Windows 10: VLC 3.0 Released

The best free media player is getting even better. After three years of development, VLC 3.0 ‘Ventari’ is rolling out to all platforms, and it’s packed full of goodies such as Chromecast support. ....
The latest version of VLC contains a lot of great additions, as well as a tweaked UI. Chromecast discovery tops the list. It’s only available on Windows desktop and Android right now, but Videolan says the feature’s coming to VLC’s iOS and the Windows Store apps in the future.

VideoLAN designed VLC’s Chromecast support as a workaround for any media formats Chromecast can’t natively support. VLC can re-encode video on the fly to make it work with Chromecast, including casting DVDs from your Windows machine. - VLC 3.0 adds Chromecast and 360-degree video support | PCWorld

VLC official download page - VLC 3.0 Vetinari - VideoLAN
For Windows 64bit, click drop down menu next to Download VLC button here - Download official VLC media player for Windows - VideoLAN




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DVD player

Just use VLC for Windows 10 instead of the DVD app. It plays all DVDs and BDs. The Windows 10 DVD app is unreliable.

Download VLC

 

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VLC will be releasing in not too long and will likely be free.

 

Thanks mrgeek , rihgt before my next clean install, will try it and post back. *Biggrin

 

Well, couldn't wait! Removed the old one and installed v.3.0.0 64-bit - no problems so far and still learning it

 

Yes, very little learning curve needed with the ability to keep your preferences from previous version and identical interface. Found zoom level retention much better so far.

 

At last - chronecast support. It has been "coming" for over three years!

Tried it on my Kindle Fire 7 and it works well.

 

The original Chromecast I bought a few years ago fails to work with VLC 3.0 but it works fine when casting from Chrome. It seems VLC still has work to do.

 

My CC is a first gen one and it worked fine.

 

Thanks for sharing the info with us MrGeek. Just upgrade 2.2.8 to 3.0 x64.

Many changes, new fonts, overhaul looks better. Same legendary efficiency, everything is working, coffee taste better.

Thanks!

 

For more flexibility in VLC downloads, this is the page I use: Index of /build/win64/

 

For me, 3.0 causes an application error to be recorded in the event viewer when VLC is shutdown. This occurs with both 32 and 64 bit portable versions.
If video is playing when shutting down, no error is recorded. Others on the VLC forum have reported this also.

 

Interesting if in vlc you check for updates is says there are none have to download from website

 

I've been using beta for some time now and it's good. Jumping to major release number always required downloading and installing new version.

 

I had to revert to older version on android as it screwed up subtitle displays :-(.