X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=5d51629de78aa59819cca034b8ccabf5c0a4eb93;hb=de4216e304f2d442ad44d4b9314722581e6e7ff4;hp=2c4ede69a2ba6ab6565e13b6502d0fa4023a2a86;hpb=1bb8b61de9d4f76ec2067eb1678ccb57e85426a5;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c4ede69a2..5d51629de7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ 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". 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 - * 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 - You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye - These new commands are also available in the telnet interface. + interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6. + It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. + If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6. + * The behavior of --sout-keep was 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 + You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye + 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,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}' @@ -49,32 +48,39 @@ Playlist: * Shoutcast TV listings * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support * Album art support - * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt + * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs) * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See - share/luameta/README.txt + share/lua/meta/README.txt Input/Demuxers: - * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP - * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP - * Proxy support for MMSH stream - * JACK audio input support - * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support - * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) - * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files - * Fixed audio glitch on seek - * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) - * AAC tags support - * APEv1/2 tags support - * Improved ID3v2 tags support - * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support - * Raw video support - * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) 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 + * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP + * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP + * Proxy support for MMSH stream + * JACK audio input support + * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support + * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) + * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files + * Fixed audio glitch on seek + * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) + * AAC tags support + * APEv1/2 tags support + * Improved ID3v2 tags support + * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support + * Raw video support + * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) 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 + * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X using OpenGL + instead of QuickDraw + * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only) + This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app + (available as a separate download). + * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access + Authentication. Decoders: * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support @@ -97,24 +103,25 @@ Decoders: Encoders: * Flash Screen Video support + * Improved H.264 encoding speed 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 - * Rewrite motion detection video filter + * Re-written motion detection video filter * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a 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, italic and some HTML - tags + * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video) + * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags + (Google Summer of Code Student project) * 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). - * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This - was previously part of the mosaic module. - * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter. + * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). + This was previously part of the mosaic module. + * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter. * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters @@ -139,17 +146,23 @@ Interfaces: * Windows/Linux * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit * All + * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an + end-user suitable way. * 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) + * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2) * Mac OS X * Improved video output features * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service + * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly + * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme + * Ncurses: + * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, + if libncursesw is available. + * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) + * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info * Unix * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface. * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS @@ -167,8 +180,10 @@ 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, Mac OS X 10.5 only) * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard + * It is now required to compile a fully featured build + * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued. LibVLC: * Event management and various improvements in libvlc @@ -179,7 +194,68 @@ New Localizations: * Persian * Polish -TODO: Add 0.8.6e changelog here + +Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f: +---------------------------------- + +Security updates: + * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881) + * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073) + * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768) + * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769) + - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803. + +Various bugfixes: + * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X + * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X + * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer + * Close MMS access on network timeout + * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer + + +Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e: +---------------------------------- + +Various bugfixes: + * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP + * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11 + +Security updates: + * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681) + * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682) + * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484) + * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, + VideoLAN-SA-0801) + * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, + VideoLAN-SA-0802) + +Audio filter: + * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter + +Audio output: + * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA + +Access: + * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs + +Stream output: + * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer + +Encoders: + * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones + * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 + encoding on multi-cpu systems + - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default) + - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration) + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9 + * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel + * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing + +Localization: + * Updated Romanian and Polish translations + Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d: ---------------------------------- @@ -187,7 +263,8 @@ 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 + * 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 @@ -200,10 +277,13 @@ Active X plugin: 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 + * 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. + 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