[vlc-commits] Tag 3.0.7.1-1 : VLC media player 3.0.7.1 'Vetinari'

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Tagger: David Fuhrmann <dfuhrmann at videolan.org>
Date:   Tue Jun 11 20:19:10 2019 +0200

VLC media player 3.0.7.1 'Vetinari'

This is the eighth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This version is a bugfix release, fixing regressions with some AMD
drivers on Windows, preventing their users to use hardware acceleration.

In addition, it improves Direct3D11 HDR support, and fixes some bluray
issues.

Check our NEWS file for more details!

3.0.7.1-1 fixes a macOS only packaging issue, additionally.

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

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 codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - 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 to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.