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
+
+Changes:
+--------
+
Playlist:
* Vastly improved playlist support:
* Media library support
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
- * Audioscrobbler / last.fm support
+ * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
Decoders:
- * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
+ * VP60/VP61 codecs 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)
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction
- * OS X
- * Full Screen controller panel
-Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
+
+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
+ * 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 (not VP61)
+ * The True Audio Lossless codec support
+ * 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:
- * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- * Systray support in skins (Windows only)
- * Notifications using notification-daemon on Linux
- * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
+ * All
+ * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
+ * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
+ * Windows
+ * Systray support in skins
* OS X
- - Support for Apple Remote control
- - Right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- - Main Menu keeps accessible when playing in fullscreen mode
+ * Support for Apple Remote control
+ * 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 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
+ * Add Malay
+ * Add Slovenian
Developers:
* Updates to the libvlc API
+ * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
+
Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5