Features:
- Free, Open Source and cross-platform
- Independant of systems codecs to support most video types
- Live recording
- Instant pausing and Frame-by-Frame support
- Finer speed controls
- New HD codecs (AES3, Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, Blu-Ray Linear PCM, Real Video 3.0 and 4.0, ...)
- New formats (Raw Dirac, M2TS, ...) and major improvements in many formats...
- New Dirac encoder and MP3 fixed-point encoder
- Video scaling in fullscreen
- RTSP Trickplay support
- Zipped file playback
- Customizable toolbars
- Easier encoding GUI in Qt interface
- Better integration in Gtk environments
- MTP devices on linux
- AirTunes streaming
- New skin for the skins2 interface
Input formats:
- MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3)
- ID3 tags
- AVI
- ASF / WMV / WMA
- MP4 / MOV / 3GP
- OGG / OGM / Annodex
- Matroska (MKV)
- WAV (incuding DTS)
- Raw Audio: DTS, AAC, AC3/A52
- Raw DV
- FLAC
- FLV (Flash)
Input media:
- UDP/RTP Unicast
- UDP/RTP Multicast
- HTTP / FTP
- MMS
- File
- DVD 1
- VCD
- SVCD 2
- Audio CD (without DTS)
- MPEG encoder 3
- Video acquisition
Streaming:
Interfaces and control:
- Default WxWidgets
- Qt 4
- Skins
- Web
- Telnet
- Command line
Miscellaneous:
- SAP/SDP announces
- Bonjour protocol
- Mozilla/Firefox plugin
- ActiveX plugin
- SVCD Menus
- Localization
- CD-Text 10
- CDDB CD info 11
- IPv6
- IGMPv3 Win XP
- CPU acceleration 13
Additional skins are available at the
developer's website.