X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=38cf4b24d9ffaec123f0275c93811a0cf98c7db3;hb=8528c53a5af4a20b74a7183b5ed8d861e4ac1385;hp=ca5d590376fe2fe64f3d05dc5498580f90fa8dd1;hpb=857f35ff4f05ad95d85962b3db841f8350355918;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ca5d590376..38cf4b24d9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,35 +1,60 @@ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git: +Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ +Codecs + * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc + +Video Filter: + * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering + + +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: +------------------------------------ +Important changes for users: + +Important changes for packagers: + * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be + generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the + later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script + by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc + can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to + launch each time. + Access: - * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Support for the sftp protocol * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port + * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory + * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp:// + * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 - * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory - * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams Decoders: - * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support - * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray - * Invmem module improvements - * Support for Atrac1 codec - * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux + * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage + + * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment + * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray + * Invmem module improvements + * Support for Atrac1 audio codec + * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA + * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms + * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support) + * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module + * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec Demuxers: + * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams - * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) - (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements - * Support for embedded subtitles in .avi ODML files + * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files Playlist: - * WPL playlist support - * ZPL playlist support + * WPL and ZPL playlist support * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image * Podcast images are now displayed @@ -48,32 +73,35 @@ Video Output: Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX) Extensions: - * new content extensions lua framework - * imdb extension + * New content extensions lua framework + * IMDb extension Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter - * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter - * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler, - linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and - A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API + * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter + * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited + resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF + and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API * NEON assembly audio converter module * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input -Visualisation: - * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Service discovery: + * Service discoveries can now be written in lua * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories * Service discovery based on libudev + * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed Encoders: * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings - * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example + * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required + * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory @@ -85,55 +113,74 @@ Interfaces: and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. -Mac OS X Interface: - * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) - Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework by Andy Matuschak et al. * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer + * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit) + * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar - * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module + * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency + * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900 + * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. + * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp + * phonon bindings are now usable Removed modules: - * csri codec. Use libass module instead. - * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead. - * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X - * transrate - * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use new XCB modules instead. - * HAL. Use libudev instead. + * csri codec: use the libass module instead. + * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead. + * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X + * transrate: broken since too long + * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead. + * HAL: Use libudev instead. * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces - * opie, qte and qte_main - * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one. - * XvMC accelerated modules. Use VAAPI instead. - * MGA (Matroska) for Linux. Use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead. - * opengllayer - * cddax. Use cdda instead + * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces + * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one. + * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead. + * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead. + * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead. + * cddax: use cdda instead. * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs. - * realaudio codecs is remove in favour of avcodec + * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec * access_file removed in favor of filesystem + * RTMP input and output: use avio module + + +Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: +-------------------------------- +Decoders: + * SubRip extra styles improvements + * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders -Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released): ---------------------------------------------------- Mac OS X Interface: * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote +Windows port: + * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly + increase performance and fix x264 issues + +Translations: + * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali, + Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish + Russian, Slovak translation updates + * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations + Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4: --------------------------------