VLC media player 0.8.2-test1 beta release

[dionoea]

Dear VideoLAN users,

The VideoLAN team is happy to announce the first beta version of VLC 0.8.2

Features include :

* Rewrite of the playlist (tree structure, input preparsing ...)
* Preferences improvements
* XML parsers
* Client-side SSL/TLS support
* Massive Matroska improvements
* Support for SOCKS proxy
* Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
* Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
* TiVo demuxer
* Samba (Windows shares) access module
* Dirac decoder and encoder
* PNG decoder/encoder
* Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
* Services discovery modules (brand new SAP module, HAL discovery, DAAP (iTunes shares), shoutcast)
* Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
* Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
* Image file video output (png)
* Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
* Pocket PC port
* Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin

You can get a complete list by reading the release notes :
http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/NEWS

Binary packages are already available for Windows and MacOS X. You can
download those and the source code as well on :
http://download2.videolan.org/pub/video ... 8.2-test1/

Remember that this is a beta version. Please test it heavily and report
bugs. Known bugs are registered in the trac database : http://developers.videolan.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/roadmap

For the VideoLAN team,

[Guest]

i want to be able too burn a dvd

[E-bola]

Have u considered getting a dvd burning application then?

[Guest]

I want the aspect ratio back in GUI!

[Slapo]

Hallo,

doesn't seem quite ready for h.264 - 95% CPU usage when trying to play the hi-res batman trailer from apple.com with one still image and working (?) audio in the background. The new options look nice, though.

[dionoea]

what config are you using for h264 playback ? people from apple ask for a G5 min (for people using macs)

[me]

the problem hadn`t been resolved! vlc media player dosn`t know to get the subtitle himself you must go to the prerences and set the subtitle.

[qua]

hmm, the serenitytrailer is playing fine with the elecard moonlight player 3.0.1 on a p4 3ghz.

with vlc i have the same problem - sound is there, picture stands still 49% CPU usage. deactivating subtitles worked for one frame which showed up - then it stood still again.

[Guest]

I tried the Mac OS X version of 0.8.2 test 1, and it repeatedly crashed after playing back about two minutes of an AVI file. I reset my preferences as recommended by the Read Me file, but the problem still occurred.

Here's the start of the crash log for the most recent crash:

OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Command: VLC
Path: /Applications/VLC 0.8.2 test 1/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
Parent: WindowServer [61]
Version: 0.8.2-test1 (0.8.2-test1)
PID: 534
Thread: Unknown
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xbd3bedb8
Backtrace not available
Unknown thread crashed with PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x90006b5c srr1: 0x0200f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0x42000448 xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x90007184 ctr: 0x90013880
r0: 0x90007184 r1: 0xf058ab40 r2: 0xf058aa74 r3: 0x0000000d
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x00000082 r6: 0xfffffff7 r7: 0x00000003
r8: 0x63303000 r9: 0xf058a974 r10: 0x00000000 r11: 0xa0006510
r12: 0x90013880 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00002200 r18: 0x00001819 r19: 0x02204600
r20: 0x00001808 r21: 0x02803010 r22: 0x02803032 r23: 0x02303200
r24: 0x00000011 r25: 0x0000001f r26: 0x02301000 r27: 0x02000000
r28: 0x00000071 r29: 0xbd3bedb4 r30: 0x02328200 r31: 0x9000609c

[Slapo]

what config are you using for h264 playback ? people from apple ask for a G5 min (for people using macs)

Athlon 64 3000+, 512 MB of DDRAM, MSI nVidia GeForce FX 5700 128 MB RAM, more than 20 GB free on the partition with the movie.

[Slapo]

and Windows XP Pro x64 Edition

[michele]

I can't make working auto selection of subtitles: I have entered it,en in the preferences, but I have to manually select subtitle track in the menu.
Thanks.

[Riven]

Will ever exist a win64 version? thanks

[Sixer]

0.8.2-test1-macosx works great here, thanks.

[dionoea]

a win64 version for 0.8.2 seems unlikely. I'd say 0.8.3 sounds more realistic (there still exists no crosscompile too to compile win64 on linux ...)

[PritorianZ]

Can you add little function, color subs?
sometimes need change color for best look.

Sorry for my English.

[dionoea]

you can change the subtitle colors in the preferences :
Video
Subtitles OSD
Text renderer

you'll need to click on "Advanced options" and you'll be able to set the subtitles' color

[jayde]

Hi
Thanks for giving us this opportunity to use your wonderful creation VLC player for Apple Mac users. This is amazingly easy to use app! and free...

A growing number of wide screen displays, which I have Apple Mac 23" Display, VideoLan should consider thinking making something like Widescreen movie player or give an option of widescreen. display.

I use alphaomega software widescreen movie player but don’t give much options as VideoLan Has …

http://alphaomega.software.free.fr/wide ... layer.html

I will not hesitate paying if videoLan create a wide screen movie Player for the Mac users.

I'm sure some one must have thought about it “wide screen player from VideoLan”.



Thanking you all
Jayde

[dionoea]

can't you just resize the video window ?

[nobody.loopback]

Tried out the MacOSX port.
No more error messages when switching on deinterlacing.
I like the additional options in the Preferences

But the changes to the playlist are painful for me:
I cant watch TV anymore by just clicking in the Web interface of my dreambox / dbox running enigma.
See also:
viewtopic.php?t=8048&highlight=

Even trying to open the .pls file fails. I have to open the .pls file in an editor, then must copy the url inside and past that in the open file dialog in vlc.

I hope very much, that this functionality is brought back.

[goswim2]

still no sound since upgrading and new beta crashes instantly. any advise? any chance the bug will be fixed. 8.1 worked great on panther but somebody got to get the tiger by the tail.

thanks

[dionoea]

the OS X devs are working on the sound issues in VLC. This is a known (and hard) bug

[Alexsource]

I've been fooling around a bit with i have to say that it r0000><ooor555!!! :D:D:D
All the late frame skipped bugs i had before are no longer there!
Keep up with the good work!

[subzero]

i like the video snapshots alot ...
and i want to suggest thing to it ...
like making auto snapshots every x seconds while watching the video and save to directory ...
every 10 20 somehting ..depends on user choice ...
snapshot of current window or orginal video size ...
also in the key shortcut can i use the mouse click to make a snapshot ? i think i didnot see it there .

.....

thanks for this great program ....
and the forum and irc

[natenate]

A few minutes into an avi (see previous post):

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date/Time: 2005-05-16 01:00:36.697 -0400
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 3

Command: VLC
Path: /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC
Parent: WindowServer [64]

Version: 0.8.2-test1 (0.8.2-test1)

PID: 4104
Thread: 9

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xecaecc00

Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000a758 mach_msg_trap + 8
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000a69c mach_msg + 60
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9074a5b8 __CFRunLoopRun + 832
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90749ebc CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93121fc0 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93121654 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x931214c0 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x9361c384 _DPSNextEvent + 384
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x9361c048 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x936185ac -[NSApplication run] + 472
10 org.videolan.vlc 0x000a8fe4 Run + 148 (crt.c:300)
11 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000b448 RunInterface + 704 (crt.c:300)
12 org.videolan.vlc 0x0000b0e8 intf_RunThread + 292 (crt.c:300)
13 org.videolan.vlc 0x000087d8 VLC_AddIntf + 320 (crt.c:300)
14 org.videolan.vlc 0x00003458 main + 184 (crt.c:300)
15 org.videolan.vlc 0x000030d0 _start + 380 (crt.c:267)
16 org.videolan.vlc 0x00002f50 start + 48
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