X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=f24e99baaa25f967e700ed2eb53318a0133ee7c6;hb=2eb87d93a973d2159206c54d23c0208465bad1d2;hp=fd1a92e03eb1b7dca44fb86d2beffba8dbbf8293;hpb=74f2f90a8e8bbfd2b527c947dd9fe68517992057;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fd1a92e03e..f24e99baaa 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,127 @@ -Changes between 1.2.x and 1.3.0-git: +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: -------------------------------- +3rd party libraries (contrib): + * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib +Audio output: + * OpenBSD sndio audio output support + +Encoders: + * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264 + +Audio Filters: + * new remapping channel filter + * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect + * new VSXu visualization plugin + +Codecs: + * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec. + +Access: + * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion + +Video Filters: + * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in + anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images. -Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.2.0: +Interfaces: + * configurable password for the HTTP server. + * .hosts removed from the HTTP server. + * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + +Mac OS X Interface: + * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally + +Removed modules: + * portaudio audio output + + +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: @@ -19,7 +137,7 @@ Important notes: - --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. @@ -32,6 +150,7 @@ Important notes: 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 @@ -43,40 +162,42 @@ 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 webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-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 + * 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) * PulseAudio audio input support - * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format + * 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 - * QTSound: added support for all QTKit-compatible audio 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) @@ -87,8 +208,9 @@ Codecs: * 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 + * 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 @@ -104,33 +226,37 @@ Demuxers: * 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: * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist * Qt: port to MacOS X platform - * Qt: small look improvements + * 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 * 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 * 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: 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 + * 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) @@ -139,7 +265,7 @@ 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, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine @@ -161,7 +287,7 @@ 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 @@ -182,7 +308,7 @@ 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... @@ -209,8 +335,7 @@ libVLC: 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 @@ -223,6 +348,37 @@ Removed modules: 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: ----------------------------------