Core:
* Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
+ * Add extensions download from external repositories
Access:
* Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
+ * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
+ * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection and navigation
+ * Digital Cinema Package support
Decoder:
* Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
* libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
- * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1
+ * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1, Bink
* Teletext subtitles display improvements
* Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
* Support setting the post processing level in Theora
+ * OpenMax IL improvements, notably for RaspberryPi
+ * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
+ * New jpeg image decoder
Encoder:
* Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
* Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
* Support for Opus encoding using libopus
+ * New jpeg image encoder using libjpeg
+ * New png image encoder using libpng
Demuxer:
* New CAF format module
* Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
* FLAC packets validation using CRC
* Support Opus in MKV
+ * Support VP8 in OGG
* Basic support for WebVTT
+ * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio stream type in TS
* Support HDPR TS files
* Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
+ * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
+ * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
+ * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
Muxers:
* Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
* Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
+ * Support VP8 in OGG
+ * Add HEVC muxing in MP4
Video Output:
* Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
* New CoreGraphics video output module for NPAPI plugins
+ * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
* New OpenGL ES 2.0 through EGL video output module for Android
+ * New Android native window provider module
+ * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
+ * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
Video Filter:
* New Oldmovie effect filter
Audio Output:
* Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
+ * Audio device notifications for WASAPI
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
+ * GSM, VP8, Opus and JPEG RTP packetization
+ * HLS: Allow setting the first segment number and numerous improvements
+ * new stats module to output block timing values and md5 sums
+ * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
+ * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
+ with --no-sout-all
+ * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
+ --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
+
libVLC:
* add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
+ * add libvlc_media_player_program_scrambled function
Visualizations:
* Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
+ * Allow setting the FFT windowing style for 3D and normal spectrum
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
+ * Add record button in Qt menus
+ * Fixes for advanced preferences on OS X
+
+Misc:
+ * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
+ * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
Removed modules:
* ios video output: use ios2
* OpenMash H.261 video decoder
+ * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core:
+ * Fix broken behaviour with SOCKSv5 proxies
+ * Fix integer overflow on error when using vlc_readdir
+
+Access:
+ * Fix DVB-T2 tuning on Linux
+ * Fix encrypted DVD playback
+ * Fix v4l2 frequency conversion
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix numerous issues (M2TS, VC1 interlaced, Lagarith, FFv1.3, Xvid)
+ by updating codec libraries
+ * Bring fluidsynth back on Mac OS X
+ * Fix some Opus crashes with some filters
+ * Fix teletext crash on Windows
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Avoid an infinite recursion in MKV tags parsing
+ * Fix an issue with some Vobsub tracks
+ * Fix missing samples at the end of some wav files
+ * Fix divide by 0 on ASF/WMV parsing
+
+Audio output:
+ * Fix audio device selection via command line on Mac OS X
+ * Fix audio crashes on Mac OS X
+
+Video Output:
+ * Fix selection of DirectDraw as the default output for XP
+ * Fix transform off-by-one issue
+ * Fix screensaver disabling on Windows outputs
+ * Fix DirectDraw device enumeration and multi-display output
+ * Fix a potential crash when playing a fullscreen game at the same time as VLC
+
+Stream output:
+ * Fix 24bits audio MTU alignment in RTP
+ * Fix record file names
+
+Qt interface:
+ * Fix minimal size possible on start
+ * Fix a crash with the simple volume widget
+ * Fix a crash in the audio menu building
+ * Fix multimedia keys issues on Windows
+ * Fix opening of DVD and BD folders on Windows
+
+HTTP interface:
+ * Fix album art display on Windows
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Modern Greek,
+ Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Hebrew,
+ Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Nepali,
+ Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,
+ Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
+ and Simplified Chinese translations
+ * Fix encoding for Windows installer translations
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
+--------------------------------
+
+Audio output:
+ * Fix digital playback on OS X when more than one audio device is installed
+ * Fix digital playback (SPDIF/HDMI) on Windows
+ * Fix stuttering or silent playback when using sound enhancers or external
+ audio devices on OS X
+ * Improve responsiveness on OS X when playback starts or is being paused
+ * Improve responsiveness, silent playback intervals and reliability on iOS
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fix Vimeo and DailyMotion parsing
+ * Various WMV playback improvements and fixes
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix LPCM 20/24-bit decoding and 16 bits with channel padding
+ * Fix playback of some HEVC samples
+
+Video filters:
+ * Fix crash on deinterlace selection
+
+Qt interface:
+ * Fix some streaming profiles when copy existed
+ * Improve A-B loop control
+ * Fix album art update when changing media
+
+Mac OS X interface:
+ * Add a language option in the interface
+ * Option to control VLC's iTunes pausing behavior is more easy to find
+ * Improved UI resetting when requested in the preferences
+ * Fix issue which prevented to enable more than one video filter on Mavericks
+ * Fix an issue which could prevent automatic UI language settings from working
+ * Fix opening subtitles files through drag & drop or double-clicking
+ * Fix crash when closing window without decorations
+ * Fix issue where extra video window was resized even if this was disabled
+
+Win32 installer:
+ * Kill running VLC process on uninstall/update
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian,
+ French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kannada, Khmer,
+ Lithuanian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Sinhala,
+ Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Uzbek, Welsh translations
+
Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
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