X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=1e22c712bab191b82169abd2b33304c460526568;hb=7f79ca667cd9e836b9f9f2ecdd6f19f86ae3c4de;hp=1f76d6e778d20b902482f0ecf50f8bbbe1cb1dc4;hpb=f982997d88c3e7fbe8194df75cc8c63ecb985962;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1f76d6e778..1e22c712ba 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,86 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.84 2004/02/22 00:15:33 gbazin Exp $ +$Id$ + +Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2: +-------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias. + * Support for video output embedded in interfaces. + * Improved HTTP daemon + +Codecs: + * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec. + (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html) + * New H.261 video decoder using openmash. + * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed + (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding). + +Input: + * --start-time and --stop-time to start and stop playing a + file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few + fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 ) + * Improved directory access module. + * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies. + * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...). + * New options to pass meta info to the input. + +Demux: + * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support + * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support. + * mmsh streaming fixes. + +Stream output: + * Improved session announcement system. + * Minimize threads usage by default. + * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output. + * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer. + * Improved MPEG TS muxer. + * Meta info options used by the muxers. + * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding. + +VideoLAN manager: + * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch + and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC. + * Supports live streams and VoD. + * Supports scheduling. + * Telnet interface for vlm. + * HTTP interface for vlm. + +Interfaces: + * Skins II + - Ability to embed video output. + - Support for bitmap fonts. + - Lots of improvements. + * wxWindows + - New design and set of icons. + - Ability to embed video output. + +Mac OS X port: + * Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties. + * OpenGL video output is now the default when available. + +Win32 port: + * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices. + * Disable monitor power down when watching movies. + +Misc: + * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin. + * Roku HD1000 audio output. + +Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a: +--------------------------------- + +Mac OS X: + * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug + * Playing MOD files is working now. + + Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1: --------------------------------- Core support: * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times. - * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP + * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux. Codecs: * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts @@ -26,6 +102,7 @@ Input: * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files. * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD. * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav). + * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer. Stream output: * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).