X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=44b0926086731aa3d307b393cf13390b50ec76be;hb=d066ac365c7ba2e64cc804447ae974069f832673;hp=f61de95e837429bbae70258b34b234b62e244b4e;hpb=b3762683071551e8826b55772ec58cb0fb0952b9;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f61de95e83..44b0926086 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,149 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.9 2003/02/01 21:39:21 ipkiss Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.33 2003/03/19 15:44:44 hartman Exp $ + +Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3: +--------------------------------- + +Core Support: + +Codecs: + * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions) + * support for '3ivd' files. + +Mac OS X port: + * reorderable playlist + * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors + * fixed a big issue with USB speakers + * fixed several cosmetic issues + * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be) + * the messages window remembers more lines + +Miscellaneous: + * support for oldstyle id3 genres + * improved subtitle files support (SAMI, ssa4, vplayer) + +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: -------------------------------- @@ -8,7 +153,7 @@ Core structure: * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing S/PDIF and multi-channel support * localization support via gettext on most architectures - * new stream output architecture, allowing, using VLC to unicast, + * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast, multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4 and A/52 streams are supported) * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint @@ -18,6 +163,8 @@ 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 @@ -26,13 +173,14 @@ Input demux: * support for ogg encapsulation * support for raw DV format * support for *.wav format - * support for *.mp3 format * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file * raw AAC support Stream discovery & playlists: * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols * support for .m3u file format + * support for .asx file format + * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp Codecs: * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats @@ -40,7 +188,7 @@ 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 @@ -58,6 +206,11 @@ Miscellaneous: * new WxWindows interface * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio device and the channels configuration + * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect + * 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 @@ -70,15 +223,16 @@ Mac OS X port: * 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 and messages windows + * new playlist drawer and messages windows Win32 port: - * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output + * preferences dialog box redesigned + * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF * 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 + * rc interface is partly fixed and useable BeOS port: * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,