VLC, the free and open source video player from VideoLAN.org, has been updated to version 1.1.0 Despite the minor revision bump, the list of new features is very impressive:
- GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
- GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
- DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices
- Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs
- Support for new codecs, like Blu-Ray subtitles, MPEG-4 lossless and VP8
- Scripting support via lua
- WebM encoding/decoding support
- Improved web plugins
- Integrated playlist in the Qt4 interface
- Multiple views (like album art) in the playlist in the Qt4 interface
- Support for AMR-NB, Mpeg-4 ALS, Vorbis 6.1/7.1, FLAC 6.1/7.1 and WMAS
- CDDB and CD-Text works now on the Windows port when listening to CD-Audio
- Support for DVD-Audio files (.aob)
- Improved meta-data and album-art support
- Faster decoding, with up to 40% speed-ups, in HD resolutions
- First part of the Video Output core rewrite
- Removal or rewrite of dozens of modules, code simplification and tens of thousands of lines of code removed
- Some functionalities that are less used are now moved to extensions
- More assembly optimizations, especially SSSE3/SSE4 and ARM Neon
- Fewer threads used
VLC 1.1.0 is available directly from the VideoLAN.org web site for Windows, Linux, and OS X.
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