Audio Output:
* New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
+ * New audio output in memory (amem)
Video Filter:
* New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
list of available audio and video filters
+ ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
+ allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
Removed modules:
* asademux: use libass only
Audio filters:
* Chorus/Flanger audio filter
* 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
- * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
- resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
+ * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
+ resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
* NEON assembly audio converter module
* Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
Mac OS X Interface:
* Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
- - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
+ - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
main controller window.
* Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
* JACK audio input support
* Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
* BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
- * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
+ * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
* Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
* Experimental EyeTV access module
* Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
* New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
- * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
+ * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
This was previously part of the mosaic module.
* Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
* Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
* Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
* Simplified Extended Controls panel
* Ncurses:
- * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
+ * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
if libncursesw is available.
* Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
* Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
* Unix
* Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
- * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
- (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
- interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
+ * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
+ (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
+ interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
* Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
* Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
Various bugfixes:
* Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
- * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
+ * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
- (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
+ (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
SAP services discovery, http control interface)
* Updated Polish translation
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Security updates:
- * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
+ * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
* Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
Goodies:
* Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
* Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
- (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
+ (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
* Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
* More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
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Security updates:
- * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
+ * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
(CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
- * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
+ * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
(CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
* Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
* Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
* Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
* Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
* Fixed AAC resampling
- * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
+ * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
* Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
* Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
VideoLAN-SA-0801)
- * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
+ * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
VideoLAN-SA-0802)
Audio filter:
Encoders:
* Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
- * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
+ * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
encoding on multi-cpu systems
- Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
- Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
* Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
Windows and Mac OS Binaries
- * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
+ * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
Active X plugin:
* Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
-
+
Mac OS X Interface & Port:
* Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
* Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
+ * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
- * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
+ * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
two different movies
* Support for current Ogg file formats
- NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
+ NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
Encoders:
* Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
* Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
* Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
-
+
Video output:
* Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
* Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
Windows port:
* Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Windows 9x/ME users:
+ Windows 9x/ME users:
- Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
- Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
* Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
* Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
* Improvements to the Audio CD input
- - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
- - Support for CDDB
+ - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
+ - Support for CDDB
* Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
* Improved subtitles encoding support
* Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
* New JACK audio output
Video output:
- * New video filters:
+ * New video filters:
- magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
- gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
- bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
* Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
Interfaces:
- * System to inform the user and request information
+ * System to inform the user and request information
- HTTP authentication
- Fatal errors
- ...
- VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
- Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
- Drag & Drop support in the playlist
- * Skins2
+ * Skins2
- New default skin
- Support for Winamp 2 skins
- Improved playlist handling
OS X Port:
* Mac-Intel compatibility
- * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
+ * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
* Growl "Now playing" support
*Nix port:
* SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
* UPnP fixes
* Avahi 0.6 support
-
+
Interfaces:
* Mac OS X
- - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
+ - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
* 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:
- new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
* Mac OS X
* Rewrite of the playlist
- Tree structure
- Input preparsing (for meta-data)
- - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
- * Preferences improvements:
+ - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
+ * Preferences improvements:
- New organization, designed to improve usability
- New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
* XML parsers
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
+ * 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
* Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
Input:
- * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
+ * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
(Stream your desktop)
* Improved DVD support:
- uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
- uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
* Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
* Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
- * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
+ * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
(selection of titles/chapters).
Demuxers:
* DVB subtitles encoder
* MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
* Improved vorbis/theora encoding
- Muxers:
+ Muxers:
* Text track muxing for mp4
* Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
* 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
with support for effects.
* Improved filter and subpictures support :
- New filters can be streamed.
- - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
+ - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
- Centralized scaling and blending
- * New filters :
- - "time", to display current time
+ * New filters :
+ - "time", to display current time
- "marq", to display a marquee
Interfaces:
* Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
Input:
- * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
+ * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
* Improved directory access module.
Playlist:
* Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
- * Playlist sorting
+ * Playlist sorting
Input:
* RTP/RTSP support.
* Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
* Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
-iPaq port:
+iPaq port:
* Brand new Gtk 2 interface
Miscellaneous:
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