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VideoLAN VLC Media Player Version 2.0.0 Released for Windows and Mac OS X

VideoLAN VLC Media Player Version 2.0.0 has been released and includes the following fixes and new features:

Video
  • Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing subpicture blending in GPU
  • Shader support in the OpenGL output, for colorspace conversion, including 10bits
  • New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2
  • New debanding, grain, denoising and anti-flickering filters
  • New deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm
Audio
  • New resamplers for higher quality audio
  • New dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters
  • Simplification of the audio core for faster processing
  • New audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2
Formats
  • Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM
  • Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image and some other codecs
  • Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp
  • Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support
  • CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding
Input and Devices
  • Experimental support for BluRay discs: [Menus are deactivated in this release (will come soon)] [AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped, for legal reasons]
  • Support for SDI capture cards and QTKit devices
  • Support for new adaptive streaming protocols, like HLS and DASH
For Mac Users
  • Completely new, single window interface: [Available in 2 colors: Lion grey and QTX black] [Extensions support and better Lion integration]
  • Support for all QTKit devices through qtcapture and qtsound modules
  • Continued support for X 10.5 and PPC users (1080p and ProRes on Dual-G5!)
For Anime Fans
  • Vastly improved MKV demuxer
  • Rewritten linked segments and ordered chapter files support
  • Correct support for FLAC, RV and Hi10p in MKV
  • Rewritten seeking support in cue files
  • Various ASS subtitles improvements
For professional Users
  • Support for ProRes 422 and 4444, AVC/Intra
  • Support for Jpeg-2000, Dirac and DNxHD/VC-3 in 10bits
  • Support for EBU subtitles (stl) and EIA-608
  • SDI and HD-SDI card support for input on Linux
  • New Dirac/VC-2 encoder, faster than the previous one
For Developers
  • libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat have switched from GPL to LGPLv2.1+
  • New libVLC examples are available: media player, photobooth and mediainfo clones
  • New JSON requests on the web interface to control running VLC instances
  • Implementation of the MPRIS2 interface to control media players
  • VLC’s web plugins have been rewritten for better integration and stability in all browsers

VLC Media Player can be download from http://www.videolan.org/vlc/#download

Audiosrv.dll – Pre Service Pack 2 Revision History for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011)

Audiosrv.dll – Pre Service Pack 2 Revision History for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011)

07-Nov-2013 – 6.1.7601.22504 – Audiosrv.dll – x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2895698 – Users who have the remote audio setting enabled cause the RD Session Host servers to freeze intermittently in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

02-Nov-2012 – 6.1.7601.22150 – Audiosrv.dll – x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769791 – Windows Audio service stops on Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer after you configure remote audio playback

01-Nov-2012 – 6.1.7601.22149 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769618 – Cannot play an audio file when an audio file is already playing in Windows Media Player on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

01-Nov-2012 – 6.1.7601.17988 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769618 – Cannot play an audio file when an audio file is already playing in Windows Media Player on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

08-Jun-2012 – 6.1.7601.22014 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721341 – Audio output stops intermittently on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

08-Jun-2012 – 6.1.7601.17858 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2721341 – Audio output stops intermittently on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

07-Feb-2012 – 6.1.7601.21917 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2670667 – Handle leak occurs in the Audiodg.exe process in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

Audiosrv.dll – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008)

Audiosrv.dll – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008)

09-Mar-2010 – 6.0.6002.22358 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981013 – A memory leak issue occurs in the Audiodg.exe process when you play audio on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

21-Oct-2009 – 6.0.6002.22248 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974868 – When you examine the playback devices after you start a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, some audio devices are missing or display the “Not plugged in” status

17-Jul-2009 – 6.0.6002.22179 – Audiosrv.dll – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973590 – No sound from a multimedia device that is connected over an HDMI connection to a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008

Hdaudbus.sys – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008)

Hdaudbus.sys – Pre Service Pack 3 Revision History for Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008)

29-Apr-2009 – 6.0.6002.22125 – Hdaudbus.sys – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970030 – HD audio controller is consuming power during sleep or hibernation in Windows Vista