Download VLC Media Player 0.8.6 final

This afternoon, the folks at VideoLAN released the final version of the 0.8.6 branch of VLC Media Player, which has been in testing since the end of October. The final can go through this server can be downloaded as a binary for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. VLC Media Player is an open source media player that can be used on a wide range of operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The player is able to play a large number of media formats without additional codecs, ranging from MPEG1, MPEG2 and VCD to various streaming protocols. New in version 0.8.6 is support for Windows Media Video 9, VC-1 and Flash. In addition, the Apple Remote can be used to operate VLC Media Player. Below are the most important new features and improvements posted in VLC Media Player 0.8.6, for a detailed overview please visit this text document:

Building on feedback from the 29 million downloads of VLC media player 0.8.5, we bring you version 0.8.6 with many bugfixes, as well as a couple of new features we think you will truly enjoy.

Highlights of the new features and improvements:

• Support for Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1
• Support for VP5/VP6 and Flash video
• Support for TTA and WavPack Lossless audio
• Much improved H.264 support
• Preliminary DVR-ms, MXF support
• Shoutcast TV support
• Windows unicode fixes
• Apple Remote support
• Apple full screen controller
• Universal Binary

[break]