Posts Tagged ‘ VLC ’

The NewTeeVee Guide to Playing WebM Video

2010/07/31
By Janko Roettgers
The NewTeeVee Guide to Playing WebM Video

Google open sourced its WebM video format in May, and more and more applications as well as video vendors are starting to support the new format. However, how do you actually play back WebM videos? This handy little guide tells you all you need to know.
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FFmpeg Goes WebM, Enabling VP8 for Boxee & Co.

2010/06/17
By Janko Roettgers
FFmpeg Goes WebM, Enabling VP8 for Boxee & Co.

FFmpeg released a new version 0.6 with support for Google's open source WebM video codec this week. FFmpeg is a suite of tools and libraries that is an important backbone of many well-known video players, transcoding applications and even TV platforms like Boxee, VLC and MPlayer.
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New VLC Version Supports WebM, H.264 Hardware Decoding

2010/05/27
By Janko Roettgers
New VLC Version Supports WebM, H.264 Hardware Decoding

Want to play videos encoded with WebM, the new video format that Google open sourced at its developers conference last week? Well, look no further: The new version of VLC supports WebM playback. Another feature included in the new release is hardware decoding for H.264 videos.
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VLC: An Excellent Media Player (Finally) Turns 1.0.0

2009/07/09
By Liane Cassavoy
VLC: An Excellent Media Player (Finally) Turns 1.0.0

There’s nothing worse than a video player that won’t play all of your video files. That’s why I’ve long been a fan of the free VLC media player: It plays back just about every kind of file you can throw at it. And, finally, several years after the first version was released, VLC media...
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