VLC

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.VLC media player is an open source, multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project.

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How to: Configure VLC to allow only one instance of the player

Written on January 8th, 2011 at 12:16 pm by shredder12

If you install VLC from the repositories on Ubuntu then you would know that it allows for multiple instances of the player. In other words, if you try to play two video files on VLC, it will result in two different vlc players unlike totem(movie player). Using a simple tweak in VLC’s preferences, we can set its behaviour similar to totem i.e. one player instance for all files.

Lets first open the preferences window. Go to Tools->Preferences or just use the shortcut Ctrl+P.

A ncurses based VLC audio player for console - nVLC

Written on November 5th, 2010 at 00:43 am by shredder12

I never realized that vlc also ships a ncurses based small audio player called nvlc. You don't need to install it separately. Its available in the default vlc installation. We have already discussed Moc, another ncurses based console player, nvlc seems to be a good option too.

How to install VLC 1.1 on Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx

Written on June 23rd, 2010 at 02:09 am by shredder12

Remember the c-korn ppa, we mentioned in the vlc 1.1 announcement for installing its 4th release candidate. As it turns out, Christoph Korn, the maintainer, has now updated it with the stable release. So, you can now install and enjoy the new VLC 1.1 on Ubuntu based systems.

VLC 1.1.0-pre1 is available for testing now

Written on April 13th, 2010 at 23:59 pm by shredder12

Finally the countdown for the release of VLC 1.1.0 has started. Videolan tweeted today, announcing the release of VLC 1.1.0-pre1 for testing. Both the Linux and Windows versions are available. So, if you are interested in contributing or even just want to try out the new features in VLC 1.1, go ahead - download and install it.

Howto: Use VLC skins to change the way your VLC looks

Written on April 7th, 2010 at 01:19 am by shredder12

VLC is one of the finest and most popular Media player and I have been using it for more than 2-3 years now, but didn't know, until a few months ago, that I could easily change the VLC interface(default skin) into whatever I like using various VLC skins. There are so many skins out there - cool, funny and some will change vlc completely into another player. Its really easy and fun, try it out.

VLC 1.1.5 has released with support for playing live stream of WebM encoded videos and a lot more other features

Written on November 15th, 2010 at 23:39 pm by shredder12

Videolan has recently released a new update of VLC, version 1.1.5. In addition to various small updates and bug fixes, there have been some new features. The major ones include - support for playing live streaming videos encoded in webM, integration of live webshows from channels.com in VLC's playlist.

Although it seems, you can't access the full resource of channels.com, but more than 1000 videos are available in the playlist.

No SHOUTcast in VLC 1.1 because of license Incompatibility with AOL

Written on June 24th, 2010 at 13:40 pm by shredder12

Even after great features and capabilities added in the recently released VLC 1.1, a major point of unrest among the fan community is the removal of the SHOUTcast Module. This used to be one of the most prominent features in VLC. SHOUTcast Radio is a website which provides a great categorized listing of Internet Radio Stations and the reason for no longer supporting it is the ridiculous licensing terms associated with its use.

The King of Players, VLC 1.1 is finally released and ready to Rule

Written on June 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 pm by shredder12

If you are a frequent reader at Linuxers, you would know that we have been cheerleading a lot about VLC 1.1 since its early development phase. Its not just us, the player is worth it. VLC 1.1 is probably the most awaited release compared to any VLC ever! It takes Media players to a whole new level by introducing Extensions.

VLC 1.1, codenamed The Luggage, named after a large chest from the novel series DiscWorld. The significance of the chest in the novel was its usefulness to its master and thats exactly how this release is going to turn out for you.

How to install VLC 1.1 by compiling from Git on Ubuntu Linux

Written on April 11th, 2010 at 04:48 am by shredder12

In our previous articles, we have kept you in touch with the new upcoming features in VLC 1.1 - the new cool extensions, visualizations, its performance improvements and some cool facts. Basically, VLC 1.1 is going to be way better than ever. So, may be you would want to give it a try. In this howto, I will show you how to install the most recent version of VLC 1.1 from git on Ubuntu.

The VideoLan Movie Creator, VLMC 0.0.1 for Linux to be released after VLC 1.1

Written on March 23rd, 2010 at 12:57 pm by shredder12

You would know by now that an awesome cross-platform Video Editor, VideoLan Movie Creator, based on VLC's framework is under development. VLMC project was announced by VideoLan in December last year. We are still waiting for its first public release, scheduled on 24th March, yup! just 1 day . But unfortunately it seems that 24th will witness the release of VLMC only for win32 platform, the Linux version has been delayed till the release of VLC 1.1. Well, before its release lets take a look at what all VLMC aims to offer.

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