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-Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
+Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
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Important notes:
features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
- Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
later point
+ * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
+ * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
+ now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
+ 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.
Changes:
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* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+Input/Demuxers:
+ * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+
Decoders:
- * VP60/VP61 codecs support
+ * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
+ * MKV USF subtitles support
+ * HTML based subtitles support
+ * Flash Screen Video support
-Video output:
- * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
- and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
+Encoders:
+ * Flash Screen Video support
+
+Video output and filters:
+ * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
+ Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
* New puzzle video output filter
* Rewrite motion detection video filter
- * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
+ * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
+ video)
+ * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
+ * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
+ * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
+ tags
+ * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
+ * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
+ * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
+ was previously part of the mosaic module.
+
+Stream output:
+ * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction
+ * Unix
+ * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
+----------------------------------
+Various bugfixes notably:
+ * out-of-bound read in demuxers
+ * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
+ * Mac OS X Interface crashes
+ * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
+
+Decoders:
+ * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
+ * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
+
+Webbrowser plugins:
+ * rectified behaviour and improved usability
+
+Mac OS X Interface & Port:
+ * diverse usability improvements
+ * new wizard option to include subtitles
+ * screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
+ * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
+---------------------------------
+
+CDDA / VCDX plugins:
+ * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Fullscreen controller improvements
Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6: