Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
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+Important changes:
+ * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
+
+Core:
+ * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
+
Access:
* Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
-Decoders:
+Decoder:
* Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
* libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
+ * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1
+ * Teletext subtitles display improvements
+ * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
+ * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
Encoder:
* Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
Demuxer:
* New CAF format module
+ * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably for seeking
+ * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking
+ * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
+ * FLAC packets validation using CRC
+ * Support Opus in MKV
+ * Basic support for WebVTT
+ * Support HDPR TS files
+ * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
-Streaming:
- * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
- vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
- :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
+Muxers:
+ * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
+ * Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
Video Output:
* Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
* New Oldmovie effect filter
* New VHS effect filter
* New Freeze effect filter
+ * Support I422 and J422 in transform
+ * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
+
+Audio Output:
+ * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
+Streaming:
+ * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
+ * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
+ vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
+ :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
+ * GSM, VP8, Opus RTP packetization
+ * Allow setting the first segment number in HLS
libVLC:
* add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions