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Whether you want to play mpeg, avi, ogg, wav, or flv files, VLC rules them all, with a single excpetion: Real media files are only partially supported across all operating systems.
HD-DVD and BluRay: not supported (details). Video acquisition (webcam): only partial support for iSight on the Mac. DVB: plugin required for EyeTV on the Mac. DCCP / RTP Unicast: supported only in Linux. VLC supports all standard input media, including audio CDs, video CDs and DVDs, even DVB. Let's have a look at the facts for the three most popular operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. There really isn't a lot that VLC does not play. Optional extras are available to allow you to play Blu-Ray discs under Windows 7 and Vista.Ĭon's: Does not include some old or obsolete formats.Ĭonclusion: A versatile collection of tools that will let you play virtually any modern media type.OK, Spill The Beans, What Else Does It Not Play? All resolutions including SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition) are supported. Supported audio formats include 3GPP, AVI, DAT, FLV, MKV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, OGM, PS, TS and VOB. Supported video formats include AAC, AC3, APE, DTS, FLAC, IT, MO3, MOD, MTM, OGG Vorbis, S3M, TTA, UMX, WV and XM. The Media Player Codec Pack allows you to play most DVDs, SVCDs, XCDs and VCDs on your home computer. Media splitters can help resolve playback problems such as no audio on a video playback, while you can use the filters to remove noise and artifacts from audio and video streams.
The codecs are small pieces of software that encode and decode media files so that the player knows how to interpret the data and display the file. The Media Player Codec Pack is a comprehensive collection of codecs and media tools that will allow you to play virtually any modern media format. Once this easy-to-install package is on your computer, you'll find that 99.9% of current formats are supported - though you may still need the appropriate player for some protected media. If you've ever experienced the frustration of attempting to play a media file, only to be confronted with an error message or faulty playback (wrong speed, missing audio, jerky picture) you'll appreciate this compilation of codecs, media splitters and filters.