X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=f09175103184e08769c3dc794008fb1a52ef2053;hb=e4d3e52f5305a35f4514d5b13137f374986f5e4c;hp=29d38c50126580303bc78944a44f18671a48d465;hpb=8d9ba243b86401365f83d196123ff440ebc6a664;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 29d38c5012..f091751031 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git: ------------------------------------ Important notes: + * 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 * 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". By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used. @@ -60,19 +64,25 @@ Codecs: * 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 Lagarith Lossless video codec * 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 + * 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 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 Interfaces: * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes @@ -82,11 +92,13 @@ Interfaces: * 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 Output * 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 * 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 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org @@ -171,6 +183,8 @@ 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. Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11: