* The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
+ * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by avcodec, avformat, swscale
+ (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build) and postproc modules.
Changes:
--------
* Media library support
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
- * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+ * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
* Album art support
* User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
(Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
* User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
share/lua/meta/README.txt
-Input/Demuxers:
+Inputs:
+ * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
* 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)
+ * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
+ * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
+ using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
+ * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
+ * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
+ This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
+ (available as a separate download).
+ * RTMP input support
+ * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
+ taken from all QuickTime-compatible video devices (no audio yet)
+ * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
+ Authentication.
+ * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
+ frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
+
+Demuxers:
+ * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
* Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
* Fixed audio glitch on seek
* Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
* Raw video support
* Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
* TiVo Series 2 support
- * v4l2 access module support
- * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
* CD+G karaoke Files support
* MXF files support
- * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X using OpenGL
- instead of QuickDraw
- * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
- * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
- This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
- (available as a separate download).
- * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
- Authentication.
Decoders:
* VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
* NellyMoser ASAO support
* APE (Monkey audio) support
* VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
+ * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
Subtitles:
* Ogg/Kate subtitles support
* Flash Screen Video support
* Improved H.264 encoding speed
-Video output and filters:
+Video outputs and filters:
* New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
* Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
* Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
* Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
-Audio output and filters
+Audio outputs and filters:
* Replay gain support
* Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
* New spatializer audio filter
* UDP-Lite transport for RTP
* DCCP transport for RTP
* Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
+ * RTMP output
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
end-user suitable way.
* Improved user interaction
* Improved mouse gestures
- * Fastly improved Update checker
+ * Vastly improved Update checker
* Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
* Mac OS X
* Improved video output features
- * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
+ * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
* New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
* When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
* Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
(Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
- * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
+ * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
* Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
* Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
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, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
+ * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
* Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
* It is now required to compile a fully featured build
* The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued.
* Persian
* Polish
-Developpers:
+Developers:
* LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
* Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
+
+Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
+----------------------------------
+
+Security updates:
+ * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
+ CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
+ * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
+
+Goodies:
+ * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
+ * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
+ (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
+ playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
+ * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
+ * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
+ * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
+ to an unexpected application termination
+ * New Serbian translation
+ * Updated Romanian translation
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
+----------------------------------
+
+Security updates:
+ * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
+ (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
+ * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
+ (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
+ * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
+ * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
+ * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
+ * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
+
+Various bugfixes:
+ * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
+ * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
+ * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
+ * Fixed AAC resampling
+ * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
+ if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
+
+
Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
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