X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=c9db85a148e97a32e411ee268e7212a2ba6f8a47;hb=a27027bb051019a579c5f0e5df0accfce1528412;hp=9c7d72a62c4458f5bf6e234c2dd79336d0bc8f47;hpb=540bc1491e0747191022b690fa6da4083b68deae;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9c7d72a62c..c9db85a148 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,223 @@ -$Id: NEWS,v 1.34 2003/04/06 15:43:02 massiot Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.69 2003/10/22 21:08:15 gbazin Exp $ + +Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Video outputs are recycled if possible. + This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files. + * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used. + * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more. + * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over. + +Stream output: + * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams. + * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding. + * Improved Ogg muxing and added theora, speex and subtitles support. + * Theora video encoding. + * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio. + +Input: + * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams. + * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files. + * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. + * Reworked DVB tuning. + * Better Icecast support. + +Codecs: + * Support for Speex audio. + * Support for AAC + SBR. + * MPEG 2.5 support. + * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now. + +Interface: + * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface. + * Bug fixes / improvements in the skins (eg. "stay on top" option). + * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist (Sort,Search, mode buttons). + * Help in the preferences window. + +Mac OS X port: + * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental). + * Save playlist. + * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem. + +Win32 port: + * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...). + * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service. + * Support for 3F2R in audio output. + * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC. + * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental). + +Subtitles: + * Text subtitles now have a black outline. + * Text subtitles autodetection. + * Text subtitles charset autodetection. + * Text subtitles for videofiles. Result may vary. + * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles. + +Miscellaneous: + * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random). + * Audio visual effects filter using goom. + * Spanish and Portugese Brazilian translations. + * SAP now supports HTTP streams. + +Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable. + +Stream output: + * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better. + * Improved MPEG TS muxer. + +Access input: + * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels. + * Few fixes to the VCD navigation. + +Interfaces: + * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface. + +UNIX ports: + * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested. + * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity. + +Win32 port: + * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines. + +iPaq port: + * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated). + +Miscellaneous: + * Text subtitles now centered on the picture. + * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play + mpeg1/2 videos. + +Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1: +--------------------------------- + +Core support: + * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs. + * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock + after a pause. + +Stream output: + * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming. + * Added vorbis audio transcoding support. + * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame). + * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers. + * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now. + +Win32 port: + * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss + * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards. + * Fixed sound on Windows NT. + +UNIX ports: + * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output. + * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now + use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus. + +iPaq port: + * Gtk+2 interface called PDA + * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated + * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added + * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode) + * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law). + +Interfaces: + * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface. + * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages. + * A new CORBA control plugin. + +Input demux: + * Improved support for the Matroska container format. + +Miscellaneous: + * Improved build system. + * New video filter plugin to overlay logos. + * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files. + * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size. + Should also work with languages like russion for instance. + + +Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0: +--------------------------------- + +Core Support: + * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated) + +Input access: + * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. + * Fixed large file support on Windows + * Video 4 Linux support + * CD Digital Audio support + * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX. + +Input demux: + * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files + * Support for OpenDML avi files + * More complete .mp4/.mov support + * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;) + +Codecs: + * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2 + * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg + * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content. + * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg) + * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora + * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether + * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX) + +Interfaces: + * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe + * New HTTP remote control interface + +Stream output: + * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time. + * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly. + * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content. + * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6) + +Miscellaneous: + * New reset option for the preferences + * You can set your language in the prefences + * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg + * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution + * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own + * SAP/SDP IPv6 support + +UNIX ports: + * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension. + * New skinable interface ported to X11. + * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer + +Mac OS X port: + * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically. + * New about panel and revamped preferences panel. + * Fixed the deinterlace menu. + * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out. + * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities. + * New icons by Davor Orel. + * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster. + * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug) + * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application + * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD + +Win32 port: + * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface + * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version + * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4 + * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs). + * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files) + * Fixed SVCD chapters support. + * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio. + +BeOS port: + * Interface localization + * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen + * A few new keyboard shortcuts + * New full-featured Preferences window Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3: --------------------------------- @@ -7,6 +226,10 @@ Core Support: * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines * support for skins at the interface level * new OSD module using Freetype2 + * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends + * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the + input level before dropping out of date frames. + * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface Input access: * fixed HTTP redirects @@ -22,10 +245,17 @@ Input demux: Codecs: * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions) - * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' files + * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings + * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 ) * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete) * better SSA4 subtitles recognition * new codec for raw I420 video + * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder + +Interfaces: + * improvements to wxWindows based interface + (although it still misses some important features) + * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in Stream output: * new HTTP output support @@ -37,22 +267,23 @@ Miscellaneous: UNIX ports: * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines - * skeleton for a GTK2 plug-in Mac OS X port: * reorderable playlist * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers * support for mono audio output devices - * reset the device to its default mode before quitting VLC + * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC * fixed several cosmetic issues * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be) * the messages window remembers more lines - * delay and fps can now be overriden with subtitles files + * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files + * http and ogg stream output options * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well Win32 port: * new skinnable interface + * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events. iPAQ familiar Linux port: * support for FLAC audio format