X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=5e59e3f9cdb9ef4529710aa904158befd46d07c6;hb=d2b19589f2b03df444c657f3a09446c0a2bcad98;hp=1cf790a247337c007b5fb6d0dd41fd6165ef0328;hpb=71ef5f548c32179d77edcd143539cc530df7e612;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1cf790a247..5e59e3f9cd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,22 +4,37 @@ Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: Important changes for packagers: * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually. + * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ 3rd party libraries (contrib): * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib +Core: + * Audio core rewrite + * Fix support for .001, .00x splitted files on Windows + Codecs: + * Support for OPUS via libopus. * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec * Support for Ulead DV audio + * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen, + Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) + * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless + * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder + * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec Encoders: - * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 Access: - * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion + * Screen: add support for OS X Lion, remove support for previous OS releases * Major improvements in DASH support * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support + * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module + * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names + * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developped by Viotech.net + * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices Demuxers: * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4 @@ -28,42 +43,197 @@ Demuxers: * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio * Support for total number of tracks in major container + * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV + * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras + * Support for more MJPEG streams + * Add support for liveleak streams Audio output: * Windows Audio Session API audio output support * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module + * Android AudioTrack audio output support Audio Filters: * new remapping channel filter * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect * new VSXu visualization plugin +Video Outputs: + * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions + * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management + Video Filters: * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits) + * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats + * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters + +Stream Output: + * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI + * Options support for AVIO output module Interfaces: * configurable password for the HTTP server. * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows + * Hotkey support for TS program selection + * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface + +Mac OS X Port: + * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs + * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now Mac OS X Interface: - * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally - * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of + * add support for multiple video outputs + * add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen + controller + * add a GUI to manage podcasts + * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming + * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally + - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time. + * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content + * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of VLC's internal volume level - * added an option to show next / previous buttons - * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons - * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, - date and language. + * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current + selection and to manage the list of presets + * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep + multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters + * add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts + * add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface + * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote + * add an option to show next / previous buttons + * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, + date and language + * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time + * add an option to play videos as a desktop background + * add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side + * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are + deprecated now + +Qt: + * Partial support for Qt5.0 + * Menus modifications and improvements + * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view + * Streaming output wizard rewrite + * Numerous fixes + +libVLC: + * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions + to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname + and libvlc_audio_output_device_id + * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks Removed modules: - * portaudio audio output + * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd) * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd) + * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead + * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead + * Hildon GUI + * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + + +Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4: +-------------------------------- + +Audio Output: + * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio. + * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF"). + * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X + * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows. + * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged + during playback on Mac OS X + +Access: + * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes + * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly + * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake + +Codecs: + * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files + * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries + * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding + * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files + * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding + +Demuxers: + * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets + * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files + * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers + * Support Youtube live streams + +Windows: + * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8 + +Qt: + * Fix media info dialog update + * Fix random/repeat preferences saving + * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist + * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP + * Fix album art display at start + +Mac OS X: + * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior + * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard + * Fix menus display and behavior + * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons, + streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller + * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles + * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is + allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback. + * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application + * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter + +Miscellaneous: + * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock. + * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules + * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support + * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI + * Codec and other 3rd party library updates + * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio + * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP + * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments + * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates + +Translations: + * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional + Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish, + Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish + Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations + + +Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels + +Demuxers: + * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined) + * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags + +Mac OS X: + * Add GateKeeper support + * Fix handling for some hotkeys + * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces + * Minor bugfixes and improvements + +Qt: + * Fix Windows 8 interface style + +Translations: + * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, + Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, + Thai, Turkish and Walloon + * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi + * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2: @@ -183,7 +353,7 @@ Security: Translation: * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer, Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish, - Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukranian, + Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian, Thai translations update * New Scottish Gaelic translation @@ -265,8 +435,8 @@ Miscellaneous: Security: * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026) * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144) - * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201) - * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202) + * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775) + * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776) Translations: * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations @@ -849,7 +1019,7 @@ Win32: * Fix folders opening from the interface Translations: - * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian + * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician @@ -1564,7 +1734,7 @@ Bunch of small bugfixes. Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6: -------------------------------- New Localizations: - * Ukranian + * Ukrainian Security updates: * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)