VLC 2.0 Released

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VLC reaches 2.0
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VLC 2.0 "Twoflower" is a major new version of our popular media player.


With faster decoding on multi-core, GPU, and mobile hardware and the ability to open more formats, notably professional, HD and 10bits codecs, 2.0 is a major upgrade for VLC.
Twoflower has a new rendering pipeline for video, with higher quality subtitles, and new video filters to enhance your videos.
It supports many new devices and BluRay Discs (experimental).
Completely reworked Mac and Web interfaces and improvements in the other interfaces make VLC easier than ever to use.
Twoflower fixes several hundreds of bugs, in more than 7000 commits from 160 volunteers.


Features

For Mac Users

Completely new, single window interface:
- Available in 2 colors: Lion grey and QTX black.
- Extensions support and better Lion integration.
Support for all QTKit devices through qtcapture and qtsound modules.
Continued support for X 10.5 and PPC users (1080p and ProRes on Dual-G5!).

Video

Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing subpicture blending in GPU.
Shader support in the OpenGL output, for colorspace conversion, including 10bits.
New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2.
New debanding, grain, denoising and anti-flickering filters.
New deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.

Formats

Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM.
Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image and some other codecs.
Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp...
Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.

Audio

New resamplers for higher quality audio.
New dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
New audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2.

Input and Devices

Experimental support for BluRay discs:
- Menus are deactivated in this release (will come soon).
- AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped, for legal reasons.
Support for SDI capture cards and QTKit devices.
Support for new adaptive streaming protocols, like HLS and DASH.

For Anime Fans

Vastly improved MKV demuxer.
Rewritten linked segments and ordered chapter files support.
Correct support for FLAC, RV and Hi10p in MKV.
Rewritten seeking support in cue files.
Various *** subtitles improvements.

For professional Users

Support for ProRes 422 and 4444, AVC/Intra.
Support for Jpeg-2000 and DNxHD/VC-3 in 10bits.
Support for EBU subtitles (stl) and EIA-608.
SDI and HD-SDI card support for input on Linux.
New Dirac/VC-2 encoder, faster than the previous one.

For Developers

libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat have switched from GPL to LGPLv2.1+.
New libVLC examples are available: media player, photobooth and mediainfo clones.
New JSON requests on the web interface to control running VLC instances.
Implementation of the MPRIS2 interface to control media players.
VLC's web plugins have been rewritten for better integration and stability in all browsers.
 
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New VLC?

I downloaded this new version of VLC (2.0) and now all my vids play sideways. Can you tell me how to fix it? Thanks.
 

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Go to Window > Video Filters... > Geometry and make sure "Transform" is unchecked.
 
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Don't forget that if you used VLC with Handbrake, there are a few things to do to make sure the library works.
 
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Huh?

Don't forget that if you used VLC with Handbrake, there are a few things to do to make sure the library works.

Sorry to sound dense, but I have no idea what handbreak is or what library you're talking about. All I know is that I used VLC for years with no problems. Then I downloaded the new and improved (???) version and now I have a pain in the neck from having to tilt my head to see my vids. Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Sorry to sound dense, but I have no idea what handbreak is or what library you're talking about. All I know is that I used VLC for years with no problems. Then I downloaded the new and improved (???) version and now I have a pain in the neck from having to tilt my head to see my vids. Any help would be appreciated.

Go to Window > Video Filters... > Geometry and make sure "Transform" is unchecked.
Already answered for you.
 
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"Transform" was unchecked, so I checked it. The vids come across correctly now. Thanks so much Vansmith for the tip. Another dumb question...Do software creators feel empowered when they put out a new version that makes users search for solutions to new problems that occur with they download their creations? All it does for me is search for better software. Does anyone know if GOM has been created for Macs yet? I used it when I had a PC and it was fantastic...not to mention trouble free.
 

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