VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it"s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn"t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
CDDA / VCDX plugins:
* Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
Mac OS X Interface:
* Fullscreen controller improvements