
Hardware Decoder: supports HEVC decoding and Direct3D 11 decoding on Windows. Access: Blu-Ray open ISO over network, support for BD-J, and DVD ISO over network. Access: new WASAPI audio capture module. Access: support for decompression and extraction through libarchive (tar, zip, rar). Access: adaptive streaming improements, e.g. Core: support for ambisonic audio and more than eight audio channels. Core: start videos paused on first frame. Core: portable version of Windows build supported. Core: support for 12bits corec and extended colorspaces (HDR). Core: support for Chromecast and other output renderers, and Chromecast output module. Core: support for HDMI passtrhgouh for HD audo codecs such as E-AC3, TrueHD or DTS-HD.
Core: auto-detection of external audio tracks.Core: support for keystores to fetch and store passwords securely.Core: network browsing for SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS and other file systems supported.
Here is a short list of important changes in the new media player release: VLC 3.0.0 includes lots of changes compared to the last stable version 2.2.8. Linux: requires Kernel newer than 2.6.26.Windows Vista: requires platform upgrade.Windows XP: release should work for the most part, but it has limitations.