-Changes between 0.9.9 and 1.0.0-pre2:
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+Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0-rc1:
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Important notes:
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* Instantaneous pausing
* Frame-by-Frame playback
* Finer speed control
- * Timeshift for most medias
* On-the-fly recording for all medias
+ * Timeshift for most medias
* RTSP trickplay support
+ * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
-New Decoders:
- * AES3 (SMPTE 302M)
- * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
- * True HD/MLP
- * Blu-Ray Linear PCM
- * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
- * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
- * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer
- * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard
+Decoders:
+ * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
+ * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
+ * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
+ * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
+ * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
+ * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
+ * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
+ * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
+ * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
+ * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
Demuxers:
* Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
* Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
* Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
+ * Metadata for mod files are supported
+ * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
+ * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
+ * New dirac demuxer for raw dirac streams
Encoders:
* Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
* Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
* MTP device access on Unix
* CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
+ * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
Inputs:
* Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
Video output:
* Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
- * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
- * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'. The old image video output has been removed.
+ * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
+ (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
+ * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
+ The old image video output has been removed.
+ * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
+ withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
Miscellanous:
* Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
+
+Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
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+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
+ * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
+
+
Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
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Mac OS X Interface:
* Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
- Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
- instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
+ instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
main controller window.
* Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard