X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=181d17552d30ff77a7c08583de4fd0159e5868b8;hb=41988c3288c0a0d3a298eee6740e3d4fc4cf784c;hp=a748e4b305e7334da6e312469a21d7618a5c77a3;hpb=822e3f1879446fc09240cfa00dfd6c60c633ab45;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a748e4b305..181d17552d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,29 @@ Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git: -------------------------------- +3rd party libraries (contrib): + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib + +Audio output: + * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + Encoders: * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 Audio Filters: * new remapping channel filter +Video Filters: + * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. + +Interfaces: + * fixed lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + +Removed modules: + * portaudio audio output -Changes between 1.1.12 and 2.0.0: +Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0: --------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -37,7 +52,7 @@ Important notes: output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0. * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. - * The Mac OS version will new Quartz Extreme compatible machines. + * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines. Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for @@ -49,20 +64,20 @@ Important changes for packagers: * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz * 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 webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git + * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: - Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs + Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs. * 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 + * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64. Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files - * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA module + * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module * DVB-S scanning support on Unix * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow @@ -82,7 +97,7 @@ Access: * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: - * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load + * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4 are notably concerned. * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV @@ -113,12 +128,13 @@ Demuxers: * 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 + * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat Interfaces: * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform - * Qt: minor look improvements, notably on the seek bar + * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations @@ -135,8 +151,8 @@ Interfaces: * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface - * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org + * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * 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 @@ -173,7 +189,7 @@ Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors - * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels + * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films @@ -221,8 +237,7 @@ libVLC: allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time. Removed modules: - * asademux: use libass only - * subsass: use libass + * asademux, subsass: use libass * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules * id3tag: use taglib @@ -235,6 +250,37 @@ Removed modules: removed in Growl's next release, too. * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one +Translations: + * Update of translations for most languages. + * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations. + + +Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed. + * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface. + +Audio outputs: + * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix. + * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery. + +Video outputs: + * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC). + * XVideo support for automatic color keying. + * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix. + +Decoders: + * Camtasia decoding fix. + +Qt interface: + * Rare crash while seeking fixed. + * V4L2 video standard selection fixed. + +Translations: + * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages. + Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12: ----------------------------------