* updated the comments, so other people can understand what we're doing on Leopard

[vlc] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f73a9096ee0078ec71787d0450f142863bf2106..8cd594c0a62e5de79180b2af2681aaf97b8fae4e 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Important notes:
     vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
     You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
     These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
+ * The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
+   Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
+     Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
+     New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
 
 Changes:
 --------
@@ -42,19 +46,25 @@ Playlist:
    (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
 
 Input/Demuxers:
-  * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+  * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
+  * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
   * Proxy support for MMSH stream
   * JACK audio input support
   * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
-  * Input run time option ( improved live stream recording )
+  * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
   * Fixed aiff stereo file
   * Fixed audio glitch on seek
-  * Improved FLAC demuxer ( duration / current time / meta data )
+  * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
   * AAC tags support
   * APEv1/2 tags support
   * Improved ID3v2 tags support
   * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
   * Raw video support
+  * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
+  * Tivo Series 2 support
+  * v4l2 access module support
+  * CD+G karaoke Files support
+  * MXF files support
 
 Decoders:
  * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
@@ -65,7 +75,15 @@ Decoders:
  * DosBox Capture support
  * Karl Morton's Video support
  * limited atrac3 support
- * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
+ * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
+ * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
+   Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
+ * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC)
+ * H.264 PAFF support
+ * DNxHD / VC-3 support
+ * NellyMoser ASAO support
+ * APE ( Monkey audio ) support
+ * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
 
 Encoders:
  * Flash Screen Video support
@@ -96,7 +114,14 @@ Audio output and filters
  * New spatializer audio filter.
 
 Stream output:
- * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
+ * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
+ * New RTP payload formats:
+   * Speex voice audio codec
+   * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
+   * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
+ * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
+ * DCCP transport for RTP
+ * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
 
 Interfaces:
  * Windows/Linux
@@ -111,13 +136,31 @@ Interfaces:
      interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when 
      finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
    * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
+   * Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters
+     when using an UTF-8 locale.
+   * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
+
+Linux Port:
+ * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
+   http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
+   (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
+
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
+   applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project).
+
+LibVLC:
+ * Event management and various improvement in libvlc.
+   (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project).
 
 Capture:
  * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
    Windows
 
 Localisations:
+ * Finnish
  * Persian
+ * Polish
 
 
 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c: