From 2c58e8a27fd9b77119133c123ef88492629778a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Baptiste Kempf Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:30:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS and mention subtitles blending in vout --- NEWS | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9628b47eb0..60f8a9370e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ Important changes for packagers: * 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 -Access + +Core: + * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite: + Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs + x11 (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 + +Access: * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices - * DVB-S scanning support - * DVB-C scanning scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed + * 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 VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray @@ -28,26 +37,19 @@ Access in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control -Codecs +Codecs: * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one -Core: - * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore - * Major Video Output and Video Core reworks and rewrites - * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded - * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source - Demuxers: - * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib) * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm * Ogg seeking improvements * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2 -Interfaces +Interfaces: * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes * Qt: effects dialogs rework * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist @@ -57,8 +59,6 @@ Interfaces * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface - * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI - * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp Video Output: * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update) @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Video Output: * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1 * Various vmem improvements +Audio Output: + * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS + Video Filter: * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality @@ -77,9 +80,6 @@ Video Filter: * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay -Audio Output: - * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS - Audio Filter: * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor @@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ libVLC: Removed modules: * asademux: use libass only + * subsass: use libass * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules * id3tag: use taglib * upnp: use upnp_intel - * subsass: use libass + * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI + * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9: -- 2.39.5