X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=bbaff5bdd91424763730760b6363edd725f1cfce;hb=549ce2cad17e4cae5125ae0d7f2b23cbff34b8d9;hp=b9d83f4fd9c693a7ee111f00a21e2e0a23e2d33a;hpb=962f19ece26926966928ce3ab18e3d22c2381640;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b9d83f4fd9..bbaff5bdd9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ -Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.2.0-git: +Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script. + Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions. * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git @@ -18,11 +19,17 @@ Access * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support - * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI card input support (Linux only currently) + * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently) + * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux) + * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format + in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now Codecs * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV + * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards + * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger + The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one Core: * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore @@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ Demuxers: * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib) * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm * Ogg seeking improvements - * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten from scratch using the C api + * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2 Interfaces * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one @@ -41,11 +48,14 @@ Interfaces * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform + * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support + and important cleanups and optimisations * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) * New video output for iOS platform + * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements @@ -54,6 +64,7 @@ Video Filter: * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels + * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos Audio Output: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS @@ -69,6 +80,13 @@ Stream output: index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora + * Major rework of VoD support + * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming: + #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard... + * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming: + #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std... + * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on + a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std... Services Discovery: * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces @@ -76,13 +94,102 @@ Services Discovery: libVLC: * New capabilities for libVLC: ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation + ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the + list of available audio and video filters + +Removed modules: + * asademux: use libass only + * fake: use the new image demuxers + * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules + * id3tag: use taglib + * upnp: use upnp_intel + + +Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7: +-------------------------------- + +Linux port: + * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs + #234484 and #260719. + +Mac OS X port: + * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams + * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed + and stability reasons + +Demuxers: + * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability. + VideoLAN-SA-1102 + +Translations: + * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations + + +Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1: +---------------------------------- + +Source: + * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux + + +Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6: +--------------------------------- + +Audio output: + * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output + PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22. + Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE) + and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin. + +Access: + * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows + +Decoders: + * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working) + * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X + * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries + * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101 + +Demuxers: + * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007 + * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe + * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24) + +Subtitles and renderer: + * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles + * Mark more freetype options as safe + * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation + * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable, + discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522 + +Visualization: + * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales + * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows + * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now + * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X + +Interfaces: + * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes + * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements + +Miscellaneous fixes: + * KDE device solid actions + * XDG screensaver + * Transcode integer overflow + * HTTP Icy metadata reading + * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers + +Translations: + * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician, + Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch, + Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5: ---------------------------------- Security: - * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives, + * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives, VideoLAN-SA-1006 Access: