X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=90d447742656921f52556627c96a2a4826c2c95d;hb=8b8a6842025e7fca0d9cfdd951f0077f53056e13;hp=f592200b67f9b5d17f55313e28dc2c6692157984;hpb=9822f1942cb8e8aa6fe498900052bc35ff95d7fb;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f592200b67..90d4477426 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ $Id$ -Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet) +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): ------------------------------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Important notes: features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a later point + * The default for --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. Changes: -------- @@ -27,16 +33,77 @@ Playlist: * Shoutcast TV listings * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support -Video output: - * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient - and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed +Input/Demuxers: + * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + +Decoders: + * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support + * MKV USF subtitles support + * HTML based subtitles support + * Flash Screen Video support + +Encoders: + * Flash Screen Video support + +Video output and filters: + * 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 + * 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, italics and some HTML + tags + * 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. + +Stream output: + * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation Interfaces: * Windows/Linux * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit * All * Improved user interaction + * Unix + * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental). + + +Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b: +---------------------------------- +Various bugfixes notably: + * out-of-bound read in demuxers + * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256) + * Mac OS X Interface crashes + * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms + +Decoders: + * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60 + * Teletext subtitles (telx) support + +Webbrowser plugins: + * rectified behaviour and improved usability + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * diverse usability improvements + * new wizard option to include subtitles + * screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused + * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script + + +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a: +--------------------------------- + +CDDA / VCDX plugins: + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701) + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Fullscreen controller improvements Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6: