X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ce9116be28d3b0088cd3dc20bf831f0a5e60bbcf;hb=07228ceaaff0e4436159a6a8d1ebd9774e78aaac;hp=55d7e337fe9f5c26f77e13289a19906975c4b64c;hpb=a69763f0d4bba72bbbdc59c1572a005608e03b4a;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 55d7e337fe..ce9116be28 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,75 +1,486 @@ -Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------- +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: +-------------------------------- + +Important changes for packagers: + * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune + compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually. + +3rd party libraries (contrib): + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib + +Codecs: + * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. + * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec + * Support for Ulead DV audio + * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen, + Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) + * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless + * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder + +Encoders: + * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + +Access: + * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion + * Major improvements in DASH support + * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support + * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module + * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names + +Demuxers: + * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4 + * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art + * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata + * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI + * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio + * Support for total number of tracks in major container + * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV + * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras + * Support for more MJPEG streams + +Audio output: + * Windows Audio Session API audio output support + * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module + +Audio Filters: + * new remapping channel filter + * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect + * new VSXu visualization plugin + +Video Outputs: + * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions + * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management + +Video Filters: + * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. + * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats + and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits) + * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats + * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters + +Stream Output: + * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI + +Interfaces: + * configurable password for the HTTP server. + * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. + * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows + * Hotkey support for TS program selection + +Mac OS X Port: + * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs + * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now + +Mac OS X Interface: + * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally + * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of + VLC's internal volume level + * add an option to show next / previous buttons + * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, + date and language. + * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time + * add an option to play videos as a desktop background + * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming + * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are + deprecated now + +Qt: + * Partial support for Qt5.0 + * Menus modifications and improvements + * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view + * Streaming output wizard rewrite + * Numerous fixes + +libVLC: + * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions + to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname + and libvlc_audio_output_device_id + * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks + +Removed modules: + * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead + * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd) + * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd) + * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead + * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead + * Hildon GUI + * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0) + + +Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels + +Demuxers: + * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined) + * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags + +Mac OS X: + * Add GateKeeper support + * Fix handling for some hotkeys + * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces + * Minor bugfixes and improvements + +Qt: + * Fix Windows 8 interface style + +Translations: + * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, + Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, + Thai, Turkish and Walloon + * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi + * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations + + +Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2: +-------------------------------- + +Video Output: + * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions. + There were too many errors with broken drivers. + * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL + * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X + * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support + * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms + * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500, + an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra. + * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped + with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later. + * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called + Retina Displays. + +Access: + * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again + * Fixes for RAR compressed files + * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit + * Improve PulseAudio input latency + * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy + * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264) + * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour + * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32 + * Accept more extensions for DVD images + * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer + * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback + * Improvements and fixes in HLS support + +Codec: + * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams + * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions + * Fix G726 support + * Fix MP3 free format support + +Demuxers: + * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display + * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes + * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support + * Fix for DVB channels file support + * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4 + +Encoders: + * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a" + * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots + +Audio filters and output: + * Limitation of spatializer volume output + * Fix DirectSound device selection + * Correct PulseAudio volume control + * Do not apply volume in file output + * Fix sampling rate in JACK output + * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers + +Mac OS X: + * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and + the persistant media library + * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules + to the media library or the temporary playlist + * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple + This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG + manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry". + * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer + press on the Play/Pause button + * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup. + This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts. + * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback + * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap + * Many Fullscreen fixes + * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back + * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track + Synchronization panel + * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now + * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop + * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop + * Fix crashes on exit + * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while + VLC is running + * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions + * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control + Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be + automatically reset on the first launch. + - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit. + * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3 + * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements + +Lua Scripts: + * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues + * Fixes for icecast SD + +Qt: + * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows + * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour + * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog + * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog + * Fix tags and file names display + * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues + +Skins2: + * Fix mousewheel on Windows + * Fix for key events and focus loss + +Web interface: + * Fix display of some buttons + * Fix listing of files in the Open interface + * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog + +Security: + * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow + * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396) + * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries + +Translation: + * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer, + Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish, + Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian, + Thai translations update + * New Scottish Gaelic translation + + +Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval + * fix the samba module compilation + * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK + * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption + * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback + * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives + +Codecs: + * Support for MXPEG files + * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module + * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams + +Demuxers: + * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support + * Fix a crash when seeking in mka + * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support + +Muxers: + * Fix ogm header creation + +Audio filters: + * limit spatializer filter distortions + * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module + +Audio output: + * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA. + * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection. + The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default). + * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X + +Video filters: + * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform + +Mac OS X interface: + * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window + * allow to hide the sidebar + * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading + - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen + * noticebly faster launch time + * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support + * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes + * improve track synchronization panel + * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes + * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu + +Qt interface: + * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one + * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar + the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs + * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts + +Skins interface: + * fix for menus display + * Addition of $R to display current playback speed + * documentation update + +Web interface: + * fix mobiles display for remote control mode + * support for .drc and .3ga extensions + +Service discovery: + * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times + * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK + * Update Jamendo selections + +Miscellaneous: + * fix DBus crash + * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc + * fix a crash on VLM close + +Security: + * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026) + * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144) + * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775) + * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776) + +Translations: + * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations + + +Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0: +--------------------------------- + +Important notes: + * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ + * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix + conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD + from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd + title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4 + * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options: + - --file-caching specifies caching for local files, + - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources, + - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and + - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media. + All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions. + * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: + - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]". + By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. + - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers. + By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS. + - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate), + --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and + --http-crl (optional CRL). + * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly. + Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively. + * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast + output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0. + * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. + Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. + * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines. 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 VLC plugins path can be overriden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment + * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed. * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation. - - * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git - * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git - + * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: - Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs + Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs. * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source + * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64. Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files - * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices + * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module * DVB-S scanning support on Unix * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed - * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection + * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders - * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray + * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support * 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 + * PulseAudio audio input support + * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control - * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices - * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows + * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture + * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound + * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input + * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support + * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: - * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc + * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load + on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4 + are notably concerned. * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards + * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) + * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding + * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one - * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) + * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story + * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec + * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits + * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits + * EIA-608 closed captions improvements + * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries + * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android + * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2 Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm - * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2 - * Ogg seeking improvements + * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl) + * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files + * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements + * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking + * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts) + * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks + * Improved support of tracker files + * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat Interfaces: - * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform + * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar + * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations - * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface + * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows + It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style) * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel + * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments + * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection + * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion + * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support + * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface - * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model + * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass + -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript + * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org + * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model + * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery + * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML + * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri + * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder + * Qt: preferences are now searchable + * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -78,26 +489,41 @@ Video Output: * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for - chroma conversion + chroma conversion between YUV and RGB + * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface + * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output + * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine + * New video output based on kva API for OS/2 -Audio Output: +Audio Output and Filters: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS * New audio output in memory (amem) * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output + * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android + * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP) + * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate) + * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor + * New simplistic Karaoke filter + * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2 + * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * 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 + * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay * New anti-flickering filter - -Audio Filter: - * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor + * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing + * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter + * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting + blackbox and customizable shadow. + NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of + the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually. + The Win32 font selection was improved too. Stream output: * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output @@ -106,7 +532,7 @@ Stream output: access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" - * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora + * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP * Major rework of VoD support * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming: #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard... @@ -115,8 +541,9 @@ Stream output: * 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... * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track - #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} - #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} + #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming Services Discovery: * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces @@ -127,18 +554,114 @@ 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 - ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks + ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, + libvlc_audio_set_callbacks allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time. Removed modules: - * asademux: use libass only - * subsass: use libass + * asademux, subsass: use libass * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules * id3tag: use taglib * upnp: use upnp_intel * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp + * removal of the noise filter + * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs + * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be + removed in Growl's next release, too. + * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one + +Translations: + * Update of translations for most languages. + * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations. + + +Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed. + * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface. + +Audio outputs: + * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix. + * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery. + +Video outputs: + * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC). + * XVideo support for automatic color keying. + * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix. + +Decoders: + * Camtasia decoding fix. + +Qt interface: + * Rare crash while seeking fixed. + * V4L2 video standard selection fixed. + +Translations: + * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages. + + +Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12: +---------------------------------- + +Audio outputs: + * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF) + including support for OS X Lion + * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support + * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0 + +Unix port: + * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 + +Misc: + * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X + * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler + * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface) + +Translations: + * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque + + +Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587) + and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588). + +Mac OS X: + * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted + * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API + * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface + * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB + * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling + +Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin: + * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32 + * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32 + +Demuxers/Meta Readers: + * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma + +Muxers/Output: + * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players + +Extensions: + * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues + +Qt Interface: + * Fix quitting on Linux + * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows + * Miscellaneous + +Win32 port: + * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash + +Translations: + * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10: @@ -399,7 +922,7 @@ Win32: * Fix folders opening from the interface Translations: - * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian + * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician @@ -872,7 +1395,8 @@ Demuxers: Access: * Add extra caching for files on network shares - * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria + * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, + DZCORE Labs, Algeria Decoders: * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files @@ -897,7 +1421,8 @@ Mac OS X Interface: Windows port: * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support -Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian +Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, +Lithuanian Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0: @@ -1112,7 +1637,7 @@ Bunch of small bugfixes. Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6: -------------------------------- New Localizations: - * Ukranian + * Ukrainian Security updates: * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032) @@ -2621,7 +3146,8 @@ 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 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 @@ -2647,7 +3173,8 @@ Interfaces: * 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. + * 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)