X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b2e3f852d1f87f1e676b472e8df1d2dc685b2f7b;hb=0f5eea32151742591f03a6fb0c15219b4e675a53;hp=549cb4a444482f8d91fd47ad5f8e5413bcd52277;hpb=da17ee3389df49b209cc9b122a53afe35aa75aa4;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 549cb4a444..b2e3f852d1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,19 +1,28 @@ -Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0-git: +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git: ------------------------------------ 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 + * 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 - * Invmem modules improvements + * 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 Demuxers: * 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) files + * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements Playlist: @@ -21,10 +30,14 @@ Playlist: * 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 @@ -38,33 +51,130 @@ Video Output: * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks. - * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB + * 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 Visualisation: * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries Service discovery: * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories + * Service discovery based on libudev Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory +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 + Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar + * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency +Misc: + * new sqlite module + Removed modules: - * csri - * galaktos - * showintf + * csri codec. Use libass module instead. + * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead. + * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X * transrate - * x11, xvideo, xvid - * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interface + * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use 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): +--------------------------------------------------- +Mac OS X Interface: + * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote + + +Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4: +-------------------------------- + +Audio outputs: + * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core + * Make PulseAudio the default output if available + +Video outputs: + * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers + * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing + +Input: + * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3 + * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm) + +Playlist: + * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U) + +Unix: + * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher + * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD + +Qt4 interface: + * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices + * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard + +Translations: + * New Walloon translation + * Swedish, Ukrainian an French translation update + + +Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3: +-------------------------------- + +Video outputs: + * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to + regressions in most popular drivers + * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms + +Decoders: + * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it + didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2 + * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks + +Encoders: + * x264 has profile-limitter, like: + #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..} + +Input: + * Update for appletrailers lua script + * Fixes on the RAR stream filter + * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams + * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2 + * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer + +Service discovery: + * New udev module for linux + +Qt4 interface: + * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels + +Translations: + * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2: @@ -286,6 +396,8 @@ Video output: Miscellaneous: * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications +New Localization: + * Mongolian Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a: ---------------------------------