X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=cfae86037570967e3903f39d1c2aa880c57447c3;hb=fc22ddf378014a5182d1b0ad40f21b2277350cc7;hp=9fbe11104fa0e50ddbb05d52988fa2df8e40b5fc;hpb=f43ecf81b7bba5320aea746605b4744c3f4cee45;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9fbe11104f..cfae860375 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ 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 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA + * Audio/Video decoder using OpenMAX IL components Demuxers: * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams @@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ Demuxers: (Full disc support is NOT present yet) * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files * Various EGP improvements - * Support for embedded subtitles in .avi ODML files + * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files Playlist: * WPL playlist support @@ -49,17 +50,19 @@ Video Output: Extensions: * new content extensions lua framework - * imdb extension + * IMDb extension 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 + * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter + * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited + resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF + and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API * NEON assembly audio converter module + * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input -Visualisation: - * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Service discovery: * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories @@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ Service discovery: Encoders: * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings - * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example + * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176} * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP @@ -83,15 +86,13 @@ Interfaces: 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 + * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit) Windows port: * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar @@ -99,20 +100,23 @@ Windows port: Maemo port: * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency + * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900 + * Improvements to the maemo interface Misc: * new sqlite module * --save-config command line option not supported anymore. + * Fixed and reenabled netsync module. Bindings: * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp Removed modules: - * csri codec. Use libass module instead. - * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead. - * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X + * 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 new XCB modules instead. + * 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 @@ -120,17 +124,33 @@ Removed modules: * 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 - * cddax. Use cdda instead + * opengllayer. Use macosx_video instead. + * cddax. Use cdda instead. * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs. - * realaudio codecs is remove in favour of avcodec + * realaudio codecs are removed in favor of libavcodec + * access_file removed in favor of filesystem + + +Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: +-------------------------------- +Decoders: + * SubRip extra styles improvements + * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders -Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released): ---------------------------------------------------- Mac OS X Interface: * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote +Windows port: + * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly + increase performance and fix x264 issues + +Translations: + * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali, + Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish + Russian, Slovak translation updates + * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations + Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4: --------------------------------