X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=NEWS;h=2e60a5755ce57e168385110e863c5960f921a2a0;hb=1d4c5a496b8b6d21c20ccb7598216195069f346e;hp=fe460481438c77383a4419f80b17a47133ab2ec1;hpb=8a163fec68bf7c0ba8da066767e9aac42a4194b9;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fe46048143..2e60a5755c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,29 @@ Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: ------------------------------------- +Codecs + * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc + +Interfaces + * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one + +Video Filter: + * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering + +Stream output: + * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff), + example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3, + venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{ + access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, + index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, + dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" + + +Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0: +-------------------------------- Important changes for users: + * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output. + Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead. Important changes for packagers: * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be @@ -12,6 +32,13 @@ Important changes for packagers: by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to launch each time. + * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses + - xproto, + - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb), + - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils), + - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support. + * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically + required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback. Access: * Support for the sftp protocol @@ -31,13 +58,14 @@ Decoders: * Invmem module improvements * Support for Atrac1 audio codec * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs - * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA - * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Support for Indeo5 video codec * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support) - * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module + * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec + * Support for VP8 codec Demuxers: * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) @@ -45,6 +73,8 @@ Demuxers: * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files + * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for Webm format + * Metadata and cover art improvements Playlist: * WPL and ZPL playlist support @@ -67,7 +97,6 @@ Video Output: Extensions: * New content extensions lua framework - * IMDb extension Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter @@ -94,6 +123,7 @@ Encoders: * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required + * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory @@ -104,6 +134,7 @@ Interfaces: * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. + * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework @@ -112,10 +143,11 @@ Mac OS X Port: by Andy Matuschak et al. * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit) + * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar - * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module + * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency @@ -126,10 +158,11 @@ Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. + * Improved Solaris port Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp - * phonon bindings are now usable + * phonon-VLC backend is now usable Removed modules: * csri codec: use the libass module instead. @@ -152,6 +185,40 @@ Removed modules: * RTMP input and output: use avio module +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path + +Decoders/Packetizers: + * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support + +Demuxers: + * Update LUA script for Youtube pages + * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files + * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives + * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin + * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist + +X11 port: + * Partial Xlib threading fixes + More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update! + +Interfaces: + * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks + * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist + +Translations: + * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish + and Walloon translations updated + * Sinhala translation started + +Removed modules: + * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update + to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed. + + Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: --------------------------------