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VLC Media Player 2.0.1

  -  21.23 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system. Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of VLC Media Player 2.0.1.


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What's new in this version:

Access:
- fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
- fix the samba module compilation
- fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
- multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
- multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
- fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives

Codecs:
- Support for MXPEG files
- limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
- fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams

Demuxers:
- Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
- Fix a crash when seeking in mka
- Improve MKV multi-video tracks support

Muxers:
- Fix ogm header creation

Audio filters:
- limit spatializer filter distortions
- Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module

Audio output:
- Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
- Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection. The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
- Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X

Video filters:
- Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform

Mac OS X interface:
- allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
- allow to hide the sidebar
- disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading , this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
- noticebly faster launch time
- correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
- re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
- improve track synchronization panel
- fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
- fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu

Qt interface:
- allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
- fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
- fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts

Skins interface:
- fix for menus display
- Addition of $R to display current playback speed
- documentation update

Web interface:
- fix mobiles display for remote control mode
- support for .drc and .3ga extensions

Service discovery:
- fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
- fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
- Update Jamendo selections

Miscellaneous:
- fix DBus crash
- fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
- fix a crash on VLM close

Security:
- Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
- Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
- Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201)
- Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202)

Translations:
- Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations

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