X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=29cf7bef30e4570607c26c61a49e4039ee637e5c;hb=2a922ddb46b059c2be3dee5c647589ce11a9061b;hp=0650fdc7f76368afa57b2a2b4b0b13798189cd44;hpb=851a8aacad5666859ba284d25ec251e1d89231df;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0650fdc7f7..29cf7bef30 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,42 +1,270 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.25 2003/03/03 19:39:48 hartman Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.60 2003/07/28 20:23:58 jpsaman Exp $ + +Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs. + * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock + after a pause. + +Stream output: + * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming. + * Added vorbis audio transcoding support. + * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame). + * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers. + * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now. + +Win32 port: + * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss + * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards. + * Fixed sound on Windows NT. + +UNIX ports: + * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output. + * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now + use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus. + +iPaq port: + * Gtk+2 interface called PDA + * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated + * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added + * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode) + * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law). + +Interfaces: + * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface. + * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages. + * A new CORBA control plugin. + +Input demux: + * Improved support for the Matroska container format. + +Miscellaneous: + * Improved build system. + * New video filter plugin to overlay logos. + * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files. + * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size. + Should also work with languages like russion for instance. + + +Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0: +--------------------------------- + +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 large file support on Windows + * Video 4 Linux support + * CD Digital Audio support + * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX. + +Input demux: + * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files + * Support for OpenDML avi files + * More complete .mp4/.mov support + * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;) + +Codecs: + * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2 + * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg + * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content. + * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg) + * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora + * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether + * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX) + +Interfaces: + * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe + * 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. + * 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) + +Miscellaneous: + * New reset option for the preferences + * You can set your language in the prefences + * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg + * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution + * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own + * SAP/SDP IPv6 support + +UNIX ports: + * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension. + * New skinable interface ported to X11. + * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer + +Mac OS X port: + * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically. + * New about panel and revamped preferences panel. + * Fixed the deinterlace menu. + * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out. + * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities. + * New icons by Davor Orel. + * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster. + * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug) + * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application + * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD + +Win32 port: + * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface + * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version + * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4 + * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs). + * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files) + * Fixed SVCD chapters support. + * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio. + +BeOS port: + * Interface localization + * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen + * A few new keyboard shortcuts + * New full-featured Preferences window + +Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3: +--------------------------------- + +Core Support: + * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines + * support for skins at the interface level + * new OSD module using Freetype2 + * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends + * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the + input level before dropping out of date frames. + * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface + +Input access: + * fixed HTTP redirects + * support for opening an entire directory + * EOF should be detected more reliably + * new video4linux access plug-in + * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver + +Input demux: + * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders + * fix for some ogg web radio streams + * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP + +Codecs: + * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions) + * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings + * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 ) + * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete) + * better SSA4 subtitles recognition + * new codec for raw I420 video + * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder + +Interfaces: + * improvements to wxWindows based interface + (although it still misses some important features) + * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in + +Stream output: + * new HTTP output support + * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer + * fixed AV synchronization issues + +Miscellaneous: + * support for oldstyle id3 genres + +UNIX ports: + * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines + +Mac OS X port: + * reorderable playlist + * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors + * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers + * support for mono audio output devices + * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC + * fixed several cosmetic issues + * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be) + * the messages window remembers more lines + * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files + * http and ogg stream output options + * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well + +Win32 port: + * new skinnable interface + * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events. + +iPAQ familiar Linux port: + * support for FLAC audio format + * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation + * playlist + * network tab in the interface + * "apply" handling in preferences + Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2: --------------------------------- +--------------------------------- Core support: - * advanced config options are now hidden by default. - * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default. + * advanced config options are now hidden by default + * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default + * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams + * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily + Mac OS X + * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work + * DTS S/PDIF support Codecs: - * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library. - * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2. + * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library + * support for FLAC audio through libflac + * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2 + * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks) + +Stream output: + * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS + * new --ttl option for Time To Live + +DVD support: + * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support UNIX ports: - * fixed the GNU-pth support. + * fixed the GNU-pth support Win32 port: - * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX - and Waveout plugins. - * localization support via gettext is now fully working. - * rc interface is now fully useable. + * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout + plugins + * localization support via gettext is now fully working + * rc interface is now fully useable + * fixed the MSVC project files generation Mac OS X port: - * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver bug and has been reported to M-Audio. ( Delta, Griffin iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work). - * new info panel. + * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with + M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver + bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin + iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work) + * VLC now uses the default audio device + * new info panel + * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript + * support for mouse gestures + * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines Linupy port: - * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it. + * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the + YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it Miscellaneous: - * improved ID3 tag detection. - * changed several errors into warnings. the frequently reported "this is not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these. + * improved ID3 tag detection + * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is + not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these + * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful + gestures + * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast + Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a: --------------------------------- +--------------------------------- Mac OS X port: * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when - English was set as the preferred language. + English was set as the preferred language Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1: