-$Id: NEWS,v 1.78 2003/12/13 15:28:41 rocky Exp $
+$Id$
+
+Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
+ * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
+ * Improved HTTP daemon
+
+Codecs:
+ * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
+ (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
+ * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
+ * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
+ (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
+
+Input:
+ * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
+ file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
+ fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
+ * Improved directory access module.
+ * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
+ * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
+ * New options to pass meta info to the input.
+
+Demux:
+ * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
+ * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
+ * mmsh streaming fixes.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Improved session announcement system.
+ * Minimize threads usage by default.
+ * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
+ * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
+ * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
+ * Meta info options used by the muxers.
+ * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
+
+VideoLAN manager:
+ * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
+ and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
+ * Supports live streams and VoD.
+ * Supports scheduling.
+ * Telnet interface for vlm.
+ * HTTP interface for vlm.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Skins II
+ - Ability to embed video output.
+ - Support for bitmap fonts.
+ - Lots of improvements.
+ * wxWindows
+ - New design and set of icons.
+ - Ability to embed video output.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
+ * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
+ * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
+
+Misc:
+ * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
+ * Roku HD1000 audio output.
+
+Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
+---------------------------------
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
+ * Playing MOD files is working now.
+
+
+Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
+ * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
+
+Codecs:
+ * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
+ (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
+ * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
+ * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
+
+Playlist:
+ * Internal improvments
+ * Improved import/export
+
+Input:
+ * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
+ container formars.
+ * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
+ small and strange formats.
+ * New PVA demux.
+ * New MOD audio demux.
+ * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
+ * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
+ * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
+ * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
+
+Stream output:
+ * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
+ * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
+ * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
+
+Service discovery:
+ * Fixed sdp in SAP.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * New opengl video output plugin.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
+ * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
---------------------------------
* Video outputs are recycled if possible.
This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
* Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
- * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
+ * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
+ subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
Playlist:
* Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
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