New update available for the VLC media player
Source: Hardware Luxx added 21st Jan 2021
The popular VLC Media Player is now available in the third version. The approximately 20 year old free software supports various audio and video codecs as well as file formats. Now, with the release of update 3.0. 12, there are important security updates in addition to some optimizations.
As can be seen from the release notes, Apple’s silicon is now officially supported. Crashes in combination with the Direct3D video filter should also be a thing of the past. Audio distortions have also been fixed when playing on macOS. The RIST protocol is also supported from version 3.0. 12. Both the You-Tube and Vocaroo scripts have been updated. All users of macOS Big Sur can look forward to visual improvements.
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If you currently have an older version of the VLC Media Player should definitely update it. The highlights of the VLC 3.0 include the hardware decoding activated by default in order to play 4K and 8K content. In addition, HDR with 10 bits is supported. The player also allows audio passthrough from HD audio codecs. Blu-ray Java menus (BS-J) can also be played.
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