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-Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1-svn:
+Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
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Core support:
- * Include TLS/SSL API
- * SSL support in the HTTP daemon
+ * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
+ * New OSD system
+
+Video output:
+ * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
+ * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
+ * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
+
+Input:
+ * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
+ * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
+ * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
+ * GnomeVFS input module
+ * Support for RTP packet reordering
+ * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
+
+Decoders:
+ * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
+ * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
+ * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
+
+Services discovery:
+ * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
+ * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
+
+Video filters:
+ * RSS feed overlay
+
+Audio filters:
+* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
+ Mixer and Dolby Surround
+
+Stream output:
+ * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
+ * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
+ * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Mac OS X
+ - New streaming and transcoding wizard
+ - New extended controls panel
+ - New bookmarks window
+ - Fixed playlist sorting
+ - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
+ * wxWidgets
+ - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
+ - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
+ - VLC update checker
+ - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
+ - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
+ * Skins2
+ - Tree playlist
+ * HTTP
+ - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
+ - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
+ the names of files
+ - Include macro to include other files
+ - CGI 1.0 support
+
+ActiveX plugin:
+* Should now work outside IE as well
+
+Mac OS X port:
+* New script to delete the preferences automatically
Windows port:
- * Fixed multichannel audio support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
+* Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
+
+Translations:
+ The following languages were added:
+ * Korean
+ * Romanian
+ * Simplified Chinese
+
+Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Rewrite of the playlist
+ - Tree structure
+ - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
+ - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
+ * Preferences improvements:
+ - New organization, designed to improve usability
+ - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
+ * XML parsers
+ * Core image manipulation support
+ * Client-side SSL/TLS support
+ * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
+ * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
+ * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
+ * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
+ * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
+ * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
+ now separated by ':' instead of ','
+ * Access filter architecture
+ * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
+ * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
+ * Many bugfixes...
+
+Input/Demuxers:
+ * Support for SOCKS proxy
+ * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
+ * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
+ * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
+ * Better support for Kasenna streams
+ * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
+ * Massive Matroska improvements
+ * Support for XA and VOC audio files
+ * TiVo demuxer
+ * Samba (Windows shares) access module
+ * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
+ * Fixes to Linux DVB support
+ * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
+ * Support for FTP over IPv6
+
+Decoders / Encoders:
+ * Dirac decoder and encoder
+ * PNG decoder/encoder
+ * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
+ * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
+
+Access filters:
+ * New Record and Timeshift filters
+
+Services discovery:
+ * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
+ * Brand new SAP module
+ * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
+ the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
+ ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
+ * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
+ * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
+ * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
+ * Shoutcast
+
+Audio output:
+ * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
+
+Video output:
+ * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
+ * Image file video output (png)
+ * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
+ * Improvements to wall video filter
+ * Support for font color and opacity
+
+Stream output:
+ * Muxers
+ - ASF improvements
+ * VLM / VoD
+ - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
+ - Seeking support in VoD streams
+ * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
+
+Interfaces:
+ * wxWidgets
+ - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
+ - Improved preferences
+ - Improvements to the wizard
+ - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
+ * MacOS X
+ - Redesigned playlist
+ - Improved preferences
+ * Skins
+ - Support for multiple actions
+ - Fixes
+ * HTTP
+ - Support for the new playlist system
+ * Lirc
+ - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
+
+Windows port:
+ * Screensaver disabling fix
+ * DirectShow tuner configuration
+ * Support for no-decoration windows
+
+MacOS X port:
+ * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
+ * The OpenGL video output is back
+ * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
+ - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
+ - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
+ is not yet available in the new module
+ - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
+
+BeOS port:
+ * Support for single-buffered overlay
+
+Pocket PC port:
+ * Many fixes
+ * New interface
+ * New video output
+
+Mozilla Plugin:
+ * Javascript fixes
+ * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
+
+IE Plugin:
+ * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
+
+Translations:
+ The following languages were added:
+ * Catalan
+ * Danish
+ * Turkish
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
+ * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
+
+Windows port:
+ * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
* Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
+ * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
+
+WinCE port:
+ * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
+
+Audio Output:
+ * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
+
+Video Output:
+ * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
+ * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
+ * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
Stream Output:
- Encoders:
- * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
+ * Encoders:
+ * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
+ * Stream output:
+ * Support of playlist group announcement
Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
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