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  • 0.9.0
    7a612da4 · Sync PO files · 
    VLC media player 0.9.0 Grishenko
  • 0.9.0-test0
    7aafdfd7 · Fix win32 compile. · 
    VLC 0.9.0 features freeze
  • 0.9.0-test1
    6e7ee1fa · Synchronize translation files · 
    VLC media player pre-release version 0.9.0-test1
  • 0.9.0-test2
    f7b0aa63 · Dutch l10n update by Myckel Habets · 
    VLC 0.9.0-test2 pre-release
  • 0.9.0-test3
    32b31e87 · Sync PO files · 
    VLC 0.9.0 third test pre-release
  • 1.0.0-pre1
    badc5d5d · 1st preview release for VLC 1.0.0 · 
    1st Preview for VLC 1.0.0
  • 1.0.0-pre2
    7fb7f638 · 1.0.0-pre2: RC1 shouldn't be far away, is it? · 
    VLC 1.0.0-pre2
RC1 shouldn't be too far
  • 1.0.0-rc1
    cb1bd11f · 1.0.0 RC1 · 
    VLC 1.0.0 - Release Candidate 1

Let's hope we are closer to a release now.
  • 1.1.0-ff
    05d736ea · Qt: respect font sizes · 
    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.
  • 1.1.0-pre1
    9003bdea · Refresh PO files · 
    VLC 1.1.0-pre1 - The Luggage
First test release of VLC 1.1.x branch, with majors improvements
  • 1.2.0-pre1
    506bb385 · Moving to 1.2.0-pre1 · 
    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.
  • 1.3.0-git
    5f4bb6a9 · On the road of 1.3.0 · 
    VLC media player 1.3.0-git
Opening the master for development again
  • 2.1.0-git
    e2916227 · NEWS about 2.1.0 · 
    VLC media player 2.1.0-git

Splitting the repository of VLC 2.1.0 and VLC.git master
  • 2.2.0
    1349ef2c · Contribs: re-add Qt4 for Windows · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0 'WeatherWax'

This is the final version of VLC 2.2.0, named 'Weatherwax', first release of the 2.2.0 branch.

There has been more than 4000 commits and 1000 bugs squashed for this release.

This release brings numerous features and changes, see NEWS
  • 2.2.0-git
    ddba5220 · Update live555 Contribs · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0-git

Splitting the repository of VLC 2.2.0 and VLC.git master
  • 2.2.0-pre1
    c0fa66fa · Update NEWS · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0-pre1 'Weatherwax'

This is the first pre-release of VLC media player 2.2.0

This is a major version of VLC media player, introducing many new features
fixing numerous bugs (~500 since 2.1.5, ~800 since 2.1.0).

Notable features of this release are:
 - Hardware decoding and zero-copy rendering for Linux (VDPAU),
   Android (MediaCodec), Linux rPI (MMAL)
 - Automatic rotation to fight Vertical Video Syndrome, GPU accelerated
 - New formats supported, like MKV/Opus/VP9, H.265, Ogg/VP8, CAF, raw H.265
 - Support for Digital Cinema Packages, Blu-Ray BD-J, FTPS
 - Restart where you left off feature on Qt and OS X interfaces
 - VLC Extensions and Addons downloader
 - HLSL shaders on Windows and CoreAnimation output on OS X
 - Port of the core on iOS, Android and WinRT

Numerous bugs have been fixed:
 - Important refactor of the AVI, WMV, OGG and MP4 demuxers
 - Audio loops on Windows using DirectSound
 - OpenMax IL decoder, Speex, SRT support
 - AVI, Ogg and MP4 muxer

Updates of the translations are, of course, present too.
  • 2.2.0-pre2
    5178b240 · macosx: Do not resume playback if start, stop or run-time is set · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0-pre2 'Weatherwax'

This is the second pre-release of VLC media player 2.2.0

2.2.0 is a major version of VLC media player, introducing many new features
fixing numerous bugs (~500 since 2.1.5, ~800 since 2.1.0).

Notable features of this release are:
 - Hardware decoding and zero-copy rendering for Linux (VDPAU),
   Android (MediaCodec), Linux rPI (MMAL)
 - Automatic rotation to fight Vertical Video Syndrome, GPU accelerated
 - New formats supported, like MKV/Opus/VP9, H.265, Ogg/VP8, CAF, raw H.265
 - Support for Digital Cinema Packages, Blu-Ray BD-J, FTPS
 - Restart where you left off feature on Qt and OS X interfaces
 - VLC Extensions and Addons downloader
 - HLSL shaders on Windows and CoreAnimation output on OS X
 - Port of the core on iOS, Android and WinRT

Numerous bugs have been fixed:
 - Important refactor of the AVI, WMV, OGG and MP4 demuxers
 - Audio loops on Windows using DirectSound
 - OpenMax IL decoder, Speex, SRT support
 - AVI, Ogg and MP4 muxer

Updates of the translations are, of course, present too.
  • 2.2.0-pre3
    a15bef7c · fontconfig: fix memory leak · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0-pre3 'Weatherwax'

This is the third pre-release of VLC media player 2.2.0

2.2.0 is a major version of VLC media player, introducing many new features
fixing numerous bugs (~500 since 2.1.5, ~800 since 2.1.0).

Notable features of this release are:
 - Hardware decoding and zero-copy rendering for Linux (VDPAU),
   Android (MediaCodec), Linux rPI (MMAL)
 - Automatic rotation to fight Vertical Video Syndrome, GPU accelerated
 - New formats supported, like MKV/Opus/VP9, H.265, Ogg/VP8, CAF, raw H.265
 - Support for Digital Cinema Packages, Blu-Ray BD-J, FTPS
 - Restart where you left off feature on Qt and OS X interfaces
 - VLC Extensions and Addons downloader
 - HLSL shaders on Windows and CoreAnimation output on OS X
 - Port of the core on iOS, Android and WinRT

Numerous bugs have been fixed:
 - Important refactor of the AVI, WMV, OGG and MP4 demuxers
 - Audio loops on Windows using DirectSound
 - OpenMax IL decoder, Speex, SRT support
 - AVI, Ogg and MP4 muxer

Updates of the translations are, of course, present too.
  • 2.2.0-pre4
    ea7af98d · Update NEWS · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0-pre4 'Weatherwax'

This is the fourth pre-release of VLC media player 2.2.0

2.2.0 is a major version of VLC media player, introducing many new features
fixing numerous bugs (~500 since 2.1.5, ~800 since 2.1.0).

Notable features of this release are:
 - Hardware decoding and zero-copy rendering for Linux (VDPAU),
   Android (MediaCodec), Linux rPI (MMAL)
 - Automatic rotation to fight Vertical Video Syndrome, GPU accelerated
 - New formats supported, like MKV/Opus/VP9, H.265, Ogg/VP8, CAF, raw H.265
 - Support for Digital Cinema Packages, Blu-Ray BD-J, FTPS
 - Restart where you left off feature on Qt and OS X interfaces
 - VLC Extensions and Addons downloader
 - HLSL shaders on Windows and CoreAnimation output on OS X
 - Port of the core on iOS, Android and WinRT

Numerous bugs have been fixed:
 - Important refactor of the AVI, WMV, OGG and MP4 demuxers
 - Audio loops on Windows using DirectSound
 - OpenMax IL decoder, Speex, SRT support
 - AVI, Ogg and MP4 muxer
 - Heap overflows in demuxers

Updates of the translations are, of course, present too.
  • 2.2.0-rc1
    95774591 · NEWS: update for RC1 · 
    VLC media player 2.2.0 'WeatherWax' - Release Canditate 1

This is the first release candidate of VLC media player 2.2.0

2.2.0 is a major version of VLC media player, introducing many new features
fixing numerous bugs (~500 since 2.1.5, ~800 since 2.1.0).

Notable features of this release are:
- Hardware decoding and zero-copy rendering for Linux (VDPAU),
  Android (MediaCodec), Linux rPI (MMAL)
- Automatic rotation to fight Vertical Video Syndrome, GPU accelerated
- New formats supported, like MKV/Opus/VP9, H.265, Ogg/VP8, CAF, raw H.265
- Support for Digital Cinema Packages, Blu-Ray BD-J, FTPS
- Restart where you left off feature on Qt and OS X interfaces
- VLC Extensions and Addons downloader
- HLSL shaders on Windows and CoreAnimation output on OS X
- Port of the core on iOS, Android and WinRT

Numerous bugs have been fixed:
- Important refactor of the AVI, WMV, OGG and MP4 demuxers
- Audio loops on Windows using DirectSound
- OpenMax IL decoder, Speex, SRT support
- AVI, Ogg and MP4 muxer

Updates of the translations are, of course, present too.

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