-Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
+Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git:
+--------------------------------
+
+Access:
+ * Support HDS (Http Dynamic Streaming) from Adobe (f4m, f4v, etc.)
+ * New SMB access module using libdsm
+
+Service Discovery:
+ * New NetBios service discovery using libdsm
+
+Mac OS X Interface
+ * new AppleScript API giving access to audio desynchronization
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0:
--------------------------------
Important changes:
Core:
* Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
* Add extensions download from external repositories
+ * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
+ * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies
Access:
* Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
* MMS audio selection on split audio streams
- * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection and navigation
- * Digital Cinema Package support
+ * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
+ and navigation
+ * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
+ * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs
Decoder:
+ * Support VDPAU acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
+ * Support MediaCodec acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
+ * Add Media Foundation Transform audio and video decoder
+ * Add video decoder module based on GStreamer plugins
+ * Add MMAL decoder for Broadcom VideoCore chips (like the RaspberryPi)
+ supporting MPEG-2 and H.264, supporting GPU-zerocopy display
* Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
* libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
- * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1, Bink
+ * Support MSN Audio, Atrac3+, VP7, Bink, TAK, On2 AVC, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1,
+ Smacker, FIC, Auravision, Canopus Lossless, and numerous videogame codecs
* Teletext subtitles display improvements
* Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
* Support setting the post processing level in Theora
* Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
* New jpeg image decoder
* Add tx3g subtitles decoder
+ * New SVG image decoder
+ * Fix Speex decoding over RTP and in flv
+ * Support more x264 and FFv1 RGB modes
+ * Improvements on ZVBI teletext decoder, notably for speed and alignments
Encoder:
* Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
Demuxer:
* New CAF format module
- * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably for seeking
- * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking
- * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
- * FLAC packets validation using CRC
+ * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
+ streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
+ * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
+ synchronization and tracks exclusion
+ * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
+ * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
* Support Opus in MKV
* Support VP8 in OGG
* Basic support for WebVTT
- * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio stream type in TS
+ * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 (AAC) Audio stream type in TS
* Support HDPR TS files
+ * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
+ * FLAC packets validation using CRC
* Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
* Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
* Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
* New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
+ * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
+ * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
+ * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
+ and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
+ * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
+ * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
+ * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
+ * Support for seeking Standard MIDI Files
Muxers:
* Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
* Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
* Support VP8 in OGG
- * Add HEVC muxing in MP4
+ * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
Video Output:
* Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
* New Android native window provider module
* Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
* Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
+ * Add mmal based video output
Video Filter:
* New Oldmovie effect filter
* New Freeze effect filter
* Support I422 and J422 in transform
* NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
+ * Fix audiobargraph activation and usage
Audio Output:
* Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
* Audio device notifications for WASAPI
+ * Fix replay of sound buffer in DirectSound
+ * Split of MMDevice and WinRT audio modules
+ * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
+ * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
Streaming:
* Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
with --no-sout-all
* --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
--demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
+ * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP
libVLC:
* add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
Interfaces:
* Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
* Add record button in Qt menus
- * Fixes for advanced preferences on OS X
* New module for core dialogs on iOS
+ * New layout for Qt buttons customization
+ * Support to continue media playback where it was left off for Qt and MacOS
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Avoid grey bars in fullscreen when using Mavericks with multiple monitors
+ * Improve fullscreen behavior for the native and VLCs own mode
+ * Fixes for advanced preferences
+ * Option to increase playlist font size
Misc:
* New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
* Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
+ * Teletext navigation buttons support in Qt4 gui
Removed modules:
* ios video output: use ios2
* dirac encoder: use schroedinger
+Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
+--------------------------------
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fix issue in WMV with multiple compressed payload and empty payloads
+
+Video Output:
+ * Fix subtitles size rendering on Windows
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fix DVD playback regression
+ * Fix misleading error message during video playback on OS X 10.9
+ * Fix hardware acceleration memleaks
+
+
Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
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Translations:
* Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
- Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
+ Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek