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<patchinfo incident="17453">
  <category>recommended</category>
  <rating>moderate</rating>
  <packager>dimstar</packager>
  <summary>Recommended update to vlc</summary>
  <description>
vlc updated to fix various issues.

Update to version 3.0.17.3:

+ This is a fixup release which fixes a regression that could
  cause a lack of audio for adaptive streaming playback. It is
  identical to 3.0.17.2 otherwise.
+ This updates contains various fixes and improvements:
  - Major adaptive streaming stack overhaul
  - Major codec updates
  - Many third party libraries update
  - Allow brackets in the path section of URLs
  - Better notch support for new macbooks
  - Add support for DAV video and Webp image formats
  - Improve AV1 live streaming support
  - Several SRT support improvements
  - Numerous crash fixes
  - Update youtube script

Changes from version 3.0.17.2:

+ This is a fixup release which fixes youtube playback and
  contextual menus on integrated video for the Qt interface. It
  is identical to 3.0.17-1 otherwise.

Update to version 3.0.17:

+ Core:

* Fix a regression in parsing secondary source MRLs
  * Allow brackets in path part of URLs

+ Access:

* Fix support for screen capture on macOS with avcapture
  * Fix closing of HTTP 1.x connections
  * Improve HTTP2 memory usage
  * Improve AVCapture module
  * Improve AudioCD support (audio/data mixed mode, musicbrainz)
  * Improve SMB compatibility by changing the read size
  * Several improvements on the SRT modules (including streamID)

+ Decoders/Packetizers:

* Add support for DTS LBR
  * Fix some HEVC hardware decoding on Windows and crashes when aspect ratio changes
  * Fix hardware decoding for some AMD GPU drivers
  * Add support for new Fourcc for E-AC3, AV1, GeoVision
  * Fix crashes with VP9 streams
  * Fix styling issues with subs tx3g (mp4) tracks
  * Fix playback of live AV1 streams

+ Audio Output:

* iOS/tvOS: add support for spatial audio
  * macOS: fix some channels ordering for > 5.1 channels
  * Android: rework audio volume management

+ Video Output:

* Fix a D3D11 crash when the stream changes aspect ratio

+ Demux:

* Major overhaul of the adaptive streaming stack
  * Support for DAV video files
  * Add WebP image mapping
  * Fix missing audio start of Opus audio in MKV/WebM
  * Fix an infinite loop in MP4
  * Fix attachments extractions in ogg files
  * Support Uncompressed audio in mp4 (ISO/IEC 23003-5)
  * Fix some lip sync issue in rare MPEG-TS streams

+ Interface:

* Qt/macOS: Fixup user provided URLs
  * Add safe area handling on macOS
  * Qt: improve preferences search
  * Qt: fix --no-mouse-events option

+ Misc:

* Update YouTube script
  * Fix Icecast directory parsing which could lead to missing entries
  * Improve UPnP compatibility with some servers

Update to version 3.0.16:

+ Video Output: Fix a D3D11 crash on Windows 8/8.1.
+ Access: Fix RTSP server timeout handling.
+ Interfaces: macOS: Add touchbar support.
+ Misc: Multiple settings improvements.

Changes from version 3.0.15:

+ Core: Add Opus &amp; Alac wave format mappings.
+ Access: Fix opening DVD folders with non-ascii characters.
+ Demux:

- Fix asf regression with broadcast streams.
  - MP4: Fix audio drop on seek.

+ Video Output:

- Fix seek &amp; volume sliders overlapping with subtitles.
  - Fix delays when seeking with D3D11.

+ Text renderer: Improve freetype fonts outlining.
+ Misc: Fix GnuTLS support for Windows XP.

Changes from version 3.0.14:

+ Core:

- Fix double loading of slave input.
  - Fix an issue causing the auto-updater not to launch the new
    version installer.
</description>
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