Core support:
* Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
* Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
- * Improved HTTP daemon
- * Saved playlist now remember VLC-specific options
+ * Improved HTTP daemon.
+ * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
Codecs:
* New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
(http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
* New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
- * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer
- * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
+ * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
+ * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
(allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
+ * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
Input:
* --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
* New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
* Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
* New options to pass meta info to the input.
+ * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
+ (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
Demux:
- * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
+ * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
* mmsh streaming fixes.
+ * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
Subtitles:
* Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
- * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path
- * subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys
+ * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
+ * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
Stream output:
* Improved session announcement system.
* Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
* Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
* Improved MPEG TS muxer.
- * Improved transrater
+ * Improved transrater.
* Meta info options used by the muxers.
- * New configuration system
+ * New configuration system.
* Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
VideoLAN manager:
* HTTP interface for vlm.
Interfaces:
- * Skins II
+ * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
- Ability to embed video output.
- Support for bitmap fonts.
- Lots of improvements.
- * wxWindows
+ * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
- New design and set of icons.
- Ability to embed video output.
- * MacOS
- - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties
- - Better hotkeys handling
+ - Support for hotkeys.
+ - Support for bookmarks.
+ * Mac OS X
+ - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
+ - Better hotkeys handling.
Mac OS X port:
* OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
+ * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
+ * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
+ * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
Win32 port:
* DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
* Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
+ * Improved Windows installer.
Linux port:
- * PowerPC fixes
+ * PowerPC fixes.
Misc:
- * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
+ * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
* Roku HD1000 audio output.
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a: