contrib: support using a specific commit tag in download_git

[vlc] / NEWS

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
+Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-pre2:
 ------------------------------------
 
 Important notes:
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ Important changes for packagers:
  * 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:
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ Core:
  * 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
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ Access:
    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
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ Codecs:
  * 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
@@ -91,8 +94,10 @@ Demuxers:
  * 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
+ * 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:
  * Qt: effects dialogs rework
@@ -116,6 +121,8 @@ Interfaces:
  * 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)
@@ -128,15 +135,19 @@ Video Output:
  * 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 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
@@ -149,10 +160,12 @@ Video Filter:
  * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
  * New anti-flickering filter
  * 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
+   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