VLC Media Player 0.8.6 RC1

VLC media player 是一套屬於 Open Source 的影音播放軟體，它能播放的類型，包山包海，像是 DVD、音樂CD、VCD 及串流媒體。 它除了提供跨作業系統平台的版本之外，也無視 DVD 區碼限制，另外還能讓使用者自訂操作面版，是一套有強大功能和極高彈性的播放軟體。

• 影像方面支援 MPEG-1/2, DIVX1/2/3, MPEG-4 ASP, DivX, Xvid, 3ivX D4, WMV1/2/3, WMV-9, VC-1, Real Video,Quicktime等多種格數。
• 音樂方面支援 MP3/4, E-AC-3, AC3-A/52, DTS, WMA1/2, Real Audio等。
• 可自訂面版上想要的功能和功能圖示位置。
• 提供多種作系統版本，包括 Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix 等。
• 不需另安裝解碼器。
• 支援檔案影音、DVD、CD、VCD 和網路串流媒體。

Playlist:
- Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB input
- Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
- Improved support for Flash Video files

Decoders:
- Native WMV9 / VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
- Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
- Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles

Video output:
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
- All
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
- Windows
- Systray support in skins
- OS X
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
- Linux
- Notifications using notification-daemon

Windows port:
- Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Fixed IPv6 support on the client side

Localization:
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay
- Add Slovenian

Developers:
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins