[vlc-devel] [vlc-commits] Tag 3.0.9 : VLC media player 3.0.9 'Vetinari'

[Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, at 11:35 AM, Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, at 9:39 AM, git at videolan.org wrote:
> > [vlc/vlc-3.0] [branch: refs/tags/3.0.9]
> > Tag:    0291affcc96f2e9d141de8133962c1782f9d532f
> > > http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc/vlc-3.0.git?a=tag;h=0291affcc96f2e9d141de8133962c1782f9d532f
> > 
> > Tagger: Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen <hugo at beauzee.fr>
> > Date:   Wed Apr  8 09:36:34 2020 +0200
> > 
> > VLC media player 3.0.9 'Vetinari'
> > 
> > This is the tenth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
> > in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.
> > 
> > This updates contains various fixes and improvements
> >  - Multiple dvdread and dvdnav crash and bug fixes
> >  - Adds support for SMB2/3 shares
> >  - Various MP4 improvements
> >  - Multiple adaptive streaming fixes
> >  - Various subtitle improvements
> >  - Various OpenGL video output improvements
> >  - Better macOS Catalina support
> >  - Imroved audio quality on chromecast
> > 
> > It also fixes security issues, notably in the microdns service
> > discovery stack.
> > 
> > Check our NEWS file for more details!
> > 
> > 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.
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> 
Hi,

There were issues with VLSub, expect a 3.0.9.1 very soon

-- 
  Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen
  hugo at beauzee.fr