X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9e9941a6ce129e81a8c768bfae388e88bcee96e7;hb=e97c8b3668d04396e892ad80e9d5a33d1a72e24b;hp=6be038a0b039a6184f4f415fca91be0512d7cccc;hpb=084f6f0ba5bac9cb3dc81308882e74209de5930e;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6be038a0b0..9e9941a6ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,33 +1,52 @@ -Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-pre1: --------------------------------------- +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: * Instantaneous pausing * Frame-by-Frame playback * Finer speed control - * Timeshift for most medias * On-the-fly recording for all medias + * Timeshift for most medias * RTSP trickplay support + * Subtitles core improvements and fixes -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 +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 and RealVideo in Matroska files + * 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) @@ -42,10 +61,11 @@ Access: 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) + * 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 @@ -72,6 +92,7 @@ Linux/Windows interface: * Better integration in GTK environments 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 @@ -81,6 +102,7 @@ Stream output: * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible. * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream. * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module. + * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again. Maemo Port: * New Maemo port with: @@ -91,8 +113,8 @@ Windows CE Port: EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done. 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 + * New Document icons by Dominic Spitaler Audio output: * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins @@ -100,12 +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. + * 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: ---------------------------------