Download VLC Media Player 2.2.1

VideoLAN has released VLC Media Player 2.2.1 "Terry Pratchett". This releases fixes numerous crashes (FLAC, SPC), codec issues (VP9, Atrac3, AAC), regressions and several issues (Resume, MP4 chapters, MKV over network) and security issues.

Download VLC 2.2.1
VLC is available at the following website. Download the files appropriate for you.
VLC Media Player for Windows Desktop

VLC for Android and Android TV: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.videolan.vlc
VLC for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/vlc-ios/id650377962
VLC for Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=44fa83f7-a98d-4647-b9d4-c35ed729d0c9
VLC for Windows RT: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/vlc-for-windows-8/c527ff2d-b5d0-45b6-bfc3-92fb7357ef72

Overview
VLC Media Player (VLC) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedia files formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program. It is simple to use, yet very powerful and extendable, and can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. This release include fixes for FTP relative paths and directories and fixes for Podcast and DVD modules.

VLC 2.2 (Codename: WeatherWax) is a major upgrade of popular media player. The 2.2.1 release of VLC media player for the desktop is coordinated, with releases on iOS, Android (including Android TV), WinRT (Windows RT and x86) and Windows Phone.

What's new in VLC 2.2.1?
This version contains following updates:

Codec:

• Fix compilation with older libavcodec versions
• Fix some VP9 decoding
• Fix flac crashes
• Fix lpcm channel ordering
• Fix potential NULL dereference in dmo
• Fix teletext framing code in DVB PES packets
• Fix potential buffer overflow in schroendinger decoder (CVE-2014-9629)
• Fix AAC samplerate

Demuxers:

• Fix MP4 chapters
• Fix MKV overseeking, introducing slowness over network shares
• Fix crash when playing SPC files
• Fix ATRAC3 playback in MKV
• Revert to older ASX code
• Workaround TS issue with mpeg-audio

Access:

• Fix sftp read and close sockets
• Fix DTV build with Linux DVB versions < 5.8
• Fix UDP/RTP input on Windows

Audio output:

• Fix Alsa HDMI plugs
• Improve Alsa output, with larger buffers
• Fix DirectSound output with multi-channel files

OS X:

• Fix numerous crashes in the UI
• Fix video-wallpaper mode
• Fix race when starting VLC from command line

Qt:

• Fix recent items behaviour
• Fix rotation filter activation
• Fix mux modules names for the streaming wizard

Win32:

• Timestamp the signature of the dlls
• Fix extensions registration during install
• Fix extensions dialog crash
• Default to no DxVA decoding

libVLC:

• fix libvlc_media_get_stats

For a full description, please have a look at the change log.

Reference:
VLC 2.2.1 Changelog