Videolan's VLC is a cross-platform media player that works on Mac, Linux, and Windows computers. And pretty soon, it could run on the open-source Neuros OSD set top box. Neuros and M2X are working to port the media player to version of Linux used on the set top box. This is significant because VLC never met a media format it didn't like. OK, that's probably not 100% true, but VLC can handle almost any audio or video codec you can throw at it, including MPEG 1/2/4, DiVX, XViD, WMV, MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, WAV, FLV, AAC and DVD files. RealAudio and RealVideo are not currently supported.
The port will be based on VLC 0.8.6g, which is the latest stable version of the application, but will include a few additional bug fixes. VLC integration should be complete during the third quarter of 2008.
[via Slashdot]
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