Download VLC Media Player 0.9.3

VLC Media Player is an open source and cross platform media player that can play various audio, video and streaming formats without having to install the appropriate codec. Version 0.9.3 has been available for Linux and Mac OS X for a few days now, but not yet for Windows due to the lack of a developer for this platform. This release fixes some bugs from the previous version and includes the following announcement and list of changes:

VLC media player 0.9.3 and Call for Windows developers

On the heels of 0.9.2 the VideoLAN team presents version 0.9.3, the first bugfix release of the 0.9 series. We are also putting a call out for new Windows developers for our team. Binary packages for Mac OS X and source code tarballs are available for download. Windows binaries might follow at a later time. Help is available, as usual, in many places:

• the documentation (we need help keeping it up to date!)
• the forums
• the mailing list
• IRC: #videolan on Freenode

We’d like to thank all our contributors, testers and users around the world for their support and help making this release possible.

We are putting out a call for NEW Windows developers. At the moment, our Windows port is sorely missing some much needed love from a true Windows developer. Our team has been without a Windows developer for several months now, which is blocking us from supporting our largest usergroup in the manner we want to. We are therefore looking for developers to help our team in the areas of debugging crashes, Direct X, A/V capturing, ActiveX and Windows integration, so we can hopefully resume supporting our largest group of users in the best possible way. If we are unable to find new developers, new versions of VLC media player for Windows might become less frequent and severely out of sync with the Linux and Mac OS X versions.

So, no donations for work on the Windows-port and no “opportunities”-emails, for Windows we only require: Developers, Developers, Developers !!!!!

Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:

Various bug fixes:

• Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
• Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
• Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
• Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
• Fixed update system bugs
• Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive…+)

Mac OS X port:

• Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
• Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
• Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
• Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
• Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
• Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
• Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
• Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
• Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on modern Mac OS X versions

Windows port:

• Fixed sensitivity or Fullscreen Controller
• Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn’t correctly uninstalled before installation
• Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
• Multiple directory and path location fixes.

Qt4 interface:

• Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
• Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
• Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
• Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
• Fixed drag’n drop behavior on the playlist
• Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection…)