Core:
* Audio core rewrite
- * Fix support for .001, .00x splitted files on Windows
+ * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
Decoders:
* Support for OPUS via libopus.
* high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
Access:
- * Screen: add support for OS X Lion, remove support for previous OS releases
+ * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
+ remove support for previous OS X releases
* Major improvements in DASH support
* Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
* Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
* HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
- * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developped by Viotech.net
+ * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
* NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
Demuxers:
* OpenBSD sndio audio output support
* Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
* Android AudioTrack audio output support
- * Mac OS X Auhal output supports for 6.1 and 7.1
+ * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1 and 7.1 playback and layouts
* Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
+ * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
+ This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
+ distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
+ * Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
Audio Filters:
* new remapping channel filter
Video Outputs:
* DecklinkOutput: New module using Blackmagic cards
* OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
+ * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
* Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
Video Filters:
Stream Output:
* Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
* Options support for AVIO output module
+ * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
+ * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
Interfaces:
* configurable password for the HTTP server.
* .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
- * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
+ * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
* Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
* Hotkey support for TS program selection
* Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
* UPnP A/V subtitles
* Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
-Mac OS X Port:
+OS X Port:
* Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
* VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
-Mac OS X Interface:
+OS X Interface:
* add support for multiple video outputs
* add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
controller
* add an option to play videos as a desktop background
* add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
* improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
+ * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
* The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
deprecated now
and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
* libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
* new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
+ * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
+ media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
Removed modules:
* portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* Hildon GUI
* MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
* Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
+ * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5: