-$Id: NEWS,v 1.53 2003/06/22 18:07:23 gbazin Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.66 2003/09/20 02:47:41 hartman Exp $
+
+Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Video outputs are recycled if possible. This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
+ * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
+
+Stream output:
+ * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
+
+Input demux:
+ * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
+ * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
+
+Codecs:
+ * Support for AAC + SBR.
+ * MPEG 2.5 support.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
+
+Win32 port:
+ * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
+ * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
+ * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
+ * Text subtitles filename and charset autodetection.
+ * Text subtitles for mpeg files.
+ * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
+ * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
+ * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
+
+Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
+ * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
+
+Access input:
+ * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
+ * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
+ * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
+ * 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.
+ * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
+ after a pause.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
+ * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
+ * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
+ * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
+ * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
+ * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
+ * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
+ * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
+ use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
+ * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
+ * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
+ * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
+ * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
+ * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
+ * A new CORBA control plugin.
+
+Input demux:
+ * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Improved build system.
+ * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
+ * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
+ * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
+ Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
+
Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
---------------------------------
* New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
* The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
* Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
- * SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) support.
+ * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
Miscellaneous:
* New reset option for the preferences
* New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
* Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
* Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
+ * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
UNIX ports:
* Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
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