X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e24dac8fe17d175bec512cb8e622adb996cdaa13;hb=45a63e3fe42f9d6f977226a4a4533178afb6bc77;hp=89d8535f7e12cb9749e39955040a4da7780e964c;hpb=016a32ad4175833656df5ff34c1c44fbb71c3964;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 89d8535f7e..e24dac8fe1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,31 +1,48 @@ -Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git: +Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1: ------------------------------------ +Important changes for users: + +Important changes for packagers: + * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be + generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the + later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script + by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc + can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to + launch each time. Access: - * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB * Support for the sftp protocol - * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version - * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 + * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory - * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams + * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp:// + * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB + * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0 Decoders: - * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support - * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray - * Invmem module improvements - * Support for Atrac1 codec - * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities * 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 + * Audio/Video decoder using OpenMAX IL components + + * Support for HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment + * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray + * Invmem module improvements + * Support for Atrac1 audio codec + * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA + * Support for Indeo5 video codec + * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms + * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port + * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support) + * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module + * Support for MPEG-4 ALS audio codec Demuxers: - * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams - * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) + * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet) + * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams * 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 @@ -34,21 +51,6 @@ Playlist: * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image * Podcast images are now displayed -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 - * NEON assembly audio converter module - -Encoders: - * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings - * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve 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 - * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required - Video Output: * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX @@ -56,31 +58,59 @@ Video Output: * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2) * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output + * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for + Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin) + Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one) + MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html) + Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX) -Visualisation: - * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries +Extensions: + * New content extensions lua framework + * IMDb extension + +Audio filters: + * Chorus/Flanger audio filter + * 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 + +Visualization: + * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries Service discovery: + * Service discoveries can now be written in lua * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories * Service discovery based on libudev + * Shoutcast Service discovery is now removed + +Encoders: + * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings + * 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 + * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required Stream output: * New smem module, streaming to memory + * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like: + --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}" Interfaces: * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet 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 @@ -88,33 +118,58 @@ 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 and qnx interfaces + * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces * opie, qte and qte_main * 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 are removed in favor of libavcodec + * access_file removed in favor of filesystem + * RTMP input and output -Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released): ---------------------------------------------------- +Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5: +-------------------------------- + +Decoders: + * SubRip extra styles improvements + * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders + 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: --------------------------------