* Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
* Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
* Support for Ulead DV audio
+ * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
+ Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1)
+ * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
+ * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
Encoders:
- * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
+ * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
Access:
* Screen: Added support for OS X Lion
* Major improvements in DASH support
* Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
+ * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
+ * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
Demuxers:
* MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
* Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
* Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
* Support for total number of tracks in major container
+ * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
+ * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
+ * Support for more MJPEG streams
Audio output:
* Windows Audio Session API audio output support
* OpenBSD sndio audio output support
+ * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module
Audio Filters:
* new remapping channel filter
* new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
* new VSXu visualization plugin
+Video Outputs:
+ * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
+ * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
+
Video Filters:
* new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
* Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
+ * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
+ * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
+
+Stream Output:
+ * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
Interfaces:
* configurable password for the HTTP server.
* .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
* fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
* Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
+ * Hotkey support for TS program selection
+
+Mac OS X Port:
+ * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
+ * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
Mac OS X Interface:
- * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
- * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
+ * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
+ * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
VLC's internal volume level
- * added an option to show next / previous buttons
- * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
- * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
+ * 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.
+ * 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
+ * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
+ deprecated now
+
+Qt:
+ * Partial support for Qt5.0
+ * Menus modifications and improvements
+ * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
+ * Streaming output wizard rewrite
+ * Numerous fixes
+
+libVLC:
+ * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
+ 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
Removed modules:
- * portaudio audio output
+ * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
* X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
* Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
* RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
* RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
+ * Hildon GUI
+ * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
+ * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3: