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 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