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VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as Blu-ray, DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. VLC can also convert, capture/record and be used as a server to stream video.
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OS:Windows Mac Linux
Version:3.0.2
Released:Apr 23,2018
File size:37.2MB
OS:Windows Mac Linux
Version:3.0.2
Released:Apr 23,2018
File size:37.2MB
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Download VLC Blu-ray plugin here, it allows to you watch encrypted blu-rays directly with VLC 2.0+.
Download VLC media player nightly builds here ( http://nightlies.videolan.org/ )
Download VLC media player nightly builds here ( http://nightlies.videolan.org/ )
Version history / Release notes / Changelog
Changes between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2:
--------------------------------
Core:
* Fix snapshotting with subtitles when using hardware acceleration
* Fix green/missing line/column when the picture dimensions are odd
Decoders:
* Important improvements in hardware decoding for macOS, notably faster,
supporting more samples and removing crashes/deadlocks
* Improve compatibility for DxVA2 and D3D11 decoding, fix crashes when seeking
and fix blacklisting of broken drivers
* Fix SSA subtitles forced alignment
* Fix E-AC-3 stuttering
* Fix MIDI playback on macOS
* Add playback support for ProRes 4444 XQ
Demux:
* Fix wrong colors in some AVI files
* Fix IFO files playback to start DVDs
* Fix a crash with missing/invalid MPEG SDT
* Update VP8/9/10 ISOBMFF bindings and improve HDR for those cases
* Fix TTML inside MP4
* Improve MP4 read of color information
* Fix flac seeking and improve flac parsing
* Improve mkv opening & seeking speed
* Fix display of chapters with no name defined
* Miscellaneous MKV crash fixes
* Fix crash with multi-region DVDs
* Fix audio being muted on DVD chapter change
* Fix audio being muted when seeking in a BluRay disc
Access:
* Avoid a crash/assert in FTP after seeking
Audio output:
* Fix mmdevice default audio device handling
* Fix "reset audio volume" being forcefully deactivated
* Allow a default device to be used by VLC
* Only warn once about misconfiguration for AUhal devices on macOS
* Improve resampling and latency computation for CoreAudio
* Passthrough is now disabled by default
Audio filters:
* Fix audio stutter after unpausing with headphones
* Fix silence when dolby-surround was mis-selected in preferences
Video output:
* Fix OpenGL crashes or bad display with semi-planar chromas
* Fix OpenGL interop (zero-copy) disabled for tvOS
* Major rewrite of the iOS video output to fix numerous crashes
* Important improvements of the D3D11 video output to use less memory
and less GPU for HDR tone-mapping
* Fix crop on vertical videos with Direct3D11
* Fix Direct3D9 filters settings not being applied properly
* Fix transform filters with hardware decoding
* Fix snapshot and filters with HEVC hardware decoding
* Fix a buffer overrun during GPU/CPU image copy
* Fix glitches on DVD menus with Direct3D11
* Fix non-HDR content playback on HDR screens with Direct3D11
* Fix YUV full range displayed incorrectly in Direct3D11
* Fix miscellaneous crashes in Direct3D11
* Fix potential black screen with 10bits videos on Direct3D11
macOS:
* Fix Growl notifications on recent macOS versions
* Fix conversion output file name encoding
* Fix crash reporting on macOS 10.7 and 10.8
* Fix crash on exit
* Fix remember playback position
* Fix Blu-ray disc Java menu
* Fix swiping on time slider to change position
* Fix problems with restoring user name from keychain
* Fix localization issues
Qt:
* Fix last folder used in open dialogs
* Allow to customize the seek jump when using the mousewheel
* Fix fullscreen controller positionment on multiscreen setups
* Fix pasted URLs not being trimmed
* Fix jump size not being configurable
* Fix missing time labels updates
* Fix playback speed slider not accepting 1.0x value
* Fix raw input dump
* Fix window size after a fullscreen playback
Misc:
* Fix lua rc & oldrc interfaces host specification
* Fix crashes when searching for renderers
* Relocate localedir for Linux (improves snap i18n support)
* Fix VDPAU GLX usage on Linux
* Improve support for NetBSD
* Fix MSI script for Windows
* Fix libvlc_media_list not going to next media
* Fix character encoding on win32 consoles
* Miscellaneous chromecast improvements
* Fix missing OSD navigation feedback
* Various VLSub improvements
* lua: Fix scripts not being loaded on some filesystems
* lua: Add vlc.io APIs to handle UTF-8 paths
--------------------------------
Core:
* Fix snapshotting with subtitles when using hardware acceleration
* Fix green/missing line/column when the picture dimensions are odd
Decoders:
* Important improvements in hardware decoding for macOS, notably faster,
supporting more samples and removing crashes/deadlocks
* Improve compatibility for DxVA2 and D3D11 decoding, fix crashes when seeking
and fix blacklisting of broken drivers
* Fix SSA subtitles forced alignment
* Fix E-AC-3 stuttering
* Fix MIDI playback on macOS
* Add playback support for ProRes 4444 XQ
Demux:
* Fix wrong colors in some AVI files
* Fix IFO files playback to start DVDs
* Fix a crash with missing/invalid MPEG SDT
* Update VP8/9/10 ISOBMFF bindings and improve HDR for those cases
* Fix TTML inside MP4
* Improve MP4 read of color information
* Fix flac seeking and improve flac parsing
* Improve mkv opening & seeking speed
* Fix display of chapters with no name defined
* Miscellaneous MKV crash fixes
* Fix crash with multi-region DVDs
* Fix audio being muted on DVD chapter change
* Fix audio being muted when seeking in a BluRay disc
Access:
* Avoid a crash/assert in FTP after seeking
Audio output:
* Fix mmdevice default audio device handling
* Fix "reset audio volume" being forcefully deactivated
* Allow a default device to be used by VLC
* Only warn once about misconfiguration for AUhal devices on macOS
* Improve resampling and latency computation for CoreAudio
* Passthrough is now disabled by default
Audio filters:
* Fix audio stutter after unpausing with headphones
* Fix silence when dolby-surround was mis-selected in preferences
Video output:
* Fix OpenGL crashes or bad display with semi-planar chromas
* Fix OpenGL interop (zero-copy) disabled for tvOS
* Major rewrite of the iOS video output to fix numerous crashes
* Important improvements of the D3D11 video output to use less memory
and less GPU for HDR tone-mapping
* Fix crop on vertical videos with Direct3D11
* Fix Direct3D9 filters settings not being applied properly
* Fix transform filters with hardware decoding
* Fix snapshot and filters with HEVC hardware decoding
* Fix a buffer overrun during GPU/CPU image copy
* Fix glitches on DVD menus with Direct3D11
* Fix non-HDR content playback on HDR screens with Direct3D11
* Fix YUV full range displayed incorrectly in Direct3D11
* Fix miscellaneous crashes in Direct3D11
* Fix potential black screen with 10bits videos on Direct3D11
macOS:
* Fix Growl notifications on recent macOS versions
* Fix conversion output file name encoding
* Fix crash reporting on macOS 10.7 and 10.8
* Fix crash on exit
* Fix remember playback position
* Fix Blu-ray disc Java menu
* Fix swiping on time slider to change position
* Fix problems with restoring user name from keychain
* Fix localization issues
Qt:
* Fix last folder used in open dialogs
* Allow to customize the seek jump when using the mousewheel
* Fix fullscreen controller positionment on multiscreen setups
* Fix pasted URLs not being trimmed
* Fix jump size not being configurable
* Fix missing time labels updates
* Fix playback speed slider not accepting 1.0x value
* Fix raw input dump
* Fix window size after a fullscreen playback
Misc:
* Fix lua rc & oldrc interfaces host specification
* Fix crashes when searching for renderers
* Relocate localedir for Linux (improves snap i18n support)
* Fix VDPAU GLX usage on Linux
* Improve support for NetBSD
* Fix MSI script for Windows
* Fix libvlc_media_list not going to next media
* Fix character encoding on win32 consoles
* Miscellaneous chromecast improvements
* Fix missing OSD navigation feedback
* Various VLSub improvements
* lua: Fix scripts not being loaded on some filesystems
* lua: Add vlc.io APIs to handle UTF-8 paths
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All features
VIDEO
Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing subpicture blending in GPU.
Shader support in the OpenGL output, for colorspace conversion, including 10bits.
New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2.
New debanding, grain, denoising and anti-flickering filters.
New deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.
AUDIO
New resamplers for higher quality audio.
New dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
New audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2.
FORMATS
Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM.
Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image and some other codecs.
Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp...
Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.
INPUT AND DEVICES
Experimental support for BluRay discs:
- Menus are deactivated in this release (will come soon).
- AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped, for legal reasons.
Support for SDI capture cards and QTKit devices.
Support for new adaptive streaming protocols, like HLS and DASH.
FOR MAC USERS
Completely new, single window interface:
- Available in 2 colors: Lion grey and QTX black.
- Extensions support and better Lion integration.
Support for all QTKit devices through qtcapture and qtsound modules.
Continued support for X 10.5 and PPC users (1080p and ProRes on Dual-G5!).
FOR ANIME FANS
Vastly improved MKV demuxer.
Rewritten linked segments and ordered chapter files support.
Correct support for FLAC, RV and Hi10p in MKV.
Rewritten seeking support in cue files.
Various ASS subtitles improvements.
FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS
Support for ProRes 422 and 4444, AVC/Intra.
Support for Jpeg-2000 and DNxHD/VC-3 in 10bits.
Support for EBU subtitles (stl) and EIA-608.
SDI and HD-SDI card support for input on Linux.
New Dirac/VC-2 encoder, faster than the previous one.
FOR DEVELOPERS
libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat have switched from GPL to LGPLv2.1+.
New libVLC examples are available: media player, photobooth and mediainfo clones.
New JSON requests on the web interface to control running VLC instances.
Implementation of the MPRIS2 interface to control media players.
VLC's web plugins have been rewritten for better integration and stability in all browsers.
Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing subpicture blending in GPU.
Shader support in the OpenGL output, for colorspace conversion, including 10bits.
New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2.
New debanding, grain, denoising and anti-flickering filters.
New deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.
AUDIO
New resamplers for higher quality audio.
New dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
New audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2.
FORMATS
Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM.
Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image and some other codecs.
Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp...
Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.
INPUT AND DEVICES
Experimental support for BluRay discs:
- Menus are deactivated in this release (will come soon).
- AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped, for legal reasons.
Support for SDI capture cards and QTKit devices.
Support for new adaptive streaming protocols, like HLS and DASH.
FOR MAC USERS
Completely new, single window interface:
- Available in 2 colors: Lion grey and QTX black.
- Extensions support and better Lion integration.
Support for all QTKit devices through qtcapture and qtsound modules.
Continued support for X 10.5 and PPC users (1080p and ProRes on Dual-G5!).
FOR ANIME FANS
Vastly improved MKV demuxer.
Rewritten linked segments and ordered chapter files support.
Correct support for FLAC, RV and Hi10p in MKV.
Rewritten seeking support in cue files.
Various ASS subtitles improvements.
FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS
Support for ProRes 422 and 4444, AVC/Intra.
Support for Jpeg-2000 and DNxHD/VC-3 in 10bits.
Support for EBU subtitles (stl) and EIA-608.
SDI and HD-SDI card support for input on Linux.
New Dirac/VC-2 encoder, faster than the previous one.
FOR DEVELOPERS
libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat have switched from GPL to LGPLv2.1+.
New libVLC examples are available: media player, photobooth and mediainfo clones.
New JSON requests on the web interface to control running VLC instances.
Implementation of the MPRIS2 interface to control media players.
VLC's web plugins have been rewritten for better integration and stability in all browsers.
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Guides and How to's
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- ReadStreaming Digital TV/DVB Over A Network
- ReadVLC/videoLAN video streaming from a video file
- ReadVLC media player video tutorials
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Mar 11, 2018 Version: 3.0.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 9/10
Overall: 10/10
Version 3 seems to have resolved the brief video instability at the start of H264 based clips that crept in with later releases of 2 on my machines.
Feb 10, 2018 Version: 3.0.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Installed this version, and now VLC no longer plays interactive DVD menu (VIDEO_TS.IFO). Downgraded back to 2.2.6 - now have DVD menu capability back.
Feb 9, 2018 Version: 3.00
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 5/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 6/10
I am using it for recording TV. It is invaluable to direct download whole stream containing all programs (video, audio, subtitles and everything is transmitted) and do not change it. So you can save whole multiplex. It has its disadvantage because you need lots of space to save it. 3xHD AVC + 2xSD mpeg + 2 radio station. 4 hours is +/- 30GB DVB-T. It vary from 2-4 MB/s because that multiplex is containing sport channel (higher bitrate + 2 track of audio 448kbps and 192 kbps).
I have not found any other free software that is able to do this.
Bernix
Oct 20, 2017 Version: 2.2.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
Very complete player though there are many others with better quality
Oct 15, 2017 Version: 2.2.6
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10
Functionality: 7/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 8/10
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