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-Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
+Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
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+Important notes:
+----------------
+ * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
+ If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
+ edit the ".hosts" file.
+ XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
+ * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
+ interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
+ - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
+ by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
+ features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
+ - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
+ later point
+ * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
+ * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
+ now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
+ vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
+ You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
+ These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
+
+Changes:
+--------
+
Playlist:
* Vastly improved playlist support:
* Media library support
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
- * Audioscrobbler / last.fm support
+ * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+ * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
+ (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
+
+Input/Demuxers:
+ * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * Proxy support for MMSH stream
+ * JACK audio input support
Decoders:
- * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- * WavPack
+ * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
+ * MKV USF subtitles support
+ * HTML based subtitles support
+ * Flash Screen Video support
+ * CamStudio Screen Video support
+ * DosBox Capture support
+ * Karl Morton's Video support
+ * limited atrac3 support
+ * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
+
+Encoders:
+ * Flash Screen Video support
+
+Video output and filters:
+ * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
+ Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
+ * New puzzle video output filter
+ * Rewrite motion detection video filter
+ * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
+ video)
+ * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
+ * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
+ * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
+ tags
+ * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This 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). This
+ was previously part of the mosaic module.
+ * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
-Video output:
- * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
- and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
+Stream output:
+ * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction
- * OS X
- * Full Screen controller panel
+ * Improved mouse gestures
+ * Unix
+ * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
+
+Capture:
+ * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
+ Windows
+
+Localisations:
+ * Persian
+
+Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+Various bugfixes, notably:
+ * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
+ * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
+ * Mac OS X Interface crashes
+ * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
+ * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
+ * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
+
+Decoders:
+ * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
+ * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
+
+Webbrowser plugins:
+ * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
+
+Mac OS X Interface & Port:
+ * Diverse usability improvements
+ * New wizard option to embed subtitles
+ * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
+ * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
+
-Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
+Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
+---------------------------------
+
+CDDA / VCDX plugins:
+ * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Fullscreen controller improvements
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
--------------------------------
Playlist:
* Support for RTSP authentication
* Support for adding subtitles on the fly
* Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- * ATSC support for DVB
+ * ATSC support for DVB input
+ * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
+ * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
+ * Improved support for Flash Video files
Decoders:
- * Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
+ * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
* WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
-
+ * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
+ * The True Audio Lossless codec support
+ * Matroska WavPack support
+ * 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 :)
* Improved libcaca support
Interfaces:
- * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- * Systray support in skins (Windows only)
- * Notifications using notification-daemon on Linux
- * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
+ * All
+ * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
+ * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
+ * Windows
+ * Systray support in skins
* OS X
- - Support for Apple Remote control
- - Right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- - Main Menu keeps accessible when playing in fullscreen mode
+ * Support for Apple Remote control
+ * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
+ * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
+ * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
+ * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
+ * Linux
+ * Notifications using notification-daemon
+
+Windows port:
+ * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
+ 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:
+ http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
+ Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
+ C:\Windows\System
+ * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
+ * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
Localization:
* Add Czech
* Add Slovak
* Add Malay
+ * Add Slovenian
Developers:
* Updates to the libvlc API
+ * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
+
Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5