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VideoLAN Announces libaacs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-hear-what-you're-doing-there dept.

supersloshy writes "VideoLAN, makers of the well-known media player VLC, have just announced a new project called libaacs. The libaacs library's intention is to provide a free software library to implement the AACS specification, the copy-protection found on things such as Blu-ray discs. Note that this isn't meant to actually be a decoding library. It includes no AACS keys and is solely developed for research purposes."

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  1. They should improve the interface by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    While I appreciate Videolan's achievements, VLC's programmers should improve the interface in one key aspect that has boggled my mind for a while:

    I would like to see video and audio controls on the active default interface. At the moment, if I am watching video and want to adjust contrast, saturation, brightness etc, I have to click an icon on the interface, then choose video controls which I first have to activate!

    Too many steps for a simple thing in my opinion. With the present implementation, If one chooses video or audio controls, these controls should be found active because why did I choose them if I did not want to do anything with them in the first place? There is always room for improvement.