From e2916227e4edd93cbf79687a86002d9c21b9f911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Baptiste Kempf Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:45:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS about 2.1.0 --- NEWS | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index eb1dac65b5..252fdbb69c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Core: * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode * Partial support for Windows Store App * Removed SQL support - * Added audio fingerprinter support + * Add an audio fingerprinter * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection Decoders: @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Audio Filters: * 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: * New module to output using Decklink Blackmagic cards @@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ Stream Output: * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting Fingerprinters: - * Added AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter + * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter Interfaces: * configurable password for the HTTP server. @@ -129,44 +130,44 @@ Services discovery: * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item 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 a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during + * 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 + * 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 * 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, + * 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 + * 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 + * 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 + * 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 and will be removed in a future release. @@ -184,19 +185,28 @@ Qt: * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI * Numerous fixes * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info - * Removed language preference + * 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 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 @@ -216,6 +226,7 @@ Removed modules: * 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: -- 2.39.2