-Changes between 1.2.x and 1.3.0:
+Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git:
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+3rd party libraries (contrib):
+ * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
+Audio output:
+ * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
+
+Encoders:
+ * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
+
+Audio Filters:
+ * new remapping channel filter
-Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.2.0:
+Removed modules:
+ * portaudio audio output
+
+Changes between 1.1.12 and 2.0.0:
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Important notes:
+ * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
* Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
- --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
* HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
- - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
+ - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
- The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
* The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
+ * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
Important changes for packagers:
* The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
* The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
* OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
-
* The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
Core:
Access:
* Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
- * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
+ * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA module
* DVB-S scanning support on Unix
* DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
- * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
+ * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
* Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
- * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
+ * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
* HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
* Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
* Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
* PulseAudio audio input support
- * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
+ * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
* Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
- * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
- * QTSound: added support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices
- * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
+ * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
+ * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
+ * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
* MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
+ * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
Codecs:
- * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
+ * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
+ on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
+ are notably concerned.
* Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
* Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
* New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
* Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
* Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
* Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
+ * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
* EIA-608 closed captions improvements
- * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
+ * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
* Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
* One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
* Qt: effects dialogs rework
* Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
* Qt: port to MacOS X platform
- * Qt: small look improvements
+ * Qt: minor look improvements, notably on the seek bar
* Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
* Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
and important cleanups and optimisations
* Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
+ It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
* Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
* Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
* Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
* Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
* Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
* Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
+ * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
* The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
+ * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
+ -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
* ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
* dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
* dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
* webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
* Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
* Qt: preferences are now searchable
+ * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
Video Output:
* New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
* Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
* Various vmem improvements
* OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
- chroma conversion
+ chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
* New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
* Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
* Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
- * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
+ * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
* Major rework of VoD support
* New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
#delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
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