VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Printable View

12-02-2018, 04:01 PM
HEXUS

VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Major update activates hardware decoding by default for 4K and 8K playback.

Read more.
12-02-2018, 05:00 PM
peterb

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

And downloaded!
12-02-2018, 06:26 PM
3dcandy

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Same here. Bit surprised it's still X86 and also checking from a 2.xx release doesn't upgrade to 3
12-02-2018, 07:37 PM
peterb

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dcandy

Same here. Bit surprised it's still X86 and also checking from a 2.xx release doesn't upgrade to 3

Yes, I did an upgrade and was slightly confuzzled to see it was still v2.x - NOW downloading V3 :)
12-02-2018, 08:58 PM
utopic

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

And after 17 years, it STILL doesn't support click to pause...
12-02-2018, 09:11 PM
DemonHighwayman

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Windows media player still seems to play everything I want with the help of the k-lite codec pack, I never saw the point in cluttering up my system with another video player.
12-02-2018, 09:22 PM
Output

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dcandy

Bit surprised it's still X86

You can download 64-bit versions too.

Assuming you mean Windows, although there doesn't seem to be an obvious download link for x64, clicking to download and then (after cancelling the download it attempts to start) changing both "win32" mentions in the URL to "win64" gets you it.

So basically: https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.0/w....0.0-win64.exe
12-02-2018, 09:41 PM
peterb

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonHighwayman

Windows media player still seems to play everything I want with the help of the k-lite codec pack, I never saw the point in cluttering up my system with another video player.

It is more than just a player though.
12-02-2018, 10:45 PM
Mapester

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

I'm gonna try Vlc v3 out, but may stick to my fave player that is MPV from https://mpv.io/
12-02-2018, 10:49 PM
3dcandy

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by Output

You can download 64-bit versions too.

Assuming you mean Windows, although there doesn't seem to be an obvious download link for x64, clicking to download and then (after cancelling the download it attempts to start) changing both "win32" mentions in the URL to "win64" gets you it.

So basically: https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.0/w....0.0-win64.exe

Yeah I've now got 2 versions as it doesn't check for the x86 version...lol
13-02-2018, 09:50 AM
lumireleon

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

I have been sampling media players and none seem to beat Windows Media Player in audio quality ....
13-02-2018, 09:56 AM
Kanoe

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

I might give it a try. I have a large music collection on a NAS that Windows Media Player never liked so I still use Winamp.
13-02-2018, 10:05 AM
virtuo

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonHighwayman

k-lite codec pack

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonHighwayman

cluttering up my system

mhmm

Media Player Classic with VLC as a backup, Windows Media Player for precisely nothing at all.
13-02-2018, 11:34 AM
azrael-

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3dcandy

Same here. Bit surprised it's still X86 and also checking from a 2.xx release doesn't upgrade to 3

I thought I was the only one. My VLC 2.2.6 keeps insisting it's the latest version ...when clearly it isn't.
13-02-2018, 11:58 AM
GinoLatino

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemonHighwayman

Windows media player still seems to play everything I want with the help of the k-lite codec pack, I never saw the point in cluttering up my system with another video player.

And yet:
K-Lite Codec Pack Full - Version 13.8.0 Full ~ 45.6 MB
VLC 3.0.0 for Windows - 28 MB

I don't want to clutter my system, let me download a codec pack from uncertain sources that is bigger than a video player.
13-02-2018, 12:03 PM
Smudger

Re: VLC 3.0 Vetinari supports HDR colour and Chromecast

Good to see they're continuing the policy of naming releases after Discworld characters...