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VideoLAN (VLC) -> Version History

This is the version history page for VideoLAN (VLC), showing the last 20 software updates. You can return to the main page for this software by clicking here.

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Version 3.0.24
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2026
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  • Changes between 3.0.23 and 3.0.24:
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    Codecs:
     * Use FFmpeg 8.1 (upgraded from 4.4)
     * Support APV decoder (FFmpeg 8)
     * Support Atrac3/Atrac9 decoding
     * Remove schroedinger support for dirac in favor of avcodec
     * Fix Speex leaks and packetization issues
     * Fix WebVTT CSS parsing and error handling
     * Fix FLAC and HEVC packetizer edge cases
     * Fix AudioToolbox MIDI synthesizer crash on macOS 26+

    Demuxers:
     * Add support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4
     * Expose ID3v2 metadata in MPEG demuxer
     * Improve subtitle language detection from filenames and SSA/ASS metadata
     * Fix several MKV crashes, leaks, hangs and malformed file handling issues
     * Fix AVI hang with zero-sized strd chunks
     * Fix MP4, MPEG-TS, Ogg, RealAudio and subtitle demuxing edge cases

    Access:
     * Switch RIST input and output to librist, with main and simple profile support
     * Add SRT listener mode support
     * Add SFTP public key authentication options and ED25519 hostkey support
     * Update SMB2 share enumeration
     * Don't ship RealRTSP plugin (build disabled for all configurations)

    Service Discovery:
     * Include Chromecast model in mDNS renderer names
     * Fix IPv6 addresses in Bonjour service URLs

    Video Output:
     * Fix Direct3D11 adjust filter and texture leaks
     * Fix MediaCodec crop validation
     * Super Resolution scaling with Moore Threads GPUs

    Windows:
     * Support NV12 DirectShow capture
     * Improve UWP build and runtime compatibility
     * Fix mmdevice crashes, leaks and deadlocks
     * Generate debug symbols by default for Windows packages

    Interface:
     * Qt: Fix default open dialog location
     * Qt: Fix effects window geometry saving
     * Qt: Improve hotkeys dialog strings

    Stream Output:
     * Disable HEVC for original Chromecast devices

    Security:
     * Switch to a new RSA-4096 key for update verification
     * Fix multiple OOB, integer overflow, double-free and use-after-free issues
     * See https://www.videolan.org/security/

    Misc:
     * Add Flatpak build support
     * Fix Audio EQ filter High Frequency parameter
     * Fix artwork preparser crash when artwork title is null
     * Fix LibVLC media list player race
     * Remove NPAPI browser plugin

    Lua:
     * Remove broken youtube.lua plugin

    Windows:
     * Fix slow startup on Windows when Daylight Saving Time changes (#29685)

    Contrib:
     * Update libarchive to 3.8.8
     * Update libass to 0.17.5
     * Update aom to 3.15.0
     * Update amf to 1.5.2
     * Update asdcp to 2_13_2
     * Update chromaprint to 1.6.0
     * Update dav1d to 1.5.4
     * Update faad to 2.11.2
     * Update flac to 1.4.2
     * Update FFmpeg to 8.1.2
     * Update freetype to 2.14.3
     * Update gcrypt to 1.12.2
     * Update glew to 2.3.1
     * Update gme to 0.6.5
     * Update gnutls to 3.8.13
     * Update gpg-error to 1.61
     * Update harfbuzz to 14.2.1
     * Update jpeg to v9f
     * Update libbluray to 1.4.1
     * Update libebml to 1.4.6
     * Update libmad to 0.16.14
     * Update libmicrodns to 0.2.0
     * Update libtasn1 to 4.21.0
     * Update libxml2 to 2.15.3
     * Update matroska to 1.7.2
     * Update mpg123 to 1.33.6
     * Update mysofa to 1.2.1
     * Update nettle to 3.10.2
     * Update nfs to 6.0.2
     * Update openjpeg to 2.5.4
     * Update png to 1.6.58
     * Update protobuf to 3.4.1
     * Update opus to 1.6.1
     * Update shout to 2.4.6
     * Update SDL to 3.4.10
     * Update SDL_image to 3.4.4
     * Update smb2 to 6.1
     * Update srt to 1.5.6
     * Update ssh2 to 1.11.1
     * Update upnp to 1.14.20
     * Update vncclient to 0.9.15
     * Update vorbis to 1.3.7
     * Update x265 to 4.1
     * Update zlib to 1.3.2
     * Update zvbi to 0.2.45
     * Add librist 0.2.20
     * Switch mfx Library to Intel's vpl 2.13.0
Version 3.0.23 Version 3.0.21 Version 3.0.20 Version 3.0.18 Version 3.0.17.4 Version 3.0.17.3 Version 3.0.17 Version 3.0.16 Version 3.0.15 Version 3.0.14 Version 3.0.13
  • Release Date: Apr 30, 2021
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  • Changes between 3.0.12.1 and 3.0.13:
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    Demux:
     * Adaptive: fix artefacts in HLS streams with wrong profiles/levels
     * Fix regression on some MP4 files for the audio track
     * Fix MPGA and ADTS probing in TS files
     * Fix Flac inside AVI files
     * Fix VP9/Webm artefacts when seeking

    Codec:
     * Support SSA text scaling
     * Fix rotation on Android rotation
     * Fix WebVTT subtitles that start at 00:00

    Access:
     * Update libnfs to support NFSv4
     * Improve SMB2 integration
     * Fix Blu-ray files using Unicode names on Windows
     * Disable mcast lookups on Android for RTSP playback

    Video Output:
     * Rework the D3D11 rendering wait, to fix choppiness on display

    Interfaces:
     * Fix VLC getting stuck on close on X11 (#21875)
     * Improve RTL on preferences on macOS
     * Add mousewheel horizontal axis control
     * Fix crash on exit on macOS
     * Fix sizing of the fullscreen controls on macOS

    Windows:
     * Fix subtitles/OSD under Windows XP

    Misc:
     * Update translations
     * Improve MIDI fonts search on Linux
     * Update Soundcloud, Youtube, liveleak
     * Fix compilation with GCC11
     * Fix input-slave option for subtitles

Version 3.0.12.1
  • Release Date: Jan 19, 2021
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  • Changes between 3.0.12 and 3.0.12.1:
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    macOS:
     * 3.0.12.1 is the first release for Apple Silicon macs
     * Version bump to allow an automatic upgrade path
Version 3.0.12
  • Release Date: Jan 19, 2021
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  • Changes between 3.0.11.1 and 3.0.12:
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    Access:
     * Add new RIST access module compliant with simple profile (VSF_TR-06-1)

    Access Output:
     * Add new RIST access output module compliant with simple profile (VSF_TR-06-1)

    Demux:
     * Fixed adaptive's handling of resolution settings
     * Improve Bluray tracks support
     * Improve WMV seeking and DASH support
     * Fix crashes in AVI, MKV modules

    Audio output:
     * Fix audio distortion on macOS during start of playback

    Video Output:
     * Direct3D11: Fix some potential crashes when using video filters

    macOS:
     * Add native support for Apple Silicon / ARM-64
     * Visual UI adaptations for macOS Big Sur
     * Fix displaying EQ bands in the UI depending on which frequency
       presets are set for the EQ in advanced preferences
     * Fix UI issues in bookmarks window

    Misc:
     * Several fixes in the web interface, including privacy and security
       improvements
     * Update YouTube and Vocaroo scripts
     * Fix rotation filter mouse handling
     * Update translations
Version 3.0.11.1 (macOS)
  • Release Date: Jul 30, 2020
  • Download(s):
    • Today, VideoLAN is publishing the VLC 3.0.11.1 release for macOS, which notably solves an audio rendering regression introduced in the last update specific to that platform. Additionally, it improves playback of HLS streams, WebVTT subtitles and UPnP discovery.

Version 3.0.11 Version 3.0.10 Version 3.0.9.2
  • Release Date: Apr 10, 2020
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  • Changes between 3.0.8 and 3.0.9:
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    Core:
     * Work around busy looping when playing an invalid item through VLM 

    Demux:
     * Fix TTML entities not passed to decoder
     * Misc raw H264/HEVC frame rate fixes
     * Fix adaptive regression on TS format change (mostly HLS)

    Packetizers:
     * Fixes H264/HEVC incomplete draining in some cases
     * packetizer_helper: Fix potential trailing junk on last packet
     * Improved check to prevent fLAC synchronization drops

    Decoder:
     * avcodec: revector video decoder to fix incomplete drain

    Text renderer:
     * Fix crashes on macOS with SSA/ASS subtitles containing emoji

    macOS:
     * Remove qtsound module and add avaudiocapture module as replacement
     * Fix audio capture on macOS Catalina by using avaudiocapture
     * Inform the user in case OS permissions are missing for certain actions
     * Fix Apple Remote support on macOS Catalina
     * Add support for pausing Apple Music on macOS Catalina
     * Fix UPnP discovery crash without an active network interface
     * Fix rare placement issues with fullscreen panel
     * Fix problem in audio output remembering the last device configuration
       in digital mode

    Misc:
     * Add missing .wpl & .zpl file associations on Windows
Version 3.0.8
  • Release Date: Aug 20, 2019
  • Changes between 3.0.7.1 and 3.0.8:
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    Core:
     * Fix stuttering for low framerate videos

    Demux:
     * Fix channel ordering in some MP4 files
     * Fix glitches in TS over HLS
     * Add real probing of HLS streams
     * Fix HLS MIME type fallback

    Decoder:
     * Fix WebVTT subtitles rendering

    Stream filter:
     * Improve network buffering

    Misc:
     * Update Youtube script

    Audio Output:
     * macOS/iOS: Fix stuttering or blank audio when starting or seeking when using
       external audio devices (bluetooth for example)
     * macOS: Fix AV synchronization when using external audio devices

    Video Output:
     * Direct3D11: Fix hardware acceleration for some AMD drivers

    Stream output:
     * Fix transcoding when the decoder does not set the chroma

    Security:
     * Fix a buffer overflow in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14970)
     * Fix a read buffer overflow in the avcodec decoder (CVE-2019-13962)
     * Fix a read buffer overflow in the FAAD decoder
     * Fix a read buffer overflow in the OGG demuxer (CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438)
     * Fix a read buffer overflow in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14776)
     * Fix a use after free in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778)
     * Fix a use after free in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14533)
     * Fix a couple of integer underflows in the MP4 demuxer (CVE-2019-13602)
     * Fix a null dereference in the dvdnav demuxer
     * Fix a null dereference in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14534)
     * Fix a null dereference in the AVI demuxer
     * Fix a division by zero in the CAF demuxer (CVE-2019-14498)
     * Fix a division by zero in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14535)

    Contribs:
     * Update to a newer libmodplug version (0.8.9.0)
Version 3.0.7.1
  • Release Date: Jun 12, 2019
  • Changes between 3.0.7 and 3.0.7.1:
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    Access:
     * Update libbluray to 1.1.2

    macOS:
     * Fix bluray java menu playback regression in 3.0.7

    Video Output:
     * Fix hardware acceleration with some AMD drivers
     * Improve direct3d11 HDR support

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