[vlc-commits] NEWS: forward port NEWS from 2.2.x and 2.1.5

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

vlc | branch: master | Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> | Sat Aug 16 02:39:27 2014 +0200| [3245ccfbe8dbf3eea2b68c1666c47099c7bb523d] | committer: Jean-Baptiste Kempf

NEWS: forward port NEWS from 2.2.x and 2.1.5

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=3245ccfbe8dbf3eea2b68c1666c47099c7bb523d
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 NEWS |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0563c4f..ff86e2a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,20 +29,22 @@ Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0:
 --------------------------------
 
 Important changes:
- * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
+ * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+,
+   notably the streaming output, muxers and access output ones
 
 Core:
+ * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
  * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
  * Add extensions download from external repositories
  * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
  * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies
 
 Access:
- * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
-   New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
+ * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access
+   New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes
  * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
  * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
-   and navigation
+   and BD-J navigation
  * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
  * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs
 
@@ -77,13 +79,15 @@ Encoder:
  * New png image encoder using libpng
 
 Demuxer:
- * New CAF format module
+ * Support for Core Audio Format (CAF) files
  * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
    streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
  * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
    synchronization and tracks exclusion
  * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
  * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
+ * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
+   and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
  * Support Opus in MKV
  * Support VP8 in OGG
  * Basic support for WebVTT
@@ -97,19 +101,11 @@ Demuxer:
  * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
  * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
  * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
- * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
-   and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
  * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
  * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
  * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
  * Support for seeking Standard MIDI Files
 
-Muxers:
- * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
- * Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
- * Support VP8 in OGG
- * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
-
 Video Output:
  * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
  * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
@@ -135,6 +131,12 @@ Audio Output:
  * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
  * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
 
+Muxers:
+ * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
+ * Fixes for the AVI muxer to respect the specification
+ * Support VP8 in OGG
+ * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
+
 Streaming:
  * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
  * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ Streaming:
  * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
  * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
     with --no-sout-all
- * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump 
+ * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
     --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
  * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP
 
@@ -181,6 +183,46 @@ Removed modules:
  * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
  * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
 
+Translations:
+ * Update of all translations
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core:
+ * Fix compilation on OS/2
+
+Access:
+ * Stability improvements for the QTSound capture module
+
+Mac OS X audio output:
+ * Fix channel ordering
+ * Increase the buffersize
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix DxVA2 decoding of samples needing more surfaces
+ * Improve MAD resistance to broken mp3 streams
+ * Fix PGS alignment in MKV
+
+Qt Interface:
+ * Don't rename mp3 converted files to .raw
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Correctly support video-on-top
+ * Fix video output event propagation on Macs with retina displays
+ * Stability improvements when using future VLC releases side by side
+
+Streaming:
+ * Fix transcode when audio format changes
+
+Security contents:
+ * Updated GnuTLS to 3.1.25 (CVE-2014-3466)
+ * Updated libpng to 1.6.10 (CVE-2014-0333)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update British English
+
 
 Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
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