A couple of days ago, we found some detailed information regarding the new features and improvements that will be implemented into the forthcoming VLC Media Player 3.0.0 release while we were digging through the Internet, and decided to share it with you on this space, so that you have an idea on what to expect from the upcoming release of VLC.

VLC Media Player 3.0.0 is one of the most anticipated applications of 2015, eagerly awaited by millions of computer users worldwide. Prominent features of VLC 3.0 include Wayland support, a Chromecast output module, several Android improvements, among which rotation, opaque, and subpicture blending, as well as batch convert support.

Moreover, we can mention that the upcoming VLC Media Player 3.0.0 application will bring support for ARIB STD-B24 subtitles, support HEVC hardware decoding, MMAL decoder improvements, a brand-new BPG decoder, revamped MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support, and a video filter that allows you to convert between FPS rates.

OpenGL as default video output on GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems

Other features worth mentioning are support for SystemD Journal, OpenGL as default video output on GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, HDS (HTTP Dynamic Streaming) support, DVB-T2 support, Daala video support, HD-DVD .evo support, Opus in MPEG Transport Stream, WMAV and WMV support in MP4/MOV, and support for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

We have no idea when the final version of the VLC 3.0.0 software will be released, especially that no RC (Release Candidate) version was made available for testing at the time of writing this article, but we plan to keep you guys informed and we’ll drop another article on this space when we know something solid. In the meantime, we are all waiting for the forthcoming VLC 2.2 release, which should arrive quite soon.

Chromecast output? Yummy, hope it doesn't take forever...

Chromecast from VLC? Yes, please.