VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

This new release is a bug fix and includes many new features, such as IGMPv3 support (Linux and Windows XP), software DTS audio-decoding, MOD audio support, a few new demuxers, and an OpenGL video output plug-in for OS X.