14 DAY TRIAL // VideoLAN and the VLC development team have officially released VLC 1.1.6, the sixth maintenance release of the VLC 1.1.x branch.
VLC media player is a free and open-source media player and multimedia framework written by the VideoLAN project.
It is a cross-platform media player, with versions for Mac OX , Windows, GNU, Linux, BeOS, BSD, eComStation and even iOS, although Apple has recently removed the iOS-compatible version from its App Store.
According to VideoLAN, VLC 1.1.6 includes small new features, many bugfixes, updated translations and security issues.
Notable improvements include codecs, demuxers, Audio-CD support, subtitles, visualization and platform integration, VideoLAN said.
The team previously announced that VLC 1.1.6 would be released shortly, packing “a few enhancements, fix a number bugs and address[ing] several security vulnerabilities.”
“Therefore all VLC users and LibVLC developer are strongly advised to upgrade to the 1.1 version series, if they have not already done so,” the former announcement said.
The official release notes for VLC Media Player 1.1.6 for Mac OS X are available below.
- Security updates in codecs and demuxers - Support for RTP/PCM 24bits, audio/L24 - Support for MPC SV7/SV8 on Windows and MacOS builds - Faster Webm/VP8 decoding - Support for Midi on MacOS - Major updates in most language translations - Support for projectM visualisation on Windows - KDE and PulseAudio integration improvements - Subtitles fixes and improvements - Improvements in visualisations and interfaces - Codecs updates - Many miscellaneous fixes.
The VideoLAN team also announced ceasing all form of support for VLC media player versions 1.0.x.
The VideoLAN team will no longer deliver updates for VLC versions 1.0.x (last release was 1.0.6), and VLC 0.9.x (last release was 0.9.10), as the main focus is the current VLC 1.1 branch, and further development on the upcoming VLC 1.2 series.