* /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
Codecs:
+ * Support for OPUS via libopus.
* Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
* Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
* Support for Ulead DV audio
* Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1)
* 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
Encoders:
* high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
* Major improvements in DASH support
* Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
* Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
+ * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
+ * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developped by Viotech.net
Demuxers:
* MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
* Windows Audio Session API audio output support
* OpenBSD sndio audio output support
* Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module
+ * Android AudioTrack audio output support
Audio Filters:
* new remapping channel filter
Video Outputs:
* OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
+ * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
Video Filters:
* new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
* 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
Stream Output:
* Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
* .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
* fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
* Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
- * Partial support for Qt5.0
+ * Hotkey support for TS program selection
+
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
+ * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
Mac OS X Interface:
- * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
- * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
+ * add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
+ controller
+ * add a GUI to manage podcasts
+ * 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
VLC's internal volume level
- * added an option to show next / previous buttons
- * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
- * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
- date and language.
+ * 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
+ multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
+ * 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,
+ 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 a new panel for media conversation and streaming
+ * allow the OS to turn off the screen(s) when playing audio-only media while
+ the user is idle
+ * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
+ deprecated now
+
+Qt:
+ * Partial support for Qt5.0
+ * Menus modifications and improvements
+ * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
+ * Streaming output wizard rewrite
+ * Numerous fixes
+
+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
+ * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
Removed modules:
* portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
* Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
+ * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
* RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
* RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
* Hildon GUI
+ * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
+ * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
projects / vlc / blobdiff