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-Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.7.3:
-This version is in development and not yet released.
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+Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1-svn:
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Include TLS/SSL API
+ * SSL support in the HTTP daemon
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fixed a VLC crash with OpenDML avi files
+
+Windows port:
+ * Fixed multichannel audio support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
+ * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
+ * Spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen fixed
+
+Stream Output:
+ Encoders:
+ * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
+
+Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
+-----------------------------------------------------
Core support:
- * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added funtionality
- * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems
+ * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
+ * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
* New plugins cache to speed up launch time
- * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
* New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
- * Daemon mode
+ * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
+ * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
Input:
- * New screen capture input plugin for X11
+ * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
+ (Stream your desktop)
* Improved DVD support:
- uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
- uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
- * Experimental --input-slave option to start playing with multi-input
+ * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
* Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
+ * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
+ (selection of titles/chapters).
-Demux:
- * Support iTunes Music Store previews
+Demuxers:
+ * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
* Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
* Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
* Windows Media Server RTSP support
* Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
* Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
- * Skin2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface)
+ * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
+ * Improved Ogg demuxer
+ * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
+ * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
Codecs:
* G.726 audio support
* MPEG-4 text support
* Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
* Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
+ * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
Stream Output:
- * Text track muxing for mp4
- * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
- * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
- * H.263 RTP streaming support
- * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
- * Experimental WAV muxer
+ Encoders:
+ * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
+ everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
+ * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
+ * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
+ * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
+ * DVB subtitles encoder
+ * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
+ * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
+ Muxers:
+ * Text track muxing for mp4
+ * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
+ * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
+ * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
+ * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
+ * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
+ * Improved ASF muxer
+ Misc:
+ * H.263 RTP streaming support
+ * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
+ * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
Audio Output:
* New audio equalizer filter
* Very trivial volume normalizer
+ * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
+ * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
+ * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
+
+Video Output:
+ * Roku HD1000 Video output
+ * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
+ with support for effects.
+ * Improved filter and subpictures support :
+ - New filters can be streamed.
+ - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
+ - Centralized scaling and blending
+ * New filters :
+ - "time", to display current time
+ - "marq", to display a marquee
Interfaces:
- * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
- * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
* OSD sliders for volume and postition information
* OSD icons for Play and Pause
- * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces
+ * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
* A few skins2 improvements
+ * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
+ * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
+ * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
+ * Improved CORBA control module
Mac OS X port:
* Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
- * The MacOSX interface is no longer required to display video
+ * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
+ * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
Linux port:
* New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
* Experimental SVG rendering module
+ * Support for DVB CAM modules.
Windows port:
* DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
+ * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
* Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
- * Fixed problem with CPU useage with subtitles rendering
+ * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
* Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
+WinCE port:
+ * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
+
Mozilla plugin:
* Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
* Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
Misc:
- * Roku HD1000 Video output
* Server/client network synchronization module
* VBrick streams fully supported
- * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported
* Cisco IP/TV streams supported
- * Experimental OpenGL video output for X11 and win32
+ * VLM enhancements
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
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