![]() ![]() VLC 3.0 will serve as the long-term support version of the software, so users on some of those more obscure platforms might want to get used to the interface. The development team also ported VLC to some really fringe OSes like Solaris, QNX, and even OS/2. The Android version works on all Chrome OS devices that have access to the Google Play Store. The Windows variant has a Windows Store release on top of the more popular desktop version that works on versions of the OS all the way back to XP. VLC has full-featured releases on Windows, Android, macOS, iOS, Apple TV, and every major Linux distribution. We can't think of a media player application available on more platforms. The player's website has demos of 8K video playback at 60 FPS on a Windows 10 system and 48 FPS 8K video on a Samsung Galaxy S8. The software claims it can use available hardware acceleration on all platforms, including HEVC decoding on Windows and Android. The team has also improved handling of container file formats like MKV, MP4, and TS, and added support for browsing network filesystems like SMB and NFS. Those with lots of Blu-ray discs will be happy to know that VLC can now play Java menus. The newest release offers HDMI passthrough for audio codecs like DTS-HD and TrueHD, support for HDR and 10-bit playback, streaming to Chromecast and similar targets, 360° video playback, and support for 3D audio including Ambisonics. All of that work has led to today's VLC 3.0 Vetinari release, named after a character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld book series. Its 1.0 release came around in 2009, and version 2.0 was pushed out in 2012. The player's development goes all the way back to 1996. Major updates to VideoLAN's VLC media player don't happen every day. ![]()
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