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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

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

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

13-Apr-2013 – 6.1.7601.22298 – Mstsc.exe – x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2835429 – The taskbar is hidden when a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 is used for a RemoteApp application that is running on Windows Server 2008 R2

15-Feb-2013 – 6.1.7601.22252 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813347 – MS13-029: Description of the security update for Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 Client: April 9, 2013

10-Jan-2013 – 6.1.7601.22214 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2798286 – RemoteApp application session disconnects from a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

10-Oct-2012 – 6.1.7601.22131 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769372 – Windows Remote Assistance fails in Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

03-Dec-2011 – 6.1.7601.21872 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2648397 – You cannot change an expired user account password in a Remote Desktop session from a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

24-Nov-2011 – 6.1.7601.21866 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2617687 – Applications or services that start multiple Remote Desktop Services sessions crash in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

05-Nov-2011 – 6.1.7601.21855 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2614136 – Some windows of a Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) RemoteApp application might not be displayed correctly in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

02-Sep-2011 – 6.1.7601.21809 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2585853 – Choppy video playback when you play a high-definition video over a remote desktop connection in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

16-Jul-2011 – 6.1.7601.21772 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2582172 – Remote desktop is not displayed in Full-Screen mode when the screen resolution is 1366× 768 pixels in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

15-Jul-2011 – 6.1.7601.21771 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2579381 – A remote desktop session does not respond to keyboard input or mouse input after it loses the focus in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

23-May-2011 – 6.1.7601.21732 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522762 – RemoteApp application does not work correctly from RD Web Access in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

23-Mar-2011 – 6.1.7601.21690 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526629 – The logon message is not displayed correctly when you connect to a RemoteApp application from a computer that has multiple monitors and that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

19-Mar-2011 – 6.1.7601.21687 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524668 – The single sign-on feature does not work in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 when you try to start a full remote desktop connection through RD Web Access

19-Mar-2011 – 6.1.7601.21687 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2522743 – You cannot use a calendar control in a RemoteApp application when you use the RDC 7.0 client to connect to the RemoteApp application from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

18-Dec-2010 – 6.1.7601.21624 – Mstsc.exe – x86/x64 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2446026 – An application that uses the Remote Desktop Connection ActiveX control to provide virtualized sessions crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7

Watchguard XTM Firewall and UTM Appliance – High CPU Usage in the GAV (gateway anti-virus) scand process causes lag and typing delay in Remote Desktop Sessions (RDP) and SIP or VoIP latency issues

Watchguard XTM Firewall and UTM Appliance – High CPU Usage in scand process causes lag and typing delay in Remote Desktop Sessions (RDP).  You may find that remote users report a lag with Remote Desktop Sessions, freezing sessions, black screen and random disconnections.  At around the same time users report these issues you may find that the CPU usage of the scand process on your Watchguard has increased to 100% and the majority of the activity is attributed to the scand process.  You may be able to recreate this issue by browsing websites that utilise lots of Adobe Flash or Media Content as GAV will need to scan all these elements of the web page.  Login to the Watchguard System Manager and then open Firebox System Manager click on Status Report and scroll down the report until you find the Process List (Screenshot Below).  This information will automatically update every 30 seconds so you can see the %CPU column will change and update every 30 seconds.  The top value system shows the overall CPU utilisation and if you look further down you can see which sub processes are actually occupying the CPU time and making up the overall system usage.  In the screenshot below we can see that system is showing 100 % CPU Usage and then further down we can see that the scand process is accounting for 90.99% of this.  When the CPU Usage reaches 100% on the Watchguard unit it may stop forwarding other traffic and this accounts for the lag and jitter we see within the Remote Desktop Session.  Other time sensitive traffic such as VoIP or SIP traffic may also be affected by this issue as the packets are delayed whilst the Firewall recovers from the resource exhaustion.  Users may also report that web pages are slow to load at the time these issues occur where the GAV process is still dealing with the other requests.

Resolution/Workaround:

You can try disabling the GAV (gateway antivirus) for the HTTP and FTP Proxy to ensure that this is the actual cause of your issues, if the problem subsides then you may need to consider updating the XTM OS to the latest release i.e. 11.5.2 and/or adjusting the GAV policy so that it does not scan some content i.e. Images/Text within websites.  You may also need to consider opening a support case with Watchguard to make them aware of this issue, if you have a large number of users then you may even need to consider upgrading your XTM appliance to a larger unit i.e. XTM 23 to XTM 505 or XTM 22 to XTM330 to provide additional processing power (CPU) and system resources to cope with the additional anti-virus scanning requirements.

Watchguard XTM High CPU Usage scand
Watchguard XTM High CPU Usage scand