VLC 4.0 Media Player Eyeing New User Interface, Better Wayland Support & VR/3D

[phoronix]

Phoronix: VLC 4.0 Media Player Eyeing New User Interface, Better Wayland Support & VR/3D

It was nearly one year ago to the day that there was the huge VLC 3.0 feature release and while that was a great update to this open-source, cross-platform media player there is a lot more out on the horizon...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=VLC-2019-Feature-Talk

[Britoid]

Work on the new VLC 4.0 user-interface is progressing, there will be GNOME and KDE adaptations, support for both server-side and client-side decorations, and great support for Wayland as well as X11 -- including support for macOS, Windows, etc.

Nice. Wonder how it will compare to GNOME MPV.

[bug77]

I hope they're super careful with this one. UI redesigns have sunken many products.

[Meteorhead]

Nice UI overhaul. Personally, I really like the UI that's inside the UWP version. This resembles that very much. (I know, that on Phoronix this statement is probably going to irreversibly add a negative connotation to the new UI, but to quote a classic: it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.)

[Tvashtar]

Holy molly! Finally! It looks so much better, I've been compiling it without UI and using just as phonon backend in KDE, for years. With this change I might consider using it occasionally [ what can I say, it's hard to beat current mpv offerings ]. Hopefully they\ll sort their configuration UI next

[Guest]

Looks sexy.

[Zeioth]

It seem the new GUI is expected to land at some point during 2019. Looking forward to it.

[cybertraveler]

The slides Michael linked to are really nice & informative. Everything they are planning looks really sensible. I also love the mock-up designs for the new UI.

My one outstanding questions is; will VLC 4 will rely on QT? It looks like the answer is yes: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/query?...ilestone=4.0.0

You can checkout their progress on 4.0 here:

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/milestone/4.0.0

[starshipeleven]

I hope they're super careful with this one. UI redesigns have sunken many products.

Looks more like a reskin to me. (i.e. buttons are in the same general place).

[louis_irl]

Wow, I'm really excited for the GNOME interface! Are there any mockups yet, or is it just in the planning stage?