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VLC 1.0 released
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VLC for me is one of the buggiest apps I have ever known (that and Football Manager). Because Handbrake decided to use the VLC library I had to have VLC installed but because its so buggy it caused Handbrake to crash and I haven't been able to rip any DVDs for ages. Hope fully this update will actually work, unlike the many before it. If it doesnt then I wont be using it again.
That is what I was thinking. Is it possible to install a blu-ray drive and play them with VLC 1.0 in the Mac OS? ^^
Someone that has a blu-ray drive installed for use in windows via bootcamp needs to test this imo.
Well, seems like the feature is not implemented in the Mac OS X version. Without them stating so in the Readme file...
From the VLC forum:
Well, seems like the feature is not implemented in the Mac OS X version. Without them stating so in the Readme file...
From the VLC forum:
So is there a CLI option?
Is there any way to modify the inteface to have the volume in the main window as well?
Main window? What are you trying to do?
Well, seems like the feature is not implemented in the Mac OS X version. Without them stating so in the Readme file...
From the VLC forum:
Thank you. Hopefully this gets done soon. Cannot wait!
Can someone with a working Airport Express try the following:
replace host xxx with Airport Express IP, point to mp3.
I think.
Code:
vlc --sout='#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:raop{access=http,mux=raw,host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080,volume=255}' foobar.mp3replace host xxx with Airport Express IP, point to mp3.
I think.
Just have an all in one window with play controls and volume in the same window.
Ok. Yeah, there is no volume control there unless you go fullscreen. You can manipulate volume in the video window with two finger scroll up/down on a touchpad or with your scrollwheel if you are using a mouse.
Is there still a 64-bit version available? I had a 64-bit version installed before, but now after updating it is only 32-bit. Is there still a link for the 64-bit version? I could not find one on the site linked in this thread.
well, now that it can play real media, i'll definitely update. but i'll still use quicktime + perian as my main video player. though perian hasn't had an update in a while either.
do either of them play .swf files?
do either of them play .swf files?
I know it plays AVCHD files but since it only uses 1 core, its choppy. Tried on both mac book and mac pro and get the same results. Bummer.
The Airport Express will only take the Apple Lossless codec, so you need to change "mpga" to "alac". Also VLC dislikes the ":8080" port specification, but it can be left off and it seems to connect fine. Setting volume=255 is a *very bad* idea when connecting to an Airport Express, as it will be quite loud, and it seems that the setting sticks around - so next time you run iTunes it'll play at maximum volume. I found that 32 is a much better choice if you still want to be able to hear afterward. Finally, you'll need to be sure the mp3 file is 44.1 kHz and not something like 32 kHz or 22.05 kHz, as that's all the Airport Express understands.
All that said, when I run VLC in that way (using "/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC" in place of "vlc"), it crashes. But it does make the speakers connected to the Airport Express click first, so it's probably just a bug that needs to be fixed.
Code:
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --sout='#transcode{acodec=alac,ab=192,channels=2}:raop{access=http,mux=raw,host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,volume=32}' foobar.mp3