X-Git-Url: https://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?p=vlc.git;p=vlc.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=afb872a9ccc1828874c7279848685f5964d1f0d0;hp=e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391;hb=fd1c30c4904b38275bd34a79e9a81cc8055f8c95;hpb=12422fe0b1726327a63e0f0c6ecdbb62486ed902 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e69de29bb2..afb872a9cc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.8 2003/02/01 21:24:06 titer Exp $ + +Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0: +-------------------------------- + +Core structure: + * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc + * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing + S/PDIF and multi-channel support + * localization support via gettext on most architectures + * new stream output architecture, allowing, using VLC to unicast, + multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4 + and A/52 streams are supported) + * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint + +Input access: + * mms:// support + * ftp:// support + * stability fixes in the HTTP access + * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation + +Input demux: + * support for *.asf format + * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection + * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format + * support for ogg encapsulation + * support for raw DV format + * support for *.wav format + * support for *.mp3 format + * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file + * raw AAC support + +Stream discovery & playlists: + * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols + * support for .m3u file format + +Codecs: + * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats + (only available with the .avi demux) + * support for ADPCM audio codec + * support for raw PCM data + * support for Cinepak video codec + * support for DV video codec via libdv + * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2 + * support for Xvid codec + * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec + * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources) + * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling + from sources) + * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263, + H263i, MJPEG A/B + * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec + +DVD support: + * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay + +Miscellaneous: + * new WxWindows interface + * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio + device and the channels configuration + +GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports: + * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output + * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards + +Mac OS X port: + * localization support via GNU gettext software + * completely revamped Cocoa interface + * new preferences panel + * new open panel with full features + * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu + * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu + * new playlist and messages windows + +Win32 port: + * waveout modules supports multi-channel audio output + * support for VCDs + +BeOS port: + * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness, + contrast, etc + * enhancements of the playlist window + * new messages window to see debug info + * fixed a few crashes + +iPaq port: + * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface + * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface + * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support + * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working +