X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=71c5d8133989912b21590717f27c2c99a283b45e;hb=d74fa0c527554ec376ee99508db0366407e9ee27;hp=e3a97c5c1e61853b330066fa75774171e3d81339;hpb=676c2926fcf869212b6a8c965e2d8240d4df6518;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e3a97c5c1e..71c5d81339 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,27 @@ Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ +Important changes for packagers: + * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for + its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is + not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script. + +Access + * Multiple files are supported from RAR files + * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices + Codecs * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc +Demuxers: + * id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib). + +Interfaces + * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one + +Video Output: + * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) + Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering @@ -16,8 +34,87 @@ Stream output: dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: ------------------------------------- +Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 +------------------------------- + +Demuxers: + * Avformat fps displaying fix + * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too) + +Audio filters: + * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoqued issues when playback + of mono streams, especially on Windows + +Windows: + * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video + playback with overlay (YUV->RGB) + * fix console output encoding + +Interface and extensions: + * Youtube and other scripts updates + * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface + + +Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1: +-------------------------------- + +libVLC: + * New capabilities for libVLC: + * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable, + libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue, + libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma + * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas + libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it. + * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some + protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and + the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters. + * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing + video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the + ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions. + See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example. + * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay + between audio and video/subpictures for the current input. + * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were + called early + +Decoders/Demuxers: + * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards + You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7 + * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T + * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules + * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds + +Stream output: + * Fix h264 streaming in ts + +Interfaces: + * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour + * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders + * Http: fix fullscreen toggle + +Linux: + * Fix pulse closing + * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection + +MacOS: + * Multiple interface and crash fixes + * Deinterlace selection is repaired + * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes + +Windows: + * Activation of DEP on XP SP3 + * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists + * Fix crash when My Document isn't available + * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video + +Translations: + * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer, + Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician + + +Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0: +-------------------------------- + Important changes for users: * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output. Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead. @@ -48,29 +145,31 @@ Access: Decoders: * 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 Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP - * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray + * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment * 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 + * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA + * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Support for Indeo5 video codec * 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 + * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec - * Support for VP8 codec (source code version only) + * Support for VP8 codec + * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio Demuxers: + * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files - * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for webm format + * Metadata and cover art improvements Playlist: * WPL and ZPL playlist support @@ -93,7 +192,6 @@ Video Output: Extensions: * New content extensions lua framework - * IMDb extension Audio filters: * Chorus/Flanger audio filter @@ -104,9 +202,6 @@ Audio filters: * NEON assembly audio converter module * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input -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 @@ -131,6 +226,10 @@ Interfaces: * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. + * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist + +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework @@ -143,7 +242,7 @@ Mac OS X Port: Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar - * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module + * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency @@ -154,10 +253,11 @@ Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. + * Improved Solaris port Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp - * phonon bindings are now usable + * phonon-VLC backend is now usable Removed modules: * csri codec: use the libass module instead. @@ -180,6 +280,40 @@ Removed modules: * RTMP input and output: use avio module +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path + +Decoders/Packetizers: + * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support + +Demuxers: + * Update LUA script for Youtube pages + * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files + * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives + * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin + * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist + +X11 port: + * Partial Xlib threading fixes + More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update! + +Interfaces: + * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks + * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist + +Translations: + * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish + and Walloon translations updated + * Sinhala translation started + +Removed modules: + * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update + to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed. + + Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: --------------------------------