X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2f33241d54d7b90086d63050f09326314a4e8178;hb=1672cb91be5ad0d200c379eefac3b891a459aa15;hp=f1a5d6821ea52f01fb00a426af40679fd9edbc82;hpb=1c6d1bdcfc7315b10cda3be7534004fce1d56bd3;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f1a5d6821e..2f33241d54 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,465 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.12 2003/02/02 00:05:00 sam Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.72 2003/11/17 06:31:22 hartman Exp $ + +Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Video outputs are recycled if possible. + This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files. + * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used. + * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more. + * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over. + +Input: + * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams. + * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files. + * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only) + * Reworked DVB tuning. + * Better Icecast support. + * rtp/rtsp support. + +Codecs: + * Support for Speex audio. + * Support for AAC + SBR. + * MPEG 2.5 support. + * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now. + +Interface: + * Bug fixes / improvements in the skins (eg. "stay on top" option). + * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist (Sort,Search, mode buttons). + * Help in the wxwindows preferences window. + * New standardized and customizable hotkeys. + * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ). + * Improvements to the Web interface. + * Fixes of the SAP interface. + +Mac OS X port: + * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com + * Save playlist. + * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem. + * Support for Panther. + * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk. + * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental). + +Win32 port: + * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...). + * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service. + * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface. + * Support for 3F2R in audio output. + * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC. + * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental). + +Stream output: + * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams. + * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding. + * Improved Ogg muxing and added theora, speex and subtitles support. + * Theora video encoding. + * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio. + * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input. + * Preliminary rtp support. + * Fixes to SAP announces. + +Subtitles: + * Text subtitles now have a black outline. + * Text subtitles autodetection. + * Text subtitles charset autodetection. + * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary. + * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially. + * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles. + * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support. + * Support for subtitles in Matroska files. + * Support for subtitles in DVB streams. + +Miscellaneous: + * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random). + * Audio visual effects filter using goom. + * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations. + * SAP now supports HTTP streams. + * libcaca video output (colored ascii) + +Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable. + +Stream output: + * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better. + * Improved MPEG TS muxer. + +Access input: + * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels. + * Few fixes to the VCD navigation. + +Interfaces: + * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface. + +UNIX ports: + * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested. + * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity. + +Win32 port: + * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines. + +iPaq port: + * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated). + +Miscellaneous: + * Text subtitles now centered on the picture. + * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play + mpeg1/2 videos. + +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). +UNIX ports: + * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested. + * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity. + +Win32 port: + * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines. + +iPaq port: + * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated). + +Miscellaneous: + * Text subtitles now centered on the picture. + * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play + mpeg1/2 videos. + +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 + * 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 + * 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 + +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 + * 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. (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 + +Miscellaneous: + * 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 + + +Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1: +-------------------------------- + +Core support: + * new mouse gesture interface + * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is + playing + +Input access: + * various minor fixes on the network inputs + * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg) + * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing + +Input demux: + * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in + * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their + continuity counter + +Codecs: + * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams + +DVD support: + * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only + without the user consent + +UNIX ports: + * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the + popup menu + * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver) + * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1 + * ALSA: fixed mono files output + +Mac OS X port: + * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems + * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines + * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs + * playlist enhancements + * added half, normal and double video window menu items + * new step forward/step backward commands + * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode + * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support + * vlc.app is now VLC.app + +Win32 port: + * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug + * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory + * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font + +BeOS port: + * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups + * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window) + +Opie port: + * native video output is working again + * only commandline interface support + * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package + Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0: -------------------------------- @@ -18,6 +479,8 @@ Input access: * ftp:// support * stability fixes in the HTTP access * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation + * VCD entry points support + * VCD image file support Input demux: * support for *.asf format @@ -41,7 +504,7 @@ Codecs: * support for ADPCM audio codec * support for raw PCM data * support for Cinepak video codec - * support for DV video codec via libdv + * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2 * support for Xvid codec * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec @@ -63,33 +526,6 @@ Miscellaneous: * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any format that VLC can play * new swedish translation - * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations - -GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports: - * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output - * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards - -Mac OS X port: - * localization support via GNU gettext software - * completely revamped Cocoa interface - * new preferences panel - * new open panel with full features - * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu - * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu - * new playlist drawer and messages windows - -Win32 port: - * preferences dialog box redesigned - * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output - * support for VCDs - * new dialog box to select avi subtitles - * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top) - * new menu entry to spawn another interface - * rc interface is repaired - -BeOS port: - * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness, - contrast, etc * enhancements of the playlist window * new messages window to see debug info * fixed a few crashes