-Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
+Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-pre1:
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Important changes:
* Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
* Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
* Partial support for Windows Store App
+ * Removed SQL support
+ * Added audio fingerprinter support
+ * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection
Decoders:
* Support for OPUS via libopus.
* Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
* Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
+ * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation
Demuxers:
* MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
* AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
* Support for more MJPEG streams
* Add support for liveleak streams
+ * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
Audio output:
* Windows Audio Session API audio output support
* OpenBSD sndio audio output support
* Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
* Android AudioTrack audio output support
- * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1 and 7.1 playback and layouts
+ * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
* Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
* OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
* Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
+ * New, simplified AudioUnit output module for iOS
Audio Filters:
* New remapping channel filter
* Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 modules
Also, subpictures now work in the OpenGL ES2 module
* Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
+ * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
Video Filters:
* New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
* Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
* Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
* Livehttp stream encryption support
+ * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
+ * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
+
+Fingerprinters:
+ * Added AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
Interfaces:
* configurable password for the HTTP server.
* add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
* add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
VLC's internal volume level
+ * add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
+ playback
* add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
selection and to manage the list of presets
* add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
* add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
* add an option to show next / previous buttons
* add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
+ * add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
* add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
date and language
* add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
3rd party applications
* add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
+ (system-wide settings)
+ * add support for the Video Title option
+ * add support for the Boss Key
* The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
- deprecated now
+ deprecated now and will be removed in a future release.
Qt:
* Partial support for Qt5.0
* Display playlist total duration
* Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
* Numerous fixes
+ * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
+ * Removed language preference
+ * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality.
+ Added new profiles.
libVLC:
* new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
* new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
* new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
+ * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support.
Removed modules:
* portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* Switcher module
* OSD parser and menu
* Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
+ * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
+ * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
+ * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5: