VLC 2.0 hits RC, brings new UI and Blu-ray support for OS X

For me vlc has always been a backup for media player classic; seeing if it is able to play the handful of files media player classic isn't.

I've always liked the simple window interface of vlc, though i quite dislike how it looks in that screenshot. don't think i will be updating vlc until whenever I reformat my pc...2013 probably.

Weekend open forum question: how often do you reformat your pc?

I installed it and it looks just like the old one, only more polished and a little less chrome.

The picture above is for Mac OS and the panel you see on the side is merely a way to browse for files. It's analogous to the "browse" window that pops up when you go to Media > Open File. Windows does not look like that.

I disagree. Bare and simple is what VLC should remain. The new Mac UI is cluttered and clicking on the various links My Music, My Videos, My Pictures ... brings up nothing.

Why do I need an "Internet" tab? Who are Free Music Charts, Freebox TV, Icecast Radio, Jamendo, and Channels.com?

There is also a native 64-bit build for OSX.

Stutters badly during video playback on 2.0 RC1. Clean settings.
Reverted to vlc-1.1.11-win32 and works fine again.
This still needs work, hence RC1...

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well it's exactly the same as the previous version, so I don't see where you're coming from.

I've tried VLC many times at different versions but every time I keep going back to the Combined Community Codec Pack which uses MPC-HC. VLC occasionallly plays back a section of a non-corrupted (CRC checked) file as a pixelated mess. Also, it still doesn't support all of .*** subtitles which is why most of the anime community disproves of VLC. Only the uninformed use VLC but then when they come around asking why their anime is a mess, the problem is always that they're using VLC. Mplayer2 is also better than VLC as media player not the streaming.

tl;dr VLC is crap for foreign subtitled media and has the occasional problems with normal videos.

you forgot to mention this is their last ppc release and it adds multicore-threading for g5's allowing them to noe play 1080p video easily, it does not however add support for crystalhd hd decorder card for minipci that plugs into g5 towers and imacs and some minis. that would have been huge, so far only xbmc has limited support for the card.

I think Daum PotPlayer is a real contender these days, and perhaps the winner.

Had RC1, stuttered badly on playback, had to remove it and put 1.1 back.

So far, my VLC(win) RC1 plays back my HD MLP:FiM episodes without any stutter or lag.

i can't get the freakin volume default value to stick. everytime i fire it up, the volume is always at 0. no matter how i try to set the default value in preference to 100 or more, it still defaults back to 0 the next time i start the app.

ok I just realised that this version of VLC can't play videos while minimized, which is really strange and frustrating.

For me, I use VideoLAN on every machine, but not just one version, I keep a few older installers on hand, I also install MP 10, not 9 or 11, since 10 looks just right to me (dating back to 2004)
VideoLAN allows audio to sync to video when they are off, for that, it's priceless in my eyes. For Flash video, use SoThink's free player! I tried MediaPlayer Classic, unimpressed

I see Mac PPC but no Linux download ? Can that be right ? I still need to go to the official site but if there really isn't what the hell am I still doing using VLC ? Remnants of the Windows days I suppose...

I look forward to trying this new interface when it's available for windows. The windows version looks very dated. I use KM Player as my main player but I use VLC as a backup. I don't like pot players interface.