VLC 1.0 for Linux Released, Now with New HD Codecs
Jul 07, 2009, 16:04 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Marius Nestor)
"Dubbed Goldeneye, VLC 1.0.0 brings some of the highly
anticipated features, lots of bug fixes and many improvements.
Among the new features we can notice support for some HD streams.
Without further introduction, here are the highlights of VLC
1.0.0:
· Added new HD (High-Definition) codecs, such as:
· Blu-Ray Linear PCM
· Dolby Digital Plus
· AES3, TrueHD
· Real Video 3.0 and 4.0
· Added support for M2TS and Raw Dirac;
· Greatly improved the support for video playback;"
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