Download VLC Media Player 0.8.6 Test1

The first public beta version of VLC Media Player 0.8.6 was released on the download server a few days ago and can be downloaded from this server be downloaded for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, among others. VLC Media Player is an open source media player that can be used on a wide variety of operating systems. The player is able to play a large number of media formats without additional codecs, including MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD and various streaming protocols. test1 tests the new features of the 0.8.6 branch, including native support for WMV3 and VC-1, improved H.264 support, and improvements to the Mozilla and ActiveX plugins. A detailed list of changes and improvements is included in the download. You can read exactly what it looks like below:

playlist:

• Shoutcast TV listing support

Input:

• Support for RTSP authentication
• Support for adding subtitles on the fly
• Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
• ATSC support for DVB
• Partial support for DVR-ms recordings
• Partial support for MXF file format

decoders:

• Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
• WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
• VP5/VP6 – Flash Video support
• The True Audio Lossless codec support
• WavPack support
• Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)

Video output:

• Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, …)
• Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:

• New hotkeys for crop and zoom
• Systray support in skins (Windows only)
• Support for Apple Remote control
• Notifications using notification-daemon on Linux
• Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface

Localisation:

• Add Czech
• Add Slovak
• Add Malay

Developers:

• Updates to the libvlc API
• Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins