VLC media player is an open source and free alternative for Windows media player , Real player and costly DVD player suites like Cyberlink PowerDVD .Some media files needs codec packs to play them on Windows media player . But VLC media player plays everything with out the need for an extra application . It is also capable of playing streaming media and can be even used as streaming server to broadcast media through IP networks .This multi platform application works on Windows , Linux and Mac OS .The latest version, VLC media player1.0 was released two days back .

VLC media player 1.0

VLC media player 1.0 is a monster of playback  .

Few supported audio formats :

MP3 ,AAC, OGG ,AC3 (Dolby) ,DTS ,FLAC ,Wav ,RA ,WMA,QuickTime ,

Few supported video formats :

MPEG 1/2 ,DVD ,Real media video ,MOV , DV,MPEG-4 ,Xvid , H..263

New features in VLC media player 1.0 final version :

Live recording  .
Added new audio and video codecs for playing  Blue-ray ,TrueHD ,Dolby Digital Plus , Real media 3.0 and may more formats .

Download VLC media player 1.0 for Windows.
Mac OS and Linux versions are also available .