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VideoLAN
@videolan
Provider of Open Source multimedia for everyone! Plays everything, Runs everywhere! VLC, x264, dav1d, libdvdcss, libbluray and soooo many others...
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    We are announcing the dav2d project: a small, fast and portable decoder for the new AV2 codec, the successor to AV1 and the latest royalty-free open video codec from the @a4omedia code.videolan.org/videolan/dav2d dav2d is the continuation of the work we started with dav1d, our AV1
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    VLC automatic subtitles generation and translation based on local and open source AI models running on your machine working offline, and supporting numerous languages! Demo can be found on our #CES2025 booth in Eureka Park.
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    It's that time of the year
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    If you wonder why we can't update the VLC on Android version, it's because Google refuses to let us update: - either we give them our private signing keys, - or we drop support for Android TV before API-30, and all our users on TV API<30 can't get fixes.
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    Did we miss anything?
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    App Stores were a mistake. Currently, we cannot update VLC on Windows Store, and we cannot update VLC on Android Play Store, without reducing security or dropping a lot of users... For now, iOS App Store still allows us to ship for iOS9, but until when?
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    Because VLC works perfectly without our servers: we donโ€™t collect info, we donโ€™t require user accounts, we donโ€™t spy on people (telemetry). So once you have VLC, you donโ€™t need our servers, for it to work. Yes, it is sadly rare those daysโ€ฆ
    Replying to @videolan and @IndiaTodayTech
    How is my VLC media player working then? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ
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    If you are in India, please help us.
    VLC Media Player banned in India, website and VLC download link blocked indiatoday.in/technology/newโ€ฆ
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    About the "security issue" on #VLC : VLC is not vulnerable. tl;dr: the issue is in a 3rd party library, called libebml, which was fixed more than 16 months ago. VLC since version 3.0.3 has the correct version shipped, and @MITREcorp did not even check their claim. Thread:
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    If you do wonder why we don't update VLC on the Windows Store or why VLC/iOS can't connect properly to OneDrive shares, it's because Microsoft Kafkaรฏesque bureaucracy refuses to help us. We're only trying to contact someone since 2years... Any day now...
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    Yes, we still support iOS9 and 10 and we still see usage of those: an old iPad is still fine to watch videos. Fight against premature obsolescence! #greenIT
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    VideoLAN is 20 years old today! In fact, 20 years ago today, VideoLAN moved from a closed-source student app to the GNU GPL, thanks to the authorization of the @centralesupelec director of that time. VLC has grown a lot since, thanks to 1000 volunteers! videolan.org/press/videolanโ€ฆ
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    After this post, and around 6 months of work with some nice people at Google, we finally managed to find a solution that allowed us to update VLC for Android again! Sorry for the time it took us :(
    If you wonder why we can't update the VLC on Android version, it's because Google refuses to let us update: - either we give them our private signing keys, - or we drop support for Android TV before API-30, and all our users on TV API<30 can't get fixes.
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