Public bug reported:

[Impact]

VLC has received a bugfix update on the 3.0.x release path, which was
recommended to us for additional stability in the Long Term Support
release.

[Test Case]

Install vlc from bionic-proposed and test it for a decent amount of
time. Play different video formats to catch any regressions, and use it
as you normally would.

[Regression Potential]

The 3.0.x branch receives only bug fixes, which are cherry-picked from
the master branch where the main development takes place. So, I think
the regression potential is low.

[Other Info]

Here is the upstream Git repository:
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-3.0.git;a=summary

We released the previous VLC bugfix release for this branch into Bionic
in late July, see bug 1774067 for details. This was successful, and no
regressions have been reported.

Upstream changelog:

Changes between 3.0.3 and 3.0.4:
--------------------------------

Decoder:
 * Blacklist some intel GPU when decoding HEVC
 * Decode AV1 streams
 * Fix playback of low-fps files
 * Fix hardware decoding of low-latency sliced H.264 streams on macOS
 * Fix seeking with streams containing WebVTT subtitles
 * Fix decoding some CC-608 streams with roll-up
 * Fix crashes with LPCM streams
 * Fix colorspace of JPEG, PNG and screen inputs
 * Fix MediaCodec rotation handling

Demux:
 * Improve FLV fps detection
 * Fix some ogg/flac
 * Improve support for broken HEVC inside MKV
 * Fix some AVI regression for broken files and for DVAudio
 * Support files splitted in the .mts%d pattern
 * Fixes for MKV seeking
 * Fix for MP4 disabled track selection
 * Fix playback of incomplete RAR files (downloading)

Audio Output:
 * Improve iOS session management and resume-from-pause
 * Improve macOS audio performance
 * Support 44.1kHz DTS passthrough
 * Fix crashes on DirectSound output

Video Output:
 * Fix some crash in Direct3D11/Direct3D9 because of sensors
 * Fix some broken DVD subtitles rendering (OpenGL, notably)
 * Fix crashes on old mac machines, after some time
 * Fix memleaks on the EGL output (Android notably)
 * Fix misc display in Direct3D11 due to broken drivers
 * Fix potential green screen on Windows XP

Text renderer:
 * Fix rendering of arabic fonts fallback on macOS
 * Fix head buffer overflow on macOS with some fonts
 * Fix rendering of fonts with specific fonts
 * Fix some RTL rendering

Misc:
 * Fix live555, macOS-UI, screen capture crashes
 * Change the extension registration names on Windows
 * Fix VLM 'now' date
 * Fixes on the HTTPD server
 * Fix on the NTservice registration
 * Fix --stop-time option
 * Fix ChromeCast compatibility with web interface
 * Fix subtitles alignment
 * Fix infinite recursion on directory playback
 * Fix detection SAT>IP servers

Qt:
 * Fix tooltip display when using Wayland

macOS:
 * macOS 10.7.5 is required now, VLC will no longer launch on earlier releases
 * Fix delay and fps setting in subtitle dialog
 * Modernized and improved support for media keys
 * Fix issues with drag and drop of playlist items
 * Fix support for audio capturing with qtsound module
 * Fix layout issues in the Convert and Save panel

Translations:
 * Update of most translations

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu Cosmic)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)
         Status: Fix Released

** Also affects: vlc (Ubuntu Cosmic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Cosmic)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Cosmic)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Cosmic)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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