VLC 4.0 comes this year with a new interface for the popular video player

Software for playing popular cross-platform media, version of VLC the. Plans to release in the coming months, Protocol Reports. The big new feature is the redesigned interface, which Jean-Baptiste Campf, president of the Videolane Foundation, hopes will look “a little more modern.” Protocol The team reports that the team is working on a new way to integrate more content online content into software software, as well as run VLC on webpages. IMDB is also a competitor in those works.

VideoLC, the developer of VLC, took a look at the world, this new interface may look like in the Fosdam conference, in February 2019. Screenshots published at the time show an interface that fills the player’s dated light gray color scheme in favor of a design featuring transparent interface elements and modern-looking icons. “Don’t worry,” Kampfe jokes as he presents the images, “you can still use the command line.”

Image: Videolane / Fosdam

Image: Videolane / Fosdam

VLC 4.0. Along with Al, the VideoLN team is also working to bring more online online content to third-party software, including third-party videos with extensions. The possibility of free ad-supported videos in the future, such as how Plex handles its own streaming service, is another possibility. In addition to bringing content online to VLC, the team is developing a new version of software that can run more easily within a web page using webscape and javascript instead of a web browser plug-in. Kempf says you can play “any kind of movie inside your web browser” when it’s ready.

Probably the most interesting moviepedia project, as it is known internally. An attempt is being made to create an IMDB-style database for movies, which users can edit and maintain.

There is no pay release date for when VLC 4.0 will arrive, but you can read more about VideoLN’s planned features for release in its 2019 presentation (or check out the recording here).