Software Update: VLC Media Player 3.0.8

Version 3.0.8 of VLC Media Player has been released. This open source and cross-platform media player can play a variety of audio, video and streaming formats without the need to install the appropriate codec. In version 3.0, support for Chromecast has been added, among other things. There is also hardware acceleration for decoding 4k and 8k video, support for HDR, playback of 360-degree videos and 3D audio, access to network locations via SMB, FTP and NFS, among others, HD audio passthrough and support for BD-Jmenus. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

core:

• Fix stuttering for low framerate videos

Demux:

• Fix channel ordering in some MP4 files
• Fix glitches in TS about HLS
• Add real probing of HLS streams
• Fix HLS MIME type fallback

Decoder:

• Fix WebVTT subtitles rendering

Stream filter:

• Improve network buffering

Misc:

• Update Youtube script

audio output:

• macOS/iOS: Fix stuttering or blank audio when starting or seeking when using external audio devices (bluetooth for example)
• macOS: Fix AV synchronization when using external audio devices

Video Output:

• Direct3D11: Fix hardware acceleration for some AMD drivers

Stream output:

• Fix transcoding when the decoder does not set the chroma

Security:

• Fix a buffer overflow in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14970)
• Fix a read buffer overflow in the avcodec decoder (CVE-2019-13962)
• Fix a read buffer overflow in the FAAD decoder
• Fix a read buffer overflow in the OGG demuxer (CVE-2019-14437, CVE-2019-14438)
• Fix a read buffer overflow in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14776)
• Fix a use after free in the MKV demuxer (CVE-2019-14777, CVE-2019-14778)
• Fix a use after free in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14533)
• Fix a couple of integer underflows in the MP4 demuxer (CVE-2019-13602)
• Fix a null dereference in the dvdnav demuxer
• Fix a null dereference in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14534)
• Fix a null dereference in the AVI demuxer
• Fix a division by zero in the CAF demuxer (CVE-2019-14498)
• Fix a division by zero in the ASF demuxer (CVE-2019-14535)

Contributions:

• Update to a newer libmodplug version (0.8.9.0)