VLC 2.0.0 released

shadowfox

shadowfox

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Dunno how many of you guys use VLC as your regular player (I use it as a backup mostly, and my primary player for Region-locked DVDs), but I figured I'd drop a heads-up about the fact that VLC version 2 has been released.

I'm sure everybody knows where to go, but in case you don't: http://www.videolan.org/ :)

Compared to the old version though - it's pretty big - a 21Mb download followed by a 90Mb install.
 
I prefer Media Player Classic - Home Cinema.

I often got weird errors while playing video files with VLC. It's difficult to explain, but it looks like VLC loses the base image, so you can only see the moving parts of the scene for a couple of seconds before it recovers.
 
Thanx .. I did not know this will update mine. I also use mine as a backup. For me the KM player is better than any other player out there.
 
i was having issues with vlc and the new 10bit codecs which some animes started using ... i will give the version 2 a go since they claim to support it now

VLC reaches 2.0
VLC 2.0 "Twoflower" is a major new version of our popular media player.

With faster decoding on multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware and the ability to open more formats, notably professional, HD and 10bits codecs, 2.0 is a major upgrade for VLC.
Twoflower has a new rendering pipeline for video, with higher quality subtitles, and new video filters to enhance your videos.
It supports many new devices and BluRay Discs (experimental).
Completely reworked Mac and Web interfaces and improvements in the other interfaces make VLC easier than ever to use.
Twoflower fixes several hundreds of bugs, in more than 7000 commits from 160 volunteers.
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Endev8003 said:
I prefer Media Player Classic - Home Cinema.

I often got weird errors while playing video files with VLC. It's difficult to explain, but it looks like VLC loses the base image, so you can only see the moving parts of the scene for a couple of seconds before it recovers.
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It's a completely new version though, so why not give it a go anyways.

This isn't a comparison thread, to be completely honest - call it a public service announcement if you will - those who care can now go and upgrade.
 
I will definitely be checking this one out. VLC's 400% volume goes a long way when trying to watch series at work on a laptop and having to deal with outside noises when trying to listen to the movie/series.
 
VLC just works, always, with all movies.... that's why I recently moved from using K-Lite codecs and Media Player Classic. Will be checking this out today!
 
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TBlaar said:
VLC just works, always, with all movies.... that's why I recently moved from using K-Lite codecs and Media Player Classic. Will be checking this out today!
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That's pretty much it. Also plays pretty much every single audio format.
 
shadowfox said:
It's a completely new version though, so why not give it a go anyways.

This isn't a comparison thread, to be completely honest - call it a public service announcement if you will - those who care can now go and upgrade.
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I will give it a try and see if it still gives that problem.

I didn't intend to diss VLC. I used it for years before switching and it's still a good player. It's just that bug that annoyed me enough to switch players.
 
Endev8003 said:
I will give it a try and see if it still gives that problem.

I didn't intend to diss VLC. I used it for years before switching and it's still a good player. It's just that bug that annoyed me enough to switch players.
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Yeah ... I get what you're saying :)

For reference - I still primarily use MPC for most video files, but DVDs tended to be a problem since the app I used for region-locked DVDs no longer worked after I switched to a 64-bit OS, and VLC filled that gap nicely, although I still had odd visual errors from time to time.

But having to use multiple players gets a bit annoying, so I'll be giving VLC 2.0 a proper test run when I get home this afternoon; I'd love to have a player that does EVERYTHING right. Of course, the VLC Video Editing Tool is also still in development, so I'm keeping a sharp eye on things there.

@TBlaar - I'm not surprised you switched away from K-Lite - I had horrible stability issues when I used it. Stability issues that disappeared when I switched over to CCCP. I'd recommend that over any other codec-pack in existence. Even if I do end up using VLC exclusively, I'll keep CCCP installed because it plays nice with Adobe Premiere Pro and AfterEffects.
 
VLC is my primary (I hate installing codec packs), I like the new UI, because if nothing else it at least looks a little better, haven't noticed much else tbh.
 
I love VLC! It plays everything I need, except my RMVB Dragon Ball Z episodes. But I downloaded Real player, so I can watch those too. Thanks to Shadowfox for the thread.
 
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