X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=acc54d7708b043dc8a60cc3483aae47eb5f83032;hb=366acbbc9e4707f597efc4e4b2bf57ddb51aa777;hp=0c438199e15090820ca0c4e42d54e91fd0204f1c;hpb=0022fed69f04c2e5cd8e1cabef8baea50e5871a3;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0c438199e1..acc54d7708 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ $Id$ Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0: -This version is in development and not yet released. --------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------- Core support: * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions - * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems + * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...) * New plugins cache to speed up launch time - * Fix crash with deinterlace switching * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item - * Daemon mode - * Technical improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem + * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background) + * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem Input: * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X @@ -25,14 +23,16 @@ Input: (selection of titles/chapters). Demuxers: - * Support iTunes Music Store previews + * Support for iTunes Music Store previews * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams) * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support * Windows Media Server RTSP support * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets) * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G) - * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface) + * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface) * Improved Ogg demuxer + * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video. + * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams Codecs: * G.726 audio support @@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ Codecs: * MPEG-4 text support * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743) * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering + * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska Stream Output: Encoders: * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on, everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder + * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output) * Frame rate selection in the transcoder * DVB subtitles encoder * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame @@ -55,20 +57,37 @@ Stream Output: * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G) - * Experimental WAV muxer + * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS. + * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio) * Improved ASF muxer Misc: - * H.263 RTP streaming support - * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now + * H.263 RTP streaming support + * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now + * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental) Audio Output: * New audio equalizer filter * Very trivial volume normalizer + * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo + * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect + * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19 + +Video Output: + * Roku HD1000 Video output + * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X) + with support for effects. + * Improved filter and subpictures support : + - New filters can be streamed. + - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video + - Centralized scaling and blending + * New filters : + - "time", to display current time + - "marq", to display a marquee Interfaces: * OSD sliders for volume and postition information * OSD icons for Play and Pause - * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces + * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows) * A few skins2 improvements * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface @@ -83,6 +102,7 @@ Mac OS X port: Linux port: * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible) * Experimental SVG rendering module + * Support for DVB CAM modules. Windows port: * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3) @@ -91,17 +111,18 @@ Windows port: * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode) +WinCE port: + * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output). + Mozilla plugin: * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc. Misc: - * Roku HD1000 Video output * Server/client network synchronization module * VBrick streams fully supported - * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported * Cisco IP/TV streams supported - * Experimental OpenGL video output for X11 and win32 + * VLM enhancements Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2: --------------------------------