Support for G2M4, MSS1, MSS2, TSCC2, CDXL, Ut, VBLE video codecs.

Add hardware encoding for Windows using Intel QuickSyncVideo.

Add hardware decoding for GNU/Linux using VDPAU.

Add hardware decoding for Android using MediaCodec.

Add hardware decoding for OS X using VDADecoder.

New anaglyph filter for side-by-side 3D.

Support for deinterlacing for higher bit depth and XYZ colorspace.

New video outputs for iOS using OpenGL ES2.

New outputs for OpenMax IL on mobile and Decklink Blackmagic.

Support color conversion shaders in glsl on Android and iOS.

Numerous new audio metadata format supported.

Higher samplerate, precision, live configuration in the core.

New remapping, gain, stereo widening, downmixing effects.

New audio outputs for Windows Vista, Android, iOS, OpenBSD and OSSv4.

Correct support for multi-channel layouts in all formats: 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1.

Rewrite of the audio modules, to adapt to the new core.

Rewritten audio core, allowing better volume and device management.

For subtitles in VLC you can download VLSub. Support for many new devices inputs, formats, and metadata have been introduces along with next-gen codecs. This new version also introduces new rendering pipeline for audio, with better effiency, volume and device management, to improve VLC audio support.

Version 4.0 introduces a new user interface, media library browser, VR support, 3D video support, and revised video output functions. VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

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