X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=711fffaf981dfca48a1f26eba8e50dc1d5290ed1;hb=53b609d6c3cb1439e394416fb66e57929e254bad;hp=e1e7773c038a768db1841e0c5190aa49cf29ce67;hpb=9da450db4287f8b03f7deb6fcb5fc12eba4cee7e;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e1e7773c03..711fffaf98 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,70 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.21 2003/02/17 06:15:21 sam Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.32 2003/03/10 00:04:14 massiot Exp $ + +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: -------------------------------- @@ -42,7 +108,6 @@ Mac OS X port: * 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 - * added an info panel Win32 port: * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug