VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, Ogg, OGM, MOV, wma, wmv...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

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Features in VLC (VideoLAN Client) 1.0.1 :

- Rewrite of the playlist (tree structure, input preparsing ...)
- Preferences improvements
- XML parsers
- Client-side SSL/TLS support
- Massive Matroska improvements
- Support for SOCKS proxy
- Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
- Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
- TiVo demuxer
- Samba (Windows shares) access module
- Dirac decoder and encoder
- PNG decoder/encoder
- Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
- Services discovery modules (brand new SAP module, HAL discovery, DAAP (iTunes shares), shoutcast)
- Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
- Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
- Image file video output (png)
- Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
- Pocket PC port
- Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
...

Changes from VLC (VideoLAN Client) 1.0.0 to VLC 1.0.1 :

• Demuxers:
- Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
- Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
- Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
- Fix Dailymotion access script
- Fix crashes in xspf files handler
- Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
• Access:
- Add extra caching for files on network shares
- Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
• Decoders:
- Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
- Improve SSA subtitles rendering
- Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
• Muxers:
- Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
• Qt Interface:
- Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
- Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
• Windows port:
- The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
• Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian