X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d0d8281bd75961cfbf3887f3be4208f55c8aed36;hb=d6339e0bfb17513dc877a3ccef52769678e68e4d;hp=ab62259c99a11b1e91ead0ba539763ae81d6d465;hpb=902085eaa92f5360fd45bd98cc3cb3a61168304c;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ab62259c99..d0d8281bd7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ $Id$ -Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet): +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet): ------------------------------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Important notes: interface lacks a few features that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6: - "Streaming wizard". These features will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these - features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6 - * The behavior of --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default. + features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6. + * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default. * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They now require a target name as their first argument. Example: vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc @@ -49,32 +49,33 @@ Playlist: * Shoutcast TV listings * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support * Album art support - * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt + * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs) * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See - share/luameta/README.txt + share/lua/meta/README.txt Input/Demuxers: - * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP - * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP - * Proxy support for MMSH stream - * JACK audio input support - * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support - * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) - * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files - * Fixed audio glitch on seek - * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) - * AAC tags support - * APEv1/2 tags support - * Improved ID3v2 tags support - * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support - * Raw video support - * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support - * TiVo Series 2 support - * v4l2 access module support - * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows - * CD+G karaoke Files support - * MXF files support + * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP + * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP + * Proxy support for MMSH stream + * JACK audio input support + * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support + * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) + * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files + * Fixed audio glitch on seek + * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) + * AAC tags support + * APEv1/2 tags support + * Improved ID3v2 tags support + * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support + * Raw video support + * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support + * TiVo Series 2 support + * v4l2 access module support + * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows + * CD+G karaoke Files support + * MXF files support + * Re-written Screen input module for Mac OS X using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw Decoders: * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support @@ -103,18 +104,18 @@ Video output and filters: * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed * New puzzle video output filter - * Rewrite motion detection video filter + * Re-written motion detection video filter * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video) * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels) - * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video) - * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML - tags + * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video) + * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags + (Google Summer of Code Student project) * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*. * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). - * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This - was previously part of the mosaic module. - * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter. + * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). + This was previously part of the mosaic module. + * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter. * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters @@ -139,17 +140,21 @@ Interfaces: * Windows/Linux * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit * All + * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an + end-user suitable way. * Improved user interaction * Improved mouse gestures * Fastly improved Update checker - * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info - * Ncurses: - * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, if libncursesw is available (not by default on MacOSX) - * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) + * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2) * Mac OS X * Improved video output features * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service + * Ncurses: + * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, + if libncursesw is available. + * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do) + * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info * Unix * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface. * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS @@ -169,6 +174,7 @@ Mac OS X Port: * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party applications (Google Summer of Code Student project) * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard + * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued. LibVLC: * Event management and various improvements in libvlc @@ -179,7 +185,67 @@ New Localizations: * Persian * Polish -TODO: Add 0.8.6e changelog here + +Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f: +---------------------------------- + +Security updates: + * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681) + * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073) + * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489) + * Fixed cinepak integer overflow + +Various bugfixes: + * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X + * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X + * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer + * Close MMS access on network timeout + * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer + + +Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e: +---------------------------------- + +Various bugfixes: + * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP + * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11 + +Security updates: + * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681) + * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682) + * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484) + * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, + VideoLAN-SA-0801) + * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, + VideoLAN-SA-0802) + +Audio filter: + * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter + +Audio output: + * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA + +Access: + * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs + +Stream output: + * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer + +Encoders: + * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones + * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 + encoding on multi-cpu systems + - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default) + - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration) + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9 + * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel + * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing + +Localization: + * Updated Romanian and Polish translations + Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d: ---------------------------------- @@ -187,7 +253,8 @@ Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d: Various bugfixes: * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA - * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input + * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences + in input * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code @@ -200,10 +267,13 @@ Active X plugin: Mac OS X Interface & Port: * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output - * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies + * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between + Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output + * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of + two different movies * Support for current Ogg file formats - NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore. + NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. + Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore. Encoders: * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X