X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=eb1dac65b50a0b0c4d1c828f9fd15e9fd7506918;hb=07fcd250bffc2972f9aa9fd314e9f5ba027c00f9;hp=f0eb1281fc8e4181c22f3aa64aed6842224440d3;hpb=5b5ccda8de17f8aa1dacc8db954ccdce06dbdbd9;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f0eb1281fc..eb1dac65b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-pre1: -------------------------------- Important changes: @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Decoders: Encoders: * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows Access: * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later, @@ -63,13 +64,14 @@ Demuxers: * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras * Support for more MJPEG streams * Add support for liveleak streams + * Add support for Wave/RF64 files Audio output: * Windows Audio Session API audio output support * OpenBSD sndio audio output support * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module * Android AudioTrack audio output support - * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1 and 7.1 playback and layouts + * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH @@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ OS X Interface: * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of VLC's internal volume level + * add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during + playback * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current selection and to manage the list of presets * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep @@ -147,6 +151,7 @@ OS X Interface: * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote * add an option to show next / previous buttons * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled) * 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 @@ -159,8 +164,11 @@ OS X Interface: 3rd party applications * add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams + (system-wide settings) + * add support for the Video Title option + * add support for the Boss Key * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are - deprecated now + deprecated now and will be removed in a future release. Qt: * Partial support for Qt5.0 @@ -177,7 +185,8 @@ Qt: * Numerous fixes * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info * Removed language preference - * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality. Added new profiles. + * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality. + Added new profiles. libVLC: * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions @@ -209,6 +218,95 @@ Removed modules: * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend) +Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7: +-------------------------------- + +Input: + * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only) + * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted + playlist files + +Decoders: + * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback + +Encoders: + * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac + +Muxers: + * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files + +Video output: + * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only) + +Mac OS X Interface + * Minor improvements + * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding + +HTTP Interface + * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565) + +Translations: + * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål, + Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations + * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations + + +Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected + +Audio Output: + * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X) + +Demuxers: + * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302) + * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements + * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen + * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI + * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression + * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser + +Decoders: + * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows + * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout + * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles + * 3rd party codecs updates + +Mac OS X: + * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode + * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target + * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console) + in the advanced preferences panel + * Fix spatializer audio filter panel + * Fix crash within the video output code + * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such + folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM + * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel + * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller, + lua extensions, ...) + * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages + +Qt: + * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit + +GNU/Linux: + * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements + * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio + +Windows: + * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\ + +Translations: + * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese, + Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian, + Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German + Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian, + Dutch, Danish, translations + * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations + + Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5: --------------------------------