GPU-accelerated video decoding comes to VLC media player

“Windows Media Player may have a foothold with the masses, but
PC enthusiasts seem to prefer the VLC media player. Available for
Windows, OS X, and several flavors of Linux and BSD, VLC is famous
for being able to play just about any video file that one might
encounter while browsing the interwebs. Now there’s a new version,
and it brings long-awaited support for hardware-accelerated video
decoding.”

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