E’ stata da poco rilasciata la versione 1.1.0 di VLC Media Player, un software che in questi anni ha scalato le classifiche di download nella propria categoria. Si tratta di un programma gratuito che permette la riproduzione di file video e audio di molti formati. Il software è disponibile per molti sistemi operativi fra cui:
Windows 2000 / XP (32/64 bit) / Vista (32/64 bit) / Windows 7 (32/64 bit) – Mac OS X 10.5 / 10.6 – Debian / Ubuntu / Mandriva / Fedora
Il programma freeware è disponibile in multilingua, fra cui anche l’Italiano, e permette la riproduzione di numerosi formati video e audio, ma non la riproduzione di canali Shoutcast: AOL ha vietato alla società di produzione di VLC, di inserire questo formato in questa release. Potete effettuare il download di VLC dal seguente link. Ecco le note di rilascio di questa nuova versione:
Ready for HD
GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices
Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs
Support for new codecs, like Blu-Ray subtitles, MPEG-4 lossless and VP8
NB: so far, on Windows for GPU decoding, VideoLAN is recommending nVidia® GPU, until ATI® drivers are working with VLC architecture, and until the VLC developers get access to some Intel® hardware supporting GPU decoding.
Extensions
New add-ons and script framework so one can personalize its vlc.
Written in lua
2 main types of scripts:
content add-ons, integrated in the playlist
functionnalities extensions, like metadata searching on the web, or subtitles look-ups
Very Simple
Web improvements
Support for WebM decoding and encoding
Improved web plugins
Better streaming capabilities
Better Audio experience
Integrated playlist in the Qt4 interface
Multiple views (like album art) in the playlist in the Qt4 interface
Support for AMR-NB, Mpeg-4 ALS, Vorbis 6.1/7.1, FLAC 6.1/7.1 and WMAS
CDDB and CD-Text works now on the Windows port when listening to CD-Audio
Support for DVD-Audio files (.aob)
Improved meta-data and album-art support
Faster, Lighter
Faster decoding, with up to 40% speed-ups, in HD resolutions
First part of the Video Output core rewrite
Removal or rewrite of dozens of modules, code simplification and tens of thousands of lines of code removed
Some functionalities that are less used are now moved to extensions
More assembly optimizatinons, especially SSSE3/SSE4 and ARM Neon
Fewer threads used
Better for developers
Simplified and improved libVLC, removal of exceptions for better C integration
New phonon-backend for Qt applications, on all platforms
New C++ bindings
Pietro Gugliotta