VLC 1.0.0 is out!

[jsmidt]

Go get it (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)! As Matt Asay (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10280845-16.html?tag=mncol;title) writes:

Here are a few of the features now available in VLC 1.0.0:

* Live recording
* Instant pausing and frame-by-frame support
* Finer speed controls
* New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, ...)
* New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, ...) and major improvements in many formats
* New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder
* Video scaling in full screen
* RTSP Trickplay support
* Zipped file playback
* Customizable toolbars
* Easier encoding GUI in Qt interface
* Better integration in Gtk environments
* MTP devices on Linux
* AirTunes streaming

[chozoboy]

So can I buy a Blu-ray version of say "The Dark Knight", pop it in my laptop's BD/DVD/CD drive and play the movie?

[Short__Error]

:O cant wait to get this :|

[Yvan300]

Is it updated in the repos yet or do i have to add a ppa, if so what is it?

[RiceMonster]

hmmm... I'll give it a try and see if it makes me want to switch out of Mplayer (hightly doubt it), but I'll probably just use it for DVDs.

[Arup]

Only C.Korn's ppa has it. Sadly no vdpau support yet as I had hoped for.

[northwestuntu]

Only C.Korn's ppa has it. Sadly no vdpau support yet as I had hoped for.

well why did they even waste the time of releasing it without that?

[sertse]

vlc mozilla plugin still hasn't have a gui yet? Move along then...

[Muffinabus]

Excellent, thanks for the heads up!

[Sealbhach]

So can I buy a Blu-ray version of say "The Dark Knight", pop it in my laptop's BD/DVD/CD drive and play the movie?

I doubt it. There's all that DRM encryption to deal with.

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[.Maleficus.]

Only C.Korn's ppa has it. Sadly no vdpau support yet as I had hoped for.
No VDPAU? Then no reason for me to switch from Mplayer.

[Pasdar]

Thx, installed it.

[jerrrys]

so far working fine in 804...

[Sealbhach]

How did you install it?

.

[jerrrys]

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

[Nevon]

nevon@loltop:~/workspace$ vlc
VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
[0x95a5140] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Segmentation fault
nevon@loltop:~/workspace$ cvlc
VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
[0x9673898] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
Segmentation fault

[jsmidt]

Only C.Korn's ppa has it. Sadly no vdpau support yet as I had hoped for.

I believe you, but how do you know this? Also, does anyone have a blue-ray player who could tell us if it really works?

[Arup]

I believe you, but how do you know this? Also, does anyone have a blue-ray player who could tell us if it really works?

No vdpau option in video configuration.

[reyfer]

My video card is an Nvidia GeForce 6800 XT, not supported by vdpau, so VLC not having it is of no consequence to me :)

[mamamia88]

it's about time they got to 1.0 don't numbers below 1 usually mean they are beta? vlc has always seemed more than beta

[Warpnow]

I fail to understand why people would use mplayer over VLC. It doesn't seem much to me like they're different than each other, so much as VLC is simply easier to use.

What advantage does mplayer offer? I've never liked it much, mostly because its never worked well for me. The few files it seems to play correctly seem to crash more often than play.

[ghindo]

hmmm... I'll give it a try and see if it makes me want to switch out of Mplayer (hightly doubt it), but I'll probably just use it for DVDs.What advantages does MPlayer have over VLC?

[.Maleficus.]

I fail to understand why people would use mplayer over VLC. It doesn't seem much to me like they're different than each other, so much as VLC is simply easier to use.

What advantage does mplayer offer? I've never liked it much, mostly because its never worked well for me. The few files it seems to play correctly seem to crash more often than play.

What advantages does MPlayer have over VLC?
VDPAU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU). Much, much smoother decoding of HD content. Since all of my videos are 720p, VLC doesn't really cut it.

[ghindo]

VDPAU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU). Much, much smoother decoding of HD content. Since all of my videos are 720p, VLC doesn't really cut it.I think VLC supports hardware acceleration. I'd look around for it, but the wiki and documentation is down due to the high traffic on the site.

[stwschool]

Been using VLC for ages since back in my windows days. It really is a useful piece of software, plays anything, what more can I ask?

[CaseSensative]

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

[moster]

What advantages does MPlayer have over VLC?

How about putting subtitles BELOW actual movie. Who wants to look at movie with subtitles on it when there is plenty of black around it in full screen. Mplayer can do that.

Can someone tell me if this VLC version got that right so I can finally try it?

[Arup]

I think VLC supports hardware acceleration. I'd look around for it, but the wiki and documentation is down due to the high traffic on the site.

VDPAU is different from hardware acceleration, all the decoding work is handed over to GPU thereby freeing your CPU, its a boon for those with older slower CPUs.

[munky99999]

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

The repos havent been updated yet. Building from source also has quite the problem because the repos for 1 of the dependencies is QT 4.5 while QT 4.5.1 is minimum required. The latest is 4.5.2.

120 meg source for the 4.5.2... and it's still building lawl. Been a good 10 hours building.

FUN!

[RiceMonster]

What advantages does MPlayer have over VLC?


What advantage does mplayer offer? I've never liked it much, mostly because its never worked well for me. The few files it seems to play correctly seem to crash more often than play.

I use the command line version, and I've never had any problem with it at all. I just like that it's simple and offers great keyboard control. Also, I find that it plays whetever I throw at it without problems (except DVDs, though, because it doesn't have menu support). Mplayer is the only video player that has never messed up soft subtitles either. In some .mkv files, I've had to mess around with VLC to get them to not overlap or something, but Mplayer never does this. Plus, with mplayer I don't have to install qt.

[Shijojoy]

Dear friends, anyone can help me to get deb file for VLC 1.0.0

thanks in advance

[Insane_Homer]

https://launchpad.net/~c-korn/+archive/vlc


sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D

Software Sources add:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

[Clean3d]

nevon@loltop:~/workspace$ vlc
VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
[0x95a5140] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Segmentation fault
nevon@loltop:~/workspace$ cvlc
VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
[0x9673898] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
Segmentation fault

Segfaults here too. Rather disappointing, that.

[paok4]

i will try this ...

[ghindo]

No vdpau option in video configuration.
VDPAU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU). Much, much smoother decoding of HD content. Since all of my videos are 720p, VLC doesn't really cut it.Looks like VDPAU work is underway (http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2009/04/19/Decoding-video-in-VLC-using-VAAPI-and-nVidia), but is a compile-time option.
Plus, with mplayer I don't have to install qt.AFAIK there is a command-line interface for VLC as well.