X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=afcb15f990d2859c7248798d2635cfe1277a8647;hb=e4393c59cb59b7ff31b239fd8048d36c5b8fc4e2;hp=f2e8dcd7db8cbe458163b755980b104d51d47f6b;hpb=1761e072d54288166bb11b81693132e0ebea1b50;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f2e8dcd7db..afcb15f990 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,52 +1,57 @@ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git: +Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: +------------------------------------ +Important changes for users: + +Important changes for packagers: + * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be + generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the + later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script + by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc + can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to + launch each time. + Access: - * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Support for the sftp protocol - * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version + * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port + * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory + * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp:// + * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 - * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory - * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams Decoders: - * Support for Atrac1 - * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support - * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray + * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7 + * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux + * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage + + * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment + * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray * Invmem module improvements - * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities - * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 on Windows Vista and 7 - * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles, especially on Windows + * Support for Atrac1 audio codec + * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs + * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA + * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms + * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support) + * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module + * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec Demuxers: + * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams - * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) - (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements + * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files Playlist: - * WPL playlist support - * ZPL playlist support + * WPL and ZPL playlist support * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image * Podcast images are now displayed -Audio filters: - * Chorus/Flanger audio filter - * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter - * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler, - linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and - * NEON assembly audio converter module - -Encoders: - * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings - * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example - #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} - * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, - uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP - * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required - Video Output: * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX @@ -54,62 +59,120 @@ Video Output: * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2) * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output + * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for + Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin) + Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one) + MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html) + Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX) -Visualisation: - * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries +Extensions: + * New content extensions lua framework + * IMDb extension + +Audio filters: + * Chorus/Flanger audio filter + * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter + * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited + resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF + and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API + * NEON assembly audio converter module + * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input + +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Service discovery: + * Service discoveries can now be written in lua * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories * Service discovery based on libudev + * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed + +Encoders: + * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings + * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example + #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} + * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, + uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP + * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory + * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like: + --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}" Interfaces: * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet and oldhttp. * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system. -Mac OS X Interface: - * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008) - Mac OS X Port: * Vastly improved VLCKit framework * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework by Andy Matuschak et al. * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer + * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit) + * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar + * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency + * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900 + * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface Misc: * new sqlite module + * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. + * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. + +Bindings: + * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp + * phonon bindings are now usable Removed modules: - * csri codec. Use libass module instead. - * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead. - * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X - * transrate - * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use new XCB modules instead. - * HAL. Use libudev instead. + * csri codec: use the libass module instead. + * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead. + * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X + * transrate: broken since too long + * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead. + * HAL: Use libudev instead. * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces - * WinCE and qnx interfaces - * opie, qte and qte_main - * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one. - * XvMC accelerated modules. Use VAAPI instead. - * opengllayer - * cddax. Use cdda instead - * cmml. - -Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released): ---------------------------------------------------- + * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces + * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces + * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one. + * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead. + * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead. + * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead. + * cddax: use cdda instead. + * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs. + * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec + * access_file removed in favor of filesystem + * RTMP input and output: use avio module + + +Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: +-------------------------------- + +Decoders: + * SubRip extra styles improvements + * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders + Mac OS X Interface: * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote +Windows port: + * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly + increase performance and fix x264 issues + +Translations: + * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali, + Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish + Russian, Slovak translation updates + * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations + Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4: -------------------------------- @@ -139,7 +202,7 @@ Qt4 interface: Translations: * New Walloon translation - * Swedish, Ukrainian an French translation update + * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3: @@ -227,6 +290,12 @@ Playlist: Unix builds: * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD +Translations: + * New Kazakh and Croatian translations + * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows + * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian, + Arabic and French translation updates + Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1: -------------------------------- @@ -269,7 +338,7 @@ Windows port: Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian -Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0: +Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0: --------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -375,6 +444,7 @@ Windows CE Port: EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done. Mac OS X Port: + * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler * Support for latest iSight models @@ -396,7 +466,37 @@ Miscellaneous: * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications New Localization: + * Khmer * Mongolian + * Sorani + + +Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10: +-------------------------------------- + +HTTP Interface: + * Fixed default ACL + +Mac OS X: + * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups + * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences + * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed + * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models + * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio + * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window + * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi + +Various fixes to the following modules: + * access: + - HTTP, SMB + - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...) + - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, + DZCORE Labs, Algeria + * stream out: + - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge + * decoder: + - TSCC + Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a: --------------------------------- @@ -437,6 +537,7 @@ Various bugfixes: * Telnet fixes on Windows * Resampling fixes when transcoding + Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a: ---------------------------------