X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=20683be357d3be6718267bde2d60731debd234d2;hb=506bb385a5bced95e041bdc613005c950df93904;hp=0f225e7629137e94250f7913c6d771ca6fe42414;hpb=ac8a668497ae8ffd8ee9423feab0fe4b2db7ab81;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0f225e7629..20683be357 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,17 @@ -Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: +Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-pre1: ------------------------------------ Important notes: + * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix + conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD + from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd + title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4 + * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options: + - --file-caching specifies caching for local files, + - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources, + - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and + - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media. + All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions. * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. @@ -12,6 +22,10 @@ Important notes: --http-crl (optional CRL). * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly. Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively. + * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast + 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. Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for @@ -23,8 +37,6 @@ 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 Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. - Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. * 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 @@ -36,6 +48,7 @@ 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 @@ -48,11 +61,14 @@ Access: * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently) * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux) + * PulseAudio audio input support * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format 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 @@ -69,6 +85,7 @@ 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 @@ -78,17 +95,20 @@ 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: - * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform + * Qt: small look improvements + * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations - * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface - * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output + * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments @@ -96,10 +116,14 @@ Interfaces: * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface + * 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 * 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) @@ -111,14 +135,18 @@ Video Output: chroma conversion * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output - * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which requires a Quartz Extreme capable Mac + * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine -Audio Output: +Audio Output and Filters: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS * New audio output in memory (amem) * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android + * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP) * 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 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering @@ -132,10 +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 - -Audio Filter: - * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor + 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 @@ -153,8 +181,9 @@ Stream output: * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std... * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track - #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} - #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} + #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming Services Discovery: * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces @@ -165,7 +194,8 @@ libVLC: ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the list of available audio and video filters - ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks + ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, + libvlc_audio_set_callbacks allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time. Removed modules: @@ -181,6 +211,28 @@ Removed modules: * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be removed in Growl's next release, too. + * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one + + +Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12: +---------------------------------- + +Audio outputs: + * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF) + including support for OS X Lion + * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support + * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0 + +Unix port: + * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 + +Misc: + * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X + * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler + * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface) + +Translations: + * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11: @@ -953,7 +1005,8 @@ Demuxers: Access: * Add extra caching for files on network shares - * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria + * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, + DZCORE Labs, Algeria Decoders: * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files @@ -978,7 +1031,8 @@ Mac OS X Interface: Windows port: * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support -Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian +Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, +Lithuanian Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0: @@ -2702,7 +2756,8 @@ Core Support: * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated) Input access: - * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. + * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms + (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. * Fixed large file support on Windows * Video 4 Linux support * CD Digital Audio support @@ -2728,7 +2783,8 @@ Interfaces: * New HTTP remote control interface Stream output: - * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time. + * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs + allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time. * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly. * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content. * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)