VLC 3.0.13 arrives improving the support for MP4 and HLS streams

VLC 3.0.13

Already in mid-2021, many of us are waiting for VLC 4.0 release. At the moment, if you have not posted any recent comments on the software forum, all we know is that it will arrive later this year, but what we have in hand is series 3 of the software, and a few moments ago have thrown VLC 3.0.13. As a point version, the 14th of "Vetinari", has come to correct errors, among which there is a security flaw.

Personally, I find it a funny coincidence that among the new features included in VLC 3.0.13 they mention that it has been improved support for HLS streams, since it is something that I have started using in the last two weeks and I have even located extensions for Firefox and Vivaldi (Chrome) to be able to reproduce them from the browser. The list of news is not very long, understandable because it is a maintenance update, and you have it below.

What's new in VLC 3.0.13

  • Fixed artifacts in HLS streams.
  • Fixed support for regressions in MP4 audio support.
  • Support for SSA text scaling has been added.
  • Support for NFSv4 has been added.
  • Improved integration with SMB2.
  • Improved the smoothness of Direct3D11 rendering.
  • Control of the horizontal axis of the mouse wheel has been added.
  • Fixed multiple unexpected crashes.
  • Security fixes.

Available this link, details a security flaw where a remote user could create a specifically crafted file that could trigger various issues. If successful, a malicious third party could trigger a VLC crash or a arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the target user.

VLC 3.0.13 can now be downloaded from the official website of the project, or from the note of its launch whose link you have at the beginning of this article. Linux users will see the update in the next few days.


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