-Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.2.0-git:
+Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
------------------------------------
Important changes for packagers:
* Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
* BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
* DVB-S scanning support
+ * DVB-C scanning scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
* DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
* Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
* Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
* Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
* RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
+ * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
Codecs
* You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
* Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
* Major Video Output and Video Core reworks and rewrites
* Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
+ * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
Demuxers:
* id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)
* C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
Interfaces
- * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
* Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Qt: effects dialogs rework
* Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
* Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
and important cleanups and optimisations
* ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
+ * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
+ * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
+ * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
+ * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
Video Output:
* New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
* New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
* Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
* New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
+ * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
+ * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
+ * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
Audio Output:
* New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
Services Discovery:
* Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
+ * Upnp module was ported to Win32
libVLC:
* New capabilities for libVLC:
Removed modules:
* asademux: use libass only
- * fake: use the new image demuxers
+ * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
* hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
* id3tag: use taglib
* upnp: use upnp_intel
+ * subsass: use libass
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
+--------------------------------
+
+Windows and Mac OS X:
+ * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
+
+Demuxers:
+ * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
+ * Improve Apple Remote handling
+ * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
+ * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
+ * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
+ * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
+
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Fix Growl local notification plugin
+ * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
+ * Fixes for eyeTV
+
+Translations:
+ * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
+ German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
+ * New Luganda Translation
+
+
+Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
+--------------------------------
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
+ * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
+ * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
+ * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
+
+Encoder:
+ * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
+
+Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
+ * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
+ * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
+ * mp4 demuxer improvements
+ * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
+ * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
+ * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
+ * fix a crash in malformed ape files
+
+Miscellaneous fixes in:
+ * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
+ * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
+ * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
+ See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
+ * Configure and build system improvements
+ * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
+
+Translations:
+ * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
+ Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
+ * New icelandic translation
Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
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