Codecs
* You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
* Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
+ * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
+ * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
+ The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
Core:
* Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
* id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)
* new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
* Ogg seeking improvements
- * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten from scratch using the C api
+ * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
Interfaces
* The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
* Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
* New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
* Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
+ * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
Audio Output:
* New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
* RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
+ * Major rework of VoD support
Services Discovery:
* Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
libVLC:
* New capabilities for libVLC:
** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
+ ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
+ list of available audio and video filters
Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5: