Vlc, quite an impressive little media player

[Dane Trethowan]

Ok, since I've had my Imac I've been venturing to try software  
packages which didn't work too well on my Power PC, one of these is  
the VLC Media Player, the Intel build seems to work far better than  
did the Power PC build. The reason I raise the subject of VLC is  
because I'm sure other list members use it and also because it has a  
very similar feel to use to Winamp, one of our list members was  
commenting on this a few weeks ago when he talked about the  
thundermental differences between the way Itunes and Winamp work.
As we all know, Itunes is based round a library of content whereas  
Winamp and VLC are based on playlists, to further illustrate the  
point if you select all the songs in a folder, have VLC set as your  
default media player and then press say command-down arrow to open  
the selection, then all files are played with VLC and you can save a  
playlist reflecting the songs you selected to play, no files are  
moved or copied anywhere and you put the playlist where you want it  
so that's just plain and simple.
The other great reason people may wish to try VLC is the amazing  
quality of audio output, I don't know what decoders Itunes use but it  
sounds God-Damn awful when compared to VLC.
There are still a lot of things I don't understand about this  
software but I'm exploring and discovering, enjoying every minute of  
what I see or perhaps that should be what I hear <smile>.
If anyone has anything to add to this then I' be interested to hear  
what they have to say.






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