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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-git (not released yet):
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Important notes:
and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
* 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
+ - "Streaming wizard". 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 behavior of --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:
These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
* The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
- Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
- New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
+ Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
+ New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
* You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
- of options is available to m3u playlists.
+ of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
+ * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
+ E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
+ udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
Changes:
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* Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
* TiVo Series 2 support
* v4l2 access module support
+ * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
* CD+G karaoke Files support
* MXF files support
* Improved mouse gestures
* Fastly improved Update checker
* Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
- * ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters
- when using an UTF-8 locale.
+ * Ncurses:
+ * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, if libncursesw is available (not by default on MacOSX)
+ * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
* Mac OS X
* Improved video output features
* Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
* Event management and various improvements in libvlc
(Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
-Capture:
- * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
- Windows
-
New Localizations:
* Finnish
* Persian
* Polish
+TODO: Add 0.8.6e changelog here
Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
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* FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
Active X plugin:
- * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703)
+ * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
Mac OS X Interface & Port:
* Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
* The automatic updating facility was removed
* You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
+ * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
* MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
- * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316)
+ * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
Demuxers:
* Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
+ * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
Decoders:
* Updated FLAC API compatibility
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CDDA / VCDX plugins:
- * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
+ * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
Mac OS X Interface:
* Fullscreen controller improvements