* /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
Codecs:
+ * Support for OPUS via libopus.
* Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
* Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
* Support for Ulead DV audio
Mac OS X Interface:
* add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
controller
+ * add a GUI to manage podcasts
* add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
- This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
* add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
* add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
VLC's internal volume level
+ * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
+ selection and to manage the list of presets
+ * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
+ multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
* add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
* add an option to show next / previous buttons
* add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
* add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
- date and language.
+ date and language
* add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
* add an option to play videos as a desktop background
* add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
+ * allow the OS to turn off the screen(s) when playing audio-only media while
+ the user is idle
* The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
deprecated now
to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
* new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
+ * new audio equalizer API
Removed modules:
* portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
* Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
+ * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
* RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
* RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
* Hildon GUI