VLC for iOS updated with improved international support, FTP server discovery
VideoLAN’s VLC application for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch has been updated with some significant enhancements. Notably, the version 2.1 release includes improved international support. This includes subtitle options for non-western languages, and localization to the following languages: Bosnian, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Marathi, Portuguese, Slovenian.
Improvements are present for subtitles, VoiceOver, Accessibility, video output, and password locking.
In terms of new features, audio-only playback is now supported. Additionally, FTP server discovery for streaming and downloading, UPNP network compatibility, and improved Bonjour featured are present in the update.
VideoLAN tells us that the launch version had 2.5 million downloads during the first week of availability. The update is available for free on the App Store.
