X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=941d395deee786bb6a15f5205b57751834bf4a25;hb=e0a09aa309ec492aed298dbde9193884048b6aef;hp=c2892bfc4cc1375cfbfd922172d5cb9d870e8c47;hpb=b4039dbd5284ff373ee78caa4ffedf4a8f878aba;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c2892bfc4c..941d395dee 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,39 +2,74 @@ Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git: ------------------------------------ Playback: - * Instant pausing - * Frame-By-Frame Support - * Timeshift support + * Instantaneous pausing + * Frame-by-Frame playback + * Finer speed control + * Timeshift for most medias + * On-the-fly recording for all medias * RTSP trickplay support - * On-the-fly record + +New Decoders: + * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) + * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) + * True HD/MLP + * Blu-Ray Linear PCM + * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) + * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 + * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer + * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard + +Demuxers: + * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files + * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb) + * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD + +Encoders: + * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS) + * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder Access: * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows) - * Playback for video in Rar archives - * DVB-S and ATSC support on Windows + * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives + * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed. + * DVB scanning on linux + * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support + * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file) + * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://' + * MTP device access on Unix + * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio) Inputs: * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules - * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on + * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on Windows. -Decoders: - * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support - * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) support - * True HD/MLP support - * Blu-Ray Linear PCM support - * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) support - * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 support +Playlist: + * Export the playlist in HTML + * Lua script for BBC radio playback + * Better metadata handling and reading -Demuxers: - * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files - * Major improvements in RealMedia files (.rm and .rmvb) +Linux/Windows interface: + * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux + * Various fixes for skins2 interface + * Recently played items list + * Interface toolbar customizations + * Various Improvements on the Qt interface: + - More menus actions + - Finer speed slider + - Improvements on many dialogs + - New dialog for plugins listing + - Fixed-size mode for videos + - Better teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control + * Better integration in GTK environments -Encoders: - * Dirac encoding support using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS) +Mac OS X Interface: + * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items. + * Easy addition of Subtitles through the Video menu + * Additional usability improvements Stream output: * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module. @@ -42,12 +77,6 @@ Stream output: * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream. * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module. -Linux/Windows interface: - * Recently played items list - -Mac OS X Interface: - * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items. - Maemo Port: * New Maemo port with: - an interface based on Hildon framework. @@ -56,9 +85,9 @@ Maemo Port: Windows CE Port: EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done. -Playlist: - * support to Export the playlist in HTML - * Lua script for BBC radio playback +Mac OS X Port: + * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations + * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc Audio output: * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins @@ -66,6 +95,7 @@ Audio output: Video output: * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output + * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders Miscellanous: * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications