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Portable VLC

Portable VLC - 0.8.6d r3.0

VLC media player for portable drives

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Current Version: 0.8.6d r3.0
Release Date: 2007-12-07
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 3,163
Downloads (all versions): 10,587
Price: GPL

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Product Description:

Portable VLC OS X is the VLC video stream and multimedia palyer packaged as portable application so you can carry around with you on any portable device, USB thumb drive, iPod, portable hard drive,memory card, other portable device (also on your internal hard disk) as long as it has 80 MB of free space and use on any Mac OS X computer, taking your preferences with you.

How to install
1. Drag "Portable VLC OS X" folder to your portable device, USB thumb drive, iPod, portable hard drive, memory card, other portable device (also to your internal hard disk) as long as it has 80 MB of free space.

2. Clicking "Portable VLC" will open VLC from your portable device, wait a while before VLC start.

3. If a local copy of VLC is running an alert window allow you to quit it.

Using your data
You can copy your user preferences to Portable VLC when "Copy preferences" window ask you. So, if you wish to use your bookmarks, history, preferences you already have on your system, just click "Yes" when prompt.

VLC application, preference file and folder are inside the bundle:
Portable VLC.app/Contents/Resources/app/

VLC is packaged using the Platypus script wrapper from
http://sveinbjorn.sytes.net/platypus

Support Forum
Post questions, tips, suggestions, clues, helps, bugs to our OS X Portable Applications support forum

What's new in this version:

  • VLC updated to 0.8.6d Universal

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4.2 or higher

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Portable VLC CommentaryStruggling to understand... - Version: 0.8.5 r2.0, 8/5/2006 07:20AM PST

MacHound
Sorry to be obtuse, but I don't understand the concept of Portable VLC. Is it for people who visit computer labs where the Mac is locked down? Who else is it for?
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Portable VLC CommentaryWant to play ipod format on mac os9 or x 10.2 - Version: 0.8.4a r1.0, 4/14/2006 07:30PM PST

billneill
I want to play the several offerings listed as ipod only on my mac in os 9 or os x 10.2.8. I do not have an ipod and will not be getting one. BUT I keep seeing listings of this new format and aparently Quicktime 6 can not play it?

Any ideas?

billneill at yahoo dot com.
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