3.5.7
2024-03-18
· Fix runtime exceptions on iOS 9
· Improve the donation process
· Update the play queue according to the shuffle state
· Fix the favorites authentication
3.5.6
2024-03-08
· Fix UPnP browsing
· Improve the favorites layout
3.5.5
2024-03-04
· Minor improvements
3.5.4
2024-02-28
· Fix login to network shares, especially with complex addresses
· Add option to always play media opened through third-party apps
3.5.3
2024-02-23
· Fix browsing UPnP and SMB shares
3.5.2
2024-02-22
· Fix aspect ratio issue leading to incomplete fullscreen image display
· Stability improvements
3.5.1
2024-02-19
· Add new playback history feature
· Add A to B loop support
· Remember playback position and state for media on network servers and external devices
· Cache generated artwork for external media
· Add Siri integration to control playback in VLC and access locally stored media
· Allow folders on remote shares to be marked as favorites
· Add support for external subtitles and audio tracks
· Improve playback speed configuration for the audio player
· Allow deleting local media during search
· Show playlist durations in list view
· Add options for more flexible gesture controls during playback
· Add missing mka support declaration
· Add feature to reset the settings to their default values
· Split the automatically play next item settings for playlists and other collections
· Gather the appearance settings
· Add long press gesture to the aspect ratio button to display the ratios' list
· Add option to remember the last playback speed
· Improve CarPlay support for artists and playlists
· Improve playback continuation for very long media
· Fix opening certain LAN servers discovered by Bonjour
· Improve accessibility of the playmode buttons
· Add new Donation screen
· Add link to newly created Documentation to the Settings screen
· Update on-boarding screen
· Fix playback continuation in loop mode for the first item
· Fix playback of mp3+cdg combinations for karaoke
· Fix copy/paste/select for the server login screen
3.5.0
2024-02-16
· Add new playback history feature
· Add A to B loop support
· Remember playback position and state for media on network servers and external devices
· Cache generated artwork for external media
· Add Siri integration to control playback in VLC and access locally stored media
· Allow folders on remote shares to be marked as favorites
· Add support for external subtitles and audio tracks
· Improve playback speed configuration for the audio player
· Allow deleting local media during search
· Show playlist durations in list view
· Add options for more flexible gesture controls during playback
· Add missing mka support declaration
· Add feature to reset the settings to their default values
· Split the automatically play next item settings for playlists and other collections
· Gather the appearance settings
· Add long press gesture to the aspect ratio button to display the ratios' list
· Add option to remember the last playback speed
· Improve CarPlay support for artists and playlists
· Improve playback continuation for very long media
· Fix opening certain LAN servers discovered by Bonjour
· Improve accessibility of the playmode buttons
· Add new Donation screen
· Add link to newly created Documentation to the Settings screen
· Update on-boarding screen
· Fix playback continuation in loop mode for the first item
· Fix playback of mp3+cdg combinations for karaoke
3.4.9
2023-09-08
· Noticable stability improvements
· Fix distortion when playing MP3 media
· VLC core update to version 3.0.19
· Fix issue where the last frame remained visible on playback end
· Playback starts with the selected media even in shuffle mode
· Playback is no longer continued from the last position in loop mode
· New translation to Georgian and updated to Korean and Slovenian
3.4.8
2023-08-17
· Second attempt to fix the heating problem
· Fix shuffle behavior
· Fix playback continuation for audio content
· Fix failed start of audio content chosen from a list
· Fix bookmark appearance on iOS 12 and earlier
· Audio player: add support for device rotation
· Player: add swipe gestures to minimize more easily
· Improved accessibility for the audio player
3.4.7
2023-07-19
· Attempt to fix the heating problem
· Updates to the audio player UI
3.4.6
2023-06-26
· Preserve repeat mode
· Restore chapter support for audio-only media
· Hide status bar in fullscreen mode with the dark UI appearance
· Further UI improvements
3.4.5
2023-06-07
· Fix playing multiple items in a row in the requested order
· Fix minor layout issues
3.4.4
2023-06-02
· Fix opening media from third party apps on iOS 13 and later
· Fix audio player performance and layout issues
· Fix rotation lock feature
· Logic and stability improvements, notably for the CarPlay integration
3.4.3
2023-05-20
· Fix playback of audio-only media on iOS 9 and 10
3.4.2
2023-05-18
· Fix playback on external displays including AirPlay on iOS 13 to 15
· Fix audio playback quality regression for mp3, ALAC and Apple Core Audio Format
· Last playback position is now retained when the app is killed
· Memory optimizations for audio playback
· Equalizer and pre-amp behavior improvements
· if sounds is too low for you now, enable the pre-amp in settings
· Fix performance issue within UPnP discovery
· Improve CarPlay layouts
3.4.1
2023-05-11
· Fix playback on external displays including AirPlay
· Fix crash when searching within the audio section of the media library
· Fix intermittent black screens during video playback, especially lists
· Fix playback of playlists and certain radio / TV streams
· Fix login to and download from OneDrive
· Improve behavior of the close button during playback
· Fix crash when exporting media to other apps
3.4.0
2023-05-02
· Add new audio playback UI
· Add support for CarPlay
· Add views for artists, albums and episodes to the media library
· Add more options to sort the media library
· Add support for bookmarks
· Add a way to contact us through the About dialog
· Improve shuffle algorithm for playback
· Indicate currently playing media in library
· Major update to internal event handling
· Performance improvements
· Add Handoff and Ethernet support for WiFi Sharing
· Add option to configure seek duration
· Rewritten OneDrive support
· Updated UPnP support
· Add information screens for complex settings
· Remove the 'variable jump duration' feature
· Add custom seek duration options
· Show media dimensions in library screen
· Add optional display of album track numbers to library screen
· Videos can be played as audio only now
· Improve login experience to box.com
· Major adaptive streaming update, notably for multiple timelies and webvtt
· Add support for DVBSub inside MKV
· Fix flac audio quality regression
· Fix some flac files that could not be played
· Improve seeking in Ogg and fragmented MP4 files
· Fix styling issues with subs tx3g (mp4) tracks
· Fix playback of live AV1 streams
· Fix crashes with VP9 streams
3.3.12
2022-12-21
· Fix playback of certain network streams
· Stability improvements
3.3.10
2022-10-15
· Add option to configure pre-amp level
· Improve accessibility of playback speed buttons
· Stability improvements
3.3.9
2022-09-24
· Fixed discovery of UPnP/DLNA servers on iOS 16
3.3.8
2022-09-21
· Fix PLEX server discovery using Bonjour
· Fix progress reporting for http downloads
· Fix x-callback-url issue displaying the wrong subtitles
· Set default pre-amp level to 0 to render full dynamic range
· Improve volume and brightness gestures sensibility especially on iPad
· Migrate Google Drive login flow to continue to work after October 3rd
3.3.7
2022-05-17
· layout improvements for playback subpanels
· stability and speed improvements
3.3.6
2022-04-27
· fix minor regression from previous update
3.3.5
2022-04-26
· add shuffle / repeat actions to the playback screen's more button
· list recently downloaded media
· fix playback of media larger than 2 GB on some SMB2 shares
· fix crash when accessing SMB2 shares without a password set
· minor performance and appearance improvements
3.3.4
2022-04-12
· fix display of the Chinese (simplified) translation in Settings when in mainland China
· fix default playback speed option
· improve appearance of cloud sharing services
· update SMB2 stack
· fix subtitles storage for media imported from other apps or stored outside the app
3.3.3
2022-04-06
· allow delaying subtitles and audio up to 30s instead of 5s
· fix integration with OpenSubtitles.org
· fix opening certain streams from third party apps via x-callback-url
· remember shuffle/loop states across playback sessions
· various minor UI improvements
3.3.2
2022-03-31
· Fix colorspace handling error introduced in the last update
3.3.1
2022-03-29
· Fix UPnP server browsing issue on IPv4/IPv6 dual stack networks
· Improve SMB compatiblity
· Fix frequent crashes when SMBv1 shares are discovered on the local network
· Prevent automatic renaming of files downloaded from Dropbox
· Fix display of 'Now Playing' metadata
· Show individual UPnP server icons
· Web interface preferably runs on IPv4 instead of IPv6 interfaces
· Fix renaming stored network streams
· Improve network stream opening UI for small devices
· Fix issues listing downloable subtitles
· Fix listing more than 200 items on OneDrive shares
3.3.0
2022-03-21
· Add new video player interface
· Add support to browse NFS and SFTP shares
· Replace previous UPnP integration with VLC's native support based on libupnp
· this improves compatibility with off-standard UPnP servers
· Replace previous FTP integration with VLC's native support
· this improves compatibility with servers using non-western text encodings
and allows connections to servers with off-standard port configurations
· Add downloads from SMB servers
· Add support for http(s) downloads from servers requiring authentication
· Add grid layout for Audio library
· Major speed and performance improvements avoiding heating issues
· Fix storing user credentials for network shares
· Retain downloaded subtitles for locally stored media
· Automatic video deinterlacing (by default)
· Retain last opened media category
· Add support for Files.app as a source to open media without importing to VLC
· This allows playback from external devices, too!
· Add a queue view controller to switch between scheduled media items and for TV channel listings
· Add a full black theme for OLED devices
· Add rtsp-tcp option
· Add support for spatial audio with AirPods Pro and Max
· library: allow sorting tracks and albums by insertion date
· playback: allow up to 8x playback speed
· video: modify white point adaptation mode on modern iOS devices
· Add support for SAT>IP including custom channel lists
· Clicking previous during playback now resets the playback position instead of directly going
to the previous item in list
· Add Select-All feature to media library screens
· Fix listing large number of media in Google Drive and Dropbox folders
· Major UI speed improvements for older iOS devices
· VLC still supports all devices running iOS 9.0 or later!
3.2.13
2020-10-22
· Add support for SMBv3
· Fix authentication regression with SMBv2 servers
· Fix login to Box.com
3.2.12
2020-10-03
· Fix playback of 10bit and 12bit content encoded in HEVC or AVC on iOS 14 and later
3.2.11
2020-06-09
· Fix adding new item to playlists
· Update Dutch translation
3.2.10
2020-06-07
· Fix subtitle display for tracks embedded in MKV files
· Minor UI fix
3.2.9
2020-06-04
· Add option to enable Chromecast audio passthrough
· Fix adding media to existing playlists
· Fix WiFi sharing on IPv6-only networks
· Greatly improve AV1 decoding performance by updating dav1d
· Improve adaptive streaming behavior
· Improve seeking accuracy for certain mp4 media
· Fix silence after pausing video playback
3.2.8
2020-04-28
· Add support to create media groups manually
· Port subtitles support from tvOS
· Fix potential Files app hiding issue
· Improve application startup time
· Improve sharing of the library on the local network between multiple VLCs
· Minor UI improvements and fixes
3.2.7
2020-03-25
This is a bug fix release, we are actively working on media groups.
· Fix streaming content on Google Drive
· Add passcode protection for WiFi Sharing
· Re-add more granular playback speed control
· Display file size information in Edit mode
· Fix repeating media when shuffle is disabled
· Fix uploads of media larger than 10 GB via WiFi
· Fix storage of recent network streams without iCloud
· Fix random playback control through lock screen
· Fix progress display for downloads via FTP
· Fix missing Share sheet on iPad
· Fix Chromecast button not to show in some cases
· Minor UI improvements and fixes
3.2.6
2019-12-05
· Fix media title display
· Fix Box session storage
3.2.5
2019-12-04
· Add setting to enable/disable media library iCloud backup
· Add snap to playback speed with haptic feedback
· Improve overall iOS 9 stability
· Update media thumbnail after playback
· Fix UPnP CPU usage issue
· Fix potential crash with Plex
· Fix repeat all mode in playback
· Fix thumbnail generation on iOS 9
· Fix media library backup on iCloud
· Fix cloud services connected account count
· Fix launch of media playback during a playback
· Fix unknown and various artists addition and deletion
· Fix potential crash while deleting an audio collection
3.2.4
2019-11-21
· Fix iOS 9 audio playback issues
· Improve the edit mode toolbar, following user feedback
· Add import for all supported files from iCloud
· Add album title inside an audio track description label
· Fix wrong colors in network views
· Fix Chromecast background playback
· Fix default sort for audio collections
3.2.3
2019-11-19
· Add sorting into media collections
· Add settings to hide thumbnails and artwork
· Add "Quick actions" on media files and collections
· Fix shuffle mode
· Fix right to left experience for media players
· Fix optimize name setting
· Fix Fritzbox UPnP listing
· Fix cell height in settings
· Fix progress bar being shown for media collections
· Fix undefined media names when importing through Wi-Fi
· Fix crash with "Open in" activity for iPads
· Fix potential crash after media deletion
· Fix potential crash with external and Chromecast devices
· Rework overall edit mode layout and behaviour
· Various SMB improvements
· Various media library stability improvements
3.2.2
2019-10-10
· Add automatic video grouping by name
· Add deletion to audio collections such as artist and albums
· Add setting to force rescan of the media library
· Fix HTTP download if file already exist
· Fix swipe gesture settings affecting double tap to seek
· Fix meta data for external media
· Fix Box cloud service overall usage
· Fix download progress
· Fix download enqueuing
· Fix download speed calculation
· Remove network login automatic capitalization and completion
· Rework download view according to new design
· Update translations
3.2.1
2019-09-27
· Add automatic appearance setting for iOS 13
· Add indicator inside a playlist for reordering
· Adapt empty view for current context
· Fix SMB 2 credential storage
· Fix local network navigation
· Fix local network infinite reloading
· Fix local network connection dialog
· Fix external screen, AirPlay mirroring black screen
· Fix opening media from other applications using x-callback-url
· Fix artwork being shown after backgrounding the application during playback
· Fix cancel button not being shown on the local network connect screen on iPads
· Fix minor stability and interface issues
3.2.0
2019-09-19
· This releases introduces a completely new interface, more intuitive, easier to use and features an up-to-date look. This is the first step for future releases that will improve this interface even more.
· It also introduces a completely new media library backend, that allows much easier management of Music and Audio files. One can now browse per Album, Genre, Artist and Songs.
· Sorting, a feature that many asked for, also ships with this new version.
· The folders feature was revamped into proper playlist management and playlists have their own dedicated tab now.
· This version of VLC has now both a light and dark mode. Just choose your favorite in the settings
· Finally, in the media backend, numerous things were improved, including Bluetooth Audio delay and drop, and better support for SMB shares
3.1.9
2019-05-03
· Equalizer is now off by default, this fixes a couple of audio issues some users were experiencing
· Scrollbars are replaced by wrapping text in the Web UI for up and downloading media
· Fix a crash when drag and dropping media
· Add Store Translations for Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Thai, Ukrainian
3.1.8
2019-04-11
· Improve action sheet animation
· Fix SMB 2 issue
· Fix Chromecast no video issue
· Bugfixes and stability improvements
3.1.7
2019-03-13
· Added support for SMB 2
· Added support for external keyboard shortcuts
· Fixed Chromecast showing a black screen for certain files
· Fixed an issue where a user couldn't navigate out of a OneDrive folder
· Bugfixes and stability improvements
3.1.6
2019-02-22
· Fixed OneDrive integration by adopting newer Api
· Fixed common crashes with Chromecast and display of black videos
· Fixed crashes when backgrounding the App
· Added better support for AV1 video playback by shipping dav1d decoder
· Fixed playback problems with certain HEVC streams
3.1.5
2018-12-21
· Fixed an issue with mkv videos crashing on iOS 12
· Adjusted the filterview and timer view to not be hidden by the playback controls on newer iPhones
· Addressed CVE-2018-19937 a user was able to bypass the Passcode screen by opening a URL and turning the phone
· Bugfixes and stability improvements
3.1.4
2018-11-20
· We adapted VLC for the new iPad Pro by adjusting the App and bringing external screen support and FaceID to our iPad Pro users
· We brought the double tap to fullscreen feature to all devices, while still letting you double tap to jump back or forward on the sides of the screen
· Multiple files selection is now possible with iCloud Drive
· Fixed an issue where you couldn't log into the app if you killed it while setting a passcode
3.1.3
2018-10-10
· Added Corsican language
· Fixed a crash when reordering files outside of folders
· The Media title is now always visible when streaming to an external display
· Various Stability improvements and bug fixes
3.1.2
2018-09-03
. Added an activity indicator for buffering
· The background setting to continue playback is ignored when external screens are used
· Sorting in folders gets saved correctly
· Fixed playback pausing once external output devices like bluetooth headphones are disconnected
· Deinterlacing is disabled by default now modern devices no longer support this, which led to high battery usage
· Stability improvements for the H264 and H265 decoder and Chromecasting
3.1.1
2018-07-30
· Fixed the swiping Gestures to change brightness and Volume
· Chromecasting is not stopping anymore when locking the device
· Fixed Video not being displayed over an external Screen via HDMI
· Fixed Audio not working after pausing and leaving the App
· Fixed opening external files in VLC or from the Files app
· Fixed an issue where songs where skipped when playing albums or playlists
· Better 360 video behavior when pannings
3.1.0
2018-07-18
· We added a feature many of you waited for: Chromecast support
· We fixed a bug where files on your phone were not displayed in VLC
· 360 videos can be viewed by moving your phone now
· Stability and performance improvements when decoding H.264/H.265 in hardware
· Improved audio playback quality
· Fixed a regression preventing the download of certain media files via http
· Fixed a regression where downloaded files might disappear
· Fixed a regression where users couldn't log into Google Drive
3.0.3
2018-03-14
· Hitting play after backgrounding VLC is finally fixed
· Opening a txt file on won't jump into VLC anymore (we obviously still support this subtitle format)
· Instead of a black screen, when opening certain HEVC files, we now have a playing video
· Fixes an issue were users were prompted to enter a passcode without ever setting one
· We also fixed multiple crashes
· Scrubbing in the lock screen was added
3.0.2
2018-02-21
· Fixes issues with TouchID and FaceID
· Fixes a crash when opening a Folder
3.0.1
2018-02-16
· Fixes a crash browsing files on local file servers
· the "use TouchID setting" is now respected
· Fixes a crash when locking your UI on iPhone X
3.0.0
2018-02-12
· Added support for Drag and Drop
· Added Files integration
· Added FaceID support
2.9.0
2018-02-09
· Stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.9
2018-01-31
· srt subtitles are being displayed again
2.8.8
2018-01-26
· This version will not reboot your iPhone X when playing HEVC files
· We stopped the madness of doubling files!
· When passcode is enabled Touch Id won't pop up multiple times when you enter the background
· SMB Servers will show up again and are accessible
· Sharing your Media with other Services and saving to Camera Roll works again
· Subtitle font settings for .srt files can now be applied
· And as always - Stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.7
2017-12-17
· Playback now correctly resumes after an interruption by a call or another audio playing app
· SSA subtitles are displayed again
· Fixes a crash when playing certain HEVC ts videos
2.8.6
2017-12-08
· Adjusted the UI for iPhone X
· Fixes the app termination on devices for iOS 7 and iOS 8
· Adds Full support for HEVC 4k videos
· General bug fixes
2.8.5
2017-11-21
· Fixes an unexpected app termination when uploading specifically crafted files through WiFi Upload
· iOS 7 stability improvements, notably when browsing servers via UPnP or deleting locally stored media
· Fixes H.264 high level hardware decoding on devices with A10 or A11
· General stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.4
2017-10-02
· Fixes a not responsive UI after scrubbing the Video
· Fixes iOS 11 issues with interlaced videos
· Fixes instances where the Video would be black
· General stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.3
2017-09-26
· Hardware accelerated video filtering reducing CPU load by 30% to the previous software filters (iOS 9 or later only)
· Fixes FTP playback
· Fixes crash when playback of a H.264 encoded video ends whose dimensions are not multiples of 16
· General stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.2
2017-09-14
· Fixes an unexpected playback termination of H.264 content after a few minutes
· Fixes playback of 10bit H.264 content
· Fixes a crash when discovering UPnP devices on the local network
· Restored playback on iOS 7
· Dropbox support is no longer an option on iOS 7 and iOS 8
· File listings in Dropbox are now alphabetically sorted (again)
· More options for default playback speed matching the tvOS version
· Fixed aspect ratio switch and crop
· General stability improvements and bug fixes
2.8.1
2017-09-10
· General stability improvements and bug fixes
· Fixes a crash for Local Network for versions < iOS 10
· Fixes issues with .mov playback
· Fixes aspect ratio not being applied
2.8.0
2017-09-05
· A new Network Login view
· Hardware decoding of H264/HEVC
· Added Bonjour discovery for SMB shares
· Improved search bar discovery method
· Improved sleep timer
· Edit "Select All"
· Double tap to seek in videos
· Shuffle functionality