VLC Media Player Update for Windows 11: Yes or No?

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Good morning,

I’ve been using an older version of VLC Player for a long time and it’s been working fine so I haven’t bothered to update it.

However, I just did an “Update check” from within VLC Player and this it mentions many security fixes:

VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 3.0.23 “Vetinari”.
“VLC 3.0.23 is a major update to VLC 3.0 branch, focused on security fixes and maintenance. It also adds a Dark Mode, fixes support for Windows XP, updates all the codecs, fixes some issues in Opus, Flac, ProRes, DVD subtitles, ATRAC, Flac formats, and a large number of small crashes and minor inconveniences. It fixes more than 100 of security issues, notably sponsored by the Sovereign Tech Agency from Germany.”

Is it something I should update?

Thank you for reading my question!

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I’m not an expert, but I’ve used VLC every day for many years, and I always update when there’s a new release.

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Why wouldn’t you want to update? For what it seems, it’s packed with some nice features. Also, updated software comes with, like you said, various security fixes. Is there any caveats on this version specifically that would make it worth to stay on an older version?

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Yes; I trust the VideoLAN project with my life

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