Software-update: VLC Media Player 3.0.24

Versie 3.0.24 van VLC Media Player is uitgekomen. Deze opensource mediaspeler kan diverse audio-, video- en streamingformaten afspelen, zonder dat hiervoor de desbetreffende codec hoeft te worden geïnstalleerd. Verder is er ondersteuning voor de Chromecast, hardwareversnelling voor het decoderen van 4k- en 8k-video, ondersteuning voor hdr, weergave van 360-gradenvideo's en 3d-audio, toegang tot netwerklocaties via onder meer SMB, FTP en NFS, hd audio-passthrough en ondersteuning voor BD-J-menu's. In deze uitgave zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen doorgevoerd:

Codecs:

Use FFmpeg 8.1 (upgraded from 4.4)Support APV decoder (FFmpeg 8)Support Atrac3/Atrac9 decodingRemove schroedinger support for dirac in favor of avcodecFix Speex leaks and packetization issuesFix WebVTT CSS parsing and error handlingFix FLAC and HEVC packetizer edge casesFix AudioToolbox MIDI synthesizer crash on macOS 26+

Use FFmpeg 8.1 (upgraded from 4.4)

Support APV decoder (FFmpeg 8)

Support Atrac3/Atrac9 decoding

Remove schroedinger support for dirac in favor of avcodec

Fix Speex leaks and packetization issues

Fix WebVTT CSS parsing and error handling

Fix FLAC and HEVC packetizer edge cases

Fix AudioToolbox MIDI synthesizer crash on macOS 26+

Demuxers:

Add support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4Expose ID3v2 metadata in MPEG demuxerImprove subtitle language detection from filenames and SSA/ASS metadataFix several MKV crashes, leaks, hangs and malformed file handling issuesFix AVI hang with zero-sized strd chunksFix MP4, MPEG-TS, Ogg, RealAudio and subtitle demuxing edge cases

Add support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4

Expose ID3v2 metadata in MPEG demuxer

Improve subtitle language detection from filenames and SSA/ASS metadata

Fix several MKV crashes, leaks, hangs and malformed file handling issues

Fix AVI hang with zero-sized strd chunks

Fix MP4, MPEG-TS, Ogg, RealAudio and subtitle demuxing edge cases

Access:

Switch RIST input and output to librist, with main and simple profile supportAdd SRT listener mode supportAdd SFTP public key authentication options and ED25519 hostkey supportUpdate SMB2 share enumerationDon't ship RealRTSP plugin (build disabled for all configurations)

Switch RIST input and output to librist, with main and simple profile support

Add SRT listener mode support

Add SFTP public key authentication options and ED25519 hostkey support

Update SMB2 share enumeration

Don't ship RealRTSP plugin (build disabled for all configurations)

Service Discovery:

Include Chromecast model in mDNS renderer namesFix IPv6 addresses in Bonjour service URLs

Include Chromecast model in mDNS renderer names

Fix IPv6 addresses in Bonjour service URLs

Video Output:

Fix Direct3D11 adjust filter and texture leaksFix MediaCodec crop validationSuper Resolution scaling with Moore Threads GPUs

Fix Direct3D11 adjust filter and texture leaks

Fix MediaCodec crop validation

Super Resolution scaling with Moore Threads GPUs

Windows:

Support NV12 DirectShow captureImprove UWP build and runtime compatibilityFix mmdevice crashes, leaks and deadlocksGenerate debug symbols by default for Windows packages

Support NV12 DirectShow capture

Improve UWP build and runtime compatibility

Fix mmdevice crashes, leaks and deadlocks

Generate debug symbols by default for Windows packages

Interface:

Qt: Fix default open dialog locationQt: Fix effects window geometry savingQt: Improve hotkeys dialog strings

Qt: Fix default open dialog location

Qt: Fix effects window geometry saving

Qt: Improve hotkeys dialog strings

Stream Output:

Disable HEVC for original Chromecast devices

Disable HEVC for original Chromecast devices

Security:

Switch to a new RSA-4096 key for update verificationFix multiple OOB, integer overflow, double-free and use-after-free issuesSee https://www.videolan.org/security/

Switch to a new RSA-4096 key for update verification

Fix multiple OOB, integer overflow, double-free and use-after-free issues

See https://www.videolan.org/security/

Misc:

Add Flatpak build supportFix Audio EQ filter High Frequency parameterFix artwork preparser crash when artwork title is nullFix LibVLC media list player raceRemove NPAPI browser plugin

Add Flatpak build support

Fix Audio EQ filter High Frequency parameter

Fix artwork preparser crash when artwork title is null

Fix LibVLC media list player race

Remove NPAPI browser plugin

Lua:

Remove broken youtube.lua plugin

Remove broken youtube.lua plugin

Windows:

Fix slow startup on Windows when Daylight Saving Time changes (#29685)

Fix slow startup on Windows when Daylight Saving Time changes (#29685)

Source: Tweakers.net