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VLC media player 3.0.5 'Vetinari'

This is the sixth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - Various AV1 support improvements
 - Adds a new & fast AV1 decoder
 - Enables runtime hardening on macOS Mojave
 - Updates dark mode on macOS
 - Improves BluRay playback
 - Improves RTSP playback
 - Fixes many Direct3D11 issues

And many other miscallaneous bug fixes.

Check our NEWS file for more details!

3.0.5-2 fixes a DVD subtitle regression on Windows, compared to 3.0.5-1.

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

VLC media player 3.0.5 'Vetinari'

This is the sixth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - Various AV1 support improvements
 - Adds a new & fast AV1 decoder
 - Enables runtime hardening on macOS Mojave
 - Updates dark mode on macOS
 - Improves BluRay playback
 - Improves RTSP playback
 - Fixes many Direct3D11 issues

And many other miscallaneous bug fixes.

Check our NEWS file for more details!

3.0.5-1 fixes build issues for macOS, compared to 3.0.5.

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

VLC media player 3.0.5 'Vetinari'

This is the sixth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - Various AV1 support improvements
 - Adds a new & fast AV1 decoder
 - Enables runtime hardening on macOS Mojave
 - Updates dark mode on macOS
 - Improves BluRay playback
 - Improves RTSP playback
 - Fixes many Direct3D11 issues

And many other miscallaneous bug fixes.

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

VLC media player 3.0.4 'Vetinari'

This is the fifth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - Various crashes when using hardware decoding on Windows
 - Low FPS playback
 - DVD subtitle display
 - Improves macOS fonts rendering
 - Restores extension display on Windows
 - Miscellaneous crash fixes

It also:
 - Fixes numerous security issues.
 - Adds AV1 support

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.3 'Vetinari'

This is the fourth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - subtitles behaviour on pause,
 - numerous improvements on hardware acceleration on macOS/iOS,
 - improvements and fixes on Ogg, MKV and TS formats,
 - crashes in D3D11 output on Windows,
 - improvements on font rendering,
 - fixes for amem, audioscrobbler, qt, macOS, avcodec encoding, srt,
 - updates of translations

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari (3.0) is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things...

This 3.0.3-1 tag is a small tag above 3.0.3 for building reasons

VLC media player 3.0.3 'Vetinari'

This is the fourth release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
 - subtitles behaviour on pause,
 - numerous improvements on hardware acceleration on macOS/iOS,
 - improvements and fixes on Ogg, MKV and TS formats,
 - crashes in D3D11 output on Windows,
 - improvements on font rendering,
 - fixes for amem, audioscrobbler, qt, macOS, avcodec encoding, srt,
 - updates of translations

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.2 'Vetinari'

This is the third release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This second update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
- Direct3D11 crash fixes & performance improvements
- macOS hardware decoding crash fixes & performance improvements
- MKV crash fixes
- Many Qt & macOS interface fixes
- Multiple DVD & BluRay fixes
- Improvements of video filters & screenshots when using hardware
decoding

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 &
10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

VLC media player 3.0.1 'Vetinari'

This is the second release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

This first update fixes many issues, including but not limited to:
- Many improvements to our chromecast support
- Fixing Direct3D11 crashes & memory consumption
- Qt interface fixes for HiDPI screens
- MacOS interface improvements
- Miscellaneous hardware decoding fixes
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
- Fix a crash on exit on windows

Check our NEWS file for more details!

Vetinari is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 &
10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

This is the first release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

Special tag for win64 dialogs :)

VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

This is the first release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

Special tag for win64 dialogs :) (again)

VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

This is the first release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

Special tag for win64 dialogs :)

VLC media player 3.0.0 'Vetinari'

This is the first release of VLC 3.0 branch, named "Vetinari",
in reference to the Lord Patrician from Discworld.

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
It is one of the largest release we've ever done.

Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption,
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same codebase with
   common numbering and releases,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely,
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback to support multiple languages and fonts,
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708, Cineform, and many more,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus, aka BD-J,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning and improvements,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows, with the switch to Qt5,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and
   switches to OpenGL by default on Linux.

And so many other things... See our NEWS file!

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 8

This is the eighth release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 7

This is the seventh release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 6

This is the sixth release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - improves Bluray support with Java menus,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 5

This is the fifth release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 4

This is the fourth release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 3

This is the third release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

Merry Xmas for those who care about Xmas!

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 2

This is the second release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the experimental support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL by default.

And so many other things...

VLC media player 3.0.0 'WeatherWax' Release Candidate 1

This is the first release candidate of VLC 3.0, named "WeatherWax"

WeatherWax is a major release changing a lot in the media engine of VLC.
Notably, it:
 - activates hardware decoding on all platforms, of H.264 & H.265, 8 & 10bits,
   allowing 4K60 or even 8K decoding with little CPU consumption;
 - merges all the code from the mobile ports into the same release,
 - supports 360 video and 3D audio, and prepares for VR content,
 - supports direct HDR and HDR tone-mapping,
 - updates the audio passthrough for HD Audio codecs,
 - allows browsing of local network drives like SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...
 - stores the passwords securely
 - brings a new subtitle rendering engine, supporting ComplexTextLayout
   and font fallback
 - supports ChromeCast with the new renderer framework,
 - adds support for numerous new formats and codecs, including WebVTT,
   AV1, TTML, HQX, 708 and Cineform,
 - updates the macOS interface with major cleaning,
 - support HiDPI UI on Windows,
 - prepares the support for Wayland on Linux, and switches to OpenGL.

And so many other things...