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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:
+----------------
+ * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
+ If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
+ edit the ".hosts" file.
+ XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
+ * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
+ interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
+ - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
+ by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
+ 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.
+
+Changes:
+--------
+
Playlist:
* Vastly improved playlist support:
* Media library support
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
- * Audioscrobbler / last.fm support
+ * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+
+Input/Demuxers:
+ * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
Decoders:
- * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- * WavPack
+ * VP60/VP61 codecs support
+ * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
Video output:
- * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
+ * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted 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 sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
+
+Stream output:
+ * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Improved user interaction
-Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
+Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6-bugfix (not yet released):
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+Various bugfixes notably:
+ * out-of-bound read in demuxers
+ * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
+ * Mac OS X Interface crashes
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * further usability improvements
+
+
+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:
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Playlist:
* 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 fileformat
+ * ATSC support for DVB input
+ * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
+ * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
+ * Improved support for Flash Video files
Decoders:
- * Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
+ * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
* WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
+ * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
* The True Audio Lossless codec support
- * WavPack support
- * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
+ * Matroska WavPack support
+ * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
+ * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
+ * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
Video output:
* Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
+ * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
* Improved libcaca support
Interfaces:
* Systray support in skins
* OS X
* Support for Apple Remote control
- * Fullscreen controller panel
- * new playmode buttons
+ * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
+ * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
* right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- * Main Menu keeps accessible when playing videos in fullscreen mode
+ * Main Menu uses autohide 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
+ * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
+
Localization:
* Add Czech
* Add Slovak
* Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
+
Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
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