X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=NEWS;h=480d41aec372b3e5d16cdbf4c7106d3d8f70f73e;hb=d17b37cf13328c26acc7faadc5537d95e1d60772;hp=b55ee79f398e0754f55cb17eb379db106e701c83;hpb=bbd293fffc4f36078f6b3746859b8fb81d5e1883;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b55ee79f39..480d41aec3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,33 +1,73 @@ -Changes between 0.9.9 and 1.0.0-pre2: -------------------------------------- +Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.1.0-git: +------------------------------------ + +Access: + * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB + +Demuxers: + * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) + +Playlist: + * WPL playlist support + * ZPL playlist support + +Audio filters: + * Chorus/Flanger audio filter + +Encoders: + * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings + +Video Output: + * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX + desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks. + +Visualisation: + * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries + +Removed modules: + * csri + +Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0: +--------------------------------- Important notes: ---------------- * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses. See 'Access:' for more info. + * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations Playback: * Instantaneous pausing * Frame-by-Frame playback * Finer speed control - * Timeshift for most medias * On-the-fly recording for all medias + * Timeshift for most medias * RTSP trickplay support + * Subtitles core improvements and fixes -New Decoders: - * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) - * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) - * True HD/MLP - * Blu-Ray Linear PCM - * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) - * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 - * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer - * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard +Decoders: + * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder + * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder + * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser + * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder + * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder + * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder + * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder + * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded + * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode + * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering Demuxers: * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb) * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD + * Metadata for mod files are supported + * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported + * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams + * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams Encoders: * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS) @@ -42,15 +82,18 @@ Access: OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed. * DVB scanning on linux * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support - * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file) + * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form + zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of + zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore) * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://' * MTP device access on Unix * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio) + * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values Inputs: * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on - Windows. + Windows and Mac OS X. Playlist: * Export the playlist in HTML @@ -68,13 +111,13 @@ Linux/Windows interface: - Improvements on many dialogs - New dialog for plugins listing - Fixed-size mode for videos - - Better teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control + - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control * Better integration in GTK environments Mac OS X Interface: * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium) * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items. - * Easy addition of Subtitles through the Video menu + * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu * Additional usability improvements Stream output: @@ -93,8 +136,9 @@ Windows CE Port: EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done. Mac OS X Port: - * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc + * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler + * Support for latest iSight models Audio output: * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins @@ -109,9 +153,18 @@ Video output: * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead. -Miscellanous: +Miscellaneous: * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications + +Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a: +--------------------------------- + +Mac OS X: + * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port + * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs + + Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9: --------------------------------- @@ -124,7 +177,7 @@ Demuxers: Mac OS X Interface: * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item - instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the + instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the main controller window. * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard @@ -478,7 +531,7 @@ Interfaces: if libncursesw is available. * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and - share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info. + share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info. * Unix * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface. * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS