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by jbk 9y ago
Because we merged the architecture for mobile and desktop, because we changed the decoding API to get GPU 0-copy and CPU 0-copy, because we needed a lot of changes for 4K and HDR. And, of course, ChromeCast.
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by jbk 9y ago
Actually, you can. There is an option for that.
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by jbk 9y ago
3.0 is miles faster on macOS now. We fixed a lot of performances issues and hardware decoding is activated by default. The HDD issue (buffering) should be fixed, and so is the equalizer.
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by jbk 9y ago
It is now mostly in MP4 ( https://github.com/google/spatial-media/blob/master/docs/spa... ) or in Opus. But everything is now SN3D/ACN
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by jbk 9y ago
Yes, it includes libbluray, by default, on all platforms. No DRM-decryption, though.
396.
by jbk 9y ago
Thanks, it's quite rare that people notice this :D
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VLC 3.0 release(videolan.org)
827 points by jbk 9y ago|294 comments
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by jbk 9y ago
VLC supports Youtube URL since a long time.
399.
by jbk 9y ago
(VLC dev here) VLC 3.0 is not released, no. The core code is tagged, but the release will not happen before a couple of days.
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Skyfall and Solace Attack(solaceattack.com)
1 points by jbk 9y ago|0 comments
401.
by jbk 9y ago
> jbk, you have a lot of good submissions. To bad I haven’t seen more of them up on the HN-board. Well, I'm not pushing a lot...
402.
by jbk 9y ago
OK, but a media library can be lean, can it not?
403.
by jbk 9y ago
Sorry, but I hate those kind of posts. They are just vague and don't say anything useful... What part is confusing? What is confusing in VLC that is not in the other ones? The main UI has max 10 buttons. Especially when comparing with
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by jbk 9y ago
Why? Simple preferences is close to Firefox or other software. Advanced preferences are complex, so it's like about:config
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by jbk 9y ago
This ^^ Exactly right.
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by jbk 9y ago
That would take years.
407.
by jbk 9y ago
Haha, no. Those people were phonies! Do you believe that?
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by jbk 9y ago
No, it is fixed for 2.8.4
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by jbk 9y ago
> Have you considered accepting money on certain terms and subsequently using that money to do improvements? A couple millions can get quite far in improving certain aspects of the software, like UX, documentation etc. Yes, I did. But on
410.
by jbk 9y ago
> but please resist pressure to iTunes-ify what you've built. What would be iTunes-ifying it?
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by jbk 9y ago
> Is it weird when people talk about you as if you aren't there? :) Very much weird. Mostly people don't realize I am the one they are talking about. It is the same on Reddit... Often I get downvoted on Reddit about VLC, like I
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by jbk 9y ago
possible.
413.
by jbk 9y ago
I believe this is very off-topic, and I have no idea what you are talking about. And I doubt it is the right place for that.
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by jbk 9y ago
Yep. Fixed in 3.0. Along with FTP, SFTP, SMB and NFS browsing.
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by jbk 9y ago
Good idea.
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by jbk 9y ago
Thanks a lot. Really cool.
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by jbk 9y ago
You say that some people are heroes without believing that everything they are doing is amazing. Life is not black-and-white.
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by jbk 9y ago
Yes. But not in the VLC tracker, because it is not a VLC issue.
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by jbk 9y ago
Yes, and I would be a millionaire. But that would not be moral.
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by jbk 9y ago
IE. But that is soon over. You should see SSL from Google though.

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