X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=678820b0fc6857a1a179c0313c03a59cf52a2afb;hb=02a0ab41399ce94753e94d1a2229e43d09370463;hp=20f3571597383b79b48a13d750cf0d7f3199e881;hpb=70669346a9cd0a4af4416a88fd81854426a9c00d;p=mlt diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 20f35715..678820b0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,193 @@ MLT Release Notes ----------------- +Version 0.9.0 - June 2, 2013 + +This is a significant enhancement release. + +Build (especially interesting for Linux packagers) + * Added --rename-melt and --enable-extra-versioning configure options. + * Added symbol versioning on Linux. + +Framework + * Improved pause behavior when using buffered rendering in mlt_consumer. + * Added mlt_animation API (exposed via Mlt::Properties in C++). + * Added mlt_rect and mlt_color types. + * Deprecated mlt_geometry API. + +Modules + * Support for the latest versions of FFmpeg and Libav (but dropping support + for 0.5 and 0.6 versions). + * Added alpha channel output to avformat consumer. + * Added reconnect and exit_on_disconnect properties to avformat producer. + * Added opengl module that uses Movit for GLSL image processing. + * Added qglsl consumer to use opengl with avformat, sdi, and decklink. + * Added avsync module with blipflash producer and consumer for testing. + * Added new "count" producer to gtk2 module. + * Changed frei0r to use index-based property names making it impervious to + param name changes (param name still accepted for compatibility). + * Added default parameter values to frei0r metadata. + +Other + * Added more python example web services. + * Added the beginnings of unit test suite. + + +Version 0.8.8 - January 20, 2013 + +This is purely a bugfix release. See the ChangeLog or git log. + + +Version 0.8.6 - November 14, 2012 + +This is a re-issue of the 0.8.4 release with a fix for a performance +regression on videos that use full-range colorspaces such as yuv420p. + +Version 0.8.4 - November 13, 2012 + +This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. + +* Added playlist-next event and PlaylistNextListener to Ruby binding +* FFmpeg 1.0 and libAV master compatibility +* Improvements to motion_est filter to generate keyframes for apps +* Added audiolevel (measurement) filter + + +Version 0.8.2 - August 28, 2012 + +This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. + +* Overhaul of A/V sync with libavformat-based inputs. +* Fix a major memory leak introduced in previous release. +* Fixes to problems revealed by Coverity Scan static analysis. +* Improved encoding presets. +* melt can now be built without SDL with define MELT_NOSDL, which is handy + for running it as a child process on Windows and OS X. +* melt can now be signaled to quit, which also makes it more useful as a + child process. + +Special thanks to Mikko Rapeli who provided many of the Coverity fixes. + + +Version 0.8.0 - June 1, 2012 + +The minor version is increased due to the addition of time properties! +The soname version increased in the process because some mlt_property +functions changed; however, very few if any apps actually directly use +mlt_property preferring to use mlt_properties instead. In addition: + +* improve seek speed on AVCHD when using FFmpeg v0.9.1+ (NOT Libav!) +* composite and dissolve speed improvements on x86-64 +* improve performance of caching in image producers +* add device enumeration to decklink producer and consumer + +Special thanks go to contributors Maksym Veremeyenko and Ed Rogalsky. + + +Version 0.7.8 - February 13, 2012 + +This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. + +* Improved support for v53 of libavcodec/libavformat +* Added "multi" consumer - multiple, simultanous outputs +* Added framerate adaption to "consumer" producer and "multi" consumer +* Can now use YADIF deinterlacer with decklink producer +* Added "rtaudio" consumer for native audio support on multiple platforms +* Added ability to request image format closest to source (mlt_image_none) +* Added more audio formats +* Added vqm (video quality measurement) transition + + +Version 0.7.6 - October 31, 2011 + +This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. + + * Improved support for v53 of libavcodec/libavformat (0.7 and 0.8 releases) + * Major DeckLink consumer improvements + * Much more metadata + * Added audio-only JACK consumer + * Added video stabilization filters + * Added dual pass audio normalization to sox filter + * Added VITC and VANC capture to DeckLink producer + * Added support for writing timecode tracks + * Added MLT, frei0r, and SoX version to xml serialization + * Added D-10, XDCAM, DNxHD, and Sony-PSP encoding presets + * Can now use rotoscoping for masking filters + * Added dynamictext filter makes burned-in timecode and similar easier + * Added support for consumer element in MLT XML + * Added outlining, padding, and alignment to pango filter + +Special thanks go to contributors Maksym Veremeyenko, Brian Matherly, and +Marco Gittler. + + +Version 0.7.4 - July 16, 2011 + +This is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. + +Framework + * Important: change consumer property profile to mlt_profile. + * Improve frame-dropping and drop_max property to mlt_consumer. + * Added support for presets for any service through special property named + "properties" + * Added mlt_profile_from_producer() for auto-profile. + * Added mlt_properties_set_lcnumeric() and mlt_properties_get_lcnumeric(). + * Added LC_NUMERIC to YAML Tiny metadata schema and parser. + +Modules + * Added support for more than 2 channels of greater than 16-bit audio. + * Added discrete filters for each SoX effect. + * Added discrete filters for each LADSPA audio plugin. + * Added automatic service metadata for SoX and LADSPA plugins. + * Added at least basic metadata for nearly every service. + * Added support for decklink on Windows (tested) and Mac OS X (untested). + * Added support for JACK transport synchronization. + * Added blacklist.txt to jackrack plugin (contains dssi-vst). + * Rewrite of decklink consumer. + * Added support for live network, multi-stream device, and pipe/fifo sources + in avformat producer. + * Added LC_NUMERIC attribute to root XML element. + +Melt + * Added '-query presets' option. + * Added -jack option for transport synchronization. + * Send -help and -query output to stdout to make it convenient for pagers. + +Other + * Added mlt.Frame.get_image() for Python. + * Removed configure option --avformat-svn. + * Fixes for locales that use comma for decimal point. + * Added presets for DVD, DV, x264, and WebM encoding. + +Since FFmpeg forked and there were a few releases, there is no recommended +version at this time. With that said, there were changes to accomodate the +API changes with some moderate testing of the 0.6, 0.7, and 0.8 series +releases of both FFmpeg and Libav. + + +Version 0.7.2 - May 1, 2011 + +This is a minor release to fix a few things between the 0.7.0 release +and the release of Kdenlive 0.8. I recommend Kdenlive v0.8 users to +upgrade to this version of Mlt. Beyond that there are some exciting +additions to the Blackmagic Design DeckLink plugin! + +Framework + * Added mlt_profile_list(). + +Modules + * Added decklink producer (i.e. capture, live encoding). + * Added keyer output for decklink consumer. + * Added AVOptions to the avformat service metadata. + * Added support for new major API versions (53) of FFmpeg. + +Melt + * Added '-query profile' option. + * Added '-query formats', '-query audio_codecs' and '-query video_codecs'. + +The recommended version of FFmpeg for use with this release is 0.6.1. + + Version 0.7.0 - March 27, 2011 This is a major new release due to signficant additions to API, framework,