-Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
+Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-pre1:
--------------------------------
-Important changes for packagers:
+Important changes:
+ * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
+ * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
+ VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now on 64bit hardware
* The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
- * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
3rd party libraries (contrib):
- * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
+ * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner system in /contrib
Core:
* Audio core rewrite
* Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
+ * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
+ * Partial support for Windows Store App
+ * Removed SQL support
+ * Add an audio fingerprinter
+ * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection
Decoders:
* Support for OPUS via libopus.
* Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
- * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
+ * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec
* Support for Ulead DV audio
* Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
- Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1)
+ Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
* Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
* Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
* Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
* Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
* Support for VDPAU hardware video decoding acceleration on Linux
+ * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
Encoders:
* high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
+ * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
Access:
* Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
* HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
* Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
* NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
+ * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
+ * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
+ * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
+ vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
+ * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation
Demuxers:
* MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
* AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
* Support for more MJPEG streams
* Add support for liveleak streams
+ * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
Audio output:
* Windows Audio Session API audio output support
* OpenBSD sndio audio output support
* Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
* Android AudioTrack audio output support
- * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1 and 7.1 playback and layouts
+ * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
* Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
* OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
* Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
+ * New, simplified AudioUnit output module for iOS
Audio Filters:
- * new remapping channel filter
- * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
- * new VSXu visualization plugin
+ * New remapping channel filter
+ * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
+ * New VSXu visualization plugin
+ * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
+ * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
Video Outputs:
- * DecklinkOutput: New module using Blackmagic cards
+ * New module to output using Decklink Blackmagic cards
+ * New module using OpenMAX IL to output video
* OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
* OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
+ * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 modules
+ Also, subpictures now work in the OpenGL ES2 module
* Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
+ * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
Video Filters:
- * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
+ * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
* Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
* Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
* Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
+ * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
Stream Output:
* Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
* Options support for AVIO output module
* Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
* Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
+ * Livehttp stream encryption support
+ * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
+ * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
+
+Fingerprinters:
+ * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
Interfaces:
* configurable password for the HTTP server.
* UPnP A/V subtitles
* Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
-OS X Port:
- * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
- * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
-
OS X Interface:
- * add support for multiple video outputs
- * add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
+ * Add support for multiple video outputs
+ * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
controller
- * add a GUI to manage podcasts
- * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
- * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
+ * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
+ * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
+ * Add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
- This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
- * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
- * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
+ * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
+ * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
VLC's internal volume level
- * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
+ * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
+ playback
+ * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
selection and to manage the list of presets
- * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
+ * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
- * add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
- * add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
- * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
- * add an option to show next / previous buttons
- * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
- * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
+ * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
+ * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
+ * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
+ * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
+ * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
+ * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
+ * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
+ * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
date and language
- * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
- * add an option to play videos as a desktop background
- * add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
+ * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
+ * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
+ * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
* improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
* rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
+ * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
+ when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
+ 3rd party applications
+ * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
+ handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
+ (system-wide settings)
+ * Add support for the Video Title option
+ * Add support for the Boss Key
* The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
- deprecated now
+ deprecated now and will be removed in a future release.
Qt:
* Partial support for Qt5.0
* Menus modifications and improvements
* Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
* Streaming output wizard rewrite
+ * Add bitrate graph in information panels
+ * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
+ * EPG display fixes and improvements
+ * Add SD pixmap sources
+ * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
+ * Display playlist total duration
+ * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
* Numerous fixes
+ * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
+ * Remove language preference
+ * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality.
+ Added new profiles.
+
+Skins2:
+ * Port to OS/2
+ * Extend sliders, offsets options
+ * New bitmaps caching mechanism
+ * Numerous fixes and improvements
+ * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
libVLC:
* new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
* libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
- * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
* new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
+ * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
+ * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
+ libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
+ * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
Removed modules:
* portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
* Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
* Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
+ * Broken crop video filter
+ * Switcher module
+ * OSD parser and menu
+ * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
+ * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
+ * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
+ * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
+ * htcpcp :)
+
+
+Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
+--------------------------------
+
+Input:
+ * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
+ * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
+ playlist files
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
+
+Encoders:
+ * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
+
+Muxers:
+ * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
+
+Video output:
+ * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
+
+Mac OS X Interface
+ * Minor improvements
+ * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
+
+HTTP Interface
+ * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
+ Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
+ * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
+
+
+Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
+--------------------------------
+
+Access:
+ * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
+
+Audio Output:
+ * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
+ * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
+ * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
+ * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
+ * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
+ * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
+ * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
+ * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
+ * 3rd party codecs updates
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
+ * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
+ * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
+ in the advanced preferences panel
+ * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
+ * Fix crash within the video output code
+ * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
+ folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
+ * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
+ * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
+ lua extensions, ...)
+ * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
+
+Qt:
+ * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
+
+GNU/Linux:
+ * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
+ * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
+
+Windows:
+ * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
+ Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
+ Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
+ Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
+ Dutch, Danish, translations
+ * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
projects / vlc / blobdiff