VLC Media Player
VLC media player has always been one of the things that gives you foothold in life: version by version were released and only the most sophisticated users could distinguish between them. All changes were discernible only after a very nice magnifying glass. VLC 2.0 is quite the contrary: echoing the developer, you can say that this release is 'a major upgrade for VLC'.
The major new feature that the latest version of VLC Media Player has to boast is the re-written output core and modules. The internal program machinery was slightly honed down, now supporting subpicture blending in GPU.
However, it is not gold that glitters. Even though the new VLC features contribute to the overall player's usability, they are actually nothing to write home about. In fact, there is a whole lot of other media players that have been featuring something like this for ages. The only excuse for VideoLAN presenting these changes as the highlights of the new versions is that the VLC media Player is actually an open-source project, focusing largely on portability. And for a program of its kind, it plays its part perfectly: it can be by far not so sophisticated as its commercial counterparts, but it is still one of the best media players .
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