-Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
+Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-pre2:
------------------------------------
+Important notes:
+ * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
+ conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
+ from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
+ title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
+ * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
+ - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
+ - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
+ - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
+ - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
+ All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
+ * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
+ - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
+ By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
+ - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
+ By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
+ - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
+ --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
+ --http-crl (optional CRL).
+ * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
+ Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
+ * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
+ output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
+ * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
+ Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
+
Important changes for packagers:
* The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
- * The VLC plugins path can be overriden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
+ * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
* The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
* OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
- * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
- * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
-
+ * The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
Core:
* Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
* Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
* Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
* Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
+ * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64
Access:
* Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
* HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
* Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
* Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
+ * PulseAudio audio input support
* RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
* Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
* QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
+ * QTSound: added support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices
* X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
+ * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
Codecs:
* You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
* Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
* Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
+ * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
+ * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
+ * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
* New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
+ * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
+ * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
+ * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
+ * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
+ * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
+ * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
+ * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
Demuxers:
- * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
- * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
- * Ogg seeking improvements
+ * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
+ * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
* Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
* Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
+ * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
+ * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
+ * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
+ * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
+ * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
+ * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
+ * Improved support of tracker files
Interfaces:
- * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Qt: effects dialogs rework
* Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
* Qt: port to MacOS X platform
+ * Qt: small look improvements
+ * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
and important cleanups and optimisations
- * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
+ * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
* Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
* Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
+ * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
+ * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
+ * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
+ * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
* The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
+ * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
* dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
* dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
+ * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
+ * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
+ * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
+ * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
+ * Qt: preferences are now searchable
Video Output:
* New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
* Various vmem improvements
* OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
chroma conversion
+ * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
+ * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
+ * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
+ * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
-Audio Output:
+Audio Output and Filters:
* New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
* New audio output in memory (amem)
* Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
+ * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
+ * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
+ * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
+ * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
+ * New simplistic Karaoke filter
+ * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
+ * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
Video Filter:
* New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
* New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
* New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
* New anti-flickering filter
-
-Audio Filter:
- * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
+ * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
+ * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
+ * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
+ blackbox and customizable shadow.
+ NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
+ the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
+ The Win32 font selection was improved too.
Stream output:
* New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
* New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
* New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
- #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
- #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
+ #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
+ #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
+ * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
Services Discovery:
* Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
list of available audio and video filters
- ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
+ ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
+ libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
Removed modules:
* upnp: use upnp_intel
* removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
* removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
+ * removal of the noise filter
+ * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
+ * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
+ removed in Growl's next release, too.
+ * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
+----------------------------------
+
+Audio outputs:
+ * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
+ including support for OS X Lion
+ * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
+ * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
+
+Unix port:
+ * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
+
+Misc:
+ * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
+ * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
+ * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
+----------------------------------
+
+Security:
+ * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
+ and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
+ * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
+ * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
+ * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
+ * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
+
+Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
+ * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
+ * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
+
+Demuxers/Meta Readers:
+ * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
+
+Muxers/Output:
+ * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
+
+Extensions:
+ * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
+
+Qt Interface:
+ * Fix quitting on Linux
+ * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
+ * Miscellaneous
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
+---------------------------------
+
+Windows and Mac OS X:
+ * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
+ * Fix for various crashes and small issues
+
+Demuxer:
+ * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
+
+Audio output:
+ * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
+
+Miscellaneous fixes in:
+ * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
+ * Qt interface
+ * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
+ * RTP output and XML export
+ * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
+ * v4l2 access
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
+ Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
+ Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
+ * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
Access:
* Add extra caching for files on network shares
- * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
+ * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
+ DZCORE Labs, Algeria
Decoders:
* Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
Windows port:
* The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
-Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
+Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
+Lithuanian
Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
* Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
Input access:
- * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
+ * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
+ (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
* Fixed large file support on Windows
* Video 4 Linux support
* CD Digital Audio support
* New HTTP remote control interface
Stream output:
- * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
+ * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
+ allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
* The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
* Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
* SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
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