X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9d1ec831bb3a490980063399f16bd7cc3b658ba0;hb=10ee356e2279fb0526b980927fe563a2cccea749;hp=dac943ab7ddf284dc4ce0aff754449f1ff42d206;hpb=226eab71b7f7551401bb17ca32cb0d566251a9c5;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index dac943ab7d..9d1ec831bb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,149 @@ $Id$ +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): +------------------------------------------------------- + +Important notes: +---------------- + * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default. + If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to + edit the ".hosts" file. + XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX + * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This + interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6: + - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced + by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these + 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. + +Changes: +-------- + +Playlist: + * Vastly improved playlist support: + * Media library support + * "Live search" + * Shoutcast TV listings + * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support + +Input/Demuxers: + * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + +Decoders: + * VP60/VP61 codecs support + * Teletext subtitles (telx) support + +Video output: + * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted 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) + +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 + + +Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6-bugfix (not yet released): +----------------------------------------------------------- +Various bugfixes notably: + * out-of-bound read in demuxers + * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256) + * Mac OS X Interface crashes + +Mac OS X Interface: + * further usability improvements + + +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: +-------------------------------- + +Playlist: + * Shoutcast TV listings support + +Input: + * Support for RTSP authentication + * Support for adding subtitles on the fly + * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation + * ATSC support for DVB input + * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings + * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat + * Improved support for Flash Video files + +Decoders: + * Native WMV9/VC-1 support + * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs) + * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61) + * The True Audio Lossless codec support + * Matroska WavPack support + * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF) + * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures + * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles + +Video output: + * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...) + * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :) + * Improved libcaca support + +Interfaces: + * All + * New hotkeys for crop and zoom + * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface + * Windows + * Systray support in skins + * OS X + * Support for Apple Remote control + * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen) + * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen) + * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs + * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode + * Linux + * Notifications using notification-daemon + +Windows port: + * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above) + Windows 9x/ME users: + - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported + - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the + Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location: + http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx + Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder + C:\Windows\System + * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side + * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output) + +Localization: + * Add Czech + * Add Slovak + * Add Malay + * Add Slovenian + +Developers: + * Updates to the libvlc API + * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins + + + Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5 ---------------------------------