X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=f24e99baaa25f967e700ed2eb53318a0133ee7c6;hb=c05b7fdf1e417f484c0451ec59297dea38afa8dc;hp=72bc49b1bf9de9ed6e4a7466d86e3a73cc88c3be;hpb=1b7d18de5968a70296732bf23265e70cf87a7f9a;p=vlc diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 72bc49b1bf..f24e99baaa 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0-git: +Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git: -------------------------------- 3rd party libraries (contrib): @@ -12,18 +12,116 @@ Encoders: 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. Interfaces: - * fixed lua command line interface console mode under Windows. + * 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 1.1.12 and 2.0.0: + +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: @@ -64,20 +162,20 @@ 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 - * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA module + * 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 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow @@ -97,7 +195,7 @@ Access: * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port Codecs: - * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load + * 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 @@ -128,12 +226,13 @@ 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: minor look improvements, notably on the seek bar + * 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 @@ -150,8 +249,8 @@ Interfaces: * 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 @@ -188,7 +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 @@ -236,8 +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 @@ -250,6 +348,10 @@ 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: ----------------------------------