VLC Features OS
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On what operating systems can run VLC media player ?
| Windows 9x 98/Me | Yes (not supported) | 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. |
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| Windows 2000 | Yes | |
| Windows Xp | Yes | |
| Windows NT 4.0 | Yes (not supported) | 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. |
| Linux | Yes | 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. |
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| *BSD | Yes | VLC should work without problems. |
| Solaris | Middle | VLC is buildable under Solaris after some adaptations.
Reports have said that those were doable. |
| Other Unixes | Middle | Same as Solaris |
| Mac OS 9 | No | Mac OS 9 was never supported and will not be because of the deprecation of the platform. |
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| Mac OS X (<10.2) | Yes | Use VLC 0.8.4a |
| Mac OS X (10.3) | Yes | Use VLC 0.8.6b |
| Mac OS X (>10.4) | style="background: #dfd;" | Yes | Use any up-to-date version of VLC. |
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.
