{"id":46707,"date":"2024-06-07T09:39:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=46707"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:39:58","slug":"vlc-3-0-21-amd-super-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/vlc-3-0-21-amd-super-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"VLC 3.0.21 Released with AMD Super Resolution Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37895\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlc-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released version 3.0.21 after more than half a year of development.<\/p>\n<p>The release introduced <b>AMD HQ Scaler support<\/b> for Super Resolution scaling with AMD GPUs. Meaning, user can now use this AI-assisted feature to improve the quality and sharpness of playback with <b>NVIDIA<\/b> RTX series (and more listed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/technologies\/dsr\/supported-gpus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>), <b>AMD<\/b> Radeon\u2122 RX 5000 Series Graphics and newer, and <b>Intel<\/b> Arc, Xe-LP GPUs.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a compatible GPU, then you can enable this feature in Preferences dialog, under Video -&gt; Output modules section.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46708\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312-700x436.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312-700x436.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312-768x479.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vlc-312.webp 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The release also added D3D11 option to use NVIDIA TrueHDR to generate HDR from SDR sources, as well as D3D11 option allows to disable\/enable HDR on SDR and HDR screens on demand, on any GPU.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes in VLC 3.0.21 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMF VQ Enhancer video filter.<\/li>\n<li>Fix VAAPI hardware decoding and filters with r600 Mesa driver.<\/li>\n<li>Improve Opus ambisonic support.<\/li>\n<li>Fix some ASS subtitle rendering issues.<\/li>\n<li>Fix Opus in MP4 behavior.<\/li>\n<li>Add support for HTTP content range handling according to RFC 9110.<\/li>\n<li>Fix some HLS Adaptive Streaming not working in audio-only mode.<\/li>\n<li>Improve subtitles rendering on Apple platforms of notably Asian languages by correcting font fallback lookups.<\/li>\n<li>Fix regression on macOS causing crashes when using audio devices with more than 9 channels.<\/li>\n<li>Fix exposed UPnP directory URL schemes to be compliant with RFC 398.<\/li>\n<li>Fix crashes when using caopengllayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install VLC 3.0.21<\/h3>\n<p>VLC website provides the binary package for all supported platforms:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/#download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download VLC<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the moment of writing, the download page is however not updated for the new 3.0.21 release. Though, the source code is available <a href=\"https:\/\/download.videolan.org\/pub\/videolan\/vlc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>For Ubuntu<\/b>, user can search and install the Snap package from Ubuntu Software (or App Center), which runs in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<p>Or, install the native <code>.deb<\/code> package from this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/vlc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a>, by running the commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/vlc<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt install vlc<\/pre>\n<p>For choice, VLC is also available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.videolan.VLC\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a>, though also runs in sandbox environment and unofficial (not verified by VideoLAN).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VLC, the popular free open-source media player, released version 3.0.21 after more than half a year of development. The release introduced AMD HQ Scaler support for Super Resolution scaling with AMD GPUs. 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