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 not supported anymore, 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 not supported anymore, 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 team supports the Debian Version. However Ubuntu, Gentoo, OpenSuse, |
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| *BSD | Yes | VLC should work without any problem. |
| Solaris | Middle | VLC is buildable under Solaris after some adaptations.
Reports have said that those were doable. |
| Other Unixes | Middle | Same as Solaris |
| BeOS | Yes |
| 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) | Yes | Use any up-to-date version of VLC. |
| Windows CE | Middle | You can find some version here. |
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| Palm OS | No | No version done. Lacks a lot of features needed by VLC. Feel free to port it! |
| Symbian | No | No version done. Feel free to port it! |
| PSP | Yes unsupported | There is a port of VLC on the PSP done by an external team. |
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| PS3 | Yes | VLC runs under YDL5 on the PS3. |
| OS/2 | No | No version done. Feel free to port it! |
