* The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
edit the ".hosts" file.
- XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
+ - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
+ If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
+ /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
+ - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
+ C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
+ - 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
+ now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
+ 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 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}'
Changes:
--------
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+ * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
+ (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
Input/Demuxers:
* UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
- * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) 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)
+ * Fixed aiff stereo file
+ * Fixed audio glitch on seek
+ * 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
Decoders:
- * VP60/VP61 codecs support
- * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
-
-Video output:
- * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
- and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
+ * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
+ * MKV USF subtitles support
+ * HTML based subtitles support
+ * Flash Screen Video support
+ * CamStudio Screen Video support
+ * DosBox Capture support
+ * Karl Morton's Video support
+ * limited atrac3 support
+ * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
+ Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
+
+Encoders:
+ * Flash Screen Video support
+
+Video output and filters:
+ * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
+ Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
* New puzzle video output filter
* Rewrite motion detection video filter
- * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
+ * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
+ video)
* New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
+ * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
+ * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
+ tags
+ * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
+ * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
+ * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
+ was previously part of the mosaic module.
+ * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
+ * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
+ * Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters
+ * Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters
+
+Audio output and filters
+ * Replay gain support.
+ * 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:
+ * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles)
+(FIXME: * Speex voice audio codec)
+ * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) transport for RTP
+ * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction
+ * Improved mouse gestures
+ * Unix
+ * 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: 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.
+
+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)
+
+Capture:
+ * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
+ Windows
+
+Localisations:
+ * Persian
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
+----------------------------------
+
+Various bugfixes, notably:
+ * Windows Vista compatibility
+ * Cropping in Direct3D
+ * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
+ * RSS filter string overflow
+ * Few memory leaks
+ * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
+
+CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
+ * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316)
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
+
+Decoders:
+ * Updated FLAC API compatibility
+
+Input:
+ * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
+Localisation:
+ * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
-Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6-bugfix (not yet released):
------------------------------------------------------------
-Various bugfixes notably:
- * out-of-bound read in demuxers
- * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
+
+Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
+----------------------------------
+
+Various bugfixes, notably:
+ * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
+ * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
* Mac OS X Interface crashes
+ * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
+ * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
+ * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
-Mac OS X Interface:
- * further usability improvements
+Decoders:
+ * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
+ * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
+
+Webbrowser plugins:
+ * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
+
+Mac OS X Interface & Port:
+ * Diverse usability improvements
+ * New wizard option to embed subtitles
+ * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
+ * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
* Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
-
Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
* Java bindings
* A bit more automatic testing
+
Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
---------------------------------
* Mac OS X
- fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
+
Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
--------------------------------
The following languages were re-added:
* Swedish
+
Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
--------------------------------
Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
* Stream output:
* Support of playlist group announcement
+
Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
------------------------------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
* Cisco IP/TV streams supported
* VLM enhancements
+
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
--------------------------------
* Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
* Roku HD1000 audio output.
+
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
---------------------------------
Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
* A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
* Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
+
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
* Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
* libcaca video output (colored ascii)
+
Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
* Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
mpeg1/2 videos.
+
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
* Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
mpeg1/2 videos.
+
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core support:
* There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core Support:
* Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
* A few new keyboard shortcuts
* New full-featured Preferences window
+
Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
----------------------------------
+--------------------------------
Core Support:
* fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
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