VLC playback Features

     
Windows Mac OS X Linux BeOS FreeBSD OpenBSD Familiar Linux
MPEG-1/2Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DIVX (1/2/3)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MPEG-4 ASP, DivX 4/5/6, XviD, 3ivX D4Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
H.261Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
H.263 / H.263iYes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVCYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CinepakYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TheoraYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dirac / VC-2Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
MJPEG (A/B)Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
WMV 1/2Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 Yes 1, 2 Yes 1 Yes 1, 2 Yes 1 Yes 1 No
Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DV (Digital Video)Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
On2 VP3/VP5/VP6Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
Indeo Video v3 (IV32)Yes Yes Partial Yes Partial Yes
Indeo Video 4/5 (IV41, IV51)No No No No No No
Real Video 1/2Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real Video 3/4Yes Yes Yes Untested Yes Untested
  1. WMV-3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 playback is provided through the FFmpeg-library starting with VLC 0.8.6.
  2. Windows DMO codecs can be used by VLC on 32-bit x86 platforms and allow WMV-3/WMA-3 decoding. This feature is untested on Intel-based Macs.
  
 
  • Yes = Yes
  • Partial = Partial
  • No = No
  • Untested = Untested
  

Streaming

See the Streaming features page