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Hobbyist Software Limited has released a new version of its VLC Streamer application for fans of VideoLAN’s VLC Media Player, which enables iDevice owners to watch movies and TV shows on their iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad from their computer’s library.
Using VLC Streamer you can watch anything from your m... |
14 April 2013
07:08 GMT |
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The VLC Media Player 2.0.6 binary is finally available for download on Mac OS X, delivering tons of tweaks and fixes, including numerous code corrections specifically aimed at Mac users.
VLC 2.0.6 has long been released for Linux and Windows and, while the Mac installment had also been confirmed a few days ago, a do... |
11 April 2013
07:30 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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VLC Mirror for Windows Phone has just received a small, but important update which adds several bug fixes and improvements.
However, the most important change is the addition of Windows Phone 8 support, though only the basic features are fully compatible with Microsoft’s latest mobile platform.
According to d... |
4 December 2012
16:31 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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One of the few applications that allow users to watch videos on their mobile phones regardless of the format, VLC has just been released in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Given the fact that Windows Phone operating system does not support other streaming formats aside WMV3, a third-party application with own proprie... |
16 July 2012
04:50 GMT |
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The popular multimedia application VLC has just been released in the Google Store Play, formerly known as Android Market.
Although this is just a beta version, VLC allows Android users to play most local video and audio files, but also network streams, such as the desktop version of VLC.
The application also featur... |
2 July 2012
16:01 GMT |
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The people behind the VideoLAN project have announced a major new release of VLC Media Player for all platforms, including a notable Mac version packing a ton of fixes, tweaks, and enhancements. Video output is greatly enhanced in this new VLC Mac release, with the VideoLAN team including various fixes, notably for ... |
29 June 2012
07:31 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 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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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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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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VideoLAN and the VLC development team have released VLC 1.1.11, a security release packing additional improvements as well.According to the team of developers handling VLC, two security issues in the real and avi demuxers made this new release imperative.While they were at it, the VLC development team also made impro... |
18 July 2011
02:44 GMT |
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VideoLAN has announced a new version of its popular media playing application, VLC Media Player. Available for all supported platforms, including Mac, VLC 1.1.10.1 delivers improved media key handling, various crash fixes, an update to the external library modplug, and some translation updates.For both Windows and Ma... |
16 June 2011
11:03 GMT |
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A project and a non-profit organization, composed of volunteers developing and promoting free, open-source multimedia solutions, VideoLAN has announced a brand new version of its VLC Media Player for Mac OS X, and other supported platforms.Immediately available for download, VLC 1.1.10 features a truckload of enhance... |
6 June 2011
06:02 GMT |
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Two yet-to-be-patched vulnerabilities have been disclosed in VLC media player and can potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code.According to vulnerability research company Secunia, who rates the flaws as highly critical, they affect the third-party libmodplug plugin which is included in VLC.The ... |
4 May 2011
11:56 GMT |
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VLC, a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols, has been promoted to version 1.1.9 for all supported platforms, including Mac OS X.A more responsive application, at least in its Mac-compatible f... |
12 April 2011
13:11 GMT |
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The VideoLAN Organization has published patches to address a critical vulnerability in VLC media player that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.The flaw is located in the MP4 demultiplexer and is caused by an error in the "MP4_ReadBox_skcr()" function.The vulnerability can be exploited by tricking users to op... |
12 April 2011
02:12 GMT |
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A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in VLC media player and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a user's system.The flaw is located in libmodplug, a third-party library used to load and render music module files in multiple formats including .669, .amf, .ams, .dbm, .dmf, .... |
8 April 2011
07:59 GMT |
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VLC Player for Mac OS X has reached version 1.1.8, an update mainly designed to offer an additional layer of security for avid users of the media player. OS X users also get a fresh new UI.
Preliminary tests carried out by Softpedia show a change in font color in the playlist, as well as more pronounced edges arou... |
24 March 2011
05:08 GMT |
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The VideoLAN Project is announcing 10 years of open source for VideoLAN, as well as a minor software update for the VLC Media Player, now available as source, as well as binaries for Mac OS X and Windows.
“VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 1.1.7, a small security update on 1.1.6,” the t... |
2 February 2011
08:11 GMT |
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A new critical vulnerability has been identified in the popular VLC media player and can potentially be used by attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely.The vulnerability affects VLC 1.1.6, the lastest stable version of the player, and is located in the MKV demuxer, the component used to parse Matroska or WebM vi... |
1 February 2011
03:37 GMT |
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VideoLAN and the VLC development team have officially released VLC 1.1.6, the sixth maintenance release of the VLC 1.1.x branch.
VLC media player is a free and open-source media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project.
It is a cross-platform media player, with versions for Mac OX , Windo... |
24 January 2011
03:03 GMT |
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Last week, Softpedia reported that VLC Player for iOS had been removed by Apple, presumably over a license that was incompatible with the Mac maker’s own rulebook. On January 9, Rémi Denis-Courmont, one of the original creators of the VLC open-source platform, announced the app’s removal on the Pl... |
11 January 2011
02:16 GMT |
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Apple has removed VLC Player from the App Store listings. This comes as a heavy blow to those who relied on the software to play video formats not supported by Apple devices, including .flv (Flash) files.One of the original creators of the VLC open-source platform announced the app’s removal on the Planet Video... |
9 January 2011
06:39 GMT |
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Despite showing a clear disapproval of Apple’s App Store guidelines, the developers of VLC Media Player for iOS still have a binary available through iTunes, at the time of this writing. Following news that Apple had been sent a formal notification of copyright infringement for not allowing other means of distr... |
1 November 2010
08:02 GMT |
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The iOS version of VLC Media Player is now officially available for iPhone as well, in addition to being supported on the iPad. Version 1.1.0 also adds the ability to delete files from the application, more supported extensions, and much faster decoding, the makers say.VLC is a free and open source cross-platform mul... |
25 October 2010
09:05 GMT |
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The VLC media player is now available on Apple's App Store, according to the people who ported the software to iOS. Currently available only to iPad owners, the software is free to download and use.“After 2 weeks of review, VLC for the iPad is eventually available on the AppStore!”, reads an announce... |
20 September 2010
13:38 GMT |
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VLC Player, the once-thought-extinct media player for Mac users, has been promoted to version 1.1.0, a stable release not just for Mac OS X, but also for Windows and Linux PC users. The new version brings improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs, support for new codecs (Blu-Ray su... |
23 June 2010
05:33 GMT |
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The VLC team is proud to announce that, after almost two months and 27 million downloads of VLC 1.0.1, the third version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.2 is now available for download. Mac OS X users can access the link included in this article to grab the latest version of the media player immediately. Accordi... |
23 September 2009
04:40 GMT |
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VLC Media Player is one of the most popular applications that have been recently updated to the 1.0 version, and now a new flavor has been released to users. VLC Media Player 1.0.1 comes with a series of improvements and bug fixes, including translation updates, fixes for Qt and MacOS interface or codec updates for M... |
29 July 2009
04:47 GMT |
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The people behind the VideoLAN Project have released a stable and much improved version of their VLC Media Player for Mac OS X, adding a number of new features, codecs and the usual laundry of bug fixes that any piece of software needs every now and then. The program is free to download and install on any Macintosh c... |
7 July 2009
08:39 GMT |
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