-$Id: NEWS,v 1.66 2003/09/20 02:47:41 hartman Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.71 2003/11/07 13:31:26 massiot Exp $
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
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Core support:
- * Video outputs are recycled if possible. This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
+ * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
+ This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
* Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
+ * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
+ * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
+ * Improved playlist core.
Stream output:
+ * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
+ * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
+ * Improved Ogg muxing and added theora, speex and subtitles support.
+ * Theora video encoding.
* MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
+ * RTP output mixer
-Input demux:
+Input:
* MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
* Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
+ * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo.
+ * Reworked DVB tuning.
+ * Better Icecast support.
+ * Support for framerate setting in Video4Linux
+ * PVR input now supports all video connection types
+
+Demuxers:
+ * ID3 tag parsing
+ * Vobsub subtitles support
+ * SSA decoding
+ * DVB Subtitles decoder
Codecs:
+ * Support for Speex audio.
* Support for AAC + SBR.
* MPEG 2.5 support.
+ * Support for I422 chroma
+ * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now.
+
+Interface core:
+ * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
+ * Hotkeys support
+
+Skins interface
+ * Bug fixes
+ * Stay on top option
+
+WxWindows interfae:
+ * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist (Sort,Search, mode buttons).
+ * Help in the preferences window.
+
+HTTP Interface:
+ * Stream seeking, playlist sorting and fullscreen support
+ * Improved default pages
+
Mac OS X port:
* Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
+ * Save playlist.
+ * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
+ * Use XCode
Win32 port:
* New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
* VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
* Support for 3F2R in audio output.
+ * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
+ * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
-Miscellaneous:
+iPaq port:
+ * Improvements in the GTK2 interface
+
+Subtitles:
* Text subtitles now have a black outline.
- * Text subtitles filename and charset autodetection.
- * Text subtitles for mpeg files.
+ * Text subtitles autodetection.
+ * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
+ * Text subtitles for videofiles. Result may vary.
* Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
+
+Miscellaneous:
* Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
* Audio visual effects filter using goom.
+ * Spanish and Portugese Brazilian translations.
+ * SAP now supports HTTP streams.
+ * VLC can now stream from the Dreambox.
Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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