vlc

VLC is a free open-source versatile media player that incorporates a massive, truly impressive amount of features and functionalities.

VLC comes with support for almost all existent codecs (audio, video), including MPEG-2, DIVX, H.264, MKV, WEBM, WMV, MP3, etc, allowing the user to hassle-free enjoy movies, video-clips, audio files without further installing additional tools.

VLC 2.0.6 has been officially released, presenting itself as an "important update" in the 2.x VLC series.

Weeks ago, VLC 2.0.5 was released, presenting itself as a minor bug fixes-related release.

VLC is a powerful versatile media player containing numerous features, as well as support for a massive amount of file formats, allowing users to enjoy a no-compromise media-playing experience.

VLC has been updated to version 2.0.5, version presenting itself as a bug-fixes release.

After Ubuntu is installed, there are available, via Ubuntu Software Center, thousands of players, utilities, tools, etc, from where the user can easily select suitable software for numerous needs, desires, intentions, etc, applications usually build around a decent bundle of features.

Jamendo is a free, legal and unlimited music community, featuring a huge base of music tracks licensed under Creative Commons licenses.

Jamendo is properly integrated into VLC 2.0's default components, consequently, it can be easily accessed:

Weeks ago, VLC media player shifted from the 1.x version to release 2.0, codenamed Twoflower, bringing numerous enhancements in terms of UI, video playback and overall improvements.

VLC 2.0.1 has been launched as a mainly bug fixes release, presenting itself as the first stability-related version in the 2.x series.

Enhanced handling of various formats (HLS, MKV, RAR, Ogg, Bluray disc), as well as numerous fixed regressions, come to contour the 2.0.1 release.

VLC media player is a full-fledged media player, encoder and streamer, capable of handling numerous file formats.

The 2.x series has started (Ubuntu/Linux version) a work, in progress at the moment, on enriching the UI, adding redesigned pieces all over the place (like for instance, the scrubber, progressbar, controlbar, etc), nevertheless VLC gained additional features, too.

VLC 2.0 is available in Precise's Ubuntu Software Center, thus removing the need to add PPAs.

The notorious full-fledged media player, VLC, is going, at the moment, through a major development phase, both in under-the-hood features and UI refinements.

Although VLC media player 1.2 final hasn't been yet released, the VLC developers have already started to work on VLC 1.3, and, it seems that the UI is one point that is carefully approached and progressively enriched.

VLC 1.3 nightly build comes with numerous changes under the hood, as well as improved Bluray support (libbluray has been updated also).

In term of visual changes, the control bar's size has been increased and can be used in normal mode or fullscreen mode.

VLC is definitely a mature, fully featured media player suitable for playing numerous media formats and packed with tons of options to be configured.

The main development version, VLC 1.2, has started to take a decent shape in terms of stability and gained interesting features as well as polish in the UI.

What is new in VLC 1.2 nightly build?