X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=cc7a604ac97d53f85ddb65c300d47ae91033fdd5;hb=fdbda6fec038e314228314288d29e2c218c0aeef;hp=38cf4b24d9ffaec123f0275c93811a0cf98c7db3;hpb=fecfe67732811e2eadd81c9fd39e94b2b9dce8c8;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 38cf4b24d9..cc7a604ac9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,16 +1,40 @@ Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ +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. + +Access + * Multiple files are supported from RAR files + Codecs * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc +Demuxers: + * id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib). + +Interfaces + * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one + Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering +Stream output: + * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff), + example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3, + venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{ + access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, + index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, + dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" + -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: ------------------------------------- +Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0: +-------------------------------- Important changes for users: + * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output. + Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead. Important changes for packagers: * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be @@ -19,6 +43,13 @@ Important changes for packagers: by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to launch each time. + * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses + - xproto, + - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb), + - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils), + - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support. + * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically + required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback. Access: * Support for the sftp protocol @@ -38,13 +69,14 @@ Decoders: * Invmem module improvements * Support for Atrac1 audio codec * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs - * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA - * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Support for Indeo5 video codec * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support) - * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module + * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec + * Support for VP8 codec Demuxers: * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) @@ -52,6 +84,8 @@ Demuxers: * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files + * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for Webm format + * Metadata and cover art improvements Playlist: * WPL and ZPL playlist support @@ -74,7 +108,6 @@ Video Output: Extensions: * New content extensions lua framework - * IMDb extension Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter @@ -91,7 +124,6 @@ Visualization: Service discovery: * Service discoveries can now be written in lua * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories - * Service discovery based on libudev * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed Encoders: @@ -112,6 +144,7 @@ Interfaces: * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. + * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework @@ -124,7 +157,7 @@ Mac OS X Port: Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar - * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module + * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency @@ -135,10 +168,11 @@ Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. + * Improved Solaris port Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp - * phonon bindings are now usable + * phonon-VLC backend is now usable Removed modules: * csri codec: use the libass module instead. @@ -161,6 +195,40 @@ Removed modules: * RTMP input and output: use avio module +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path + +Decoders/Packetizers: + * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support + +Demuxers: + * Update LUA script for Youtube pages + * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files + * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives + * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin + * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist + +X11 port: + * Partial Xlib threading fixes + More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update! + +Interfaces: + * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks + * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist + +Translations: + * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish + and Walloon translations updated + * Sinhala translation started + +Removed modules: + * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update + to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed. + + Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: --------------------------------