[vlc-commits] Tag 3.0.0-rc8 : VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 8

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Tagger: Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 26 17:31:49 2018 +0100

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 8

This is the eighth release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...