As always, VideoLAN has come up with interesting tweaks, updates and enhancements to its all popular VLC media player with the release of version 1.1.0.

Among some of the new features introduced by the VLC 1.1.0 player we can mention:

  • GPU decoding using VAAPI for H.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1
  • DSP decoding using OpenMax IL
  • Improved seeking for High-Definition (HD) MKV files
  • Support for Blu-Ray PGS subtitles
  • Support for HD-DVB subtitles
  • Support for VP8, MPEG-4 lossless and Indeo5 video codecs
  • Encoding and decoding of the WebM format
  • Support for Atrac1, FLAC 6.1/7.1, Vorbis 6.1/7.1, MPRG-4 ALS audio codecs
  • DVD-Audio files support
  • Optimized for SSE3/SSE4 and ARM Neon
  • Improved streaming performance
  • New x11, xv and glx modules
  • ADPCM More >