-Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
-------------------------------------
+Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git:
+--------------------------------
+
+3rd party libraries (contrib):
+ * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
+
+Audio output:
+ * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
+
+Encoders:
+ * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
+
+Audio Filters:
+ * new remapping channel filter
+
+Codecs:
+ * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
+
+Video Filters:
+ * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
+ anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * fixed lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
+
+Removed modules:
+ * portaudio audio output
+
+Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
+---------------------------------
Important notes:
+ * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
+ * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
+ conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
+ from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
+ title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
+ * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
+ - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
+ - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
+ - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
+ - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
+ All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
* HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
- - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
+ - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
- The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
--http-crl (optional CRL).
* RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
+ * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
+ output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
+ * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
+ Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
+ * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
Important changes for packagers:
* The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
* The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
* OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
- * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
- Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
-
- * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
- * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
+ * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
Core:
* Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
- Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
+ Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
* Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
* Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
* Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
+ * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
Access:
* Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
- * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
+ * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
* DVB-S scanning support on Unix
* DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
- * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
+ * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
* Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
- * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
+ * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
* HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
* Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
* Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
- * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
+ * PulseAudio audio input support
+ * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
* Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
- * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
- * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
+ * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
+ * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
+ * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
+ * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
+ * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
Codecs:
- * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
+ * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
+ on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
+ are notably concerned.
* Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
* Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
* New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
* Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
* Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
* Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
+ * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
* EIA-608 closed captions improvements
- * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
+ * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
* Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
+ * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
Demuxers:
* New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
* New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
* Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
* Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
- * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling
+ * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
+ * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
+ * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
+ * Improved support of tracker files
+ * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
Interfaces:
- * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Qt: effects dialogs rework
* Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
* Qt: port to MacOS X platform
+ * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
+ * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
and important cleanups and optimisations
- * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
- * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output
+ * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
+ It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
* Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
* Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
* Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
* Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
* Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
* Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
+ * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
* The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
- * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
+ * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
+ -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
+ * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
* dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
+ * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
* webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
* webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
+ * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
+ * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
+ * Qt: preferences are now searchable
+ * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
Video Output:
* New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
* Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
* Various vmem improvements
* OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
- chroma conversion
+ chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
* New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
* Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
- * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which requires a Quartz Extreme capable Mac
+ * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
+ * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
-Audio Output:
+Audio Output and Filters:
* New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
* New audio output in memory (amem)
* Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
* New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
+ * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
* New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
+ * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
+ * New simplistic Karaoke filter
+ * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
+ * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
Video Filter:
* New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
* Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
* New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
- * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
+ * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
* New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
* New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
* New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
* New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
* New anti-flickering filter
* New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
+ * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
* Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
- blackbox and customizable shadow
-
-Audio Filter:
- * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
+ blackbox and customizable shadow.
+ NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
+ the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
+ The Win32 font selection was improved too.
Stream output:
* New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
- * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
+ * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
* Major rework of VoD support
* New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
#delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
* New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
* New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
- #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
- #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
+ #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
+ #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
+ * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
Services Discovery:
* Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
list of available audio and video filters
- ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
+ ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
+ libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
Removed modules:
- * asademux: use libass only
- * subsass: use libass
+ * asademux, subsass: use libass
* fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
* hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
* id3tag: use taglib
* removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
* growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
removed in Growl's next release, too.
+ * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of translations for most languages.
+ * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
+----------------------------------
+
+Security:
+ * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
+ * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
+
+Audio outputs:
+ * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
+ * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
+
+Video outputs:
+ * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
+ * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
+ * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
+
+Decoders:
+ * Camtasia decoding fix.
+
+Qt interface:
+ * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
+ * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
+----------------------------------
+
+Audio outputs:
+ * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
+ including support for OS X Lion
+ * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
+ * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
+
+Unix port:
+ * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
+
+Misc:
+ * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
+ * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
+ * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
Access:
* Add extra caching for files on network shares
- * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
+ * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
+ DZCORE Labs, Algeria
Decoders:
* Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
Windows port:
* The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
-Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
+Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
+Lithuanian
Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
* Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
Input access:
- * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
+ * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
+ (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
* Fixed large file support on Windows
* Video 4 Linux support
* CD Digital Audio support
* New HTTP remote control interface
Stream output:
- * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
+ * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
+ allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
* The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
* Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
* SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
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