VLC 2.1 Is Now Available: Qt5 Happy, Audio Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Qt on 25 September 2013 at 03:09 PM EDT. 18 Comments
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The VLC 2.1.0 open-source cross-platform media player is now available for download.

Among the highlights of VLC 2.1.0 include UPnP A/V subtitling support and other UPnP improvements, support for fragmented MP3, Blu-ray multiple video track support, partial support for the Qt 5 tool-kit, enhanced volume management, support for higher sample-rates, a re-written audio core, and other audio/video advancements for this leading open-source player. Other VLC 2.1 features are mentioned in this earlier Phoronix article.

The release announcement / blog post isn't available at the moment, but the VLC 2.1.0 packages just appeared within this directory for download.
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