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VLC Media Player 3.0.4

  -  45.93 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

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What's new in this version:

Decoder:
- Blacklist some intel GPU when decoding HEVC
- Decode AV1 streams
- Fix playback of low-fps files
- Fix hardware decoding of low-latency sliced H.264 streams on macOS
- Fix seeking with streams containing WebVTT subtitles
- Fix decoding some CC-608 streams with roll-up
- Fix crashes with LPCM streams
- Fix colorspace of JPEG, PNG and screen inputs
- Fix MediaCodec rotation handling

Demux:
- Improve FLV fps detection
- Fix some ogg/flac
- Improve support for broken HEVC inside MKV
- Fix some AVI regression for broken files and for DVAudio
- Support files splitted in the .mts%d pattern
- Fixes for MKV seeking
- Fix for MP4 disabled track selection
- Fix playback of incomplete RAR files (downloading)

Audio Output:
- Improve iOS session management and resume-from-pause
- Improve macOS audio performance
- Support 44.1kHz DTS passthrough
- Fix crashes on DirectSound output

Video Output:
- Fix some crash in Direct3D11/Direct3D9 because of sensors
- Fix some broken DVD subtitles rendering (OpenGL, notably)
- Fix crashes on old mac machines, after some time
- Fix memleaks on the EGL output (Android notably)
- Fix misc display in Direct3D11 due to broken drivers
- Fix potential green screen on Windows XP

Text renderer:
- Fix rendering of arabic fonts fallback on macOS
- Fix head buffer overflow on macOS with some fonts
- Fix rendering of fonts with specific fonts
- Fix some RTL rendering

Misc:
- Fix live555, macOS-UI, screen capture crashes
- Change the extension registration names on Windows
- Fix VLM 'now' date
- Fixes on the HTTPD server
- Fix on the NTservice registration
- Fix --stop-time option
- Fix ChromeCast compatibility with web interface
- Fix subtitles alignment
- Fix infinite recursion on directory playback
- Fix detection SAT>IP servers

Qt:
- Fix tooltip display when using Wayland

macOS:
- macOS 10.7.5 is required now, VLC will no longer launch on earlier releases
- Fix delay and fps setting in subtitle dialog
- Modernized and improved support for media keys
- Fix issues with drag and drop of playlist items
- Fix support for audio capturing with qtsound module
- Fix layout issues in the Convert and Save panel

Translations:
- Update of most translations