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   VLC Media Player 2.2.0

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   VideoLAN has released [1]VLC 2.2.0 (nicknamed WeatherWax after the
   [2]Granny Weatherwax character from Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld'
   series of novels) with automatic rotation of vertically oriented videos
   captured by mobile devices (supported for MP4/MOV, MKV, and raw H264
   formats) and the addition of a playback resumption feature that returns
   you to the point last played when the file was closed (a feature that's
   been available in all mobile editions of VLC for some time). When you
   open a previously played video, you have the option of either
   restarting from the beginning, continuing at the left-off point, or
   always continuing playback (these options can be adjusted in
   Preferences > Interface).

   [3][tn_vlc-222-screenshot-continue.jpg]

   The open-source media player also improves support for UltraHD video
   codecs like VP9 and H265, adds a subtitles downloading extension (using
   OpenSubtitles), and updates the user interface to be more in line with
   OS X 10.10 Yosemite. (Free, 33.5 MB, [4]release notes)

References

   1. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Weatherwax
   3. http://tidbits.com/resources/2015-03/vlc-222-screenshot-continue.png
   4. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/2.2.0.html

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