Google Video player based on VLC 0.8.2 released |
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Google Video launched a new player today with their video search that returns playable videos (see my lame Hulk review here). It’s based on VLC, an open source video player.
Hmm, not sure why having their own player was necessary but everybody else seems to have one so why not Google too? Could this be the rumblings of a throwdown call with Windows Media Player?
John Batelle muses on the subject:
I’m pretty sure that once Google’s VLC implementation is stared at by enough folks, a stand alone player with hooks into Google Video search and many others will not be far behind.
One thing is for sure, Google’s stock wasn’t hurt by this announcement. It closed the day at $304.10.
[…] Google Video is making a launch based on the CES 2006 announcements last week and it seems like many critics are scrambling for remotes to power it off. Some are wondering what happened to the VLC player that was pulled from the Google Pack list somewhat mysteriously? They updated the Google Video TOS last month and added some new things. This by far not their first launch of Google Video, although they seem to be getting first launch attention. Yeah, so they added CBS and NBA stuff for sale, I’m not sure that qualifies as something groudbreaking, even if it was a central piece in their CES keynote. […]
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