VideoLAN announced a very important update for the popular VLC video player. In the Apple app store version was released, natively support AC3 audio codec, which is used in many films and television series. Users had to wait for the relevant update more than a year.
Despite all the advantages of the media player that eliminates having to convert videos using VLC was limited due to the lack of compatibility with AC3. Often when you try to play a movie, the user saw an inscription “This audio format (AC3) not supported”. Because of licensing differences, developers could add support for this format. Now it’s in the past: new version of VLC to play any of the content to AC3 on iOS devices 9.3 and above.
Note that VLC is back in the App Store in February 2015 after more than a year of absence. It took him only one day to go to top free apps App Store. In one of the previous releases, the developers have added support for the new features of iOS 9 and 2 watchOS. In the first case we are talking about the possibility to use multi-window mode Split View, in the second, a more Autonomous work of the client for the Apple Watch. From the screen of an electronic bracelet to control playback, view movie information and the contents of the directory.
Also, the update introduces the ability to unlock app using the fingerprint scanner Touch ID. Windows users will appreciate support for the SMB Protocol. Now the data stored on remote servers appear in the list view and in the settings you can customize gestures to control the program.
VLC offers a basic set of settings: ability to enable password protection, change the speed of sound when viewing, coding captioning, eliminate blocking and adjust the brightness and saturation of the image. The program can continue playback from the point at which it was closed. There is a traditional for VLC support all the required formats: AVI, DIVX, MKV, WMV, VOB, 3GP and many others.
VLC for iOS plays streaming video and can upload it to a web server, Wi-Fi, from Dropbox, Mega and even “Yandex.Disk”. In case you have no desire to pay Dropbox for the extra space, you can use the more generous “Yandex.Disk (10 GB) and Mega (50GB).
Download VLC 2.7.7 for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch for free at this link.
