- On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
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:
+ 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
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
+ - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
later point
* The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
* The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
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}'
+ * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
+ EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
Changes:
--------
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+ * Album art support
* User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
(Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
+ * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
+ share/luameta/README.txt
Input/Demuxers:
- * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
- * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
+ * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
* Proxy support for MMSH stream
* JACK audio input support
* MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
- * Input run time option ( improved live stream recording )
+ * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
* Fixed aiff stereo file
* Fixed audio glitch on seek
- * Improved FLAC demuxer ( duration / current time / meta data )
+ * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
* AAC tags support
* APEv1/2 tags support
* Improved ID3v2 tags support
+ * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
* Raw video support
+ * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
+ * Tivo Series 2 support
+ * v4l2 access module support
+ * CD+G karaoke Files support
+ * MXF files support
Decoders:
* VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
* DosBox Capture support
* Karl Morton's Video support
* limited atrac3 support
- * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
+ * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
+ * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
+ Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
+ * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC)
+ * H.264 PAFF support
+ * DNxHD / VC-3 support
+ * NellyMoser ASAO support
+ * APE ( Monkey audio ) support
+ * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
Encoders:
* Flash Screen Video support
* Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters
* Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters
-Audio output
+Audio output and filters
* Replay gain support.
- * Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet )
+ * Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet ).
+ * New spatializer audio filter.
Stream output:
- * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
+ * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
+ * New RTP payload formats:
+ * Speex voice audio codec
+ * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
+ * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
+ * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
+ * DCCP transport for RTP
+ * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* All
* Improved user interaction
* Improved mouse gestures
+ * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
* Unix
- * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
- * D-Bus Interface (experimental) implements the MPRIS
+ * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
+ * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
(Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
- finished.
+ finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
* Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
+ * Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters
+ when using an UTF-8 locale.
+ * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
+ * Fix VLM schedule time on Linux.
+
+Linux Port:
+ * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
+ http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
+ (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
+
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
+ applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project).
+
+LibVLC:
+ * Event management and various improvement 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
Localisations:
+ * Finnish
* Persian
+ * Polish
Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
projects / vlc / blobdiff