4 Results for VLC Media Player

Miro Media Player Gets an Overhaul

Open source media player Miro is out in a new version 2.5, downloadable for Windows, the Mac, and Linux. Miro has long been well-liked as a way to collect and view timely video content, as well as manage video libraries. There are many enhancements in the new version, detailed here, but two of the new features that have jumped out at me as I've used the new version are audio podcasts available through Miroguide (a really nice way to navigate to content from all around the web and sample offerings that you may like), and smarter handling of BitTorrent files, especially videos.


OStatic Buffer Overflow

Ubuntu Podcast interviews Mark Shuttleworth. He discusses upcoming Ubuntu releases, Linux on the desktop, and more.

VLC 0.9.9 has arrived. Many people consider VLC the best media player.

An overview of open source e-mail clients. One experienced user's take on the available options.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 feature tour. This slideshow guides you through Novell's latest release.

The false contradiction within open source. Is open source purity at odds with the requirements of the market?



Slick VLC Media Player Out In a New Version

VLC Media Player has just come out in a new version 0.9.2. This media player, available for the Mac, Windows and Linux, is one of the best-liked open source players. In addition to its capabilities for playback, you can use VLC Media Player to transcode videos and songs between formats. Here's more on what you'll find under the hood.


SourceForge's Community Choice Awards: Winners Named

We covered the SourceForge Community Choice Awards announcement in early July, and now the winners have been named. This marks the first year when SourceForge's awards for the best open source projects have been open to all open source projects. OpenOffice is far and away the big winner, but I was pleased to see some lesser known projects get recognition, too. Here, below the fold, are the winners.