Download VLC Media Player 2.0.5

An update of version 2.0 of VLC Media Player has been released. This open source and cross-platform media player can play a variety of audio, video and streaming formats without the need to install the appropriate codec. Downloads are also available for Windows, while the source code should also make the program usable for operating systems such as Linux, BSD and Solaris. A version for Android is in development.

Version 2.0, codenamed Twoflower after a character from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, is a lot faster on systems equipped with a multicore processor. Furthermore, the program now supports more media formats, subtitles are displayed in better quality and there is experimental support for Blu-ray discs. In version 2.0.5 the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 2.0.5:

• Rework and fixes of the Mac OS X interface
• Fix Pulseaudio initial synchronization
• Fix MKV, SWF, AIFF and subtitles demuxer crashes
• Translations updates and new Welsh translation
• DVB-S delivery system detection
• Fix audio and video track selection through libVLC
• Fix system sleep issue on Mac OS X 10.5