.

Will try that, thanks.

 

[littledave]

Good spot

 

[platinum87]

it turns out that windows media player is far better then every other player..

in terms of music, video (including HD rips etc)

only not good with DVD's... which i use VLC ... just avoid winamp,

 

[MarcLister]

it turns out that windows media player is far better then every other player..

Wash yer mouth out!

only not good with DVD's... which i use VLC ... just avoid winamp,

I use VLC for DVDs/videos. But may I ask why you recommend avoiding Winamp? I use it for playing my MP3s and I loves it I do.

 

[Hen_Dawg]

it turns out that windows media player is far better then every other player..

in terms of music, video (including HD rips etc)

only not good with DVD's... which i use VLC ... just avoid winamp,

Well I find WMP to be low on features and options, high on memory and CPU usage and not that user friendly.

And Winamp does just what I want from a mp3 player

 

[Greenlizard0]

i used to use VLC for everything though i have since switched to KMPlayer which is utterly superb

Hmmm...reading up on it now - is it worthy of me uninstalling VLC and installing the Korean player?