X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=NEWS;h=ce9116be28d3b0088cd3dc20bf831f0a5e60bbcf;hb=07228ceaaff0e4436159a6a8d1ebd9774e78aaac;hp=ecde69582e99c881d5d8ebc86900fc0dc9f77706;hpb=b7d55acd360fc55f16af30b640701e06b15978cd;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ecde69582e..ce9116be28 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ Codecs: * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec * Support for Ulead DV audio + * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen, + Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) + * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless + * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder Encoders: - * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 Access: * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion * Major improvements in DASH support * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support + * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module + * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names Demuxers: * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4 @@ -28,41 +34,231 @@ Demuxers: * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio * Support for total number of tracks in major container + * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV + * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras + * Support for more MJPEG streams Audio output: * Windows Audio Session API audio output support * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module Audio Filters: * new remapping channel filter * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect * new VSXu visualization plugin +Video Outputs: + * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions + * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management + Video Filters: * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits) + * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats + * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters + +Stream Output: + * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI Interfaces: * configurable password for the HTTP server. * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows + * Hotkey support for TS program selection + +Mac OS X Port: + * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs + * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now Mac OS X Interface: - * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally - * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of + * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally + * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of VLC's internal volume level - * added an option to show next / previous buttons - * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons - * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, + * add an option to show next / previous buttons + * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, date and language. + * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time + * add an option to play videos as a desktop background + * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming + * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are + deprecated now + +Qt: + * Partial support for Qt5.0 + * Menus modifications and improvements + * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view + * Streaming output wizard rewrite + * Numerous fixes + +libVLC: + * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions + to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname + and libvlc_audio_output_device_id + * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks Removed modules: - * portaudio audio output + * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd) * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd) + * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead + * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead + * Hildon GUI + * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + + +Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels + +Demuxers: + * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined) + * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags + +Mac OS X: + * Add GateKeeper support + * Fix handling for some hotkeys + * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces + * Minor bugfixes and improvements + +Qt: + * Fix Windows 8 interface style + +Translations: + * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, + Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, + Thai, Turkish and Walloon + * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi + * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations + + +Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2: +-------------------------------- + +Video Output: + * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions. + There were too many errors with broken drivers. + * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL + * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X + * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support + * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms + * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500, + an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra. + * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped + with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later. + * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called + Retina Displays. + +Access: + * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again + * Fixes for RAR compressed files + * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit + * Improve PulseAudio input latency + * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy + * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264) + * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour + * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32 + * Accept more extensions for DVD images + * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer + * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback + * Improvements and fixes in HLS support + +Codec: + * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams + * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions + * Fix G726 support + * Fix MP3 free format support + +Demuxers: + * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display + * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes + * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support + * Fix for DVB channels file support + * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4 + +Encoders: + * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a" + * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots + +Audio filters and output: + * Limitation of spatializer volume output + * Fix DirectSound device selection + * Correct PulseAudio volume control + * Do not apply volume in file output + * Fix sampling rate in JACK output + * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers + +Mac OS X: + * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and + the persistant media library + * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules + to the media library or the temporary playlist + * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple + This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG + manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry". + * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer + press on the Play/Pause button + * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup. + This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts. + * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback + * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap + * Many Fullscreen fixes + * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back + * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track + Synchronization panel + * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now + * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop + * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop + * Fix crashes on exit + * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while + VLC is running + * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions + * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control + Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be + automatically reset on the first launch. + - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit. + * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3 + * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements + +Lua Scripts: + * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues + * Fixes for icecast SD + +Qt: + * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows + * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour + * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog + * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog + * Fix tags and file names display + * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues + +Skins2: + * Fix mousewheel on Windows + * Fix for key events and focus loss + +Web interface: + * Fix display of some buttons + * Fix listing of files in the Open interface + * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog + +Security: + * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow + * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396) + * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries + +Translation: + * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer, + Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish, + Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian, + Thai translations update + * New Scottish Gaelic translation Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1: @@ -142,8 +338,8 @@ Miscellaneous: Security: * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026) * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144) - * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201) - * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202) + * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775) + * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776) Translations: * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations @@ -726,7 +922,7 @@ Win32: * Fix folders opening from the interface Translations: - * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian + * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician @@ -1441,7 +1637,7 @@ Bunch of small bugfixes. Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6: -------------------------------- New Localizations: - * Ukranian + * Ukrainian Security updates: * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)