Important notes:
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+ * On Linux, localization will be disabled if you have glibc 2.6 or 2.7 due
+ to a major bug in libintl with these glibc versions.
* 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.
You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
* The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
- Please the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
+ Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
+ * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
+ EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
Changes:
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* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
+ * Album art support
* User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
(Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
+ * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
+ share/luameta/README.txt
Input/Demuxers:
- * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
+ * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
+ * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
* Proxy support for MMSH stream
* JACK audio input support
* MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
* Improved ID3v2 tags support
* Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
* Raw video support
+ * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
+ * Tivo Series 2 support
+ * v4l2 access module support
+ * CD+G karaoke Files support
+ * MXF files support
Decoders:
* VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
* DosBox Capture support
* Karl Morton's Video support
* limited atrac3 support
+ * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
* New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
+ * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC)
+ * H.264 PAFF support
+ * DNxHD / VC-3 support
+ * NellyMoser ASAO support
+ * APE ( Monkey audio ) support
+ * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
Encoders:
* Flash Screen Video support
Stream output:
* RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
* New RTP payload formats:
- * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles)
-(FIXME: * Speex voice audio codec)
- * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) transport for RTP
+ * Speex voice audio codec
+ * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
+ * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
+ * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
+ * DCCP transport for RTP
* Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
Interfaces:
* All
* Improved user interaction
* Improved mouse gestures
+ * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
* Unix
* Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
* D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
* Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters
when using an UTF-8 locale.
* Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
+ * Fix VLM schedule time on Linux.
Linux Port:
* VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
(which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
+ applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project).
+
+LibVLC:
+ * Event management and various improvement in libvlc.
+ (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project).
+
Capture:
* new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
Windows
Localisations:
+ * Finnish
* Persian
+ * Polish
+
+
+Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Various bugfixes:
+ * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
+ * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
+ * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input
+ * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
+ * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
+
+Windows and Mac OS Binaries
+ * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
+
+Active X plugin:
+ * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703)
+
+Mac OS X Interface & Port:
+ * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
+ * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
+ * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
+ * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies
+ * Support for current Ogg file formats
+ NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
+
+Encoders:
+ * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
+
+Other changes:
+ * The automatic updating facility was removed
+ * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
+ EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
projects / vlc / blobdiff