* The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
+ * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz
Access
* Multiple files are supported from RAR files
* BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
+ * DVB-S scanning support
+ * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
Codecs
* You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
Demuxers:
* id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib).
+ * Ogg seeking improvements
Interfaces
* The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
+ * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements
+ * Qt: port to Mac platform
Video Output:
* New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
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+
Important changes for users:
* On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
Decoders:
* Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
* Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
- * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage
+ * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
- * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
* Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
+ * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
* Invmem module improvements
* Support for Atrac1 audio codec
* Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
* Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
- * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms
+ * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
* Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
* Support for Indeo5 video codec
* Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
* Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
* Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
* Support for VP8 codec
+ * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
Demuxers:
+ * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
* Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
* Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
* Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
* Various EGP improvements
* Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
- * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for Webm format
* Metadata and cover art improvements
Playlist:
* NEON assembly audio converter module
* Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
-Visualization:
- * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
-
Service discovery:
* Service discoveries can now be written in lua
* Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
+ * Service discovery based on libudev
* Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
Encoders:
* rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
* qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
+Visualization:
+ * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
+
Mac OS X Port:
* Vastly improved VLCKit framework
* A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface