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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!

