X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=289d51cdd3fc08772ed6f8612b7ceeb3ed4952e3;hb=81487c3d999e8a1ff26f502801fe561d55a6a3d0;hp=cd9ea31d7da74d3496bb02bf218339d26db76114;hpb=1b3784c1c13f30af9bf696ed40c4d2a9006bd314;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cd9ea31d7d..289d51cdd3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,31 +1,218 @@ $Id$ -Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released): --------------------------------------------------------- +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): +------------------------------------------------------- + +Important notes: +---------------- + * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default. + If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to + edit the ".hosts" file. + XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX + * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This + interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6: + - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". 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 + - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a + later point + * The default for --sout-keep has 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 + You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye + These new commands are also available in the telnet interface. + +Changes: +-------- + +Playlist: + * Vastly improved playlist support: + * Media library support + * "Live search" + * Shoutcast TV listings + * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support + +Input/Demuxers: + * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + +Decoders: + * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support + * MKV USF subtitles support + * HTML based subtitles support + * Flash Screen Video support + +Encoders: + * Flash Screen Video support + +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 + * 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, italics and some HTML + tags + * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*. + * Add support for a transparency mask in the mosaic_bridge module. + +Stream output: + * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation + +Interfaces: + * Windows/Linux + * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit + * All + * Improved user interaction + * Unix + * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental). + + +Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b: +---------------------------------- +Various bugfixes notably: + * out-of-bound read in demuxers + * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256) + * Mac OS X Interface crashes + * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms + +Decoders: + * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60 + * Teletext subtitles (telx) support + +Webbrowser plugins: + * rectified behaviour and improved usability + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * diverse usability improvements + * new wizard option to include subtitles + * screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused + * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script + + +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a: +--------------------------------- + +CDDA / VCDX plugins: + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701) + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Fullscreen controller improvements + + +Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6: +-------------------------------- + +Playlist: + * Shoutcast TV listings support + +Input: + * Support for RTSP authentication + * Support for adding subtitles on the fly + * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation + * ATSC support for DVB input + * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings + * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat + * Improved support for Flash Video files + +Decoders: + * Native WMV9/VC-1 support + * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs) + * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61) + * The True Audio Lossless codec support + * Matroska WavPack support + * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF) + * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures + * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles + +Video output: + * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...) + * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :) + * Improved libcaca support + +Interfaces: + * All + * New hotkeys for crop and zoom + * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface + * Windows + * Systray support in skins + * OS X + * Support for Apple Remote control + * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen) + * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen) + * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs + * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode + * Linux + * Notifications using notification-daemon + +Windows port: + * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above) + Windows 9x/ME users: + - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported + - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the + Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location: + http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx + Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder + C:\Windows\System + * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side + * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output) + +Localization: + * Add Czech + * Add Slovak + * Add Malay + * Add Slovenian + +Developers: + * Updates to the libvlc API + * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins + + + +Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5 +--------------------------------- Core support: * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...) + * Support for downloading updates + * Updated strings Input: * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal) * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input * Improvements to the Audio CD input + - Separate playlist entries for the tracks + - Support for CDDB * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules * Improved subtitles encoding support + * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web Decoders: * Cook (Real audio) support -Playlist / Services discovery : +Playlist / Services discovery: + * XSPF playlist support * Podcast support + * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing Audio output: * New JACK audio output Video output: - * New video filters: magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen + * New video filters: + - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image + - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect + - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds. + * Improvements to the subtitles rendering + +Stream output: + * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams Interfaces: * System to inform the user and request information @@ -34,23 +221,31 @@ Interfaces: - ... * wxWidgets - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel + - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...) + - Drag & Drop support in the playlist * Skins2 + - New default skin - Support for Winamp 2 skins - Improved playlist handling - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ... * OS X - - new Update-Checker + - Embedded Video output + - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature + - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing + - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...) - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled) * HTTP - - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM + - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard) - A bunch of new RPN functions Windows Port: * MSN messenger "Now playing" support OS X Port: - * + * Mac-Intel compatibility + * Enhanced support of various audio output devices + * Growl "Now playing" support *Nix port: * Ability to log to syslog @@ -59,6 +254,7 @@ OS X Port: Developers: * New libvlc API (not finished yet) * Java bindings + * A bit more automatic testing Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a: ---------------------------------