X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9e9941a6ce129e81a8c768bfae388e88bcee96e7;hb=37b44be5c904fb6c5733f9352f8ac09f226f607e;hp=c2892bfc4cc1375cfbfd922172d5cb9d870e8c47;hpb=b4039dbd5284ff373ee78caa4ffedf4a8f878aba;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c2892bfc4c..9e9941a6ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,52 +1,108 @@ -Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git: +Changes between 1.0.0-rc2 and 1.1.0-git: +---------------------------------------- + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) + +Playlist: + * WPL playlist support + * ZPL playlist support + + +Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0-rc2: ------------------------------------ +Important notes: +---------------- + * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses. + See 'Access:' for more info. + * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations + Playback: - * Instant pausing - * Frame-By-Frame Support - * Timeshift support + * Instantaneous pausing + * Frame-by-Frame playback + * Finer speed control + * On-the-fly recording for all medias + * Timeshift for most medias * RTSP trickplay support - * On-the-fly record + * Subtitles core improvements and fixes + +Decoders: + * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder + * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder + * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser + * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder + * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder + * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder + * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder + * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded + * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode + * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering + +Demuxers: + * Support for Dirac, MLP 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 + * Metadata for mod files are supported + * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported + * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams + * New dirac demuxer for raw dirac streams + +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 - the development form of zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore) + * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://' + * MTP device access on Unix + * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio) + * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values 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: + * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium) + * 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. * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible. * 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. + * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again. Maemo Port: * New Maemo port with: @@ -56,9 +112,9 @@ 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: + * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc + * New Document icons by Dominic Spitaler Audio output: * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins @@ -66,11 +122,56 @@ 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 + * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'. + The old image video output has been removed. + * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was + withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead. Miscellanous: * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications +Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a: +--------------------------------- + +Mac OS X: + * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port + * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs + + +Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9: +--------------------------------- + +Decoders: + * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 + +Demuxers: + * Various fixes related to real demuxer + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel + - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item + instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the + main controller window. + * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard + +Mac OS X Port: + * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs + +New Localizations: + * Indonesian + * Bengali + * Updates of other localizations + +Various bugfixes: + * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers. + * Lots of small bugfixes. + * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows + * Telnet fixes on Windows + * Resampling fixes when transcoding + Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a: ---------------------------------