X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=dca955f3eca86107964fc1659dee5e996301f5c2;hb=b271b9ffc4080ae42a549ad9185c8f0c8e0b85e6;hp=f580d35e7b2648f39bf7e6dfc5dee5362b7a71fd;hpb=578e940fe8fdbe0772efd9780e1f89235691fa5c;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f580d35e7b..dca955f3ec 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-svn (not released yet): ------------------------------------------------------- Important notes: @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Important notes: - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a later point * The default for --sout-keep has 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 + You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye + These new commands are also available in the telnet interface. Changes: -------- @@ -27,30 +32,115 @@ Playlist: * "Live search" * Shoutcast TV listings * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support + * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt + (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs) Input/Demuxers: - * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP encapsulation + * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP + * Proxy support for MMSH stream + * JACK audio input support Decoders: - * VP60/VP61 codecs support - * Teletext (telx) support - -Video output: - * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient - and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed + * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support + * MKV USF subtitles support + * HTML based subtitles support + * Flash Screen Video support + * CamStudio Screen Video support + * DosBox Capture support + * Karl Morton's Video support + * limited atrac3 support + * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...) + +Encoders: + * Flash Screen Video support + +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 - * New sharpen video output filter * Rewrite motion detection video filter - * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video) + * 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, italics and some HTML + tags + * 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. Stream output: - * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP/TS encapsulation + * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation Interfaces: * Windows/Linux * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit * All * Improved user interaction + * Improved mouse gestures + * Unix + * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental). + * D-Bus Interface (experimental) implements the MPRIS + (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control + interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when + finished. + +Capture: + * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft + Windows + +Localisations: + * Persian + +Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c: +---------------------------------- +Various bugfixes, notably: + * Windows Vista compatibility + * Cropping in Direct3D + * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X + * RSS filter string overflow + * Few memory leaks + * Embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI + * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking) + + CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins: + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702) + +Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b: +---------------------------------- +Various bugfixes, notably: + * Out-of-bound read in demuxers + * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256) + * Mac OS X Interface crashes + * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms + * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility + * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers + +Decoders: + * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60 + * Teletext subtitles (telx) support + +Webbrowser plugins: + * Rectified behaviour and improved usability + +Mac OS X Interface & Port: + * Diverse usability improvements + * New wizard option to embed subtitles + * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused + * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script + + +Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a: +--------------------------------- + +CDDA / VCDX plugins: + * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701) + +Mac OS X Interface: + * Fullscreen controller improvements Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6: