* /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib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
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
* 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
* VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
Mac OS X Interface:
+ * 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
+ * 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.
+ 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
* 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