X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0debf914ae71819ff1e512bb25b2660eaed0a8b3;hb=38c1b482fef92e9b8793421070a967813bd9c4f7;hp=6b5ad2d8cd73205fe297b1ce7e020a8a9c165331;hpb=49ad5fbd6accd547d77505a9ca039b4bf8d08d40;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6b5ad2d8cd..0debf914ae 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,28 +1,44 @@ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git: +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-test: ------------------------------------ +Important changes for users: + +Important changes for packagers: + * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be + generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the + later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script + 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. Access: - * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Support for the sftp protocol * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port - * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory - * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams + * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp:// + * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB + * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 Decoders: - * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support - * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray - * Invmem module improvements - * Support for Atrac1 codec - * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux + * Audio/Video decoder using OpenMAX IL components + + * Support for HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment + * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray + * Invmem module improvements + * Support for Atrac1 audio codec + * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA + * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms + * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * 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 Demuxers: - * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams - * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) + * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) + * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files @@ -48,28 +64,30 @@ Video Output: Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX) Extensions: - * new content extensions lua framework - * imdb extension + * New content extensions lua framework + * IMDb extension Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter - * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter - * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler, - linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and - A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API + * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter + * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited + resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF + and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API * NEON assembly audio converter module * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input -Visualisation: - * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Service discovery: + * Service discoveries can now be written in lua * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories * Service discovery based on libudev + * Shoutcast Service discovery is now removed Encoders: * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings - * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example + * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP @@ -85,15 +103,13 @@ Interfaces: and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. -Mac OS X Interface: - * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) - Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework by Andy Matuschak et al. * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer + * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit) Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar @@ -101,20 +117,23 @@ Windows port: Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency + * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900 + * Improvements to the maemo interface Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. + * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp Removed modules: - * csri codec. Use libass module instead. - * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead. - * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X + * csri codec. Use the libass module instead. + * galaktos. Use the new projectM module instead. + * showintf. Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X * transrate - * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use new XCB modules instead. + * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use the new XCB modules instead. * HAL. Use libudev instead. * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces @@ -122,11 +141,12 @@ Removed modules: * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one. * XvMC accelerated modules. Use VAAPI instead. * MGA (Matroska) for Linux. Use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead. - * opengllayer - * cddax. Use cdda instead + * opengllayer. Use macosx_video instead. + * cddax. Use cdda instead. * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs. - * realaudio codecs is remove in favour of avcodec + * realaudio codecs are removed in favor of libavcodec * access_file removed in favor of filesystem + * RTMP input and output Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: @@ -144,7 +164,7 @@ Windows port: increase performance and fix x264 issues Translations: - * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithunanian, Romanian, Ukranian, Japanese, Bengali, + * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali, Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish Russian, Slovak translation updates * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations