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VLC Media Player 2.0.2

  -  21.61 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 2.0.2.


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What's new in this version:

Video Output:
- XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
- There were too many errors with broken drivers.
- More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
- Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
- Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
- Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
- Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
- an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
- Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
- with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
- Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
- Retina Displays.

Access:
- Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
- Fixes for RAR compressed files
- Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
- Improve PulseAudio input latency
- Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
- v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
- Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
- IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
- Accept more extensions for DVD images
- Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
- Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
- Improvements and fixes in HLS support

Codec:
- Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
- Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
- Fix G726 support
- Fix MP3 free format support

Demuxers:
- Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
- Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
- Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
- Fix for DVB channels file support
- Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4

Encoders:
- Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
- Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots

Audio filters and output:
- Limitation of spatializer volume output
- Fix DirectSound device selection
- Correct PulseAudio volume control
- Do not apply volume in file output
- Fix sampling rate in JACK output
- Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers

Lua Scripts:
- Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
- Fixes for icecast SD

Qt:
- Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
- Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
- Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
- Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
- Fix tags and file names display
- Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues

Skins2:
- Fix mousewheel on Windows
- Fix for key events and focus loss

Web interface:
- Fix display of some buttons
- Fix listing of files in the Open interface
- Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog

Security:
- Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
- Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
- Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries

Translation:
- Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
- Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
- Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukranian,
- Thai translations update
- New Scottish Gaelic translation

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