VLC Updated if Interested

Deblk · **Joined:** Dec 22, 2011 **Posts:** 399

Version 2.0.3
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks Deb, best Video player ever IMO, been using it for 10 years.

Gms9810 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:23 pm **(#3)**

I've tried it on six computers and it crashed or just shut down on it's own on all six. Each computer was a different brand with different guts, some were XP, three were 7 professional and one was Linux Mint. I finally switched to smplayer, based on Rod's recommendation. VLC had a skin that that I really liked too.

Erisian · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:18 pm **(#4)**

Thanks Debik. Always interested in VLC updates.

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:33 pm **(#5)**

I forget, can I download the update and it will overwrite my current vlc program or do I need to dump the old one first?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:40 pm **(#6)**

Shouldn't be a problem installing over. It worked for me in Windows.

2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:44 pm **(#7)**

I am on a mac, but I'll go for it.

*so I get something called a disk image on my desktop. No idea why but when I open it, it works. I guess I should move it into my applications folder, my desktop is cluttered enough.

Deblk · **Joined:** Dec 22, 2011 **Posts:** 399

2-ton wrote:

I forget, can I download the update and it will overwrite my current vlc program or do I need to dump the old one first?

Yes, it will automatically uninstall your old version....Don't forget though to install you need to right click and run as administrator.

Deblk · **Joined:** Dec 22, 2011 **Posts:** 399

Gms9810 wrote:

I've tried it on six computers and it crashed or just shut down on it's own on all six. Each computer was a different brand with different guts, some were XP, three were 7 professional and one was Linux Mint. I finally switched to smplayer, based on Rod's recommendation. VLC had a skin that that I really liked too.

....there is always one......

GnuTux · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:21 am **(#10)**

Just got the update in my software repository. VLC has the best features and is the most stable video player I've ever used. It just keeps getting better. I never have to worry about finding codecs and it will even play a video inside a .rar while the rar is downloading. I also love all the resizing/scaling/aspect ratio options, along with the easy audio to video syncing features.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I totally agree. I have never seen a video player I liked better. It has its own built in Codecs and it has a very good reputation.

2-ton · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:57 pm **(#12)**

so I noticed that I had not only the disk image of the new one, but the old one, too. I trashed the old one as well as the icon on my dock. I cannot figure out how to get it as an app in my folder, but it still works as a disk image...can you tell I have no idea what I am doing? For some reason, the workings of the mac seem invisible to me, whereas I could usually tell what was happening with my pc files.

Bug Sampson · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2012 **Posts:** 162

I thought the disk image thing sounded funny. I was thinking of like iso's. I looked it up and apparently it's a common thing for software distrubtion for Macs. I know nothing about Macs. I had to use them at school years ago and didn't like it.

Deblk · **Joined:** Dec 22, 2011 **Posts:** 399

Whilst we are on the subject of this brilliant player I would like to ask why some of my FLV format Vid icons are in filmstrip with cone in corner and others are just a large cone...I believe it is something to do with codecs but I thought the player supported FLV?

2-ton · **Posted:** Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:43 am **(#15)**

hah, I finally was able to get rid of all the early vlc's and now just have the newest one. It's all such a mystery to me on the mac and I have to futz around until I stumble on the right process by accident. But I still love the mac, I have had it almost 2 years and it hasn't slowed down a nanosecond. The new VLC looks like it's a great improvement, I should try to use it more.