X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ecde69582e99c881d5d8ebc86900fc0dc9f77706;hb=b7d55acd360fc55f16af30b640701e06b15978cd;hp=8fe68810d796a0f0edc2165b93d6975b9ae120e6;hpb=f1e8c225d27022f1fc307e24d526adeccb385ba4;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8fe68810d7..ecde69582e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,171 @@ -Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------- +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: +-------------------------------- + +Important changes for packagers: + * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune + compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually. + +3rd party libraries (contrib): + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib + +Codecs: + * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. + * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec + * Support for Ulead DV audio + +Encoders: + * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + +Access: + * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion + * Major improvements in DASH support + * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support + +Demuxers: + * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4 + * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art + * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata + * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI + * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio + * Support for total number of tracks in major container + +Audio output: + * Windows Audio Session API audio output support + * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + +Audio Filters: + * new remapping channel filter + * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect + * new VSXu visualization plugin + +Video Filters: + * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. + * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats + and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits) + +Interfaces: + * configurable password for the HTTP server. + * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. + * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows + +Mac OS X Interface: + * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally + * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of + VLC's internal volume level + * added an option to show next / previous buttons + * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons + * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description, + date and language. + +Removed modules: + * portaudio audio output + * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd) + * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd) + + +Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1: +-------------------------------- + +Access: + * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval + * fix the samba module compilation + * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK + * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption + * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback + * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives + +Codecs: + * Support for MXPEG files + * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module + * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams + +Demuxers: + * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support + * Fix a crash when seeking in mka + * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support + +Muxers: + * Fix ogm header creation + +Audio filters: + * limit spatializer filter distortions + * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module + +Audio output: + * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA. + * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection. + The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default). + * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X + +Video filters: + * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform + +Mac OS X interface: + * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window + * allow to hide the sidebar + * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading + - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen + * noticebly faster launch time + * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support + * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes + * improve track synchronization panel + * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes + * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu + +Qt interface: + * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one + * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar + the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs + * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts + +Skins interface: + * fix for menus display + * Addition of $R to display current playback speed + * documentation update + +Web interface: + * fix mobiles display for remote control mode + * support for .drc and .3ga extensions + +Service discovery: + * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times + * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK + * Update Jamendo selections + +Miscellaneous: + * fix DBus crash + * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc + * fix a crash on VLM close + +Security: + * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026) + * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144) + * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201) + * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202) + +Translations: + * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations + + +Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0: +--------------------------------- Important notes: + * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ + * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix + conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD + from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd + title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4 + * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options: + - --file-caching specifies caching for local files, + - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources, + - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and + - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media. + All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions. * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized: - - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1". + - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers. By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS. @@ -12,6 +174,11 @@ Important notes: --http-crl (optional CRL). * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly. Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively. + * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast + output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0. + * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. + Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. + * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines. Important changes for packagers: * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for @@ -23,72 +190,101 @@ Important changes for packagers: * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation. - * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later. - Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported. - - * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git - * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git + * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git Core: * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: - Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs + Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs. * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source + * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64. Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files - * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices + * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module * DVB-S scanning support on Unix * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed - * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection + * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders - * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray + * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently) * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux) - * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format + * PulseAudio audio input support + * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control - * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices - * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows + * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture + * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound + * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input + * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support + * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: - * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc + * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load + on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4 + are notably concerned. * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding + * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP + * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger + The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one + * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec + * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits + * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits + * EIA-608 closed captions improvements + * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries + * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android + * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2 Demuxers: * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm - * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2 - * Ogg seeking improvements + * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl) * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files + * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements + * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking + * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts) + * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks + * Improved support of tracker files + * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat Interfaces: - * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform + * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar + * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support and important cleanups and optimisations - * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface + * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows + It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style) * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion + * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support + * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface - * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model + * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass + -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript + * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org + * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML + * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri + * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder + * Qt: preferences are now searchable + * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -97,34 +293,41 @@ Video Output: * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for - chroma conversion + chroma conversion between YUV and RGB * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output - * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which requires a Quartz Extreme capable Mac + * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine + * New video output based on kva API for OS/2 -Audio Output: +Audio Output and Filters: * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS * New audio output in memory (amem) * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android + * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP) * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate) + * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor + * New simplistic Karaoke filter + * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2 + * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0 Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors - * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels + * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay * New anti-flickering filter * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing + * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting - blackbox and customizable shadow - -Audio Filter: - * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor + blackbox and customizable shadow. + NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of + the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually. + The Win32 font selection was improved too. Stream output: * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output @@ -133,7 +336,7 @@ Stream output: access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8, index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames}, dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}" - * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora + * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP * Major rework of VoD support * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming: #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard... @@ -142,8 +345,9 @@ Stream output: * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std... * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track - #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} - #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio} + #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...} + * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming Services Discovery: * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces @@ -154,12 +358,12 @@ libVLC: ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the list of available audio and video filters - ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks + ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, + libvlc_audio_set_callbacks allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time. Removed modules: - * asademux: use libass only - * subsass: use libass + * asademux, subsass: use libass * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules * id3tag: use taglib @@ -168,6 +372,61 @@ Removed modules: * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp * removal of the noise filter * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs + * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be + removed in Growl's next release, too. + * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one + +Translations: + * Update of translations for most languages. + * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations. + + +Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13: +---------------------------------- + +Security: + * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed. + * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface. + +Audio outputs: + * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix. + * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery. + +Video outputs: + * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC). + * XVideo support for automatic color keying. + * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix. + +Decoders: + * Camtasia decoding fix. + +Qt interface: + * Rare crash while seeking fixed. + * V4L2 video standard selection fixed. + +Translations: + * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages. + + +Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12: +---------------------------------- + +Audio outputs: + * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF) + including support for OS X Lion + * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support + * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0 + +Unix port: + * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 + +Misc: + * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X + * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler + * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface) + +Translations: + * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11: @@ -940,7 +1199,8 @@ Demuxers: Access: * Add extra caching for files on network shares - * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria + * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, + DZCORE Labs, Algeria Decoders: * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files @@ -965,7 +1225,8 @@ Mac OS X Interface: Windows port: * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support -Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian +Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, +Lithuanian Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0: @@ -2689,7 +2950,8 @@ Core Support: * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated) Input access: - * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. + * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms + (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. * Fixed large file support on Windows * Video 4 Linux support * CD Digital Audio support @@ -2715,7 +2977,8 @@ Interfaces: * New HTTP remote control interface Stream output: - * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time. + * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs + allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time. * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly. * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content. * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)