X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2c4ede69a2ba6ab6565e13b6502d0fa4023a2a86;hb=8015def880fcd4ba00aa253a4929d4f19f450d5e;hp=0509d073d4f786ca7d10eeae3c09ce4c38076f6e;hpb=9cacf4afaa63e933fd6e3658e6b0cc6581c3f644;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0509d073d4..2c4ede69a2 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: @@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ Important notes: - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts * 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 + 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 - - 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. + features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6 + * The behavior of --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 @@ -32,10 +30,14 @@ Important notes: These new commands are also available in the telnet interface. * The "rtp" access output module has been removed: Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.: - Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}' - New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}' + Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}' + New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}' * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable - EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. + EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set + of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683). + * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead. + E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ; + udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12 Changes: -------- @@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ Input/Demuxers: * JACK audio input support * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) - * Fixed aiff stereo file + * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files * Fixed audio glitch on seek * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) * AAC tags support @@ -68,15 +70,16 @@ Input/Demuxers: * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support * Raw video support * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support - * Tivo Series 2 support + * TiVo Series 2 support * v4l2 access module support + * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows * CD+G karaoke Files support * MXF files support Decoders: * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support * MKV USF subtitles support - * HTML based subtitles support + * HTML-based subtitles support * Flash Screen Video support * CamStudio Screen Video support * DosBox Capture support @@ -85,17 +88,18 @@ Decoders: * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts) * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files: Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ... - * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC) + * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC) * H.264 PAFF support * DNxHD / VC-3 support * NellyMoser ASAO support - * APE ( Monkey audio ) support + * APE (Monkey audio) support * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support Encoders: * Flash Screen Video support Video output and filters: + * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only) * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed * New puzzle video output filter @@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ Video output and filters: 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 + * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags * 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). @@ -112,13 +116,14 @@ Video output and filters: was previously part of the mosaic module. * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter. * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter - * Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters - * Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters + * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters + * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters Audio output and filters - * Replay gain support. - * Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet ). - * New spatializer audio filter. + * Replay gain support + * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet) + * New spatializer audio filter + * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF Stream output: * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams @@ -136,7 +141,15 @@ Interfaces: * All * 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) + * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) + * Mac OS X + * Improved video output features + * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC + * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service * Unix * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface. * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS @@ -144,10 +157,8 @@ Interfaces: interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces . * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal - * Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters - when using an UTF-8 locale. * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl - * Fix VLM schedule time on Linux. + * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux Linux Port: * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6 @@ -156,21 +167,53 @@ Linux Port: Mac OS X Port: * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party - applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project). + applications (Google Summer of Code Student project) + * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard LibVLC: - * Event management and various improvement in libvlc. - (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project). + * Event management and various improvements in libvlc + (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project) -Capture: - * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft - Windows - -Localisations: +New Localizations: * Finnish * Persian * Polish +TODO: Add 0.8.6e changelog here + +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 + * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing + * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code + +Windows and Mac OS Binaries + * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows + +Active X plugin: + * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262) + +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 + * 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. + +Encoders: + * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X + +Other changes: + * The automatic updating facility was removed + * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable + EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. + * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684). + Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c: ---------------------------------- @@ -184,10 +227,11 @@ Various bugfixes, notably: * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking) CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins: - * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316) + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928) Demuxers: * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI + * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468) Decoders: * Updated FLAC API compatibility @@ -228,7 +272,7 @@ Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a: --------------------------------- CDDA / VCDX plugins: - * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701) + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017) Mac OS X Interface: * Fullscreen controller improvements