vlc-android/NEWS

Changes between 3.5.4 and 3.6.0 Beta 1:
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 * Remote access: take control of your VLC for Android from any device
 * Favorite any media and filter your medialibrary content by favorite
 * Video player: tap to fast play
 * Warning for metered connections
 * PiP improvements
 * Audio player chapter navigation
 * UI improvements
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.4 Beta 2 and 3.5.4:
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 * Fix media controls not working after some time on Android 13
 * Fix audio notification icon transparency
 * Minor interface fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.4 Beta 1 and 3.5.4 Beta 2:
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 * Re-allow access to the media controls for third party apps
 * Fix some Android Auto and Android TV behaviors
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 Beta 1:
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 * Improve the video resolution text
 * Fix opening from other apps
 * Bluetooth fixes

Changes between 3.5.3 Beta 2 and 3.5.3:
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 * Fix permission check on Android 12

Changes between 3.5.3 Beta 1 and 3.5.3 Beta 2:
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 * Fix the video playlist mode on TV
 * Minor graphical fixes and improvements

Changes between 3.5.2 and 3.5.3 Beta 1:
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 * More subtitle settings
 * New notification permission
 * Fix the sorting in the file browser
 * Allow forcing shuffle for audio playbacks
 * TV allow mixing folders and files
 * Minor graphical fixes and improvements
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.1 and 3.5.2:
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 * Fix UPnP/DLNA discovery
 * Widget fixes and improvements
 * Improve the history settings
 * Improve the screenshot feature
 * Minor graphical improvements
 * Fix some playback issues
 * Fix some thumbnail generation issues
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.1 Beta 1 and 3.5.1:
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 * Fix UPnP/DLNA files listing
 * Fix empty notification icons on Android 4
 * Increase the video controls delay when hitting play
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 Beta 1:
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 * Take a screenshot of your video
 * Widgets improvements
 * UPnP client fixes
 * Playback fixes
 * UI fixes
 * Crash fixes


Changes between 3.5.0 RC 1 and 3.5.0:
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 * Improve the layout for foldable devices
 * Fix some sorting issues
 * Improve the PiP permission management
 * UI fixes
 * Android Auto improvements
 * Some SMB fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 7 and 3.5.0 RC 1:
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 * Greatly improve the accessibility
 * Improve the first app launch
 * Improve the File browser
 * Material You icon
 * Some UI fixes
 * Improve the video player performances
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 6 and 3.5.0 Beta 7:
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 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 5 and 3.5.0 Beta 6:
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 * New widgets. Now fully customizable!
 * New album details screen
 * Video player performance improvements
 * Improve and fix media progress saving
 * Minor UI fixes and improvements
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 4 and 3.5.0 Beta 5:
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 * UI improvements
 * Crash fixes
 * Codebase cleanups

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 3 and 3.5.0 Beta 4:
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 * Foldable devices support for the video player
 * New option to add a media shortcut to the launcher
 * Browse playlists on Android TV
 * Allow picking files from SAF when no permission is granted
 * New setting for replay gain
 * Support for vgm files added
 * History fixes for streams
 * UI improvements
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 2 and 3.5.0 Beta 3:
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 * Ui and media library fixes

Changes between 3.5.0 Beta 1 and 3.5.0 Beta 2:
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 * Playlist can now be searched
 * Prevent losing progress on app crash
 * Graphical fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.4 and 3.5.0 Beta 1:
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 * Network indexation is now stable
 * New dedicated tablet UI
 * New video controls settings screen allowing more customization
 * Revamped about screen and audio list
 * Small visual improvements in the audio player
 * Improved video ratio and notch management
 * Improved keyboard shortcuts support
 * A lot of visual and behavior fixes

Changes between 3.4.3 and 3.4.4:
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 * Fix a crash on null medias

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 6 and 3.4.3:
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 * Fix some rare crashes on the Sony Bravia devices
 * Other crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 5 and 3.4.3 Beta 6:
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 * Fix the grid/list button state
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 4 and 3.4.3 Beta 5:
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 * Fix the subtitles not working on some Android 12 devices
 * Fix some graphical issues
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 3 and 3.4.3 Beta 4:
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 * Remove donations

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 2 and 3.4.3 Beta 3:
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 * Use the new file permission
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.3 Beta 1 and 3.4.3 Beta 2:
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 * Translation update
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.2 and 3.4.3 Beta 1:
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 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.1 and 3.4.2:
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 * Fix loading of media when opening the app
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 3 and 3.4.1:
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 * Playback fix for TV

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 2 and 3.4.1 Beta 3:
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 * Playback fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 1 and 3.4.1 Beta 2:
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 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 Beta 1:
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 * Android auto: better covers
 * Android auto: +/- 10 seconds quick seek
 * Crash fixes

 Changes between 3.4.0 RC 2 and 3.4.0:
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 * UI fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 6 and 3.4.0 RC 1:
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 * Better media seeking
 * Bug and crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 5 and 3.4.0 Beta 6:
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 * Allow seeing the tips again
 * Bug and crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 4 and 3.4.0 Beta 5:
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 * Shuffle mode improved
 * Bug and crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 3 and 3.4.0 Beta 4:
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 * Improve the audio player design
 * Improve the player tips
 * Bug and crash fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 2 and 3.4.0 Beta 3:
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 * Bug fixes

Changes between 3.4.0 Beta 1 and 3.4.0 Beta 2:
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 * New onboarding
 * Allow using the app without the storage permission
 * medialibrary and playback improvements

Changes between 3.3.4 and 3.4.0 Beta 1:
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 * Add bookmarks in your medias
 * New audio player design
 * New video list design
 * Network and playback improvements
 * A lot of bug fixes and improvements

Changes between 3.3.4 Beta 1 and 3.3.4:
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 * Allow sorting albums by artist
 * Improve chromecast
 * Fix Video track options focus

Changes between 3.3.3 and 3.3.4 Beta 1:
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 * Fix some RTL issues
 * Improve playback resume
 * Persist audio player time mode
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.3 Beta 4 and 3.3.3:
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 * Fix scrolling issues
 * Fix media not updated during a scan
 * Fix the action button visibility
 * Improve descriptions for Android Auto and streams
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.3 Beta 3 and 3.3.3 Beta 4:
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 * Global audio delay for videos
 * Addition of an option to browse the folder of a media
 * TV : improve DPAD input in video player
 * Improve descriptions for Android Auto and streams
 * Fix default orientation for videos
 * Allow favorites for UPNP servers
 * A lot of UI fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 Beta 3:
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 * Remove a single media from history
 * Android TV: fixes and improvements
 * Fix audio thumbnails detection
 * Fix DVD menu
 * Update medialibrary
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.2 Beta 4 and 3.3.2:
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none

Changes between 3.3.2 Beta 3 and 3.3.2 Beta 4:
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Application:
 * SMB fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.2 Beta 2 and 3.3.2 Beta 3:
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Application:
 * Android Auto new navigation
 * Samba network fixes
 * Video group improvements
 * Fix playlist items remove
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.2 Beta 1 and 3.3.2 Beta 2:
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Application:
 * Video player: fix focus issue
 * Video group improvements
 * SMB fixes
 * Android Auto improvements
 * Fix picking subtitles for network videos
 * Fix OTG
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 Beta 1:
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Application:
 * Allow adding multiple videos to a new group
 * SMB fixes
 * Fix landscape video orientation
 * Fix progression save
 * Fix subtitles picking on SD cards
 * Android Auto improvements and fixes
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.1 Beta 2 and 3.3.1:
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Application:
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.1 Beta 1 and 3.3.1 Beta 2:
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Application:
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.0 and 3.3.1 Beta 1:
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Application:
 * Video: mark as played
 * Audio: chapter selection for audio books
 * TV: improve PiP behavior
 * Video player: increase icons' size
 * Thumbnails: fix quality issue
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.0-RC4 and 3.3.0:
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Application:
 * Fix streaming issues
 * Bug fixes

Changes between 3.3.0-RC3 and 3.3.0-RC4:
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Application:
 * Prevent unwanted notifications
 * Fix some streams not playing
 * Fix midi not considered as audio media
 * Some UI fixes

Changes between 3.3.0-beta-07 and 3.3.0-RC1:
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Application:
 * Sponsorship added. You can now support VLC Android!
 * New UI for subtitles download
 * New UI for subtitles picker

Changes between 3.3.0-beta-06 and 3.3.0-beta-07:
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Application:
 * New Video Player UI
 * UI fixes in the file browser
 * Crash fixes


Changes between 3.3.0-beta-04 and 3.3.0-beta-05:
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Application:
 * Behavior improvements
 * Crash fixes

Changes between 3.3.0-beta-01 and 3.3.0-beta-02:
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Application:
 * A lot of fixes

Changes between 3.2 and 3.3.0-beta-01:
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Application:
 * Major Ui redesign
 * Share a video
 * Video stats

Changes between 3.1.7 and 3.2.0-beta-01:
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Application:
 * UI redesign, including player and TV browsers
 * ViewModel layer refactoring
 * Subtitles are now saved in the media folder when possible

Changes between 3.1.0-RC1 and 3.1.0-RC2:
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Application:
 * Retain current renderer object
 * Disconnect from renderer on app going background (if not playing)
 * Minor bugfixes

TV:
 * Improve Homescreen channel

 Changes between 3.0.99 and 3.1.0-RC1:
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Application:
 * Improved onboarding screen
 * Handle UI Mode change in video player
 * History now displays covers/thumbs
 * Fix playback of streams with '?' in url
 * Various crash fixes


Changes between 3.0.98 and 3.0.99:
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Application:
 * Onboarding screen for new users
 * Add a sticky header during audio lists scroll
 * Fix albums/artists/genre not updated durint scan
 * Fix Subtitles download requests not sent
 * 'Save playback rate' option is now OFF by default
 * Crashs fixes

Changes between 3.0.97 and 3.0.98:
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Application:
 * Restoration of old (but improved) fastscroller
 * External storages support on Chromebooks (ChromeOS v72+)
 * Improve file browsing
 * Fix subtitles not loaded from network
 * Improve media tracks menu in video player
 * Pause video on screen lock
 * Improve loading of big playlists/collections
 * update translations

TV:
 * 'Play all' media is now the default behavior
 * Improve file browsing

 VLC:
  * Improve SMB2 authentication support
  * Fix audio passthrough on Android 6

Changes between 3.0.96 and 3.0.97:
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Application:
 * Remote control is not the default mode in video player anymore
 * Ask confirmation to set a track as ringtone
 * Don't stop playback in multitask when screencasting
 * Fix subs behind loaded despite user preference
 * Fix sorting sometimes reverted back to default
 * Translations update
 * Various minor display improvements
 * Fix misc. crashes & ANR

TV:
 * Fix folders/files sorting


Changes between 3.0.95 and 3.0.96:
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Application:
 * Disable R8
 * Allow clear text traffic
 * Use LiveData instead of binding to PlaybackService
 * Compact audio lists on small screens
 * Fix video player crash on Chromebooks
 * Fix files name display on UPnP shares

Changes between 3.0.94 and 3.0.95:
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Application:
 * Fix behavior while Chromecasting
 * Fix subs not automatically loaded
 * Open VLC app from widget
 * Free more space on screen while scrolling
 * Various bug fixes

VLC:
 * Fix Chromecast support on updated devices
 * Update youtube script

Changes between 3.0.93 and 3.0.94:
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Application:
 * Fix persisting playback icon
 * Improve app startup
 * Bugfixes

Changes between 3.0.92 and 3.0.93:
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Application:
 * Option to group videos by folders
 * SMB 2/3 support
 * Add a preference to disable Casting
 * Option to not show video title during transitions
 * Play artists tracks sorted by correct album order
 * Bugfixes

Changes between 3.0.91 and 3.0.92:
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Application:
 - bugfixes
 - Reduce progress bars in video list cards
 - Set players progress bars LTR (#690)
 - Preserve search on rotation

Changes between 3.0.13 and 3.0.90:
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Application:
 * minSDK is now 17 (Android 4.2)
 * Medialibrary scan is now optional
 * Launcher shortcuts
 * OTG devices support in file browser
 * Favorites in local file browser
 * Refactored subtitles downloader
 * A-B repeat
 * Manual orientation lock in video player
 * Playback notification now persists after service is removed by Android
 * Android Auto is back
 * Sorting preferences are now saved
 * Breadcrumb is browsers
 * Use start-time to resume a media, loading should be faster
 * Bottomsheet style for context menus
 * Improve support of very large media libraries

TV:
 * Homescreen channels support
 * Support for media sorting
 * Support of videos grouping
 * Manual network share setting

Changes between 3.0.12 and 3.0.13:
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Application:
 * Fix 'previous' button behavior
 * Fix crashes


TV:
 * Video player: improve use of seekbar with remote
 * Fix History row disappearing

VLC:
 * Update VLC core

Changes between 3.0.11 and 3.0.12:
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Application:
 * Fix subtitles not reloaded when multitasking
 * Fix forward/rewind actions with Assistant
 * Improve video player accessibility descriptions
 * Stability improvements
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Fix crashes in main screen
 * Restore recommendations on Oreo

VLC:
 * Update VLC core

Changes between 3.0.10 and 3.0.11:
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Application:
 * Fix potential crash on playback transitions
 * Restore playlist deletion option
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Restore 'Play all' option

Changes between 3.0.9 and 3.0.10:
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Application:
 * TV: Restore 'Play All' option in details view
 * Fix Chromecast switch on Android P
 * Fix playlist progression in popup mode
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 3.0.8 and 3.0.9:
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Application:
 * Fix crash in video transitions/repeat
 * Update translations
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 3.0.7 and 3.0.8:
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Application:
 * Fix crash on some video repeat
 * Fix crash caused by subtitles
 * Update Translations

Changes between 3.0.6 and 3.0.7:
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Application:
 * Fix Crash loading last playlist from wired headset
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 3.0.5 and 3.0.6:
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Application:
 * Improve Oreo compliance for playback service
 * Filter accidental touch events in video player
 * Subtitles: search by hash even for media on SD Card
 * Crash fixes

 VLC:
  * Upgrade to libvlc 3.0.2

Changes between 3.0.5 and 3.0.5-2:
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Application:
 * Deactivate Android Auto

VLC:
 * Fix crash on Android 4

Changes between 3.0.4 and 3.0.5:
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Application:
 * Audio digital output (passthrough) is now disabled by default
 * Fix video seek at wrong time on playback resume
 * Fix renderer staying 'connected' when wifi is turned off
 * Video tracks selector in video player
 * Fix load last playlist from headset on Android 2-4
 * Misc. fixes

 VLC:
  * Chromecast improvements
  * stabilization

Changes between 3.0.2 and 3.0.4:
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Application:
 * Fix medialibrary missing some media
 * Fix last playlist restoration

TV:
 * Fix History display


Changes between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2:
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Application:
 * Support of external equalizers (for Android 5+)
 * Fix video player restore from background playback
 * Deactivate PiP feature in DeX mode
 * Restore DVD menu navigation on TV
 * Misc. fixes

VLC:
 * Improve Chromecast loading and playback
 * Improve mpeg2 files playback

Changes between 3.0.0 and 3.0.1:
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Application:
 * Show real SDCard/USB storages name
 * Fix video playlist lost on app switch
 * Fix renderers dialog
 * Fix filter/search obstructed by options icons
 * Fix playback resume after phone calls
 * Fix shuffle mode being systematically erased
 * Fix browsing in medialibrary options
 * Do not stop when other apps play sounds while Chromecasting
 * New options to disable remote controls shortcuts
 * Fix video player controls on RTL devices
 * Fix network media saving in history
 * Misc. fixes


Changes between 2.9.1 and 3.0.0:
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Application:
 * Fix imprecise resume points
 * Fix video playlist crash
 * Fix media transition stop/crash
 * Skip assets copy if flies already exists
 * Fix storages display
 * Fix files/network browsers sometimes mixed up

VLC:
 * Improve Chromecast support

Changes between 2.9.0 and 2.9.1:
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Application:
 * Re-enable application backup
 * Save selected audio tab
 * Misc. fixes

VLC:
 * Improve Chromecast playback
 * Send media metadata to Chromecast


Changes between 2.5.17 and 2.9.0:
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Application:
 * Chromecast experimental support
 * Playlist files support
 * Fast-seek
 * SDCard files delete
 * Fixed delete on Oreo
 * Options to disable subs auto-loading
 * Fixed artists/Album classification
 * Refactored Playbackservice
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Improved navigation in Music Player

VLC:
 * Update to 3.0.0-RC8

Changes between 2.5.6 and 2.5.7:
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Application:
 * Restore sound ducking behavior
 * Fix chatpers display in advances video playback options
 * Reset current playlist to beginning on end reached
 * Re-enable media style notification on recent Huawei devices
 * don't use any equalizer by default
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Fix crash on main view refresh
 * Fix crash when removing usb stick while palying a video on it
 * Fix crash on ML settings launch while scanning
 * Fix ML settings display

Changes between 2.5.4 and 2.5.5:
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Application:
 * Ask storage permission when launched from another app
 * Fix PiP with Oreo when ratio values are incorrect
 * Save current list on playback stop, fixes video saved in audio list
 * Remove video player activity animations
 * Crashes fixes

 Changes between 2.5.3 and 2.5.4:
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Application:
 * Set services foreground on Oreo
 * Ellipsize end of filenames in browsers
 * Add 'stop' action in notification
 * Fix media loading from 3rd party apps
 * Fix resume point not saved on TV
 * Fix popup crashing on some devices
 * Misc. bugfixes


Changes between 2.5.2 and 2.5.3:
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Application:
 * Fix crash with ellipsizes
 * Properly exit medialibrary scan service
 * Check for new storages when app goes foreground
 * Fix custom directories with wrong path

Core:
 * Disable lua for Medialibrary parsing

Changes between 2.5.1 and 2.5.2:
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Application:
 * Update translations
 * Fix media position not resumed in some cases
 * Block medialibrary folders settings access while ML is working
 * Delay storage dialog, it could be missed on upgrade
 * Misc. crashes fixed

Changes between 2.5.0 and 2.5.1:
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Application:
 * Preserve playback speed between video player and popup mode
 * Disable file suppression on Oreo, because of missing permission
 * Reset FAB visibility on action mode clearance
 * Fix 'Now Playing' card disappearing on TV
 * Misc bugfixes


Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.5.0:
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Application:
 * 360° videos support
 * Android Auto implementation
 * More dynamic and Material-compliant UI
 * Enable Picture-In-Picture mode on Android O
 * Refactored MediaLibrary
 * DayNight mode integration
 * New Search activity and integration with Google Now
 * Resume position for audio media tagged as audiobook or podcast
 * Double tap on screen edges in video player to seek by 10s
 * Audio boost in video player
 * Custom equalizer presets
 * Restored double/long click on remote play to skip songs
 * Allow network browsing & discovery when connected to a VPN
 * Sort options in Video, browsers & Audio sub-categories
 * Improve RTL support
 * 'Seen' check on seen videos
 * Update notification when playlist is ended
 * Improve app & video player startup speed
 * Support for screens with aspect ratio up to 18.5:9

TV:
 * Picture-In-Picture mode integration
 * Improved theme with dynamic background

Core
 * Switch to clang and libc++_shared using ndk13
 * 360° videos support
 * OpenGLES 2.0 is now used to render video (for software decoders)
 * AV1 codec support
 * Support for VP8/VP9/VP10 in MP4
 * HDMI passthrough
 * Improve MP4V/H264/HEVC adaptive playback performances


Changes between 2.1.20 and 2.5.0:
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Application:
 * Fix playback launch from widget or headset
 * Fix browser overlapping other views
 * Fix display in audio when no audio has been discovered
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 2.1.19 and 2.1.20:
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Application:
 * Pause media scan during playback
 * Fix subtitles on Android 7+, including non-latin alphabets
 * Fix folder expanding in current playlist
 * Fix archive expanding in current playlist
 * Fix volume changed blocked by OS sound level warning
 * Fix advanced options dialog style
 * Misc. bugfixes


Changes between 2.1.18 and 2.1.19:
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Application:
 * Oreo support for background service
 * Fix navigation bar shown in video player
 * Fix video playback when started during audio playback
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Fix now playing card colors

Chromebook:
 * Fix video player advanced option display
 * Show status bar in video player


Changes between 2.1.17 and 2.1.18:
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Application:
 * Add alac container support
 * Add gray color for sutitles
 * Confirm app exit in multiwindows mode
 * Improve DPAD navigation in media lists/grids
 * Adjust navigation bar color in dark theme
 * Fix video player resume when multitasking
 * Fix notification not hidden at playback end
 * Fix browsers set back to root on rotation or restoration
 * Fix wrong sort sometimes applied in audio when refreshing
 * Crashes fixes

TV:
 * Add time infos in audio player
 * Fix playlist scrolling in audio player

Chromebook:
 * Keep video player fullscreen when showing overlay
 * Ignore 'emulated' empty storage

Changes between 2.1.16 and 2.1.17:
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Application:
 * Audio boost in video player (activate it in Settings > Video)
 * Custom equalizer presets
 * Implement Oreo notification channels
 * Update VLC core
 * Fix audio player sometimes invisible
 * Fix player state not updated once playlist is over
 * Misc crash fixes.

Changes between 2.1.15 and 2.1.16:
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Application:
 * Resume position for audio media tagged as audiobook
 * Fix duplicated videos on initial scan
 * Fix audio lag on video seek
 * Fix root elements unchecking in Medialibrary settings
 * General app performance improvements during playback
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 2.1.14 and 2.1.15:
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Application:
 * Thinner lists and bigger videos cards on large screens
 * Fix duplicated videos on initial scan
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Fix video player controls focus
 * Recommendations are now last added videos
Core:
 * Fix mkv seeking crash (which could happen during medialibrary scan)

Changes between 2.1.13 and 2.1.14:
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Application:
 * Sort options in Video, browsers & Audio sub-categories
 * Fix Medialibrary being wiped
 * Fix view overlaping each other after devcie rotation
 * Fix some snackbars not shown properly
 * Hide System UI volume bar in video player
 * Add delete action in Playlist view
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Fix BackgroundManager crash on activities transition

 Changes between 2.1.12 and 2.1.13:
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Application:
 * 'Seen' check on seen videos
 * Respect paused state on popup <-> player switch
 * Sort options in browsers
 * Update VLC core to current master
 * Misc fixes and performances improvement

TV:
 * Improve UI update on USB/SD storage inserted/removed


Changes between 2.1.11 and 2.1.12:
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Application:
 * Option to switch in PiP/Pop-up mode on multitasking
 * Moved 'Medialibrary auto rescan' option in main settings page
 * Fix empty medialibrary on app restoration
 * 3-states checkox in medialibrary settings
 * Fix Equalizer in for LTR locales
 * Fix some http covers not loaded
 * Fix video PAUSED state not respected on multitasking
 * UI performances improvements
 * video player → Pop-up switch improvements
 * 'Home' button in subtitles picker
 * Remove animated scroll on current playlist
 * misc. fixes

TV:
 * Set blurred thumb/cover in background on item selection
 * Fix navigation in video player

Core:
 * Fix WMV3 hardware accelerated playback

Changes between 2.1.10 and 2.1.11:
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Application:
 * Enable Picture-In-Picture mode on Android O
 * Improve RTL support
 * Option to save repeat mode in audio
 * Info is available for artists, albums and playlists
 * Update translations
 * Misc. Fixes

TV:	
 * Videos in main screen are now the last added

Medialibrary:
 * Fix crashes due to implicit SQLite rollbacks

Changes between 2.1.9 and 2.1.10:
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Application:
 * Fix crash after video playback on Android 4
 * Improve parsing service management
 * Fix files with '#' not parsed and blocking parsing for 5 seconds
 * Fix Locale resetting problem when opening about
 * Fix progress UI not updated in video player while seeking
 * Fix next/previous buttons on Lockscreen not effective on Android 4
 * Use Artist instead of AlbumArtist for media description
 * Misc. fixes and performance improvement

Changes between 2.1.8 and 2.1.9:
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Application:
 * Fix Medialibrary ignoring folders
 * Enable previous and next remote controls in repeat mode when only 1 media is playing
 * Save and resume position for podcasts
 * Compose thumbnails for video groups
 * Misc bugfixes

Changes between 2.1.7 and 2.1.8:
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Application:
 * Fix Video Pop-Up player black screen
 * Fix scan service crash
 * Fix audio/subs delay and video playlist lost on multitasking
 * Option to disable playlist smooth auto scroll
 * Option to disable seek on double tap
 * Option to always keep screen ON in Pop-Up mode
 * Option to show hidden files in browsers
 * Misc fixes in app and medialibrary
 * VLC update

TV:
 * Fix some UPnP media not shown

Changes between 2.1.6 and 2.1.7:
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Application:
 * Improve media scanning performances
 * Restore progressbar to display scanning progress
 * Restore advanced option to disable scan on every app launch
 * Double tap on screen edges in video player to seek by 10s
 * Remember audio & spu tracks per media
 * Improve scan service stopping
 * Fix subs lost on app switch
 * Fix dropdown menu empty on some devices
 * Properly remember if ext storage is ignored
 * Fix double seek when loading last playlist

Changes between 2.1.5 and 2.1.6:
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Application:
 * Fix folder blacklisting in medialib

Core:
 * Fix PIP mode (picture in picture)
 * Fix black screen with some 360 videos
 * Fix SFTP on armv8 devices

Changes between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5:
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Application:
 * Improve external devices management
 * Fix SFTP browsing
 * Bugfixes

Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
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Application:
 * Revert to scan the whole storage by default instead of media folders
 * 'Inster next' option in contextual menu
 * Fix crash with remote controls on Android 2.3
 * Fix 360° videos control
 * Fix upgrade from VLC v 2.0 -> 2.1
 * Fix external storage scan
 * Misc. fixes

Core:
 * Fix timeout on network credentials step
 * Fix crash when stopping h264 playback
 * Fix crash on TLS connections


Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * Translations update
 * Get 360° videos zoom more linear
 * 'Last added' section for Android Auto
 * Enable 'previous' media button with only 1 media playing
 * Fix remote control for Android 2
 * set max aspect ratio to 2.1
 * Don't show public directory as an external storage

Core
 * Improve cover detection
 * Improve MP4V/H264/HEVC adaptive playback performances

Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
----------------------------------

Application:
 - VLC now shows a dialog to ask for external storage scan
 - Voice search for TV
 - Voice actions for Auto
 - Stream url loader is now a dialog, and available on TV
 - Allow to choose subs file on network
 - File browsing is now processed in background
 - If collection is empty, show a button to start 'directories' setting page
 - Fix player sliding under action bar in playlist & info views
 - Fix equalizer display
 - Fix video player stuck after device being locked
 - Tackles some crashes

Core
 * DTSHD and TRUEHD HDMI passthrough
 * Don't play via passthrough an encoding format that is not supported

Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
----------------------------------

Application:
 - Improve audio categories and images loading performance
 - Restore runtime permission for brightness change
 - Fix media discovery crash on some sdcards
 - Fix resume position for video launched from 3rd party apps
 - More discrete scan notification
 - Add network media to history
 - Tackles various crash, including one when you have more than 500 albums

Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * 360° videos support
 * Android Auto implementation
 * DayNight mode integration
 * New Search activity and integration with Google Now
 * Option to filter in current media list
 * Restored double/long click on remote play to skip songs
 * Allow network browsing & discovery when connected to a VPN
 * Added multiselection mode
 * Removed sound lowering on notification
 * Redesigned audio, video & history lists/grid
 * Redesigned Info and album/playlist views
 * New icons
 * Audio player background is now filled with blurred cover
 * Force previous song on audioplayer swipe
 * Refactored MediaLibrary
 * CoordinatorLayout integration
 * Transparent theme for smoother startup
 * PlaybackService now persists
 * Improve RTL support
 * Fix audioplayer layout for black theme and RTL
 * Fix notification content when no artist nor album
 * Update notification when playlist is ended
 * Upgraded AppCompat to version 25.2.0
 * Improve app & video player startup speed
 * Support LG 18:9 aspect ratio

TV:
 * Picture-In-Picture mode integration
 * Improved theme

Core
 * Switch to clang and libc++_shared using ndk13
 * 360° videos support
 * OpenGLES 2.0 is now used to render video (for software decoders)
 * AV1 codec support
 * Support for VP8/VP9/VP10 in MP4
 * e-AC3 HDMI passthrough


Changes between 1.9.13 and 2.0.0:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix UPnP media display name

Core:
 * Fix UPnP browsing

Changes between 1.9.12 and 1.9.13:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * Allow subtitles on network (except UPnP)
 * Remember subs chosen via this picker
 * Support CC button on remotes
 * Fixes


Changes between 1.9.11 and 1.9.12:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * Allow subtitles download for any video
 * Add subtitles downloader in video player
 * Improve UI update while scanning device for media
 * Show loading animation when video player is buffering
 * Fix grouping videos starting with "The"
 * Fix some UI glitch whel 'large fonts' accessibility setting is activated

TV:
 * Improve Audio Player view
 * Fix network folders details view

Core:
 * Fix some deadlock in mkv files playback
 * Detect subtitles on network
 * Update codecs and demuxers
 * Improve thumbnail generation speed


Changes between 1.9.10 and 1.9.11:
----------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix thumbnails look
 * Fix seeking state when lock

Core:
 * Update codecs and demuxers


Changes between 1.9.9 and 1.9.10:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix crash while searching
 * Fix crash in settings -> Directories
 * Fix delay/spped controls invisible with hdmi/screencast
 * Fix loading video from 3rd party app with space in its name
 * Added Tamil language for subtitles download


Changes between 1.9.8 and 1.9.9:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix navigation with DPAD
 * Improved RTL support
 * Browsers: go back at root level on navigation menu category click
 * Fix position in video not restored when launched from an external app
 * Improved design in playlist, history and browsers
 * Misc. fixes

TV:
 * Changed video player controls:
    - ↓ shows control panel
    - ↑ shows advanced options
    - ← and → seek in video
    - OK/Select button toggles play/pays when control panel is not displayed


Changes between 1.9.7 and 1.9.8:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Subtitles download (local files only for now)
 * Fix resume point for video launch from 3rd party app
 * Fix repeat with only one media
 * Add repeat and shuffle modes in video player
 * Batter DPAD navigation in tablet UI
 * Fill artist tag for session metadata
 * Prevent grouping videos starting with "The"

TV:
 * Long click on any media display the details view
 * Subtitles download (local files only for now)


Changes between 1.9.6 and 1.9.7:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Overlay popup view for video playback
 * Enable split window mode on LG devices
 * Fix Media Information infinite loading
 * TV: Close folder if login dialog is canceled
 * Misc fixes


Changes between 1.9.5 and 1.9.6:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Activate multi windows mode for Samsung devices
 * Display a FAB to play all media of a folder in browsers views
 * Simple click in a folder now just plays the media, not all of them
 * Fix video load while playing audio
 * Use '+' and '-' buttons to set video playback speed, instead of progressbar


Changes between 1.9.4 and 1.9.5:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Restore video playlist playback
 * Remember playback state after a call or headset unplug/replug
 * Force video player orientation on sensor instead of user preference
 * Fix media launch from gallery app
 * Fix lock not restoring video orientation


Changes between 1.9.3 and 1.9.4:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Feature to set a song as ringtone from current playlist
 * Fix video resume from background playback or apps switching
 * Remember paused state in Video player
 * Improve randomization for playback
 * Fix notification being briefly displayed for network videos
 * Fix potential crash when launched by a 3rd party app


Changes between 1.9.2 and 1.9.3:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Option to remember video playback speed
 * Add "Append to playlist" feature for audio media
 * Enlarge login dialog
 * Disable username for manual SMB server adding
 * Store login credentials by default & remember choice
 * Hide media length in playlist when we don't know it
 * Fix play/pause from notification
 * Fix external calls for VLC to play videos not handled
 * Fix EqualizerFragment empty after being paused
 * Misc. fixes

Core:
 * Improve network browsing
 * Improve streaming of large files


Changes between 1.9.1 and 1.9.2:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Add 'Auto landscape' and 'Auto portrait' modes
 * Login dialog is now scrollable
 * Better usb key/SD card mount/unmount detection on TV
 * Fix wrong thumbnails on media or images corruption
 * Fix video -> audio transition
 * Fix VLC starting playback when another app grabs audiofocus
 * Fix Browsers and History appearance with large fonts
 * Misc fixes


Changes between 1.9.0 and 1.9.1:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Ask system permission for brightness mode on Marshmallow
 * Fix thumbnails generation slowdown
 * Changed version code, beta is available for Android TV now
 * Samba library updated
 * Fix 'show last video' option being hidden
 * Fix crash on screen rotation with login dialog
 * Fixed notification displayed when playing network video
 * Go back on login dialog cancelled
 * Restrict video playlists from Android 2.x devices
 * Show server icon in favorites
 * Fix 'save as favorite' option not available for network servers
 * Fix image loading on TV
 * Misc. fixes

Changes between 1.7.0 and 1.9.0:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Hardware accelleration is now asynchronous
 * Preparation for Asynchronous debugging
 * Use mpg123 as MP3 decoder
 * Improve UPnP support

Application:
 * Moved targetSDK to 23
 * Runtime permissions for storage & ringtone setting
 * Network browsing
 * Video Playlists
 * Search in 'now playing' playlist
 * Restore playback history
 * Properly restore previous Equalizer setting
 * Undo action for media deletion
 * 'now playing' list auto-scrolls to current item
 * Playback service is more persistent
 * Pause playback, instead of stop, on audiofocus lost
 * TV UI is now available for Android 4.2+ devices
 * Option to disable touch control in video playback
 * Option to disable coverArt as lockscreen wallpaper
 * Simplify and fix animations
 * 'Save playlist' has moved into Advanced options
 * Fix preferences appearence on Android 4.0+ devices
 * Fix HoneyComb status bar dimming in video playback
 * Fix media deletion
 * Fix crash with huge collection for a single artist
 * Fix playlist sections duplicated
 * Fix case sensitive sorting in browsers

 * @hide Extensions API

TV:
 * Audio Player view has been redesigned
 * Improve Now Playing button
 * Improve Audio player
 * Video, Songs and Browser views now sort item by first letter
 * File Browser
 * Playback history
 * 'About' and 'Licence' views
 * Scan device media more often

Known issues:
 * Cannot open files on SFTP servers with witespace.

Changes between 1.7.1 and 1.7.2:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix small crashes
 * New work-around for broken SamSung/Wiko/QMobile phones


Changes between 1.7.0 and 1.7.1:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix seeking deadlocks and no-sound after seek issues

Application
 * Numerous crashes and glitches for the application


Changes between 1.6.6 and 1.7.0:
--------------------------------

Nota Bene: The application is now only supporting Android 2.2+

Core:
 * New fonts rendering engine, with fonts fallback

Application:
 * Use MediaSessionCompat to replace MediaSession and RemoteControlClient
   This should fix a few weird bugs on some specific Android versions
 * New notification look
 * New Navigation menu, based on appcompat
 * Option to remember brightness level in video player
 * Restart current song on 'previous' click
 * We now display songs length in playlist
 * Refactored playlist & video views
 * Removal of dialogs to use Snackbars
 * Misc. fixes

ChromeOS:
 * 'Open' option replaces the directory browser
 * YUV chroma format preset by default on ChromeOS
 * Disable brightness control on ChromeOS


Changes between 1.6.5 and 1.6.6:
--------------------------------

TV:
 * Remove AUDIO_RECORD permission

Application:
 * Correctly save position in video
 * Correctly unmute when using volume keys
 * Fix regressions

Translations:
 * Update of Turkish, Swedish, Portuguese, Japanese, German,
   Chinese, Ukrainian. Swedish, Dutch, Spanish


Changes between 1.6.4 and 1.6.5:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Add optional seeking buttons in video player
 * Fix crash on Audio Album sorting
 * New preferences code using Material design
 * Update support library to 23.1
 * Fix FloatingActionButton on Android 2.x
 * Allow seeking action in all elements in audio player


Changes between 1.6.3 and 1.6.4:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix playback and seeking of some ASF/WMV/WMA files

Application:
 * Fix staying-alive screen
 * Correctly sort by track number in the album view


Changes between 1.6.2 and 1.6.3:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix crash on Android < 3.0


Changes between 1.6.1 and 1.6.2:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix crashes on wiko and QMobile phones (bis repetita)
 * Fix IllegalStateException in AWindow when relaunching VideoPlayer
 * Fix crash in Video Fragment on old Android versions


Changes between 1.6.0 and 1.6.1:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix crashes on wiko and QMobile phones
 * Fix preferences crashes
 * Fix crashes in Videos List and Main Activity


Changes between 1.5.90 and 1.6.0:
---------------------------------

Core:
 * Streamline libVLCjni.so symbols
 * Port to Android-M
 * Fix HTTP seek regression from 1.5.90

Application:
 * Speed up the video/audio lists interface
 * Speed up the thumbnailing process and remove glitches
 * Correctly blacklist the system notifications and ringtones
 * Fix last playlist and random restoration
 * Fix grouping of videos
 * Translations update


Changes between 1.5.2 and 1.5.90 (1.6.0-beta):
----------------------------------------------

Core:
 * Hardware decoding performance improvements

Application:
 * Revamped Advanced options dialog
 * Properly restore audio volume
 * Restored 'delete playlist' option
 * Introduction of a 'dark' widget
 * Performance improvement for Audio/Video media lists display
 * Databinding implementation
 * Upgraded AppCompat to version 23.0.1
 * Fix last audio shortcut
 * Fix thumbnail for ts and dvd
 * Fix thumbnail aspect ratio with some videos
 * Translations update

TV:
 * Fix video player behaviour while playing in background
 * Fix media keys events management


Changes between 1.5.1 and 1.5.2:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix configuration of MediaCodec opening

Application:
 * Add an option to disable auto scanning device at application startup
 * Update to SDK 23 and appcompat 23
 * Fix remote play/pause button behaviour
 * Fix delete option for playlists
 * Play all songs starting on the one selected in 'songs' tab
 * Hidden feature : play a video in loop by long press on 'play' in video player
 * Fix audio browser showing 'no media' view
 * Fix scan after interrupted previous scan

TV:
 * Immediatly pause video once not visible anymore on TV background
 * Stop button now exits audio player on TV
 * Refactored network browser, now showing alphabetically grouped files


Changes between 1.5.0 and 1.5.1:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix performance regression, by fixing an Audio synchronisation issue

libVLC:
 * Add Setters for SurfaceTextures in AWindow

Application:
 * Fix append option in album view
 * Fix crop after screen rotation
 * Prevent too frequent devices scanning
 * Fix intent listing
 * New interface for advanced options: playback speed, chapters, Jump to Time,
   Audio/Subtitles delay, Equalizer, play as audio...
 * Add a "title" option for extra Intents when calling VLC

TV:
 * Fix some background video issue when playing audio
 * Support the stop button on remotes
 * Add Now Playing tile in main view

Translations
 * Update of all translations


Changes between 1.4.1 and 1.5.0:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Removed permission READ_LOGS for recent Android versions
 * Removed permission READ_PHONE_STATE for recent Android versions
 * Handle media (external SD cards & USB keys) mount and unmount
 * Position in playlist and in song are now restored when you load last playlist
 * Design improvements, replaced some dialogs and toasts by snackbars
 * Merge Audio and Video playback in a PlaybackService
 * Improve audio<->video modes switches
 * Large code cleaning in all layers of the application
 * Fix advanced video options and video resolver crashing
 * Chapters/titles detection improvements
 * Fix audio focus in numerous cases
 * New subtitles file picker
 * Improve incoming View Intent to get subtitles path
 * Use TabLayout and FloatingActionButton from appcompat instead of custom code
 * Control Widget is now resizable
 * Media Information is available from Directory browsing
 * New interface for sleep timer and jump to time

Chrome:
 * Fix runtime issue with pipe2 absence
 * Disable quit&restart

libVLC:
 * Rewrite of most libVLCjni classes, notably MediaPlayer, libVLC, Media,
   Equalizer and the related ones
 * Rewrite events managements, callbacks and surface callbacks
 * Creation of a .aar file for libVLC

Core:
 * libvlc new API to set the Android context for surfaces
 * Removal of static and extern objects for thread-safety
 * Merge of all video outputs into one

TV:
 * Fix HDMI devices
 * Support video in background
 * Add more features in video playback that were only on the non-TV version


Changes between 1.4.0 and 1.4.1:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * 'Play' option in context menu on albums
 * Handle FileProviders URIs from external apps
 * Playback is tried for every filetype in directories browser mode
 * Misc fixes, including in the file deletion part and file browsing

SDK:
 * VideoPlayerActivity now returns result, with return code and extras infos

Core:
 * Add new acceleration option using MediaCodec NDK API

Translation updates:
 * Most languages updated


Changes between 1.3.2 and 1.4.0:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Unify directories managment between preferences and Directories browser
 * Rewrite the directory browser
 * Long press on +/- buttons to continuously increase/decrease audio au subs delay
 * Material fixes for dialogs and some activities
 * Fix regression on the mini-player displaying in some activities
 * Support Play all in folders
 * Fix crashes
 * Don't use hardware decoding for some MTK devices on Android 4.1 because of a black screen (still investigating)

Core:
 * Blacklist some Samsung devices from hardware decoding


Changes between 1.3.1 and 1.3.2:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix wrong media opened from new local files browser
 * Fix potential crash in the MainActivity
 * Fix TV build

Changes between 1.3.0 and 1.3.1:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Increase the accessibility of the application
 * Change the Side Bar to meet Material Design update
 * Rewrite the local files browsing, using the network browsing code, which adds
   preparsing, prefetching, async, extensibility and code reuse
 * New album browser view
 * Fix back button behavior on VideoPlayer
 * Improve Material look, Ripple effect on Lollipop
 * Activate the Audio Delay control
 * Smaller Video Player Controler
 * Fix crashes, focus, rotations
 * Update to AppCompat 22.1

JNI:
 * Add a way to capture stdout logs directly

Core:
 * Time stretching is now on by default
 * Activate hardware acceleration for .TS files
 * Fix crashes with live streaming and hardware acceleration
 * Fix WMV on MTK devices
 * Improve audio resampler quality

TV:
 * Fix recommendations duplication and improve recommendations
 * Fix B button handling and TextViews

Translations:
 * Update of ALL the translations


Changes between 1.2.6 and 1.3.0:
--------------------------------

libvlcjni:
 * prepare the audio <=> video switch

Application:
 * Support background playback for video
 * Update close, playlist and save icons
 * Broadcast metadata to other apps, including scrobblers
 * New Advanced dialog for audio playback
 * Improve search look and accuracy
 * Fix double entries for external SD cards, notably LG G3, Tablet Shield
 * Fix Android 4.1 navigation bar
 * Fix focusability of repeat, shuffle and audio buttons
 * Fix shuffle button
 * Fix crashes and interface issues
 * Fix accessibility text on some buttons of the interface
 * Remove wheelview dependency

Translations:
 * Update of German, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Tamil, Portuguese, Italian,
   Galician and Spanish translations


Changes between 1.2.5 and 1.2.6:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix crash on startup with some iso files

Application:
 * Fix presentation mode
 * New audio material design icons
 * Fix gestures sensitivity
 * Improve memory management
 * Minor bug and crash fixes

TV:
 * Fix recommendation playback


Changes between 1.2.4 and 1.2.5:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix audio stutter with some devices
 * Fix MPEG4 on some MTK devices (Wiko)
 * Fix crashes with some QCOM devices (Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, Galaxy S4/S5...)
 * Minor fixes and UI adjustments
 * Add option to ask for resume video or play from star
 * Volume/brightness: add a vertical bar and levels in %


Changes between 1.2.3 and 1.2.4:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix crashes
 * Fix material design for action bar
 * Fix audio support on Fire OS


Changes between 1.2.2 and 1.2.3:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix material alignment
 * Support chapter selection
 * Fix directory context menu
 * Fix crash when seeking

Translations:
 * Update of Danish, Croatian, Kabyle, Polish, Slovenian, Swedish and Turkish


Changes between 1.2.1 and 1.2.2:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix an audio/video sync regression

Application:
 * Add an intent to load sub files
 * Seek by position instead of time, by default


Changes between 1.2.0 and 1.2.1:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Allow to switch to audio mode, when playing a video
 * Change the sort icon to match Material design
 * Fix crash

TV:
 * Better navigation with buttons and gamepad
 * Fix network favorites


Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.2.0:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Show 'load last video' option on phones
 * (Lollipop only) Swipe music notification to remove it. When playback is paused.
 * Fix video ts opened as audio
 * Fix black theme
 * Fix player menu hidden with some MKV files
 * Keep player speed between videos
 * Refactor track selections and updates
 * Option to exlude Directories from Media Library
 * Playlists support for audio
 * In video player, lock the back button in lock mode
 * Fix crashes for Android 2.x
 * Allow to sort video by modified date
 * Improve volume and brightness gestures
 * Support cover for video files
 * Misc bugfixes

TV:
 * Better thumbnails
 * Better recommendations (last video 3 random ones)
 * Better gamepad events

Translations:
 * Thai, Russian, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian,
   Turkish, Tamil, Swedish, Slovak, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Korean,
   Japanese, Italian, French, Finnish, Spanish, Modern Greek, German and
   Danish updates


Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix look of secondary fragments activities, for better navigation
 * Rework actions
 * Fix rare crashes
 * Fix HDMI unplugging
 * Improve seek
 * Fixes on AudioFocus
 * Fixes on Black Theme

TV:
 * Recommend last video viewed
 * Better UI while scanning

Core:
 * Fix mediacodec crash


Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.5:
--------------------------------

Application:
 * Fix BD upgrade crashes, because of broken versions of Android


Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Support ModTracker files
 * Fix freeze when changing audio speed

Audio:
 * Add AC3 passthrough support on Lollipop (Tested on Nexus Player)
 * Add PCM 5.1 and 7.1 support via HDMI or SPDIF
 * Add Float support on Lollipop

Application:
 * More Material fixes (search, streams, equalizer)
 * Improvements on the black theme (colors and settings)
 * Fix numerous crashes
 * Fix album art for artists

TV:
 * Fix look of numerous activities
 * Better keyboard and gamepad mappings
 * Shuffle and repeat in Audio mode
 * Better recommendations

Translations:
 * Update most translations


Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Improve audiotrack performance and quality

Main Application:
 * SearchView in Material, new search look and performance
 * New FAB to play all the songs
 * Rework information panel
 * Ellipsize long URLs in stream panel
 * Improve dark theme
 * Fix Moto G SD cards detection
 * Fix LG bug with menu button
 * Fix rare NPE for Samsung devices
 * Fix numerous NPE and crashes


Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix fast scrolling pulling refresh
 * Fix settings toolbar to look Material

TV:
 * Fix gamepad requirement


Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Bugfixes
 * UI Adjustments
 * Restore dpad navigation between audio tabs


Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * New design for Material/Lollipop
 * Port to 5.0 new APIs
 * Rewrite of most views
 * Gamepad controller support for navigation
 * Async load of fragments and search
 * Option to show videos as list in portrait
 * Suport pull to refresh
 * Tracknumber, DiscNumber & AlbumArtist tags support for audio files
 * Handle nowplaying for streams
 * Set Audio & Subs delay

TV:
 * Port for Android TV
 * Video + Audio browsing, settings
 * Recommandations

Core:
 * Rewrite of the NativeWindow output
 * Support of direct rendering and GPU 0-copy
 * New rendering of subtitles
 * New audio output based on AudioTrack
 * Support all the new ABIs

Fixes:
 * Fix parsing of metadata with space
 * Fix popup context menu loaded for wrong files
 * More than 60 bugs fixed

Build:
 * Move to Gradle
 * Prepare compilation for Android, Android TV, Chrome
 * Simpler multi-ABI compilation

Translations:
 * Update of all the translations


Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix popup context menu loaded for the wrong items


Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
---------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Minimum Lollipop support
 * Support remotes for DVD navigation
 * Immersive mode from Kitkat and on
 * Fix crashes

Translations:
 * Update of all the translations


Changes between 0.9.8 and 0.9.9:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix Artist names on the lock screen and bluetooth interface
 * Allow VLC to be installed as a system app
 * Fix potential crashes in the UI

Core:
 * Fix assert on some video decoding
 * Fix avi and m4a regressions

Translations:
 * Update of all the translations (more than 60 languages now)


Changes between 0.9.7 and 0.9.8:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix compatibility with Android 2.1
 * Fix Media detection when the extension was in UPPER CASE
 * Fix default display orientation for the Video Player
 * Fix possible crashes and leaks
 * Fix "replay from start" issue when screen goes off

Core:
 * Fix compatibility with MIPS (broken with the native crash handler
 * Support building with NDKr10
 * Prepare support for OMX zero-copy for Honeycomb+ (Android-11 and later)

libVLCjni:
 * Add bitrate information, statistics and player state methods

Translations:
 * Update of Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Marathi, Polish,
   Portuguese, Tatar translations


Changes between 0.9.7 and 0.9.7.1:
----------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix "mysterious" disappearance of the video buttons :)
 * Fix a couple of crashes in preferences, history and media information panels


Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix pthread issue on Android L
 * Fix wrong error on some x86 devices

Main Application:
 * Add a DVD menu button, fix DVD navigation and improve DVD menus support
 * Cache DVD CSS keys
 * Remove dependency on ActionBarSherlock: use android-support-v7-appcompat
   instead, from now on.
 * Fix various crashes on application and video playback start

Translations:
 * Initial Nepali and  Bengali translations
 * Update of Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Uzbek, Serbian, Slovenian,
   Russian, Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Polish, Marathi,
   Japanese, Italian, Scottish Gaelic, French, Modern Greek, Welsh, and Bosnian
   translations


Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * repair equalizer
 * Blacklist hardware decoding for more TS files

Main Application:
 * Fix crash in Audio browsing and Video player
 * Fix retaining of user playlists when clearing
 * Updates of all translations


Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
--------------------------------

 * Fix a codec crash during thumbnailing
 * Fix various crashes in Audio and Video views
 * Fix hardware decoding exceptions


Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix playback of numerous files formats
 * Fix some crashes in hardware decoding

Main application:
 * New VLC icon
 * Tips and tutorial are shown on the first start
 * Add the possibility to send a report after a native crash
 * Numerous icons modifications and tweaks
 * Support Dual Audio in remote mode
 * Fast scroll using letters in audio views
 * DVD menu are now supported
 * Vibrations on long clicks
 * Major translations updates


Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
--------------------------------

Main Application:
 * Fix a crash in the Remote Audio Player, leading to misbehaviours in the
   Audio player service
 * Minor icon tweaks


Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Support DVD iso

Main Application:
 * Fix numerous crashes in the interface
 * Improve the Secondary Display experience
 * Update most translations


Changes between 0.9.0 and 0.9.1:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Fix mp4 playback

Main Application:
 * Fix crash on some 2.3.x devices
 * Fix numerous crashes in the interface


Changes between 0.1.4 and 0.9.0:
--------------------------------

Core:
 * Hardware acceleration for video decoding and rendering
 * New OpenGL video output
 * Support subtitles accelerated rendering
 * Support for SDK package creation
 * Decoding and filter accelerations for ARM and x86
 * Support video cropping
 * Allow thumbnailing of 4k videos

Main Application:
 * New UI for the application, available in white and dark
 * Enable Hardware decoding by default on Android 4.3 and newer
   Direct fallback to software when hardware fails
 * New UI for HDMI and Secondary Screens
 * Experimental support for Miracast/WiDi
 * New audio equalizer
 * Group of video files in folders, for TV shows
 * New preferences organization
 * New detection for SDcards
 * Add an option for frame skip to improve performance
 * Add an option to set network caching
 * Better audio service destruction
 * Fix opening MRLs and video streaming
 * Fix many crashes and warnings

Translations:
 * Initial Greek, Kannada, Slovenian, Uzbek, Swedish, Sinhala, Romanian and
   Latvian translations
 * Updates to the Arabic, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech,
   Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
   Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmal,
   Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Simplified Chinese,
   Slovak, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu,
   Vietnamese and Welsh translations


Changes between 0.1.3 and 0.1.4:
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Main Application:
 * Remove completion for URL opening
 * Fix video stream playback when notifications arise
 * Fix crashes in History Fragment
 * Fix widget update events

Core:
 * Fix video output on 2.x versions
 * Fix thumbnailer


Changes between 0.1.2 and 0.1.3:
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Main Application:
 * Fix SQlite crash on init
 * Fix wrong display time on video player
 * Fix crash on item selection in subfolder in directory view

Core:
 * Fix for FLAC
 * Fix for video output on 4.3


Changes between 0.1.1 and 0.1.2:
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* Relicensed libVLC jni wrapper and Java counterpart to LGPL

Audio Service:
 * Keep the service alive only when playing
 * Fix crashes

Main Application:
 * Manual selection of subtitles
 * Fix crashes and warnings
 * Add an option to adjust the deblocking filter level, resulting in
   noticeable performance improvements.

Translations:
 * Initial Icelandic, Lithuanian and Vietnamese translations
 * Updates to the Bosnian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
   Galician, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Marathi,
   Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic,
   Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, French,
   and Welsh translations


Changes between 0.1.0 and 0.1.1:
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Core:
* Fix numerous crashes and error paths


Translations:
 * Updates to German, Italian and Galician Translations
 * New Welsh translation


Changes between 0.0.11 and 0.1.0:
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Core:
 * Update to libVLC 2.1.0 new log API
 * Update libVLC
 * Allow to build with x86_64 and OSX SDKs
 * Reduce memory usage

Main Application:
 * Warn user if playback of a deleted item starts
 * New dialog for speed/sleep/jump
 * New control from Notifications
 * Fix multiple important crashes
 * Fix some subtitles selections
 * Fix some infinite thumbnail retries
 * Fix issues where a media would not start

libVLC:
 * split libVLC classes to their own package: org.videolan.libvlc

Translations:
 * Update of Basque, Croatian


Changes between 0.0.10 and 0.0.11:
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Main Application:
 * Numerous fixes for recurrent crashes
 * Better debugging log facility
 * Show seek position when locked in fullscreen mode
 * Avoid running thumbnailer when playing audio only
 * Improve the overlay fading after a gesture

Translations:
 * Initial Burmese, Danish, and Serbian translations
 * Updates to the Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
   Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish,
   Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu,
   Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese translations


Changes between 0.0.9 and 0.0.10:
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 * Subs selection
 * Fixes for 2 frequent crashes


Changes between 0.0.8 and 0.0.9:
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Core:
 * Various crash/stability fixes
 * Improved video-audio synchronization
 * Improved automatic SD card detection
 * Experimental YV12-based androidsurface
 * Wakelock issue with stopping was fixed
 * Use of a faster DTS decoding library
 * Codec updates

Main application:
 * SD cards mount point fixes
 * Change of subtitle encoding is now possible
 * Subtitles and audio track selection is now preserved across calls
 * Many bugfixes in the interface
 * Fix selection of some audio tracks
 * A sleep timer was added for audio and video
 * Added an option to add custom paths to the media library scanner
 * content:// based URIs from Camera and file pickers now supported
 * Fix video player resume of media outside the media library
 * Jump to Time feature
 * Allow to open a video as audio-only

Widget:
 * Display the timeline

Translations:
 * Initial Traditional Chinese, Catalan, and Urdu, Odia,
   Norwegian Bokmål and Portuguese (Portugal) translations
 * Updates to the Bosnian, Japanese, Russian, French, Korean,
   Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Thai, Slovak, Polish, Dutch, Khmer,
   Italian, Hebrew, Galician, Spanish, German, Czech, Estonian,
   Hindi, and Bosnian translations


Changes between 0.0.7 and 0.0.8:
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Core:
 * Support MIPS compilation

Main application:
 * SD cards mount points are auto-detected
 * Directory view starts from the SD cards and are live-detected
 * Improve the thumbnailing process
 * Improve the headset handling and remote control code, including bluetooth
 * Correctly support the lock screen controls
 * Fixes for Android 4.2 support
 * Fix for sound notification loudness
 * Fixes miscellaneous crashes and issues

Interface:
 * Allow toggling between remaining and total time in fullscreen
 * Allow a menu option to start the media from the beginning
 * Add different options for rotation and screen orientation
 * Fix sorting of album tracks
 * Add a ticker in the status bar, when playing audio
 * Improve the Directories View
 * Translations


Changes between 0.0.6 and 0.0.7:
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Core:
 * Fix audio output selection to fix the audio-sync

Main application:
 * reduce the memory used for thumbnails decoding
 * better behaviour when we are low on memory
 * fix the interaction between thumbnailing and sleeping
 * fix various crashes

Interface:
 * better multi-column look on low resolution phones
 * fix audio song sorting
 * add a popup-menu in the video list
 * Show Volume and Brightness values
 * fix navbar hiding on tablets


Changes between 0.0.5 and 0.0.6:
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Core:
 * Change threading code for Android
 * Fix MediaCodec decoding
 * Fix audio issues in cook and DTS

Main application:
 * Reduce the memory and CPU used in the video list
 * Use bitmap caching to improve smoothness
 * Display the current playing position as a progress bar under every video

Interface:
 * Add animations in the video list
 * Simplify the fullscreen interface


Changes between 0.0.4 and 0.0.5:
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Core:
 * Autodetection of NEON at runtime: ARMv7-a builds should work everywhere
   including tegra2 and cortex-a8 without NEON
 * Better threading support
 * Support for MediaCodec Jelly Bean hardware decoding

Main application
 * Better extensions and intent integration
 * Better service start/stop to avoid using CPU when VLC is not running or
   when we are playing a video
 * Automatic rescan when needed
 * Fix headset detection during phone calls
 * Fix several crashes
 * Fix compatibility with Android 2.1 (android-7)

Interface:
 * New grid look for Video List on tablets and phone in landscape-mode
 * Cover arts are now shown in Audio List panels
 * Better notification and use of covers in notifications
 * Directory View back button does now a parent-up action
 * Fix several crashes and misbehaviour of fragments
 * Fix small issues in About dialog, Video List, menu and preferences
 * Back button correctly behaves in fullscreen
 * Fix several sliding menu bugs

Translations
 * many :)


Changes between 0.0.3 and 0.0.4:
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Interface:
 * Many Sliding Menu fixes
 * Fix subtitles and audio tracks selection
 * Fix Sliding menu selection
 * Fix about dialog
 * Update the android compatibility library to avoid crashes (r10)
 * Miscellaneous fixes

Core:
 * fix mp4 playback
 * correctly restrain the background processing of thumbnails and medialibrary


Changes between 0.0.2 and 0.0.3:
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Device specific:
 * Add support for the Nexus7
 * Add support for Android x86

Core:
 * Many, many bugfixes and stability improvements
 * Building for Android-x86 is now supported
 * IOMX hardware acceleration and AudioTrack improvements on Jellybean
 * Media library scanning is now faster and more efficient
 * The aspect ratio is now correctly handled in software decoding

Interface:
 * Sliding panel added in video player
 * Tabs replaced with a sliding sidebar
 * Added the feature to change the playback speed in audio and video
 * Improved seek gesture
 * Added optional brightness gesture
 * Added ability to set the system ringtone to a song from VLC
 * Added history support
 * On ICS and above, added lockscreen control for music

Translations:
 * Added Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Korean, Russian, Thai translations
 * Updates for the Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Polish, Hebrew,
   Galician, German, Czech, Bosnian, Estonian, Japanese, Italian, Dutch,
   Hindi and Slovak translations

Changes between 0.0.1 and 0.0.2:
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Core:
 * the application can now go on the SDcard
 * Database speed improvements
 * .nomedia folders are correctly ignored now

Interface:
 * Dynamically switch from audio to video player on ES change
 * Reduce video player control size
 * ICS: better integration when dimming and fullscreen
 * Deletion is possible in folder mode

Stability issues:
 * Fix numerous crashes
 * Fix some memory leaks
 * Better separation of the audio widget and the service

Translations:
 * Added Hebrew, Polish, Hindi, Basque, Galician, Dutch, Ukrainian, Croatian,
   Czech, Scottish Gaelic, Telugu, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Slovak,
   Spanish, Walloon, Marathi, Khmer, Italian, Polish and Estonian translations