Videolan test release supports DTS! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Johnny Rotten · 02-15-2004, 05:57 PM

I just noticed a few days ago that the Videolan home page was updated to mention their test release of a version of their media player that supports DTS. For those of you unfamiliar with VLC, it's (primarily) used for DVD playback on your computer (with a DVD drive). I've used it for a while now, and definitely recommend it as a free DVD software alternative. It has no spyware or adware that I'm aware of--it's just a GPL'd open source project. And all of my DVDs play on it, while I've gotten some horrible lockups using other stuff with some recently released movies. VLC also decodes Dolby 5.1 and AC3. I likes it! Oh, and it also works on Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, and a bunch of other platforms. I don't know why it's not more popular, but there you go.

Latch · 02-16-2004, 03:51 AM

I used to use VLC. It's not bad. It would play some DVDs that Xine or mplayer would not (and vice-versa). I'm surprised it's not more popular with it's easy use and multi-platform support.

I'm not using it anymore cause Xine support has seemed to gotten better, and I haven't had any problems lately.

txd · 02-16-2004, 06:32 AM

VLC is great, it is slowly becoming the only player I use. It works gret on OS X and BSD, wasnt too keen with it on Windows but I Was using an older version at the time.

madsenj37 · 02-16-2004, 03:07 PM

VLC is great on my mac for three reasons. I have an external dvd player, quicktime doesnt do playlists, vlc plays avi, mov, mpg, wmv,etc while I need two or more programs to play all thos formats.

02-15-2004, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Location: Berkeley	Videolan test release supports DTS! I just noticed a few days ago that the Videolan home page was updated to mention their test release of a version of their media player that supports DTS. For those of you unfamiliar with VLC, it's (primarily) used for DVD playback on your computer (with a DVD drive). I've used it for a while now, and definitely recommend it as a free DVD software alternative. It has no spyware or adware that I'm aware of--it's just a GPL'd open source project. And all of my DVDs play on it, while I've gotten some horrible lockups using other stuff with some recently released movies. VLC also decodes Dolby 5.1 and AC3. I likes it! Oh, and it also works on Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, and a bunch of other platforms. I don't know why it's not more popular, but there you go.

02-16-2004, 03:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
madsenj37 Still searching... Location: NorCal For Life	VLC is great on my mac for three reasons. I have an external dvd player, quicktime doesnt do playlists, vlc plays avi, mov, mpg, wmv,etc while I need two or more programs to play all thos formats. __________________ "Only two things are certain: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe." -- Albert Einstein

02-16-2004, 03:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	I used to use VLC. It's not bad. It would play some DVDs that Xine or mplayer would not (and vice-versa). I'm surprised it's not more popular with it's easy use and multi-platform support. I'm not using it anymore cause Xine support has seemed to gotten better, and I haven't had any problems lately.

02-16-2004, 06:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
txd Addict	VLC is great, it is slowly becoming the only player I use. It works gret on OS X and BSD, wasnt too keen with it on Windows but I Was using an older version at the time.