So, it's the first time we do a coordinated release of VLC.
We're doing it for desktop (Linux, Windows, OS X) and mobile ports (Android, Windows Phone, Windows RT, iOS) but also for Android TV.
It's been quite difficult, but we're finishing the work we've started 2 years ago to move to mobile: the code base is now ready for that, without hacks.
So, a lot of the cooler stuff for mobile are going to happen for 3.0.0 though...
And for developers, now libVLC should be usable for most platforms, notably to create apps that play videos.
Would there be a way to implement libVLC as a replacement for Quick Look in Mavericks and Yosemite? That would be fantastic!
Right now (as you may know) Apple depreciated Quick Look and it no longer works with far too many video formats even if one has the old version of QuickTime installed with Perian.
When did Apple deprecated Quicklook? I can't find any mention of that. Generally when frameworks are deprecated it's noted here too:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX...
Also no mention:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look
Quick Look's media support is pretty sparse, but that's due to its use of Quicktime X for most video and audio. QL supports plugins from third parties though so... yes. You don't need to replace QL, just build a plugin for it.
just a few I spotted in a quick search:
https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins
https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlMoviePreview