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VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

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

WeatherWax 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.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

Special tag for win64 dialogs :)

VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

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

WeatherWax 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.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 7

This is the seventh 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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 6

This is the sixth 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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 5

This is the fifth 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,
 - 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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 4

This is the fourth 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,
 - 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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 3

This is the third 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,
 - 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...

Merry Xmas for those who care about Xmas!

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 2

This is the second 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,
 - 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...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 1

This is the first 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,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL.

And so many other things...

Beginning of the work that will lead to 4.0

Beginning of the work that will lead to 4.0

VLC media player 3.0.0-git

Splitting the repository of VLC 3.0.x and VLC.git master

VLC media player 2.2.0-git

Splitting the repository of VLC 2.2.0 and VLC.git master

VLC media player 2.1.0-git

Splitting the repository of VLC 2.1.0 and VLC.git master

VLC media player 1.3.0-git
Opening the master for development again

VLC media player 'Twoflower' 1.2.0-pre1
This is the first pre-version of VLC 1.2.0, aka 'Twoflower'.
This version is intended to developers, packagers and power-users to report important issues and regressions.
It isn't for the average user (yet).

Listing here the number of changes would be quite long, see the NEWS file.
Thanks for the hard work.

VLC 1.1.0-pre1 - The Luggage
First test release of VLC 1.1.x branch, with majors improvements

VLC 1.1.0-git, aka, "The luggage", core feature freeze
Core and new modules additions ought to be frozen now.
Modules shouldn't get too many additions either.

VLC 1.0.0 - Release Candidate 1

Let's hope we are closer to a release now.