[vlc-commits] Update NEWS
Jean-Baptiste Kempf
git at videolan.org
Fri Apr 29 16:18:42 CEST 2011
vlc | branch: master | Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> | Fri Apr 29 13:30:07 2011 +0200| [2c58e8a27fd9b77119133c123ef88492629778a6] | committer: Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Update NEWS
and mention subtitles blending in vout
> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=2c58e8a27fd9b77119133c123ef88492629778a6
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NEWS | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9628b47..60f8a93 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- * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)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:
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