X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=13a41f5997a4fb9d0703ce40a8c3388a13187a1a;hb=8a2ce299b33d99501e07dc9a6ace50f91b40a02e;hp=fa0ddbb074ac143d17f6d8fb1011b537fcb16179;hpb=8f51f1bc927fea078b86db320c07877b719cd35e;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fa0ddbb074..13a41f5997 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: +Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-pre1: ------------------------------------ Important notes: @@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ Important changes for packagers: * 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 NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git - * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git + * The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: @@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ Core: * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source + * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64 Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files @@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ Access: 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 + * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support Codecs: * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc @@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ Codecs: * EIA-608 closed captions improvements * 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 Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm @@ -91,8 +94,10 @@ Demuxers: * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements - * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling + * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts) + * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks + * Improved support of tracker files Interfaces: * Qt: effects dialogs rework @@ -116,6 +121,8 @@ Interfaces: * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML * 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 Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -138,6 +145,8 @@ Audio Output and Filters: * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate) * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor * New simplistic Karaoke filter + * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2 + * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering @@ -151,9 +160,10 @@ Video Filter: * New anti-flickering filter * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting - blackbox and customizable shadow + blackbox and customizable shadow. NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually. + The Win32 font selection was improved too. Stream output: * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output