VLC Player Versions 2.2.0 and 3.0

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VLC Player version 2.2.0 was actually supposed to be released at the end of January. When the download becomes available, the player is intended to have, among other things, automatic, GPU-accelerated rotation of videos. New codecs and formats such as x265 (HEVC/H.265 encoding), DCPs – including encrypted ones via KDM – and the Nvidia graphics-card interface VDPAU for users with Unix-based systems are also supported.

Additional features include overlay functions, preferred menu languages can be set and a region selection can be made, which are practical for Blu-ray content creation.

VLC 3.0

Some time will pass before the third full version of VLC Player is released. Among other things, the version will then include support for the Wayland communication protocol. According to the development team, version 3.0 will also add hardware-accelerated HEVC/VP9 decoding on Android systems, Adobe’s HTTP Dynamic Streaming and completely redesigned MP4 and TS demuxers. The feature of the ARIB subtitle format will be particularly important for Japanese users. In addition, OpenMAX II and GPU Zero-Copy will be supported.

Anyone interested in details of the new features in version 3.0, can find an overview here.

There is not yet an approximate release date for VLC Player 3.0.

All further information about VLC Player, as well as the download of the currently available version 2.1.5, can be found here.