Comments on: VLC Media Player hits Version 1.0

By: DrMcCoy

DrMcCoy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:53:37 +0000

I myself am more partial to MPlayer. It’s more powerful and you don’t need to use a crappy GUI.

By: SLC

SLC — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:21:17 +0000

One of the amazing things about VLC is that it can play anything that you’ve ever even thought about playing.

I don’t know about the latest version but the current version will not, repeat not, play real media files. It also doesn’t play all WMV files.

By: jdac

jdac — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:14:21 +0000

@omar: that’s my hope. Completely removing and reinstalling the `vlc’ package didn’t help, so I’ll be moving on to its dependencies.

smartctl gives my hard drive a clean bill of health, so I’m taking that as a hopeful sign that it’s just a corrupted library somewhere.

By: rpsms

rpsms — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:05:26 +0000

Been using vlc windows binary for years. Simple to find, free, plays everything, few hassles.

By: Agencja Reklamowa

Agencja Reklamowa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:20:02 +0000

When I moved from PC to MAC I was wondering about which media player I should download. I tried 5 or 6 players and it was nightmare. Finally I have downloaded the VLC and I fall in love with it. It just opening any format. It’s fantastic.

By: omar

omar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:19:19 +0000

jdac: I see. You may have a library that is damaged. See if you can verify the integrity of your library files, in the usr and var directories.

As you suggest, if the problem is with one piece of software do a total reinstall of that package.

(If you were using Windoze the recommended procedure would be to reformat the hard drive, reinstall the system, then throw that computer away and buy a new one.)

By: jdac

jdac — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:37 +0000

@omar: nope. Ubuntu 8.10. I defenestrated all my computers a couple years ago.

However, some problems I had recently might have corrupted it and/or the package it was installed from, so a complete removal and complete reinstall may fix it.

The scarier alternative is that my hard drive is showing signs of dementia…

By: omar

omar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:30:13 +0000

Segfaulting? You must be using Windoze.

By: Steve Ulven

Steve Ulven — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:20:40 +0000

Kick ass! I’ve been using VLC for years. It solved all the problems of figuring out what codec you would need for whatever video you downloaded back in the day.

By: jdac

jdac — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:45:03 +0000

I’ll have to upgrade. My 0.8.6 VLC keeps segfaulting for an unknown reason, and I’ve been stuck with GMplayer since.