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VLC for iOS, version 2.6.0

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:17:27 +0000

Today, we will release version 2.6.0 of VLC for iOS adding support for Apple Watch. With Apple Watch, you can fully control VLC on iPhone, browse the library and retrieve info about stored or playing media items.

Since playback control using Apple Watch allows you to start playback while the app is in background, we took the occasion to completely rework the playback process which culminated in the introduction of a mini player. This way, you can finally browse the media library or network services without interrupting playback.

VLC for iOS 2.5.0

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:18:43 +0000

Today, we released version 2.5.0 of VLC for iOS with a strong focus on cloud integration. We added support for iCloud Drive, box.com and OneDrive. As part of iCloud Drive, you can have access to any cloud storage enabled app on iOS 8 and later. For box.com and OneDrive, we added native support, which allows us direct streaming from the cloud without having the user download a media first.

VLC for iOS 2.4.0 & 2.4.1

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:00:00 +0000

After a 5 month hiatus and a couple of delays in between, we are very happy to release version 2.4.1 of VLC for iOS to the general public today. Please see our press release for cross-platform information.

As an introductory remark, make sure to get the legitimate version of VLC. There are a number of clones on the iOS App Store right now, which violate both our copyright and our trademarks, include advertisement and usually charge $1 to $5 per download. We sent 39 DMCA take down notices against 48 apps over the cause of the last 12 months and in the end, we always succeeded. However, this can take up to 3 months, even for seemingly obvious violations.

MobileVLCKit and VLCKit, part 2

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:39:11 +0000

This is part of an article series covering VLC’s Objective-C framework, which we provide to allow inclusion of all its features in third party applications as well as VLC for iOS and Apple TV.

Currently published:

Today, we will discuss meta data processing.

In VLCKit, every item you play is a VLCMedia object. For typical use cases, it can be created with an NSURL or an NSString containing a path.

MobileVLCKit and VLCKit, part 1

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:08:41 +0000

This is part of an article series covering VLC’s Objective-C framework, which we provide to allow inclusion of all its features in third party applications as well as VLC for iOS and Apple TV.

Currently published:

VLCKit is a generic library for any audio or video playback needs on both Apple platforms and also supports streaming and media to file conversations on the Mac. It is open-source software licensed under the LGPLv2.1 or later, available in source code and binary form from the VideoLAN website. You can also integrate MobileVLCKit easily via CocoaPods.

VLC for iOS, version 2.2.1

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:03:05 +0000

Today, we released a small update of VLC for iOS. It solves the most important regressions in last week’s 2.2 major release, but also includes a major improvement: full initial support of 64bit aka AArch64 aka arm64 on late 2013’s iPhone and iPad thanks to a close collaboration with the libav team.

Additionally, we added enhanced support for a broader set of UPnP servers, notably Twonky 7, Serviio 1.4 and XMBC 12, and resolved an inconvenient memory management issue in the underlying upnp library, which lead to the weird behavior that from a full folder only a single file would actually be played over and over again.

VLC for iOS, version 2.2

Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:00:25 +0000

Today, we published version 2.2 of VLC for iOS on the App Store. It features a re-designed interface for iOS 7, which we demonstrated in early November last year.

Since then, we took the time for further improvements, polishing and most importantly adding features in addition a plain restyling.

Notably, we added the following:

Google Drive integration and Dropbox streaming,
New multitouch gestures,
Improved library for TV Shows and Audio,
Better UPnP integration, with downloading support,
A startup tutorial,
New streaming formats and protocols supported,
Rewritten WiFi upload,
Improved privacy when using Passcode Lock

VLC for iOS 7, preview

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:47:12 +0000

Over the last weeks, I worked closely with Damien Erambert on VLC’s user interface on iOS, rethinking it for iOS 7.

I would like to share a small preview today with further iterations pending. Version 2.2 of VLC for iOS will also include various new features and refinements. More on that, at a later point.

Any feedback and remarks are strongly welcome.

VLC for iOS, version 2.1

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:45:46 +0000

About 8 weeks passed since the initial re-release of VLC for iOS based upon its entirely re-written code base. Its success outperformed our expectations with more than 2.5 million downloads during the first week. Wow!

For the first major update, we listed carefully to the feedback received on the App Stores and through others channels.
It adds the following features and improvements:

Improved overall stability
Newly implemented menu and application flow
Added support for subtitles in non-western languages
Improved Subtitles support with options to choose font, size, and color
Add basic UPNP discovery and streaming for HTTP servers
Add FTP server discovery, streaming and downloading
Add Bonjour announcements for the WiFi Uploader’s website
Add playback of audio-only media
Improved VoiceOver and accessibility support
Added Deinterlace option (off by default)
Device no longer goes to sleep during media downloads
Improved video output on external screens
Improved Passcode Lock behavior
Minor usability improvements
New translations to Bosnian, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Marathi, Portuguese,
Slovenian

Additionally, we took the time finish a complete walkthrough of the app to discover what’s actually included and to answer most questions.

VLC for iOS 2.0

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:05:10 +0000

So there we are. We have come a long way. Today, it’s my pleasure to announce that VLC for iOS is back on the App Store. It’s available free of charge in any country, requires iOS 5.1 or later and runs on any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

This is more than an upgrade of the initial version: it’s a full re-write. From the ground-up. Relying on the power of MobileVLCKit and its underlying libvlc, we started with modern video and audio output modules offering faster drawing, full support for 10bit H264 encodings, retina displays and lower latency.