X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2555388948db71d2c5019b17bad0aaf56f98116c;hb=1ffcf6ba8d92de3d5883d258f0d62746e4f410b1;hp=ab62259c99a11b1e91ead0ba539763ae81d6d465;hpb=902085eaa92f5360fd45bd98cc3cb3a61168304c;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ab62259c99..2555388948 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ $Id$ -Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet): ------------------------------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Important notes: interface lacks a few features that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6: - "Streaming wizard". These features will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these - features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6 - * The behavior of --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default. + features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6. + * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default. * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They now require a target name as their first argument. Example: vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc @@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ Video output and filters: * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed * New puzzle video output filter - * Rewrite motion detection video filter + * Re-written motion detection video filter * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video) * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels) - * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video) - * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML - tags + * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video) + * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags + (Google Summer of Code Student project) * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*. * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). - * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This - was previously part of the mosaic module. - * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter. + * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). + This was previously part of the mosaic module. + * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter. * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters @@ -139,12 +139,15 @@ Interfaces: * Windows/Linux * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit * All + * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an + end-user suitable way. * Improved user interaction * Improved mouse gestures * Fastly improved Update checker * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info * Ncurses: - * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, if libncursesw is available (not by default on MacOSX) + * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, + if libncursesw is available. * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) * Mac OS X * Improved video output features @@ -179,7 +182,62 @@ New Localizations: * Persian * Polish -TODO: Add 0.8.6e changelog here + +Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f (not-yet-released): +----------------------------------------------------- + +Security updates: + * Fix subtitle buffer overflow + * Fix Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073) + * Fix cinepak integer overflow + +Various bugfixes: + * mozilla plugin registers a usable range of mimetypes on OSX + + +Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e: +---------------------------------- + +Various bugfixes: + * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP + * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11 + +Security updates: + * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681) + * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682) + * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484) + * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, + VideoLAN-SA-0801) + * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, + VideoLAN-SA-0802) + +Audio filter: + * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter + +Audio output: + * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA + +Access: + * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs + +Stream output: + * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer + +Encoders: + * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones + * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 + encoding on multi-cpu systems + - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default) + - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration) + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9 + * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel + * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing + +Localization: + * Updated Romanian and Polish translations + Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d: ---------------------------------- @@ -187,7 +245,8 @@ Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d: Various bugfixes: * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA - * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input + * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences + in input * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code @@ -200,10 +259,13 @@ Active X plugin: Mac OS X Interface & Port: * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output - * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies + * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between + Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output + * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of + two different movies * Support for current Ogg file formats - NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore. + NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. + Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore. Encoders: * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X