WearehappytoannounceamajorupdateofVLCforiOS,iPadOSandtvOSaddingplaybackhistory,AtoBplayback,Siriintegration,supportforexternalsubtitlesandaudiotracks,awaytofavoritefoldersonlocalnetworkservers,improvedCarPlayintegrationandmanysmallimprovements.
VideoLANisproudtoreleasethenewmajorversionofVLCforAndroid.Itcomeswithnewwidgets,networkmediaindexation,abettertabletandfoldablesupport,designimprovementsintheaudioscreen,improvedaccessibilityandperformanceimprovements.
Sinceitsveryearlydaysin1996,VideoLANsoftwareiswritteninprogramminglanguagesoftheCfamily(mostlyplainCwithadditionsinC++andObjective-C)withthenotableexceptionofitsporttoAndroid,whichwasstartedinJavaandrecentlytransitionedtoKotlin.VLCdoesnotusethelog4jlibraryonanyplatformandisthereforeunaffectedbyanyrelatedsecurityimplications.
VideoLANisnowpublishingtheVLCforAndroid3.3.4releasewhichfocusesonimprovingtheChromecastsupport.Sincethe3.3.0release,alotofimprovementshavebeenmadeforAndroidTV,SMBsupport,RTLsupport,subtitlespickingandstability..
VideoLANisproudtoreleasethenewmajorversionofVLCforAndroid.Acompletedesignreworkhasbeendone.Thenavigationisnowatthebottomforabetterexperience.TheVideoplayerhasalsobeencompletelyrevampedforamoremodernlook.Thevideogroupinghasbeenimprovedandletsyoucreatecustomgroups.Youcanalsoeasilyshareyourmediawithyourfriends.Thesettingshavebeensimplifiedandalotofbugshavebeenfixed.
Today,VideoLANispublishingtheVLC3.0.11.1releaseformacOS,whichnotablysolvesanaudiorenderingregressionintroducedinthelastupdatespecifictothatplatform.Additionally,itimprovesplaybackofHLSstreams,WebVTTsubtitlesandUPnPdiscovery.
VideoLANispublishingupdatestoVLConiOSandtvOS,tofixnumeroussmallissues,addpasscodeprotectiononthewebsharing,andimprovethequickactionsandthestabilityoftheapplication.
VideoLANispublishingupdatestoVLConiOS,toimprovesupportforiOS9compatibilityandaddnewquickactionsandimprovesthecollectionhandling.
VideoLANisfinallypublishingitsnewmajorversionofiOS,numbered3.2.0.Thisupdatestartsthechangesforthenewinterfacethatwilldrivethedevelopmentforthenextyear.ItshouldgivethecorrectbuildingblocksforthefutureoftheiOSapp.
VideoLANishappytopresentthenewmajorversionofVLCforAndroidplatforms.FeaturingAV1decodingwithdav1d,AndroidAuto,LauncherShortcuts,Oreo/Pieintegration,VideoGroups,SMBv2,andOTGdrivesupport,butalsoimprovementsonCast,Chromebooksandmanagingtheaudio/videolibraries,thisisaquitelargeupdate.
VideoLANisreleasinganewmajorversionoflibbluray:1.1.0.ItaddssupportforUHDmenus(experimental),formorerecentsofJava,andimprovesvastlyBD-Jmenus.Thisreleasefixesnumeroussmallissuesreported.
VideoLANisnowpublishingtheVLC3.0.6release,whichfixesanimportantregressionthatappearedon3.0.5forDVDsubtitles.ItalsoaddssupportforHDRinAV1.
VideoLANispublishingtoday,VLC3.0.13onAndroidandAndroidTV.Thisreleasefixesnumerousissuesfromthe3.0.xbranchandimprovesstability.
VideoLANispublishingtoday,VLC3.1.0oniOSandonWindowsApp(WinRT)platforms.ThisreleasebringshardwareencodingandChromeCastonthose2mobileplatforms.Italsoupdatesthelibvlcto3.0.3inthoseplatforms.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamarehappytopublishversion2.2.8ofVLCmediaplayertoday.ThisreleasefixesasecurityissueintheAVIdemuxer.Additionally,itincludesthefollowingfixes,whicharepartof2.2.7:ThisreleasefixescompatibilitywithmacOSHighSierraandfixesSSAsubtitlesrenderingonmacOS.Thisreleasealsofixesafewsecurityissues,intheflacandthelibavcodecmodules(heapwriteoverflow),intheavimoduleandafewcrashes.FormacOSusers,pleasenote:AbugwasfixedinVLC2.2.7concerningtheupdatemechanismonmacOS.Inrarecircumstances,anauto-updatefromolderversionsofVLCtoVLC2.2.8mightnotbepossible.Pleasedownloadtheupdatemanuallyfromourwebsiteinthiscase.
VideoLANishappytocelebratewithyouthe15thanniversaryofthebirthofVideoLANandVLCasopensourceprojects!
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamareexcitedtoannounceamajorversionofVLCforiOStoday,whichaddsfullsupportforiOS9includingsplitscreenandiPadPro,forWindowsshares(SMB),watchOS2,anewsubtitlesengine,right-to-leftinterfaces,system-widesearch(spotlight),TouchIDprotection,andmore.ItwillbeavailableontheAppStoreshortly.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamareexcitedtoannounceamajorversionofVLCforiOStoday,whichaddssupportforAppleWatchtoremotecontrolandbrowsethelibraryoniPhone,aminiplayerandlargenumberofimprovementsthrough-outtheapp.ItwillbeavailableontheAppStoreshortly.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamarehappytoreleaseupdatesforallthreemobileplatformstoday.VLCforAndroidreceivedsupportforaudioplaylists,improvedaudioquality,improvementstothematerialdesigninterface,includingtheblackthemeandswitchtoaudiomode.Further,itisamajorupdateforAndroidTVaddingsupportformediadiscoveryviaUPnP,withimprovementsforrecommendationsandgamepads.VLCforWindowsPhoneandWinRTreceivedpartialhardwareaccelerateddecodingallowingplaybackofHDcontentsofcertainformatsaswellasfurtheriterationsontheuserinterface.ForVLCforiOS,wefocusedonimprovedcloudintegrationaddingsupportforiCloudDrive,OneDriveandBox.com,a10-bandequalizeraswellassharingofthemedialibraryonthelocalnetworkalongsideanimprovedplaybackexperience.Allupdateswillbeavailableontherespectivestoreslatertoday.Wehopethatyoulikethemasmuchaswedo.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamarehappytopresenttwoupdatesforMacOSXtoday.Version2.1.4solvesanimportantDVDplaybackregression,while2.0.10accumulatesanumberofsmallimprovementsandbugfixesforolderMacsbasedonPowerPCor32-bitIntelCPUsrunningOSX10.5.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteamaregladtopresentanewminorversionoftheVLC2.0.xbranch.Mostlyfocusedonfixingafewimportantbugsandsecurityissues,thisversionismostlyneededforMacOSX,notablyforPowerPCandIntel32platformsthatcannotupgradeto2.1.0.
VideoLANandtheVLCforiOSdevelopmentteamarehappytopresentversion2.1ofVLCforiOS,afirstmajorupdatetothisnewportaddingsupportforsubtitlesinnon-westernlanguages,basicUPNPdiscoveryandstreaming,FTPserverdiscovery,streaminganddownloading,playbackofaudio-onlymedia,anewlyimplementedmenuandapplicationflowaswellasvariousstabilityimprovements,minorenhancementsandadditionaltranslations.
AsmallnumberofusersonspecificsetupsexperiencedaudioissueswiththelatestversionofVLCmediaplayerforMacOSX.Ifyouareaffected,pleasedownloadVLCagainandreplacetheexistinginstallation.Ifyou'renot,thereisnothingtodo.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentareproudtopresentaminorupdateaddingsupportforOSXMountainLionaswellasimprovingVLC'soverallstabilityonOSX.Additionally,thisversionincludesupdatesfor18translationsandaddssupportforUzbekandMarathi.ForMSWindows,youcanupdatemanuallyifyouneedthetranslationupdates.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopmentteampresentVLC1.1.12,abugandsecurityfixreleasewithimprovementsforaudiooutputonMacOSXandwithPulseAudio.ThisreleasewasnecessaryduetoasecurityissueintheHTTPandRTSPservercomponents,thoughthisdoesnotaffectstandardusageoftheplayer.BinariesforMacOSXandsourcesareavailable.
Sourcewasavailableyesterday;binariesforWindowsandMacOSXarenowavailable.
TheVideoLANprojectandorganizationareproudtocelebratewiththecommunitythe10thanniversaryofopensourcingofallVideoLANsoftware,thathappenedexactly10yearsago.
TheVideoLANteamceasesallformofsupportforVLCmediaplayerversions1.0.x.FocusingmaintenanceeffortsonthecurrentVLC1.1versions,andfurtherdevelopmentontheupcomingVLC1.2series,theVideoLANteamwillnotdeliveranyfurtherupdateforVLCversions1.0.x(lastreleasewas1.0.6),andVLC0.9.x(lastreleasewas0.9.10).VLC1.1.6willbereleasedshortly.Thisreleasewillintroduceafewenhancements,fixanumberofbugsandaddressseveralsecurityvulnerabilities.ThereforeallVLCusersandLibVLCdevelopersarestronglyadvisedtoupgradetothe1.1versionseries,iftheyhavenotalreadydoneso.
TheVideoLANprojecthasbeennotifiedthatthebuildofVLCforiOSthatwassubmittedontheAppStorebythecompanyApplidiumhasbeenremovedbyApplefromtheiOSAppStore.TheVideoLANnon-profitorganizationisa3rdpartyinthismatterand,whileVideoLANregretstheannoyancethatcouldbecausedtotheusers,VideoLANisnotresponsibleforthismatter.However,wearegoingtoworkandtrytodiscusswithallthepartiestofindthebestsolutionintheshortesttimepossible.
ThelatestreleasedversionofVLC,1.1.0,thatwasoutaweekago,andhasbeendownloadedhalf-a-dozenmillionstimessofar,hasaddedGPUaccelerationforHDdecodingunderLinuxandWindows.OnWindows,asalreadystated,thecodeisn'tworkingcorrectlywithAMDRadeoncards.Therefore,wehavebeenworkingwithAMDonthistopicandaftercommonwork,wearegoingtoreleaseanewversionofVLC,versionnedas1.1.1,thatwillworkwiththeupcomingATICatalyst10.7driver.AMDdidprovideusabetaofthisdriverandwehaveverifiedsuccessfullythatGPUaccelerationworks.Thanksforyourunderstandingandyoursupport.
VideoLANandtheVLCdevelopersareproudtoannouncethefirstReleaseCandidateofthe1.1.0versionofVLC.Thistestrelease,aimedatpower-usersisamajorupdateonthecurrentVLC1.0.xbranch.Itincludesnumerouschanges,modificationandimprovements,includingGPU/DSPdecoding,supportformoreformatsandcodecsandextensions.
Accordingly,withtheintroductionofReal'ssuperiorsolutions,wewillbedroppingallotherencodersfromthestreamingcomponentofVLCmediaplayer.Additionally,tobetterserveourcustomers,wewillbeintroducinganewVLCmediaplayerProapplication,withcuttingedgestreamingcapabilitiesandtheabilitytoplaybackandeditallRealvideoandaudioformats.Thisnewapplicationwillbeavailableforthelowlowpriceof$30/€30.WehopeyouenjoythenewVLCmediaplayer!AprilFools'!
Ofcourse,thelatestversionofVLCisn'taffected.
SomeantivirushavewronglydetectedavirusintheWindowsrelease,ifyouwanttheVideoLANteamcansuggestbetterantivirusoroperatingsystem,onrequest.
Becareful,VLC1.1isontheroad!
ThesecondeditionoftheVideoLANDevDaysisnowfinishedandwasagreatsuccess.Newprojectwerepresented,ideasaboutthefutureofVideoLANandVLCweresharedandtechnicalissuescouldbediscussed.
TheVideoLANorganization,theVLC,VLMaandDVBlastdevelopersareinvitingyoutocomeandmeetus,inParis,France,onFriday18thDecember2009.PresentationsaboutVideoLAN,nextversionofVLCandothercoolprojectswillbeheld.ThisisauniqueoccasiontomeetalltheVLCdevelopers!
TheVLCdevelopmentteamisquitehappytointroduceanewversionofits'Goldeneye'branch.ThisreleaseistargettedatfixingbugsontheX11platforms,fixingbugsespeciallyforKDE,cairo-dock,XCB,v4landFreeBSDcompatibility.BinariesforWindowsandMacOSarenotyetonthepipe.
Forthesecondtime,peoplefromtheVideoLANcommunitywillmeetinParistogather,work,discussandbuildastrongercommunity,onthe18th,19thand20thofdecember2009.
TheVLCdevelopersaregladtoreportthatApple'srecentlyannouncedMacOSXupdatetoversion10.6.2includesafixwhichlet'scorrectlyyouusetheAppleRemotewithinVLCagain.PriorreleasesofApple'sMacOSX10.6includedabug,whichcausedinterferenceswithiTunesorDVDPlayerwhenusingtheAppleRemotein3rdpartyapplications.AccordingtoApple,thisupdatealsoaddressesvideoplaybackandperformanceissuesoncertainsetups.PleasenotethatVLC1.0.3isrequiredtousetheAppleRemoteonMacOSX10.6.2.
Afteralmost2monthsand27milliondownloadsofVLC1.0.1,theVLCteamisproudtopresentthethirdversionoftheGoldeneyebranchofVLC:1.0.2!
VideoLANispleasedtoannouncethereleaseofthesecondversionoftheGoldeneyebranchofVLC:1.0.1!
3weeksafterthereleaseof1.0.0,andwithalmost14milliondownloads,thisminorversionfixesmostofthenotablebugsandregressionsthatwerepresentinthe1.0.0version.Notablefixesandimprovementsinclude:
TheVideoLANprojectispleasedtoannouncethereleaseofthefirstversionoftheGoldeneyebranchofVLC:1.0.0.
Thankstothecontinuouseffortsmadebythedevelopersandthecommunity,thenewversionoftheaward-winningVLCmediaplayer,numbered1.0.0,isapproachingtheendofdevelopment.Thereleasewillverylikelyhappennextweek.Wewouldliketothankallthepeopleinvolvedwithit.Ourskincontestisnowclosed,thanksforparticipation.
ThisupdateisMacOSXonly.ItfixesVLC'sbehaviouronPowerPC-basedMacsandincludesupdatedlibrariesforallMacOSXplatforms.InordertotakefulladvantageofVLC0.9.9'sfeatures,includingnativeRealVideoplayback,werecommendallMacuserstoupdatetothisnewrelease.DuetoalackofactiveMacOSXdevelopers,theseissuesremainedunnoticedforthelastrelease.WearesorryforthenoiseandarelookingforenthusiasticMacdeveloperstohelpandsupportus.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
AnexperimentalnativedecoderforRealVideo3.0&4.0usingFFmpeghasbeenaddedandmanyfixeshappenedinourRealMediademuxer.ThisshouldimproveRealMediaFilessupportonallplatforms.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Note:Lookatthedate...VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
TheVideoLANteamceasesallformofsupportforVLCmediaplayer0.8.6-bugfixtree.Afterseveralseveralcallforhelp,itisapparentthatthereisnointerestinthecommunitytomaintainthe0.8.6branchoftheVLCmediaplayer.Asaconsequence,ithasnotbeenpossibletoputsufficienteffortstoensureadequatecontinuedqualityofthe0.8.6-bugfixbranch.Effectiveimmediately,therewillbenomoresecurityandcriticalfixesforVLC0.8.6.Binaryreleasesofthe0.8.6-bugfixbranchhadalreadystoppedasofJuly2008.TheVideoLANteamwillcontinuetoprovidemajororsecurity-relatedbugfixesfortheVLCmediaplayer0.9-bugfixbranch.IfyouhavenotalreadyupgradedtoVLCversion0.9.5,pleasedosourgently(exploitsforvulnerabilitiesfoundinolderversionsarewidelyavailableasoftoday).VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
We'dliketothankallourcontributors,testersandusersaroundtheworldfortheirsupportandhelpmakingthisreleasepossible.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
WepresentyouwithVLCmediaplayer0.9.4,thelatestincrementofour0.9series.ThisreleasebringsWindowsusersallthe0.9.3enhancementsandfixes(pleaseseeourcallforWindowsdevelopersbelow)aswellasfixingafewmorebugsfortheotherplatforms.
ThepreviousVLC0.8.6cbinariesforMacOSXfailtorunonnon-administratoraccountsduetoapackagingproblem.IfyouneedtorunVLConrestrictedaccounts,pleasedownloadthepackageagain.Thereisnosecurityissueinvolvedandnootherplatformwasaffected.Sorryforthedisturbance.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
TheVLC0.8.6bWindowsbinariesseemedtohaveafewproblemswithUnicodesupportandH.264encoding.TheseissueshavebeenfixedonourmainFTPandourmirrorswillfollowsoon.Sorryforthedisturbance.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
VLC0.8.2hasbeendownloadedtenmilliontimessinceitsrelease,onJune26th!ThewholeVideoLANteamisveryhappyofthisoverwhelmingresult.Wewouldliketothankallofourusers,sponsorsandpartners,whomadethisresultpossible.Staytuned!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Duetoarackinstallation,someVideoLANserviceswillbedownforsometimetodayaroundmidnight(CEST).Themainwebsite,forum,SVNandtracwillbedownduringthattime.SorryfortheinconvenienceVLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
TheVideoLANwebsiteisnowrunningonaHPDL385serverwithtwoAMDopteron2.4GHzCPUsand8GBRAM.Thedevelopers,forum,tracandwikiwebsiteswillbemovedtothisnewservershortly.TheVideoLANteamwouldliketothankJean-MarieVerdunfromHPFranceforthisnicedonation.Itwillhopefullyfixthemanyproblemswe'vebeenhavingdurringthelastyearconcerningwebsiteavaibility.(Photosofthenewwebserverwillbeuploadedshortly)VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Duetoanetworkupgrade,someVideoLANserviceswillbedownforsometimetodayaroundnoon(CEST).Themainwebsiteanddownloadswillkeepworking,butforum,wiki,SVNandmailinglistswillbedownduringthattime.SorryfortheinconvenienceVLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
VideoLAN'smainwebsitewillbedownforseveralhoursonDecember4th2004,between13:00and17:00GMT,becauseofamajorworkatourpowersupplier.Subversionsourcecoderepositories,onlineforums,mailinglists,theirarchivesandemailaccountswillalsobeaffectedbythecut.Sorryfortheinconvenience.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
WewillbeupgradingourWebservertoday.Afewminutesdowntimewilloccurnear13:00GMT.Sorryfortheinconvenience.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Duetomaintainanceoperations,anetworkdowntimeofaboutonehourwilloccurthisdayatabout12AM.Sorryfortheinconvenience.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
ThisnewreleaseoflibdvbpsifixesafewbugsandaddssupportforDVBsubtitlesdescriptor.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
TheVideoLANteamwishesyouahappynewyear!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Duetoapoweraudit,majordisruptionsareexpected.Arescuelinewillbesetupduringthedowntime,butduetoaverynarrowbandwidth,onlythemainwebsitewillbe(partially)up.Sorryfortheinconvenience.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
DuetolegalproblemswiththeGNUFDLlicense,theVideoLANdocwasswitchedtoGeneralPublicLicense.TheVideoLANQuickstartwasalsoremoved,asitwasredundantwiththeVideoLANHowto.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
MinorbugfixoftheminiSAPserver.RememberminiSAPservershouldbeusedtoannouncethestreamssentbyVLS;thestreamssentbyVLC'sstreamoutputcanbeannouncedbyVLCitself!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
ThisnewversionoftheminiSAPserveroffersIPv6supportbothforannouncesandannouncedstreams,togetherwiththeCVSversionofVLC.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thisreleasefixesabuginthecommandlineparsing,addsDVDtitleandchapterselectionwiththeconfigurationfileandfeaturesanewWindowsinstaller.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thisnewreleaseofthemini-SAP-serverproducespacketsthatshouldbeconformtotheRFCandaddsa"port"option.OnlytheCVSversionofVLCacceptsitsannounces.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
KaribuhasdesignedanewskinfortheWebsite:enjoy!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thisreleaseaddsafewconvenientoptions.ItisnowpossibletochangetheTTLvalueandtomakethevlmsrepeatitsplaylist.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
YouprobablyexperiencedproblemsrecentlytoaccesstheVideoLANWeb,FTPandCVSservers.ThiswasduetofailureoftheISP.WehavesetupamirrorsitewithWeb;FTPandread-onlyCVS.WhentheISPofthemainsiteisdown,youwillbeautomaticallyredirectedtothemirrorsite.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
MacOSX,NetBSDandOpenBSDportswereaddedtothisversion,alongwithnewmethodsfordescramblingDVDs.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
SolarisportandBSD/OSportswereaddedtothisversion.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Minorrelease,withoverlaysubtitlesupport.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Weapologizeforthe24hourdowntimeduetoapoweraudit.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Weapologizeforthe24hourserverdowntime,butourserver'smotherboardfriedandweexperiencedadditionalRAIDarrayissues.Recoverywas,erm,fun.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thisisabugfixreleasewhichfixesmostoftheissuesdiscoveredin0.2.70:nomoresegfaultswhencompiledwithgcc3.0preandversionsofgccshippedwiththelatestRedHatdistributions,fixedtheBeOSCSSdecryption,fixedafewissuesinIFOparsing,fixedXVideovideooutput,andupdatediconsunderLinux,BeOSandMacOSX.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Bozo"weeeeuuuuaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh,toupétéééééééé"Hurricanelaunchedtodayhisvlscodecleaning,whichmeanshebrokeeverything,butalsothatvlsisalmostreadyforarelease.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thewebsitehasbeensimplifiedalot,becausetheoldonewasreportedasconfusing.Hereitis,inallitsvalidXHTMLglory.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
vlchasbeenforkedintotwobranches:stable(0.2.0,codenamedOnatopp)andunstable(0.2.50,codenamedUrumov).Unstablehasalotofnewinterestingfeatures.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
WehavemovedthewebsitetoourbrandnewIBMserver.Pleaseletusknowifanythinggoeswrongonthewebpages.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Forourbeta-testscampaignonourlocalnetwork,wehavecreatedabootfloppyallowingnon-LinuxuserstobootoffthefloppyandloadthevlcthroughanNFSmountage.Itrocks!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
VideoLANisnotvlc.It'sawholenetworksolution;wearetestingagain,onourLAN,asmanyimprovementshavebeendonetothethreepartoftheproject(videolanserver,vlansolution,client)sincewelasttestedit.Weexpectabout50to100beta-testers.SeethetestsectionifyouareastudentintheResidenceoftheEcoleCentrale.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Redhat7.0usersmayhavedifficultiestobuildthevlc,astheversionincludedinrh7.0isn'tastableone.Weadviceyoueithertotaketherpmortodowngradetogcc2.95VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
SamwroteabuggyMakefilewhichpreventedcodetobecompiledwithoptimizations.Nowthatthisissuehasbeenfixed,wegota40%speedincrease!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Theclientisbeingpre-releasedtoday!Thoughthefullnetworksolutionisnotavailableyet,italreadyletsyouwatchyourfavoriteDVDwithLinux!VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Abeta-testcampaignwilltakeplaceontheVIAnetworkthisweek.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
We'regettingclosertoarelease,andwearepreparingthewebsiteforfeaturingdowloadsandbugfixes.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
WewouldliketothankallthevisitorswhoshowedinterestinourprojectattheLinuxExpoinParis.Picturesofourstandwillsoonbeavailable.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
WegotalmostalltheauthorizationsinordertodistributetheVideoLANcomponentsundertheGeneralPublicLicense.Ourschooldirectorstillneedstosignonepaper.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Ournewcustomvideodecodergivesusa50%speedincrease.WenowcanplayDVDsatfullframerateonaCeleron366usingframebufferoutput,whichmakesthevlcthefastestavailablesoftwareDVDplayerunderLinux.AccordingtoMeuuh,there'restillmanyimprovementsthatcanbedone.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
ThevideolanclientnowsuportstheLinuxframebufferoutput,andhasbeenportedtoBeOS.Moreover,themini-servernowcanemitaTSstreamdirectlyfromaDVDdrive.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Alargescalebeta-testperiodhasjustbegun.SeveralmembersoftheVideoLANteamhavestartedtestingtheVLANsolutionnowthatthevlanbridgeworks.AllstudentsoftheEcoleCentralearewelcometotesttheclientwithus,providingtheyhaveLinuxanddon'tmindlosingtheWindowsnetworkneighbourhoodfortheentiredurationofthebetatest.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Apresentationdaywilltakeplaceinjanuary2000attheEcoleCentrale,inParis.WeexpecttoshowyouourfullMPEG2solution.Findoutmorewhenthedatehasbeenchosen.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
Thewebsitehasbeenupdated.Ithadbeenaboutoneyearsincenothinghadchangedhere(weweretoobusycoding*g*).Expecttofindhereasmuchasweareallowedtogiveawayinafewweeks,startingfromscreenshotsorhopefullymore.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.
ThankstoPolux,whorewrotetheYUVtransformationinthevlcusingMMXassembly,amereP2-300cannowdisplayabout12fpsofMPEG2video.VLC1.0.0-rc1,codenameGoldeneye,isatestreleaseofthe1.0.0versionofVLC.Itintroducesmanynewcodecs,variousplaybackcoreimprovements(frame-by-frame,live-recording,instantpausing,etc...),interfaceimprovements,newfeaturesandmanybugfixes.Weencouragepeopletotestandreportregressionsthatcouldhavecreptinthisrelease.