VLC Media Player Updated

VLC Media Player 3.0.22 RC2 changelog:

Core:

Assume subpictures are in SDR by default

Windows:

Add Windows ARM64 builds (Minimum Windows 10 RS5 17763 / 1809)
Fix support for Windows XP SP3
Allow renaming/moving/deleting of playing file on Windows
Restrict SystemParametersInfo calls to Windows XP

Decoders:

Fix Opus channel mapping
Fix hardware decoding with VideoToolbox of XVID MPEG-4 video
Add dav1d-all-layers option
Fix DVD CEA-608 captions parsing
Fix ProRes 4:4:4:4
Disable decoding using libdca, libmpeg2 and liba52 by default in favor of libavcodec

Demuxers:

Add support for DMX audio music (MUS) files
Handle mkv-use-chapter-codec option
Add A_ATRAC/AT1 support in matroska
Prevent FLAC seeking logic get stuck
Handle pictures in FLAC
Fix VOB/AOB LPCM/MLP detection failing occasionally
Cut QNap title on first invalid character
Fix display of certain JPEG files
Fix playback of very short ASF files (duration less than 1s)
Multiple fixes in MPEG-TS
Fix crashes in multiple demuxers (reported by rub.de, oss-fuzz and others)

Input:

Fix SFTP seeking for large files on 32-bit OS

Interface:

Add option to use dark palette (Qt)
Add compilation support for newer versions of Qt5
Qt: Fix scrolling on volume slider

Service Discovery:

UPnP: remove SAT>IP channel list fallback

Video Output:

Use a better stretch mode in wingdi
Fetch missing device information when running in UWP

Video Filter:

Add AMD GPU Frame Rate Doubler (Direct3D11)
Improve visualization of low frequencies in spectrogram

Misc:

gnutls: remove manual DH prime bits setting
Avoid very large fonts in portrait mode
Update of most translations

Security:

Heap Buffer Overflow READ in TY, NSV, CVDsub, SPU, Subrip, TX3G, MPJEG demuxers and decoders
Heap Buffer Overflow Write in RLE, MP4, TX3G demuxers and decoders
Assert failure in AVI, MP4 demuxers and Core
Null dereferences in CSS, Flac and VTT modules
Use-after Free in SVG decoder
Crash in Subtitles core, in jpeg2 inside TS
Multiple crashes and OOB in CEA-708 subtitles
OOB read on Oggspot, MP4
Multiple leaks in MKV, ASF/WMV, CAF and PS demuxers, WebVTT and SVCD decoders
Busy loop in WebVTT

VLC Media Player 3.0.22 Final​

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.

Thanks for the update Wolfzz. Downloaded and installed.

I'm curious as to why the 'official' site is always so slow to update the download.

VLC media player

As of the time of this post they're still offering 3.0.21

This happens every time VLC has an update. Oh, well... I'm sure they will get around to it eventually.

Use Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/

VLC Media Player 3.0.23​

VLC Media Player 3.0.23 Key Changes:

Codecs

• Fix WebVTT line positioning
• Expose additional audio codec information (notably for Flac 24bit)

Demuxers

• fix some JPEG files wih JFIF headers

Windows

• config_GetUserDir() no longer tries to create the folder on Windows (#29488)
• Fix images display with D3D11
• Improve dark palette in Qt interface
• Fix compilation of OpenGL modules

Security

• Fix null deref in libass, undefined shift in theora and cc-708, integer overflow in daala, Infinite loop in h264 parsing, buffer overflow in png and multiple format-overflows

Misc

• Prepare compatibility for taglib 2.0, Qt6, FFmpeg8, mingw-w64 v13 and newer versions of libplacebo and pupnp

Install

Portable