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Core support:
+ * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
+ * Support for downloading updates
+ * Updated strings
Input:
* Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
* Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
* Improvements to the Audio CD input
+ - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
+ - Support for CDDB
* Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
* Improved subtitles encoding support
+ * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
Decoders:
* Cook (Real audio) support
-Playlist / Services discovery :
+Playlist / Services discovery:
+ * XSPF playlist support
* Podcast support
-Video output
- * New video filters : magnify, gradient and edge detection
+Audio output:
+ * New JACK audio output
+
+Video output:
+ * New video filters:
+ - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
+ - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
+ - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
+ * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
+ * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
+ * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
+
+Stream output:
+ * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
Interfaces:
* System to inform the user and request information
- ...
* wxWidgets
- VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
+ - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
+ - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
* Skins2
- Support for Winamp 2 skins
- Improved playlist handling
- Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
* OS X
- - Overlay control panel
- -
+ - Embedded Video output
+ - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
+ - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
+ - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
+ - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
+ - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
* HTTP
- - Much improved default interface pages
+ - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
+ - A bunch of new RPN functions
Windows Port:
* MSN messenger "Now playing" support
OS X Port:
- *
+ * Mac-Intel compatibility
+ * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
+ * Growl "Now playing" support
*Nix port:
* Ability to log to syslog
* Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
Developers:
+ * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
* Java bindings
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+ * A bit more automatic testing
Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
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