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Far and away the best open-source multi-codec playback and conversion software gets a big boost with hardware GPU and DSP decoding, a code cleanup and rewrite, plus a whole bunch more.

VideoLAN.org has announced VLC Player 1.1 RC (change log), a free and open source cross-platform (Mac, Linux, Unix, BeOS, PC) multimedia player and framework, that plays just about every multimedia file type, including as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols.

New features:

• GPU and DSP decoding, depending on the platform
• Faster and more stable
• New codecs and HD codecs enhancements
• Webm and VP8 support
• MKV, mp4 and avi improvements
• Important code cleanup and rewrite
• Interface and playlist reworked

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Get your copy of VLC Player 1.1 RC here (19MB).