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VLC 1.0 Records Video From DVDs
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Have you ever wanted to save a segment of video from your favourite DVD for watching later without fast-forwarding all the way through the movie? VLC 1.0 adds a new “Record” feature to help you. More »
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VLC Portable 1.0 Puts Multi-Format Playing On Thumb Drives
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: If you’re eager to try out VLC 1.0’s new features, or find yourself at a lack for decent media players at others’ computers, PortableApps has bundled VLC’s latest release in USB-drive-friendly form. More »
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VLC Hits 1.0 With Better Playback And File Support
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: VLC Media Player, the open-source solution to media players that can’t play your media files, reaches the 1.0 milestone today. What’s new? Support for HD and other new formats, finer speed controls, customisable toolbars, AirTunes streaming and much more. More »
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Kantaris Remixes VLC Media Player With New Looks And Features
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: Kantaris is, at its core, our favourite play-anything media app, VLC. But one programmer has changed the interface, integrated Last.fm streaming and Apple movie trailers, and given it a generally futuristic feel. More »
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Grab VLC 1.0 From The Nightly Builds
3:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’re tempted to try out VLC as it nears official 1.0 status, your best bet is to work from the nightly builds. More »
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VLC 1.0 Release Candidate Now Available
7:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Our absolute favourite media player VLC is getting dangerously close to an official 1.0 release, meaning early adopters in the crowd can try out VLC 1.0 RC1 right now. More »
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VLC Updates, Small Improvements All Around
4:30AM Adam Pash | VLC, our favourite open-source media player (and the most popular among readers) has pushed out an update to version 0.9.9—improving a few features, fixing bugs, and coming dangerously close to a full-fledged 1.0 release. More »
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VLC Remote Adds iPhone Control To Our Favourite Media App
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | iPhone/iPod touch only: VLC Remote Free lets you play, pause, and skip tracks on the mighty VLC Media Player on any computer from your iPhone or iPod touch. Its (currently) 99-cent sibling, VLC Remote, gives you full playlist control. Both are fairly simple to set up on your computer and hook up over a wireless network, and work well in conjunction with the new playlist features in the latest version of the open source player for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Setting up remote access requires only a quick plug-in download on all three platforms, and the Free edition can then skip forward and backward on a pre-loaded play list, as well as control the volume and move around a video or audio file. The full app, however, allows selecting playlist items, and even remotely browsing your system’s entire hard drive for media. Read on for a walkthrough and screenshots of both VLC Remote versions. More »
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vlc4iphone Ports VLC Media Player to… You Guessed It
9:30AM Adam Pash | Jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application vlc4iphone ports the popular open-source media player VLC—voted as one of the best desktop media players by Lifehacker readers—to your iPhone or iPod touch. Apart from supporting virtually any media type you throw at it (I’d recommend using an app like previously mentioned DiskAid to get media to your iPhone), the VLC port streams internet radio, and can even stream media over your network. If you’re dying to play unsupported file types on your device and aren’t eager to transcode them to do so, vlc4iphone can do the trick. vlc4iphone is free, requires a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch. The app is still rough around the edges (some playback was buggy for me, and there’s no landscape mode), but it’s not a bad start. Thanks Niranjan! vlc4iphone [zodttd] More »
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