X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b31ae51a6e694eb23aeec4c85164dd949950b15a;hb=2a625dda910374d20d2e751cdbd63bbfa1a20878;hp=0debf914ae71819ff1e512bb25b2660eaed0a8b3;hpb=0cf16ba2e69629a45df43aa7bda5fd870de2d027;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0debf914ae..b31ae51a6e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-test: +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 + 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 @@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ Important changes for packagers: Access: * Support for the sftp protocol * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port - * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory + * 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 @@ -21,31 +24,30 @@ Access: Decoders: * 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 decoder using OpenMAX IL components + * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage - * Support for HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment + * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray * Invmem module improvements * Support for Atrac1 audio codec - * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities + * 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 .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams * 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 @@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ 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 discovery is now removed + * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed Encoders: * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings @@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ Encoders: * 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 + * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory @@ -110,15 +113,16 @@ Mac OS X Port: 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 - * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module + * 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 interface + * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface Misc: * new sqlite module @@ -127,26 +131,27 @@ Misc: Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp + * phonon bindings are now usable Removed modules: - * csri codec. Use the libass module instead. - * galaktos. Use the new projectM module instead. - * showintf. Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X - * transrate - * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use the 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, BeOS 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. - * MGA (Matroska) for Linux. Use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead. - * opengllayer. Use macosx_video instead. - * cddax. Use cdda instead. + * 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 are removed in favor of libavcodec + * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec * access_file removed in favor of filesystem - * RTMP input and output + * RTMP input and output: use avio module Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: