VideoLAN and the VLC development team are happy to present the sixth version of "Twoflower", a minor update that improves the overall stability.
Notable changes include improved reliability for MKV file playback, fixed MPEG2 audio and video encoding, pulseaudio synchronization, Mac OS interface, and other fixes. It also resolves potential security issues in HTML subtitle parser, freetype renderer, AIFF demuxer and SWF demuxer.
More info in the release notes.
We would like to remind our users that some VideoLAN team members are trying to raise money for VLC for Windows Metro on Kickstarter.

Today, some VideoLAN team members launched a fundraiser on Kickstarter to support a port to the new User Experience on Windows 8 (aka "Metro") and Windows RT. Find out more.

VLC media player versions 2.0.3 and older suffer from a critical buffer overflow vulnerability. Refer to our advisory for technical details. A fix for this issue is already available in VLC 2.0.4. We strongly recommend all users to update to this new version.

VideoLAN and the VLC development team present the fifth version of "Twoflower", a major update that fixes a lot of regressions, issues and security issues in this branch.
It introduces Opus support, improves Youtube, Vimeo streams and Blu-Ray dics support. It also fixes many issues in playback, notably on Ogg and MKV playback and audio device selections and a hundred of other bugs.
More info in the release notes.

A small number of users on specific setups experienced audio issues with the latest version of VLC media player for Mac OS X. If you are affected, please download VLC again and replace the existing installation. If you're not, there is nothing to do.