2.7.0: ------ * Dropped support for iOS 6.1. VLC requires iOS 7.0 now * Added support for SMB file sharing (#8879) * Added support for music albums with more than 1 disk (#14650) * Re-wrote Apple Watch extension for watchOS 2 * Reworked networking UI * Added hardware accelerated video decoding for H264 on iOS 8 & later (#8505) * Added support for system-wide search "CoreSpotlight" * Added improved UI support for Right-to-Left languages * Added support for the split-screen appearance in iOS 9 (#14840) * Added support for Touch ID to unlock app (#13378) * Added option to configure playback continuation (#14340, #14590) * Added option to configure gestures (#15449) * Added support for music albums with more than 1 disk (#14650) * Display chapter duration in playback UI (#14718) * Recently played network stream URL are not shared across all devices 2.6.6: ------ * Desktop quality SSA subtitles rendering (finally!, #11297, #13365, #14112) * Stability improvements * New translations to Lao and Kabyle 2.6.5: ------ * Fixed playback of streams opened through the legacy vlc:// pseudo protocol * Minor improvements (#14080, #14836, #14881, #15118) * New translation to Norwegian Bokmål * Updated translations to Afrikaans, Arabic, Bosnian, Czech, Danish, English (GB), Spanish (Mexico), Persian, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Slovenian, Turkish and Traditional Chinese 2.6.4: ------ * Fixed playback of UPnP streams broken in previous update 2.6.3: ------ * Stability improvements and minor bug fixes (#13601, #14154, #14611, #14852, #14860, #14864) * Fixed video playback for URLs open via third party apps (#15075) 2.6.2: ------ * Improved playback reliability (#15000 et al) * Added minimize button to fullscreen playback so 'Done' stops playback again * Added option to always play video in fullscreen, on by default (#14985) * Fixed subtitles rendering which produced incorrect umlauts or pixelated fonts (#14978 et al., #14883, #14919, #14929) * Fixed major playback issue on iOS 7 on iPad (#14977) * Fixed remove control events on iOS 6 (#14996) * Fixed x-callback-url on playback close (#14984) * Improved accessibility (#15012) 2.6.1: ------ * Reduced Apple Watch extension file size by 90% * Minor bug fix (#14942) 2.6.0: ------ * Added support for Apple Watch - control VLC from your watch! - playback control - media info - library browsing * Added mini-player to browse the library during playback (#13367) * Added support for looping playlists * New ingest mechanism for audio files * Improved remote command support * Improved thumbnail generation * Improved thumbnail and web interface performance on devices with A5 CPU and above * Fixed crash when playing media from a folder or music album on iPad (#14394, #14706) * Fixed crash when app goes to background while a video is playing (#14643) * Fixed privacy leak when using a passcode to protect the library (#14159, #14615) * Removed stray popup announcing VLC's crash all the time while it actually didn't crash before, but terminated by the user (#13194) * Added support for the PLEX Web API * Thumbnails displayed in the media library are updated to the last playback position (#14462) * Improved reliability when sharing media library on the local network * Improved media library search delivering more accurate results (#14593) * Fixed 'crop to fill screen' on iPad (#14575) * Fixed issue which prevented downloading of a few files via UPnP (#11123) * Fixed crash when screen is being locked during playback (#14610) * A large number of bug fixes affecting most parts of the app (#13194, #14056, #14270, #14284, #14355, #14477, #14588, #14589, #14609, #14623, #14624, #14628, #14629, #14635, #14638, #14641, #14642, #14654, #14663, #14687, #14688, #14713, #14715, #14716, #14733, #14736, #14795, #14800, #14801, #14829) 2.5.1: ------ * Fixed playback on iOS 6.1 2.5: ---- * Added support for iCloud Drive (#8688) * Added support for box.com (#11301) * Added support for OneDrive (#13413) * Added a lock button to the playback view, supporting both orientation and controls (#11293, #11292) * Added 10-band equalizer (#9032) * Added sharing of the media library between multiple iOS devices on the local network * Added support for chapters and titles to the playback dialog (#11560) * Cleaned-up playback view appearance with more features and less clutter * Added enhanced media information to the library view (#13564) * Added notifications about missing storage space when syncing media (#11474) * Added timer to automatically stop playback (#8640) * Improved WiFi sharing reliability with web browsers on Linux (#14083) * Improved Plex support with optional direct connections if detection fails * x-callback-url: added support for the x-error parameter (#14092) * A few minor UI improvements (#13892) * New translations to Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Khmer, Faroese, Belarusian, Serbian (Latin), Tamil and Afrikaans 2.4.1: ------ * Fixed subtitles downloading in some corner cases * Appearance fixes for playback speed selector and download view on iPhone * Improved WiFi Sharing reliability by disabling IPv6 support by default * Improved UPnP reliability and speed * Various minor UI improvements * Fixed regression leading to incomplete library listings on iPad * Improved decoding reliability by deploying FFmpeg instead of libav 2.4: ---- * Added support for iPhone 6 and 6+ * Download of currently stored media via WiFi in addition to upload (#11289) * Detection of external subtitles when streaming media via http or ftp (#10668) * Folder support for GDrive (#11019) * Support for streaming from GDrive * Native support for Plex media servers * Support for file sharing with further apps installed on device (#11302) * Option to download media from http/ftp/https instead of direct playback when requested through third-party app (#11147) * Folders synced through iTunes are correctly parsed now (#9158) * Option to set text encoding used for FTP connections (#10611) * Option to set default playback speed (#10595) * Media library search (#11303) * Improved reliability when a call comes in during playback * Improved subtitles playback reliability (#11225) * Support for redirected downloads via HTTP (#10639) * Support for audio playback and subtitles delay for manual sync (#11236) * Added improved interaction with third party apps through a x-callback-url based mechanism URL scheme: vlc-x-callback://x-callback-url/stream?url=...&x-success=... The 'stream' path component overwrites the "Download or Stream?" dialog displayed when third party URLs are being opened. * Media Library is no longer reset on upgrade (#11330) - no further thumbnail mismatch (#9158 et al) - playback states are retained - improved first launch after upgrade reliability * Fix browsing of a number of UPnP devices such as HDHomeRun without sorting capabilities (#11667) * Fix pseudo-random playback starts (#11993) * Improved passcode lock appearance (#13166) * Minor UI improvements (#11296, #11637, #13165, #13169) * Network stream history allows copying URLs * Improved reliability when syncing media via WiFi or iTunes (#13128) * Stability improvements for iOS 6.1 * New translation to Traditional Chinese 2.3: ---- * New ability to organize media in folders (#9043) * Support for password protected HTTP streams (#9028) * WiFi uploads and HTTP downloads continue in the background (2 min on iOS 7, 10 min on iOS 6) * Added option to disable playback control gestures (#10592) * Added option to use bold subtitles (#10882) * Modified behavior: when passcode lock is enabled, playback will be stopped when VLC enters the background state (#10630, #10747) * Fixed serial ftp downloads * Fixed downloads from Twonky UPnP servers (#10631) * Fixed playback control through lock screen, headphones or multi-tasking view (#10932) * Playback is paused when headphones are unplugged (#11041) * Improved UPnP discovery speed with some servers (#10811) * Improved memory consumption (#9505) * Added support for m4b, caf, oma, w64 audio and mxg video files * Caches for WiFi upload and HTTP downloads are emptied more often to keep storage impact reasonable * Stability improvements and UX tweaks (amongst others #10601, #10518) * New translations to Latvian, Romanian and British English 2.2.2: ------ * Fixed audio playback regression introduced in previous update (#10597) * Updated translations to Arabic, Chinese (Hans), Dutch, Galician, Hungarian, Portuguese 2.2.1: ------ * Added initial support for ARM64 aka AArch64 aka ARMv8 * Improved reliability for Dropbox streaming (#10489) * Added option to adapt network caching (#10388) * Compatibility fixes for multiple UPnP servers (notably Twonky 7, Serviio 1.4, XBMC 12) * Fixed an issue where always the same file in a UPnP folder was played (#10441) * Fixed a ftp streaming issue from connected servers if file name contains non-ASCII characters or the path contains spaces (#10469) * Improved meta data readability within the iPad library view (#10471) * Improved stability on iOS 6 * Improved Thumbnails * Misc stability improvements (#10490) 2.2.0: ------ NB: This release removes support for iOS 5 and therefore the first generation iPad. iOS 6 and the iPhone 3GS remain supported. Interface: * New Interface for iOS 7 * Add tutorial to introduce the user to the app * Improved feedback for media download progress including data bitrate, procentual progress and estimated remaining download time * Opening network streams no longer leads to a collapsed file system hierachy on the remote system. After playback, you can continue where you left off. * Added bookmarks for FTP servers * Added support for multi-touch gestures based upon the VLC Gestures haxie - horizontal swipe for playback position - tap with 2 fingers to play/pause - vertical swipe in the right half of the video to adapt volume - vertical swipe in the left half of the video to adapt screen brightness * Previously removed episodes and tracks no longer show up in the respective group listings (#9705) * Improved privacy by requesting the passcode immediately after leaving the app and by obfuscating playback metadata if passcode lock is enabled * Added support to endlessly repeat the currently playing item (#9793) * Added option to disable file name display optimizations (#10050) * TV Shows are sorted by Season number / Episode number and Music Albums respectively by track number * Added ability to rename any media item in the library view * Added deletion of multiple media items in one step * If your media was recognized as part of a music album, the next track will automatically start playing afterwards * New translations to Czech, Malay, Persian, Spanish (Mexico) Cloud interaction: * Added support for downloads from Google Drive (#8690) * Added support for streaming files from Dropbox in addition to download to device (#9784) Local network: * Added support for downloading from UPnP multimedia servers * Added cover-art and duration to UPnP server item lists * UPnP stability improvements * Fix incorrect displayed size for files stored on UPnP multimedia servers larger than 2147.48 MB (#9641) * Improved WiFi Upload reliability, especially when uploading multiple items at the same time Global networks: * Added support for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) (#9174) * Added support for https playback * Added support for system-wide HTTP proxy settings * Added support for m3u streams Misc: * Improved audio playback performance and reliability * Improved metadata detection * Improved vlc:// handling (#9542) * Improved TV show handling for shows with more than 100 episodes 2.1.3: ------ * Fixed crashes with files whose names are less than 6 characters long after removing the file extension 2.1.2: ------ * Stability improvements (#9393, #9431, #9432, #9433, #9434, #9435, #9556) * Improved Closed Caption rendering (#9369) * Minor UI fixes (#9454) * New translations to Hungarian and Swedish 2.1.1: ------ * Stability improvements * Improved UPnP handling * Improved interaction with third party apps * Improved visual appearance on iPad * Added support for Teletext-based DVB subtitles * New translations to Arabic, Polish, and Korean 2.1: ---- * Improved overall stability (#8989, #9031, #9048, #9089, #9092) * Add support for subtitles in non-western languages (#8991) * Improved Subtitles support with options to choose font, size, and color * Add UPnP discovery and streaming (#8880) * Add FTP server discovery, streaming and downloading (#9064) * Add Bonjour announcements for the WiFi Uploader's website (#8741) * Add playback of audio-only media (#9044) * Newly implemented menu and application flow (#9045) * Improved VoiceOver and accessibility support (#9017) * Add Deinterlace option (off by default, #8813) * Device no longer goes to sleep during media downloads (#9062) * Improved video output on external screens (#9055, #9079) * Improved Passcode Lock behavior (#9252) * Minor usability improvements (#9122, #9125, #9225) * New translations to Bosnian, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Marathi, Portuguese, Slovenian 2.0.2: ------ * Fix MP2 and MP3 decoding (#8986) * Add vlc:// protocol handler (#8988) - vlc://anyprotocol:// allows you to force any URL to open in VLC - vlc://server/path will assume http:// * Fix Dropbox hierarchy navigation (#8993) * Fix major leak of data when opening files in VLC from other apps (#9011) * Retain last audio and subtitles tracks when for played media (#8987) * Fix CSS rendering issue in the WiFi Uploader's web interface * Switch Default Subtitles Font from SourceSans-Pro to Open Sans to support Greek, Cyrillic and Vietnamese (#8991) * Shake device to create a bug report (#7788) * Export meta data about current playback item to multitasking view (#8883) * Fix crash when opening network streams from within third party apps while playing content local to VLC (#9013) * Fix VoiceOver support for Dropbox login (#8997) * Fix dialog rotation on iOS 5 (#8992) * New translations to Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Slovak, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese 2.0.1: ------ * Update of Russian and Spanish translations. * Minor crash fix (#8739) and interface fix for iPhone 4. * Add option for skipping loop filtering (#8814) 2.0.0: ------ First project release.