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-Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
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+Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+Playlist:
+ * Vastly improved playlist support:
+ * Media library support
+ * "Live search"
+ * Shoutcast TV listings
+ * Audioscrobbler / last.fm support
+
+Decoders:
+ * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
+ * WavPack
+
+Video output:
+ * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
+ and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
+ * New puzzle video output filter
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Windows/Linux
+ * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
+ * All
+ * Improved user interaction
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
+--------------------------------
+
+Playlist:
+ * Shoutcast TV listings support
+
+Input:
+ * Support for RTSP authentication
+ * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
+ * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
+ * ATSC support for DVB
+ * Partial support for DVR-ms recordings
+ * Partial support for MXF and GXF fileformat
+
+Decoders:
+ * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
+ * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
+ * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
+ * The True Audio Lossless codec support
+ * WavPack support
+ * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
+
+Video output:
+ * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
+ * Improved libcaca support
+
+Interfaces:
+ * All
+ * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
+ * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
+ * Windows
+ * Systray support in skins
+ * OS X
+ * Support for Apple Remote control
+ * Fullscreen controller panel
+ * new playmode buttons
+ * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
+ * Main Menu keeps accessible when playing videos in fullscreen mode
+ * Linux
+ * Notifications using notification-daemon
+
+Windows port:
+ * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
+ Windows 9x/ME users:
+ - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
+ - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
+ Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
+ http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
+ Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
+ C:\Windows\System
+ * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
+
+Localization:
+ * Add Czech
+ * Add Slovak
+ * Add Malay
+ * Add Slovenian
+
+Developers:
+ * Updates to the libvlc API
+ * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
+---------------------------------
Core support:
* Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
+ * Support for downloading updates
+ * Updated strings
Input:
* Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
* Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
* Improvements to the Audio CD input
+ - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
+ - Support for CDDB
* Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
* Improved subtitles encoding support
+ * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
Decoders:
* Cook (Real audio) support
-Playlist / Services discovery :
+Playlist / Services discovery:
+ * XSPF playlist support
* Podcast support
+ * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
Audio output:
* New JACK audio output
Video output:
- * New video filters: magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen
+ * New video filters:
+ - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
+ - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
+ - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
* Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
* RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
+ * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
+
+Stream output:
+ * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
Interfaces:
* System to inform the user and request information
- ...
* wxWidgets
- VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
+ - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
+ - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
* Skins2
+ - New default skin
- Support for Winamp 2 skins
- Improved playlist handling
- Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
* OS X
- - new Update-Checker
+ - Embedded Video output
+ - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
+ - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
+ - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
- support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
- option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
* HTTP
- - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
+ - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
- A bunch of new RPN functions
Windows Port:
* MSN messenger "Now playing" support
OS X Port:
- *
+ * Mac-Intel compatibility
+ * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
+ * Growl "Now playing" support
*Nix port:
* Ability to log to syslog
Developers:
* New libvlc API (not finished yet)
* Java bindings
+ * A bit more automatic testing
Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
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