X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=af7f58064a34a2fae52d059e87625daa17293e9e;hb=3fe47215fbce25270969582c83aac05cca1afa30;hp=f76783a7f7b2afb31f49016e344f960d8fd1b4fa;hpb=0f6af8a1035875545ac82d347b3b0d65b6d7dfd3;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f76783a7f7..af7f58064a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,19 +1,275 @@ $Id$ -Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1-svn: +Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a: +--------------------------------- + +Audio output: + * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa + * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu. + +Decoder: + * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg + * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263 + +Demux: + * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks + +Services Discovery: + * HAL fixes, should now work with new API + * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows + * UPnP fixes + * Avahi 0.6 support + +Interfaces: + * Mac OS X + - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard + +Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4: +-------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based + * New OSD system + +Video output: + * Fixed problems with OpenGL output + * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option + * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format + +Input: + * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band + * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP + * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support + * GnomeVFS input module + * Support for RTP packet reordering + * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs + +Decoders: + * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types + * Musepack decoder using libmpdec + * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later) + +Services discovery: + * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment) + * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only) + +Video filters: + * RSS feed overlay + +Audio filters: +* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel + Mixer and Dolby Surround + +Stream output: + * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers + * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs + * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments + +Interfaces: +- new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info) + * Mac OS X + - New streaming and transcoding wizard + - New extended controls panel + - New bookmarks window + - Fixed playlist sorting + - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist + * wxWidgets + - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets. + - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-* + - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog + - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support + * Skins2 + - Tree playlist + * HTTP + - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto) + - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in + the names of files + - Include macro to include other files + - CGI 1.0 support + +ActiveX plugin: +* Should now work outside IE as well + +Mac OS X port: +* New script to delete the preferences automatically + +Windows port: +* Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming +* Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output + +Translations: + The following languages were added: + * Galician + * Korean + * Romanian + * Simplified Chinese + The following languages were re-added: + * Swedish + +Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2: +-------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Rewrite of the playlist + - Tree structure + - Input preparsing (for meta-data) + - Grouping (by artist, ...) support + * Preferences improvements: + - New organization, designed to improve usability + - New configuration types (list of modules, ...) + * XML parsers + * Core image manipulation support + * Client-side SSL/TLS support + * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD) + * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track + * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin + * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track + * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter + * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are + now separated by ':' instead of ',' + * Access filter architecture + * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language) + * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments + * Many bugfixes... + +Input/Demuxers: + * Support for SOCKS proxy + * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data + * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams + * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server + * Better support for Kasenna streams + * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support + * Massive Matroska improvements + * Support for XA and VOC audio files + * TiVo demuxer + * Samba (Windows shares) access module + * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items) + * Fixes to Linux DVB support + * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug + * Support for FTP over IPv6 + +Decoders / Encoders: + * Dirac decoder and encoder + * PNG decoder/encoder + * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder + * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec + +Access filters: + * New Record and Timeshift filters + +Services discovery: + * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist + * Brand new SAP module + * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in + the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu + ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default ) + * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed + * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery + * DAAP (iTunes shares) support + * Shoutcast + +Audio output: + * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM + +Video output: + * Video snapshot support (png or jpg) + * Image file video output (png) + * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions) + * Improvements to wall video filter + * Support for font color and opacity + +Stream output: + * Muxers + - ASF improvements + * VLM / VoD + - Ability to load a configuration file on startup + - Seeking support in VoD streams + * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system) + +Interfaces: + * wxWidgets + - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ... + - Improved preferences + - Improvements to the wizard + - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons + * MacOS X + - Redesigned playlist + - Improved preferences + * Skins + - Support for multiple actions + - Fixes + * HTTP + - Support for the new playlist system + * Lirc + - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc + +Windows port: + * Screensaver disabling fix + * DirectShow tuner configuration + * Support for no-decoration windows + +MacOS X port: + * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes + * The OpenGL video output is back + * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations. + - Supports multichannel discrete analog output + - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it + is not yet available in the new module + - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information. + +BeOS port: + * Support for single-buffered overlay + +Pocket PC port: + * Many fixes + * New interface + * New video output + +Mozilla Plugin: + * Javascript fixes + * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed) + +IE Plugin: + * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin + +Translations: + The following languages were added: + * Catalan + * Danish + * Turkish + + +Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1: ----------------------------------------------------- Core support: - * Include TLS/SSL API - * SSL support in the HTTP daemon + * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available) + * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface) Windows port: - * Fixed multichannel audio support (which was broken in 0.8.0) + * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0) * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input + * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen + +WinCE port: + * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output). + +Audio Output: + * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements + +Video Output: + * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available + +Demuxers: + * Fixed crash with ODML avi files + * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files + * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming Stream Output: - Encoders: - * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module + * Encoders: + * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module + * Stream output: + * Support of playlist group announcement Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0: -----------------------------------------------------