VideoLAN Client description
A multi-platform multimedia player that can read DVDs, VCDs, MPEG, and DivX files

VLC - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player that supports various audio and video formats (MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

The stream can be MPEG 2 TS in UDP or HTTP packets unicasted or multicasted on an IPv4 or IPv6 network.

Here are some key features of "VideoLAN Client":

Input

Input media
· UDP/RTP Unicast
· UDP/RTP Multicast
· HTTP / FTP
· MMS
· File
· DVD 1
· VCD
· SVCD 2
· Audio CD (without DTS)
· DVB (Satellite, Digital TV, Cable TV)
· MPEG encoder 3
· Video acquisition Direct Show

Input formats
· MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
· ID3 tags
· AVI
· ASF / WMV / WMA
· MP4 / MOV / 3GP
· OGG / OGM / Annodex
· Matroska (MKV)
· Real
· WAV (incuding DTS)
· Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
· Raw DV
· FLAC
· FLV (Flash)

Video

Decoders
· MPEG-1/2
· DIVX (1/2/3)
· MPEG-4, DivX 5, XviD, 3ivX D4
· H.264
· Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)
· DV
· Cinepak
· Theora (alpha 3)
· H.263 / H.263i
· MJPEG (A/B)
· WMV 1/2
· WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 4, 5
· Indeo Video v3 (IV32)

Subtitles
· DVD 6
· SVCD / CVD
· DVB
· OGM
· Matroska
· Text files (MicroDVD, SubRIP, SubViewer, SSA1-5, SAMI, VPlayer)
· Vobsub

Filters
· Deinterlace
· Cropping
· Image wall
· Image adjust
· Rotate/Mirror
· Logo overlay
· Magnification
· Image distortion
· Bluescreen
· RSS/Atom feeds

Outputs
· Native DirectX, GDI
· SDL
· ASCII Art

Audio

Decoders
· MPEG Layer 1/2
· MP3
· AC3 - A/52
· DTS
· LPCM
· AAC
· Vorbis
· WMA 1/2
· WMA 3 7
· ADPCM
· DV Audio
· FLAC
· QDM2/QDMC (QuickTime)
· MACE
· Real Audio 8
· Speex

Filters
· Visualization effects
· Equalizer

Outputs
· Native DirectX WaveOut
· S/PDIF DirectX WaveOut
· Multi-channel DirectX WaveOut
· SDL

Streaming

Interfaces and control
· Default WxWidgets
· Qt 4
· Skins
· Web
· Telnet
· Command line

Miscellaneous
· SAP/SDP announces
· Bonjour protocol
· Mozilla/Firefox plugin
· ActiveX plugin
· SVCD Menus
· Localization
· CD-Text 10
· CDDB CD info 11
· IPv6
· IGMPv3 Win XP
· CPU acceleration 13