* 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* id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)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
+ * 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 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: