Have you ever run into codec problems while trying to play a video on your computer? How about waiting for all the warning screens to finish before you can view the actual DVD menu?
Video Lan is your answer. Also known as VLC Player, its an end all for playing ANY type of video on a computer. The player is compatable with over 15 operating systems! The player has been downloaded over 92 million times in Windows format alone since 2005! I stumbled upon it when I encountered a codec problem in Windows Media Player. I have never looked back.
The program is open source, so its suitable for anyones use. Head on over to The VLC Site for the download. Its a relatively smalle file at just over 9mb.
Looks like they’ve added some things since I used it. Nice to see H.264 support now, but still no Real media. Previously, I ended up going with K-lite Codec, http://www.codecguide.com/, that had a Real Media alternate and codec for hi-def support, but I don’t like all those codecs being installed. I’ll have to check this out again. Thanks Mike!
Posted by: Josh | October 26, 2007 at 10:24 AM