14 DAY TRIAL // VLC Player for Mac OS X has reached version 1.1.8, an update mainly designed to offer an additional layer of security for avid users of the media player. OS X users also get a fresh new UI.
Preliminary tests carried out by Softpedia show a change in font color in the playlist, as well as more pronounced edges around the player’s controls and panels.
The same tweaks seem to have rubbed off on the equalizer as well.
However, the 1.1.8 update is focused on security and bug fixes, VideoLAN developers said.
Specifically, the update patches a bug which affected “video width concerning some demuxers”.
Support for a new Dirac encoder has been added based on libschroedinger, and auto-detection for .txt subtitles is fixed.
“Major updates” have been carried out in most language translations as well. The rest of the enhancements (including Windows-specific fixes) are listed below:
· Package of the new VP8/Webm encoder 'Bali' · Notable updates in .mp4, .ogg, .ape demuxers · Major updates in most language translations · Fixes in skins2 supports of Winamp2 skins · Upgrade on the look of VLC for Mac OS X · Fixes on Windows integration, notably regarding volume keys · Codecs updates · Many miscellaneous fixes
Another bug patched by the VideoLAN team, though not specifically documented in the release notes, the app doesn’t fail to quit immediately after right clicking its icon in the dock and selecting “quit.”
The last time we reported on VLC for Mac was back in February when the popular open source media player turned 10.
The event was marked with the release of VLC 1.1.7, which also focused on security, albeit small new features, and many other bug fixes were also implemented.
VLC media player is a free and open-source media player and multimedia framework coded by the folks behind the VideoLAN project.
A cross-platform effort, the media player comes in multiple versions for Mac OX , Windows, GNU, Linux, BeOS, BSD, and eComStation.
An iOS version for Apple’s mobile platforms like the iPhone and iPad was also released last year, but was subsequently removed from the app store on licensing grounds.