-Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git:
+Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
--------------------------------
+3rd party libraries (contrib):
+ * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
+
+Audio output:
+ * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
+ * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
+
Encoders:
* high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
Audio Filters:
* new remapping channel filter
+ * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
+ * new VSXu visualization plugin
+
+Codecs:
+ * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
+
+Access:
+ * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion
+
+Video Filters:
+ * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
+ anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * configurable password for the HTTP server.
+ * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
+ * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
+ * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
+ VLC's internal volume level
+ * added an option to show next / previous buttons
+ * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
+ * re-added an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
+
+Removed modules:
+ * portaudio audio output
+ * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
+ * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
+
+
+Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
+--------------------------------
+
+Access:
+ * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
+ * fix the samba module compilation
+ * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
+ * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
+ * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
+ * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
+
+Codecs:
+ * Support for MXPEG files
+ * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
+ * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
+ * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
+ * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
+
+Muxers:
+ * Fix ogm header creation
+
+Audio filters:
+ * limit spatializer filter distortions
+ * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
+
+Audio output:
+ * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
+ * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
+ The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
+ * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
+
+Video filters:
+ * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
+
+Mac OS X interface:
+ * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
+ * allow to hide the sidebar
+ * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
+ - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
+ * noticebly faster launch time
+ * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
+ * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
+ * improve track synchronization panel
+ * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
+ * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
+
+Qt interface:
+ * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
+ * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
+ the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
+ * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
+
+Skins interface:
+ * fix for menus display
+ * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
+ * documentation update
+
+Web interface:
+ * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
+ * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
+
+Service discovery:
+ * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
+ * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
+ * Update Jamendo selections
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * fix DBus crash
+ * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
+ * fix a crash on VLM close
+
+Security:
+ * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
+ * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
+ * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201)
+ * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
-Changes between 1.1.12 and 2.0.0:
+Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
---------------------------------
Important notes:
* The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
* OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
- * The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
+ * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
Core:
* Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
- Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
+ Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
* Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
* Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
* Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
- * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64
+ * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
Access:
* Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
- * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA module
+ * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
* DVB-S scanning support on Unix
* DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
* Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
* Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
Codecs:
- * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
+ * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
are notably concerned.
* Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
* Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
* Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
* Improved support of tracker files
+ * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
Interfaces:
* Qt: effects dialogs rework
* Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
* Qt: port to MacOS X platform
- * Qt: minor look improvements, notably on the seek bar
+ * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
* Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
and important cleanups and optimisations
* lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
-I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
* ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
- * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
* dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
+ * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
* webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
* webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
* webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
* New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
* Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
* New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
- * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
+ * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
* New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
* New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
* New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
Removed modules:
- * asademux: use libass only
- * subsass: use libass
+ * asademux, subsass: use libass
* fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
* hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
* id3tag: use taglib
removed in Growl's next release, too.
* removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
+Translations:
+ * Update of translations for most languages.
+ * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
+----------------------------------
+
+Security:
+ * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
+ * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
+
+Audio outputs:
+ * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
+ * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
+
+Video outputs:
+ * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
+ * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
+ * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
+
+Decoders:
+ * Camtasia decoding fix.
+
+Qt interface:
+ * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
+ * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
+
+Translations:
+ * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
+
Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
----------------------------------