VLC Media Player 3.0.8

VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC plays absolutely anything. It supports an enormous number of multimedia formats, and does not require you to download additional codecs. VLC features a complete streaming server, with extended features like video on demand, on-the-fly transcoding, granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement and more. It can also be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC Media Player now features fully customizable toolbars, customizable Skins, supports playback for broken files as well as zipped files, and so much more.

VLC Media Player 3.0.8 changelog:

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)

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