X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=23301b154a88968015e70f57609b100f56fce981;hb=ce90ea7fb79a3206f2104fa1c86b1acecd1eed86;hp=1e72f967f1e647f1ac5ea8d1e1f8a24a8b3075e2;hpb=48884d48a9f230336b6fe1cd8e174636df8046d1;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1e72f967f1..23301b154a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ Important changes for packagers: its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script. Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions. - * The VLC plugins path can be overriden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment + * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed. * 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 @@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ Codecs: * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) + * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding + * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm @@ -65,9 +69,12 @@ Interfaces: * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface * 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 + * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" 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 Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -77,11 +84,14 @@ Video Output: * Various vmem improvements * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for chroma conversion + * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface + * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output Audio Output: * 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 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering @@ -93,6 +103,9 @@ Video Filter: * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay * 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 @@ -137,6 +150,46 @@ Removed modules: * upnp: use upnp_intel * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp + * remove of the noise filter + + +Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587) + and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588). + +Mac OS X: + * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted + * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API + * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface + * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB + * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling + +Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin: + * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32 + * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32 + +Demuxers/Meta Readers: + * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma + +Muxers/Output: + * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players + +Extensions: + * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues + +Qt Interface: + * Fix quitting on Linux + * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows + * Miscellaneous + +Win32 port: + * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash + +Translations: + * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10: