X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=338bf576af70bbe166842e96dded1c1627e88eac;hb=53f6bc016209b67a56c2bbecf03ae05c42b7f5ed;hp=3e333277e6d523f72950de5f1f98283387e0e773;hpb=7d1b317977ec6fe7641fe6f67637ab0caaa569aa;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3e333277e6..338bf576af 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,36 @@ -Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------- +Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git: +-------------------------------- + +3rd party libraries (contrib): + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib + +Audio output: + * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + +Encoders: + * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + +Audio Filters: + * new remapping channel filter + +Codecs: + * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. + +Video Filters: + * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. + +Interfaces: + * fixed lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + +Removed modules: + * portaudio audio output + +Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0: +--------------------------------- Important notes: + * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd @@ -13,7 +42,7 @@ Important notes: - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media. All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions. * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: - - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1". + - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers. By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS. @@ -26,6 +55,7 @@ Important notes: output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0. * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. + * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines. Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for @@ -37,40 +67,42 @@ Important changes for packagers: * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation. - - * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git - * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git + * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: - Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs + Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs. * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source + * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64. Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files - * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices + * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module * DVB-S scanning support on Unix * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed - * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection + * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders - * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray + * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently) * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux) * PulseAudio audio input support - * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format + * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control - * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices - * QTSound: added support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices - * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows + * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture + * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound + * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support + * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: - * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc + * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load + on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4 + are notably concerned. * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) @@ -81,9 +113,11 @@ Codecs: * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits + * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits * EIA-608 closed captions improvements - * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries + * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android + * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2 Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm @@ -93,31 +127,41 @@ Demuxers: * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements - * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling + * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts) + * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks + * Improved support of tracker files + * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat Interfaces: * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform - * Qt: small look improvements + * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows + It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style) * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support + * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface + * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass + -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface - * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org + * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri + * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder + * Qt: preferences are now searchable + * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -126,10 +170,11 @@ Video Output: * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for - chroma conversion + chroma conversion between YUV and RGB * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine + * New video output based on kva API for OS/2 Audio Output and Filters: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS @@ -140,22 +185,26 @@ Audio Output and Filters: * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate) * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor * New simplistic Karaoke filter + * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2 + * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors - * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels + * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay * New anti-flickering filter * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing + * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting - blackbox and customizable shadow + blackbox and customizable shadow. NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually. + The Win32 font selection was improved too. Stream output: * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output @@ -164,7 +213,7 @@ Stream output: access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" - * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora + * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP * Major rework of VoD support * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming: #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard... @@ -191,8 +240,7 @@ libVLC: allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time. Removed modules: - * asademux: use libass only - * subsass: use libass + * asademux, subsass: use libass * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules * id3tag: use taglib @@ -205,6 +253,37 @@ Removed modules: removed in Growl's next release, too. * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one +Translations: + * Update of translations for most languages. + * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations. + + +Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed. + * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface. + +Audio outputs: + * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix. + * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery. + +Video outputs: + * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC). + * XVideo support for automatic color keying. + * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix. + +Decoders: + * Camtasia decoding fix. + +Qt interface: + * Rare crash while seeking fixed. + * V4L2 video standard selection fixed. + +Translations: + * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages. + Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12: ----------------------------------