VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. • It is a free cross-platform media player • It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs • It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...) Input formats: • MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3) • ID3 tags • AVI • ASF / WMV / WMA • MP4 / MOV / 3GP • OGG / OGM / Annodex • Matroska (MKV) • WAV (incuding DTS) • Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52 • Raw DV • FLAC • FLV (Flash) Input media: • UDP/RTP Unicast • UDP/RTP Multicast • HTTP / FTP • MMS • File • DVD 1 • VCD • SVCD 2 • Audio CD (without DTS) • MPEG encoder 3 • Video acquisition Video: Decoders: • MPEG-1/2 • DIVX (1/2/3) • MPEG-4, DivX 5, XviD, 3ivX D4 • H.264 • Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime) • DV • Cinepak • Theora (alpha 3) • H.263 / H.263i • MJPEG (A/B) • WMV 1/2 • WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 4, 5 • Indeo Video v3 (IV32) Subtitles: • DVD 6 • SVCD / CVD • DVB • OGM • Matroska • Text files (MicroDVD, SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer) • Vobsub Filters: • Deinterlace • Cropping • Image wall • Image adjust • Rotate/Mirror • Logo overlay • Magnification • Image distortion • Bluescreen • RSS/Atom feeds Outputs: • Native DirectX, GDI • SDL • ASCII Art Audio: Decoders: • MPEG Layer 1/2 • MP3 • AC3 - A/52 • DTS • LPCM • AAC • Vorbis • WMA 1/2 • WMA 3 7 • ADPCM • DV Audio • FLAC • QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime) • MACE • Real Audio 8 • Speex Filters: • Visualization effects • Equalizer Outputs: • Native DirectX WaveOut • S/PDIF DirectX WaveOut • Multi-channel DirectX WaveOut • SDL Streaming: Interfaces and control: • Default WxWidgets • Qt 4 • Skins • Web • Telnet • Command line Miscellaneous: • SAP/SDP announces • Bonjour protocol • Mozilla/Firefox plugin • ActiveX plugin • SVCD Menus • Localization • CD-Text 10 • CDDB CD info 11 • IPv6 • IGMPv3 Win XP • CPU acceleration 13 Additional skins are available at the developer's website.What's New in version 0.8.6i: • Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer • Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module • Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD • Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input, SAP services discovery, http control interface) • Updated Polish translation