X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a9b9feeaf3e786c01dbf135640bff0097e4925bb;hb=f3b30afc36fb9bac57a485f33c9c53b711e9e9ae;hp=8737cf54633169ea4c7f71c5cbb1e232b3296abf;hpb=b06dadcf5f4ce49841e2e4f9dff7f49914d08d55;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8737cf5463..a9b9feeaf3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,41 +1,57 @@ -Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-pre1: -------------------------------- -Important changes for packagers: +Important changes: + * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ + * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs + VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now on 64bit hardware * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually. - * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ 3rd party libraries (contrib): - * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner system in /contrib Core: * Audio core rewrite - * Fix support for .001, .00x splitted files on Windows + * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows + * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode + * Partial support for Windows Store App + * Removed SQL support + * Added audio fingerprinter support + * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection -Codecs: +Decoders: * Support for OPUS via libopus. * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. - * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec + * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec * Support for Ulead DV audio * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen, - Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) + Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2) * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles + * Support for VDPAU hardware video decoding acceleration on Linux + * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder Encoders: * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows Access: - * Screen: add support for OS X Lion, remove support for previous OS releases + * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later, + remove support for previous OS X releases * Major improvements in DASH support * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names - * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developped by Viotech.net + * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices + * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode + * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode + * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track + vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001 + * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation Demuxers: * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4 @@ -48,47 +64,71 @@ Demuxers: * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras * Support for more MJPEG streams * Add support for liveleak streams + * Add support for Wave/RF64 files Audio output: * Windows Audio Session API audio output support * OpenBSD sndio audio output support - * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module + * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module * Android AudioTrack audio output support + * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts + * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4 + * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices + This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH + distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.). + * Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X) + * New, simplified AudioUnit output module for iOS Audio Filters: - * new remapping channel filter - * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect - * new VSXu visualization plugin + * New remapping channel filter + * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect + * New VSXu visualization plugin + * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter Video Outputs: + * New module to output using Decklink Blackmagic cards + * New module using OpenMAX IL to output video * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions + * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS + * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 modules + Also, subpictures now work in the OpenGL ES2 module * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management + * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2 Video Filters: - * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits) * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters + * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters Stream Output: * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI * Options support for AVIO output module + * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist + * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist + * Livehttp stream encryption support + * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option + * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting + +Fingerprinters: + * Added AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter Interfaces: * configurable password for the HTTP server. * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. - * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows * Hotkey support for TS program selection * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface -Mac OS X Port: - * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs - * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now +Services discovery: + * UPnP A/V subtitles + * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item -Mac OS X Interface: +OS X Interface: * add support for multiple video outputs * add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen controller @@ -99,29 +139,54 @@ Mac OS X Interface: * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of VLC's internal volume level + * add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during + playback * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current selection and to manage the list of presets * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters + * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC * add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts * add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote * add an option to show next / previous buttons * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled) * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, date and language * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time * add an option to play videos as a desktop background * add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side + * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target + * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit + * add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings + when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through + 3rd party applications + * add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application + handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams + (system-wide settings) + * add support for the Video Title option + * add support for the Boss Key * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are - deprecated now + deprecated now and will be removed in a future release. Qt: * Partial support for Qt5.0 * Menus modifications and improvements * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view * Streaming output wizard rewrite + * Add bitrate graph in information panels + * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor + * EPG display fixes and improvements + * Add SD pixmap sources + * Preferences hotkeys management fixes + * Display playlist total duration + * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI * Numerous fixes + * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info + * Removed language preference + * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality. + Added new profiles. libVLC: * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions @@ -129,6 +194,9 @@ libVLC: and libvlc_audio_output_device_id * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks + * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the + media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated. + * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support. Removed modules: * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead @@ -140,6 +208,14 @@ Removed modules: * Hildon GUI * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin + * Broken crop video filter + * Switcher module + * OSD parser and menu + * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver + * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems + * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained) + * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend) Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5: