-$Id: NEWS,v 1.76 2003/11/23 16:02:56 zorglub Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.81 2004/01/31 18:02:31 alexis Exp $
+Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
+ * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
+ * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
+
+Playlist:
+ * Internal improvments
+ * Improved import/export
+
+Input:
+ * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
+ container formars.
+ * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
+ small and strange formats.
+
+Service discovery:
+ * Fixed sdp in SAP
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
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* Video outputs are recycled if possible.
This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
* Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
- * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
+ * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
+ subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
Playlist:
* Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
* Reworked DVB tuning.
* Better Icecast support.
* New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
+ * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
Codecs:
* Support for Theora video encoding.
* Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
* Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
* Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
- * Support for AAC + SBR.
+ * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
* MPEG 2.5 audio support.
* Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
- Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
- Improvements and help in preferences
- New streaming wizard
+ - Revised Disc Open menu
* HTTP
- Improvements of the standard pages
- Support for new commands
* Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
Win32 port:
- * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
+ * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
* VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
* Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
* Support for 3F2R in audio output.
* New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
* Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
+ * Multimonitor support (untested).
+ * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
Linux port:
* Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.