Software Update: VLC Media Player 2.2.3

Version 2.2.3 of VLC Media Player has been released. This open source and cross-platform media player can play various audio, video and streaming formats without having to install the appropriate codec. In version 2.2.0, the Vertical Video Syndrome has been addressed, the desktop now also remembers where it left off and the support for hd codecs, such as vp9, opus and h265/hevc, has been improved. Furthermore, extensions can now be downloaded directly from the media player and the Android version is no longer offered as beta. Version 2.2.3 also fixes several bugs and has updated translations.

Demux:

• Fix HLS quality selection and a potential stack overflow
• Fix potential MKV infinite loop and improve MKV tags support
• Fix WMV regression

Decoder:

• Fix hardware decoding with libvdpau-va-gl
• Fix crashes with libvpx
• Use libass without caching dialog

Video output:

• Fix green lines on Direct3D output

Skins2:

• Fix maximizing Window in multi-screen context

Qt:

• Fix resume where you left off
• Fix infinite recursion in the customize dialog
• Fix size when switching to/from the minimal interface
• Fix size after resume toolbar is displayed

Mac OS X:

• Fix crashes in media information panel
• Correctly respect the disable-screensaver option

win32:

• Allow opening more than 15 elements in Explorer

translation:

• Update of most translations