openSUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for vlc ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2024:0165-1 Rating: moderate References: #1219494 #1223909 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: This update for vlc fixes the following issues: Update to version 3.0.21: + Decoders: * Improve Opus ambisonic support * Fix some ASS subtitle rendering issues * Fix Opus in MP4 behaviour * Fix VAAPI hw decoding with some drivers + Input: * Add support for HTTP content range handling according to RFC 9110 * Fix some HLS Adaptive Streaming not working in audio-only mode + Video Output: * Super Resolution scaling with AMD GPUs * The D3D11 HDR option can also turn on/off HDR for all sources regardless of the display * Improve subtitles rendering on Apple platforms of notably Asian languages by correcting font fallback lookups + Video Filter: * New AMD VQ Enhancer filter * Add D3D11 option to use NVIDIA TrueHDR to generate HDR from SDR sources + Audio Output: * Fix regression on macOS causing crashes when using audio devices with more than 9 channels + Services Discovery: * Fix exposed UPnP directory URL schemes to be compliant with RFC 3986 + libVLC: * the HWND passed to libvlc_media_player_set_hwnd must have the WS_CLIPCHILDREN style set. * Fix crashes when using caopengllayer + Misc: * Fix various warnings, leaks and potential crashes * Fix security integer overflow in MMS module Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2024-165=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64): libvlc5-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 libvlccore9-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-codec-fluidsynth-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-codec-gstreamer-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-devel-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-jack-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-noX-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-opencv-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-qt-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 vlc-vdpau-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP5 (noarch): vlc-lang-3.0.21-bp155.2.6.1 References: https://bugzilla.suse.com/1219494 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1223909