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For the past 30 hours, the download infrastructure of VideoLAN (get.videolan.org) has been hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. According to the creators of the popular VLC media player, the attack is still going strong.
“VideoLAN is experiencing a major DDOS attack targeting its mirrors infra... |
24 April 2013
07:11 GMT |
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VideoLAN is still working on the official Windows 8 port of the famous VLC multimedia player, but several other developers are trying to take advantage of VLC’s popularity with the help of clones that could trick people into believing they’re actually downloading the real stuff.
VLCC Play and VLCM Player... |
18 April 2013
17:01 GMT |
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VLC 2.0.6 has been available for download for some time from the developer, although it hadn’t been released officially because the build was not ready for all platforms.
Today, the developer officially announced that VLC 2.0.6, code-named “Twoflower” is now ready for all supported operating system... |
11 April 2013
09:01 GMT |
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VLC developers launched a new build for their media player application. On Windows, though, only the 64-bit version is currently available.
Since it is a minor release, VLC 2.0.6 integrates fixes and improvements.
HTTPS playback should work fine now with some certificates that had previously been rejected, and on W... |
9 April 2013
03:32 GMT |
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VideoLAN has announced VLC 2.0.6 for all supported platforms, an important update for users of the multimedia player which delivers a ton of improvements, including a lot of bug fixes for Mac users.
Unfortunately, the VLC 2.0.6 DMG file isn’t yet available for download, but here’s what you can expect (wh... |
8 April 2013
07:25 GMT |
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Transmitting data from one device to another is one of the things our current society is dependent on, which means that any improvement in this field is welcomed with open arms. In fact, when a new method of transmitting data is found, the media is bound to pay more attention than usual, like researchers at the Frau... |
6 April 2013
05:52 GMT |
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VLC (aka VideoLAN), one of the most popular media players on desktop computers, is set to become available for the owners of Windows Phone 8 devices in the coming months, it seems.
The team behind the application has confirmed back in December plans to bring the player to this OS, and has reaffirmed its commitment ... |
3 April 2013
11:41 GMT |
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VLC developers have just published a new set of screenshots showing the upcoming Windows RT flavor of their multimedia player, a new version that should be released in the next few months.
While the team behind this project only said that the app is showing a “tremendous progress,” no information on the ... |
3 April 2013
01:26 GMT |
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VideoLAN developers are still working on the official Windows 8 port of the famous VLC multimedia player but, in the meantime, several clones are showing up in the Windows Store.
While we’re still wondering how come so many clones are approved for the Store, users are allowed to purchase a so-called VLCmediapl... |
2 April 2013
21:01 GMT |
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Hobbyist Software Limited has released updated versions of the company’s popular VLC Streamer applications for iPhone and iPad. Both the free and the paid versions are getting improvements and new translations. VLC Streamer lets you browse local drives, including Windows network shares, to stream your entire l... |
1 April 2013
11:01 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that the official VLC for Windows 8 player is very likely to be released soon, but Felix Paul Kuhne, one of the VideoLAN developers involved in the project, decided to tease us once again with a quick announcement.
Kuhne said in a short tweet that porting VLC multimedia player to Windows... |
22 March 2013
02:43 GMT |
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As you probably know from our previous reports, VLC for Windows 8 is still in the works right now, even though a preview version was expected to be released in early 2013.
It appears, however, that developers are still working on the app, but a beta build is very likely to be released to those who backed VideoLAN&rs... |
11 March 2013
02:27 GMT |
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Only several days after the ninth beta version of VLC for Android emerged in the Google Play Store, a new flavor of the application was made available for download, namely 0.0.10.
Still a beta release, the new app iteration was meant to resolve an issue that resulted in crashes in 0.0.9 and later builds, it seems. ... |
2 March 2013
03:31 GMT |
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A new beta flavor of the VLC for Android media player is now available for download, namely version 0.0.9, bringing along various bug fixes, while also providing app developers with the possibility to test new audio and video output methods.
“The audio is now using OpenSL ES, but a preference settings allows ... |
27 February 2013
12:41 GMT |
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A dedicated version of VLC for Windows 8 with Metro UI is currently in the works, with some preview versions expected to be released by March. The developers behind this project have just confirmed that a beta was very likely to be released “soon” for those who donated as part of the VLC for Windows 8 Ki... |
12 February 2013
05:07 GMT |
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Security researcher Debasish Mandal has identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ASF demuxer of the popular VLC media player.
VideoLAN, the company that develops VLC, warns that successful exploitation of the vulnerability can lead to a crash and, possibly, even execution of arbitrary code within the contex... |
31 January 2013
04:05 GMT |
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Tano, an open-source cross-platform IP TV player that combines the Qt and Videolan libraries, is now at version 1.2.
The developers have made this software because there was a real need for a simple IP TV player on Linux which could provide EPG (Electronic program guide).
Highlights of Tano 1.2:
• The Tano Co... |
29 January 2013
07:49 GMT |
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CrunchBang, a Linux distribution based on Debian and powered by the lightweight Openbox window manager, designed especially for low-end machines, is now at version 11 R20130119.
CrunchBang 11 R20130119 distribution, codenamed "Waldorf," is based on Wheezy sources, which is the testing branch of Debian. This means th... |
23 January 2013
09:06 GMT |
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Even though an official VLC media player for Windows 8 is yet to be released, some software developers across the world are trying to make the most of VideoLAN’s success with similar apps that copy one or more of the original features.
After VLC Media Player 8 was completely removed from the Store, another app... |
12 January 2013
05:21 GMT |
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The VLC for Windows 8 Kickstarter project has finally reached its goal, so developers can now start work on porting the multimedia player to Microsoft’s new platform. VideoLAN developers have already confirmed that a Windows RT version is also in the works, but it appears that some members of the team find suc... |
3 January 2013
02:53 GMT |
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VLC for Windows 8 developers have finally managed to raise the necessary funds to port the app to Microsoft’s new operating system, so they’ve decided to disclose some of the features to be introduced in the program.
According to a new post on the Kickstarter page, VLC for Windows 8 would feature camera ... |
27 December 2012
05:14 GMT |
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The Kickstarter campaign launched by VLC developers enjoyed a terrific success, as donations have exceeded the £40,000 ($64,600 / €49,000) goal a few hours ago.Although VideoLAN is yet to disclose more information on the project, developers previously said that VLC for Windows 8 should arrive in approximat... |
24 December 2012
02:18 GMT |
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The VLC for Windows 8 Kickstarter fundraiser is going on very well, with one of the developers announcing on Twitter that the 90 percent milestone has finally been reached.
With only 7 days to go until the required £40,000 (€49,200 / $64,900) are pledged, VLC for Windows 8 is becoming more of a certainty,... |
21 December 2012
09:56 GMT |
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As the Kickstarter project for funding the development of VLC for Windows 8 picks up steam, the VLC team presents a couple of fresh mockups for the interface of the application. Although these are not exactly new in terms of layout and looks, the novelty consists in the fact that they are presented on Surface device... |
20 December 2012
04:19 GMT |
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VLC for Windows 8 is yet to be released and the developers behind it are still trying to raise money to support the app, but the project has just reached 70 percent funding on Kickstarter.
To celebrate this milestone, VideoLAN has decided to publish two artworks showing what could be the design of the upcoming VLC f... |
19 December 2012
00:49 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that VideoLAN needs money to port its famous VLC media player to Windows 8, but with 11 days to go until the fundraising comes to an end, the company is still short of £23,000 (€28,000 / $37,000). VLC for Windows 8 will be compatible with both the desktop version of the operat... |
18 December 2012
13:01 GMT |
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VLC 2.0.5 has rolled out and it is currently available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Among the most significant modifications in the fresh release are several fixes that touch on the stability of various components. In the case of audio output, the developer repaired the problem with initial synchronization with Pulse... |
15 December 2012
04:39 GMT |
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The VideoLAN project released a few hours ago a major update of its popular VideoLAN Media Player software, or simply VLC, which is now at version 2.0.5.
VLC 2.0.5 is available for download right now (see the link at the end of the article) for all Linux-based operating systems, bringing various fixes and general i... |
13 December 2012
01:06 GMT |
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VideoLAN has already announced that VLC would be ported on Windows 8, and the company has even launched a Kickstarter page to raise funds for the new project.
Since it’s all about such an important multimedia player, Microsoft has decided to lend a hand to developers and help them create the new VLC for Window... |
11 December 2012
15:21 GMT |
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The popular VLC player for Windows computers (and for other desktop and mobile platforms) will soon become available on Windows Phone 8 handsets as well, it seems.
The team behind VLC for Windows 8 has announced plans to come up with a new flavor of the app, to provide mobile phone users with all the benefits of th... |
11 December 2012
10:00 GMT |
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VLC developers have already confirmed that a dedicated version of their media player would arrive on Windows 8 anytime soon, but only little was known until now.
The project has now been published on Kickstarter, as developers need money to “allow experience core members of the VideoLAN team to work on this ne... |
29 November 2012
09:23 GMT |
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A statement released by VideoLAN President Jeann-Baptiste Kempf indicates that VLC could make a return to iOS thanks to a change in the player’s foundation regarding licensing.
VLC was pulled from the iOS App Store because of the General Public License (GPL) licensing which conflicted with Apple’s own ru... |
17 November 2012
07:40 GMT |
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We’ve already told you that a Windows 8 version of the popular VLC media player is already in the works, but its license type may actually keep the product outside of Windows 8’s Windows Store.
The same happened with the iPad version of the VLC, as the app was removed from the App Store because of its li... |
15 November 2012
10:32 GMT |
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Just as expected, VLC will soon get a Windows 8 version that would allow users to launch it from the Start Screen and everything, but there’s one major problem with it.
GPL-licensed software, as it’s the case of VLC, may not be approved by Microsoft, so the app could very well remain out the Store. There... |
7 November 2012
10:25 GMT |
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VLC has been updated to version 2.0.4 and the modifications touch on plenty of components, from codecs and demuxers to audio output and Qt framework.
In the case of audio output, the playback synchronization with PulseAudio has been improved and there are several repairs referring to live audio device selection and ... |
18 October 2012
05:01 GMT |
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Yesterday, VideoLAN announced that VLC 2.0.3 for Mac was ready. Today, the same version is available for Windows users. It is a minor build that does not introduce any new features on Windows.
The list of modifications is exactly the same, with the exception of Mac-specific changes, of course. However, the new revis... |
20 July 2012
10:10 GMT |
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VideoLAN announced a couple of days ago that they were in the process of preparing the Mac version of VLC 2.0.3 for release later this week. Today they delivered the new build, which adds support for OS X Mountain Lion. Furthermore, overall stability on OS X has been improved as there are fixes for handling some hot... |
19 July 2012
07:51 GMT |
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The VideoLAN development team managed to port their popular media player, VLC, to Android operating system. The freebie is in beta stage at the moment and can be downloaded from Google Play store. The mobile version of VLC is built for Android 2.1 and up, but for now it will work only on devices with NEON CPU (ARM);... |
2 July 2012
08:15 GMT |
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VLC received a new update today, incrementing the version number to 2.0.2. As usual, the set of modifications, which consists principally of fixes, is quite large and touches on video output (mostly Mac related), codecs, demuxers, encoders, audio filters and output and. VLC 2.0.2 brings to the table improved Blu-ray... |
29 June 2012
08:11 GMT |
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VLC media player 2.0.2 has been released and the list of improvements is fairly long. From a security standpoint, one of the most important changes is the update made to the taglib library. In VLC 2.0.1, taglib contains a vulnerability (CVE-2012-2396) that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-serv... |
29 June 2012
07:29 GMT |
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According to the VideoLAN Organization, the non-profit group developing VLC, the number of downloads of their media player off their servers has gone past the 1 billion barrier.
However, notes the same source, the number is likely to be inaccurate, since recording of the download statistics began in February 2005.
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10 May 2012
08:54 GMT |
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VLC 2.0.1 was released not only to address functionality bugs, but also a couple of security holes that may have been exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. All previous versions of the popular media player were affected by a stack overflow vulnerability present in the MMS access plug-in (libaccess_mms_... |
19 March 2012
11:32 GMT |
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CDlinux or Compact Distro Linux is a compact distribution of GNU/Linux that now has reached version 0.9.7.1. CDlinux can be used as a “mobile OS” or as an admin/rescue tool. The latest version, 0.9.7.1, is built from scratch and has proven to be stable enough. Highlights of Cdlinux 0.9.7.1: · L... |
19 March 2012
04:05 GMT |
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VLC media player has just been updated to build 2.0.1. However, despite the minor release, the modification list is pretty long, mostly filled with fixes. Repairs have been made as far as accessing various details is concerned, either retrieving information from the web or from media discs. As such, CDDB information ... |
19 March 2012
04:00 GMT |
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VideoLAN Media Player, or just simply VLC, is a software designed to run all kinds of media files, ranging from simple DVDs, to video and audio files, and even online streams. It is a very popular choice for Linux users, and the new version just raised the bar. VLC stands for VideoLan Client and its developers are ga... |
28 February 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Felix Kühne, one of the many developers maintaining VLC Player for Mac OS X, has confirmed in a blog post that the final version of the application is about to be released. VLC 2.0 will include a native full-screen mode in OS X Lion, a redesigned subtitle manager, new video output modes, support for multiple vi... |
13 February 2012
08:03 GMT |
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VideoLAN has rolled out the first release candidate of VLC 2.0, codenamed “Twoflower” - a completely revamped version of the popular media player. The Mac version in particular has received quite a few nifty enhancements, both inside and out.The first thing VideoLAN documents is the changed license (on wh... |
30 January 2012
14:40 GMT |
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The wait for VLC media player 2.0 is almost over, as the development team readied the first release candidate for this version.
Modifications available in this build are plenty, touching on packagers, core, access, codecs, demuxers, interfaces, video output, audio output and filters, video filters and stream output.... |
27 January 2012
07:37 GMT |
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The wait for VLC 1.2.0 is close to an end as the development team just launched a pre-release for this version.
It is a major version, so changes abound; they affect packagers, codecs, demuxers, audio filters and output and video filters. Additionally, a hefty set of modules has been removed.
One important note fo... |
29 December 2011
09:52 GMT |
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VLC, the free and open source cross-platform multimedia player, has been updated to version 1.2.0 Pre 3, which delivers support for the native full screen mode in OS X Lion and other goodies.
A mile-long changelog accompanying the new VLC build for Mac OS X reveals that there are quite a few platform-specific tweaks... |
29 December 2011
07:49 GMT |
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