VLC Features OS
On what operating systems can run VLC media player ?
| Windows | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 9x 98/Me | Template:Nostupported | Although it is now unsupported, VLC should work flawlessly on Windows 98 and Windows ME.
You need to install the unicode package to make it work.|| | |
| Windows 2000 | Yes | ||
| Windows Xp | Yes | ||
| Windows NT 4.0 | Template:Notsupported | Although it is now unsupported, VLC should work on Windows NT4.0,
but with major issues due to the lack of a correct DirectX support. || | |
| Windows Vista | Yes | VLC has still some problems with Vista, but it works.
Read the forum thread on that matter. || |
Contents
Linux
VLC works perfectly under linux.
The teams support the Debian Version. But Ubuntu, Gentoo, OpenSuse, Mandriva, Fedora Core are oftenly tested by the team, but the packages are not made by the VideoLAN team.
Unix
BSD
VLC should work without problems.
Solaris
VLC is buildable under Solaris after some adaptations. Reports have said that those were doable.
Other Unixes
Same as Solaris
Mac OS
Mac OS X
VLC works perfectly under Mac OS X.
For 10.2 and under, use VLC 0.8.4a For 10.3, use VLC 0.8.6b For 10.4 and over, every up-to-date version of VLC works.
Mac OS 9
There is no and will not be any version of VLC for Mac OS 9 because of its deprecated status
PDA OSes
Windows CE
Palm OS
No version done.
Symbian
No version done.
Other
PSP
There is a port of VLC on the PSP done by an external team.
PS3
VLC runs under YDL5 on the PS3.
