VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
VLC plays absolutely anything. It supports an enormous number of multimedia formats, and does not require you to download additional codecs. VLC features a complete streaming server, with extended features like video on demand, on-the-fly transcoding, granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement and more. It can also be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
VLC Media Player now features fully customizable toolbars, customizable Skins, supports playback for broken files as well as zipped files, and so much more.
VLC Media Player 3.0.22 Key Changes:
Core
- Subpictures are now assumed to be in SDR by default.
Windows
- Added Windows ARM64 builds.
- Improved file operations (rename/move/delete) while playing.
- Fixed support for Windows XP SP3.
Decoders
- Improved Opus channel mapping.
- Fixed hardware decoding issues for XVID MPEG-4 and ProRes 4:4:4:4.
- Added dav1d-all-layers option.
- Disabled some outdated codecs by default (libdca, libmpeg2, liba52).
Demuxers
- Support for DMX audio music files.
- Multiple fixes for MKV, FLAC, VOB/AOB, and MPEG-TS.
- Fixed playback issues with short ASF and certain JPEG files.
Interface
- Added dark palette option for Qt interface.
- Fixed volume slider scrolling.
- macOS drag-and-drop crash fixes.
- KDE MPRIS state fix.
Video Output & Filters
- Better stretch mode in wingdi.
- AMD GPU Frame Rate Doubler support.
- Improved low-frequency visualization in spectrogram.
Contrib Updates
- Updated major libraries: FFmpeg, dav1d, freetype, gnutls, libarchive, libass, libbluray, libmatroska, libpng, libvpx, lua, openjpeg, srt, taglib, zlib.
Misc
- Removed manual DH prime bits setting in gnutls.
- Font size improvements in portrait mode.
- Updated translations.
Security Fixes
- Multiple heap buffer overflows, null dereferences, and use-after-free fixes.
- Crashes and OOB issues addressed in various demuxers and decoders.
- Most secure VLC release to date with numerous patches.
Download: VLC Media Player (64-bit) | Portable ~40.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: VLC Media Player (32-bit) | Portable
Links: VLC Media Player Website | ARM64 | Screenshot
