[vlc-devel] commit: NEWS and THANKS. (Jean-Baptiste Kempf )

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Wed Jun 25 21:47:51 CEST 2008


vlc | branch: master | Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> | Wed Jun 25 12:48:09 2008 -0700| [2f53d49924d2806ae17b28ec09163fa2e8668c3d]

NEWS and THANKS.

Mentions of FS controller and dropping support of old platform.

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=2f53d49924d2806ae17b28ec09163fa2e8668c3d
---

 NEWS   |   28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 THANKS |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 575074f..13ae2c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
 
 Important notes:
 ----------------
+ * This release will not work with Windows 98/ME and MacOS X.3 (Panther)
  * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
    If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
    edit the ".hosts" file.
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ Important notes:
      C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
    - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
      and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
- * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
-   interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
-   It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. 
+ * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
+   This interface has a fullscreen controller. This interface lacks the
+   "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
    If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
  * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
  * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ Important notes:
    EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
    of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
  * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
-	E.g.:  vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ; 
-	       udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
+    E.g.:  vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ; 
+           udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
  * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by avcodec, avformat, swscale
    (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build) and postproc modules.
  * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the following
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ Security updates:
 
 Playlist:
  * Vastly improved playlist support:
-    * Media library support
+    * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
     * "Live search"
     * Shoutcast TV listings
     * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
@@ -181,8 +182,6 @@ Stream output:
  * RTMP output
 
 Interfaces:
- * Windows/Linux
-   * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
  * All
    * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
      end-user suitable way.
@@ -190,6 +189,9 @@ Interfaces:
    * Improved mouse gestures
    * Vastly improved Update checker
    * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
+ * Windows/Linux
+   * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
+   * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
  * Mac OS X
    * Improved video output features
    * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
@@ -948,12 +950,12 @@ Video Output:
  * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
    with support for effects.
  * Improved filter and subpictures support :
-	- New filters can be streamed.
-	- "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video 
-	- Centralized scaling and blending
+    - New filters can be streamed.
+    - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video 
+    - Centralized scaling and blending
  * New filters : 
-	- "time", to display current time 
-	- "marq", to display a marquee
+    - "time", to display current time 
+    - "marq", to display a marquee
 
 Interfaces:
  * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 807fb81..a63b6e1 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Laurent Mutricy <laurent.mutricy at ecl2005 dot ec-lyon dot fr> - HTTP interface
 Leo Spalteholz <leo dot spalteholz at gmail dot com> - Qt interface design
 Loox Thefuture <loox.thefuture at gmail dot com> - Media key in X11 vout
 Lorena Gomes - Catalan translation
-Lukas Durfina <lukas.durfina at gmail.com> - qt4: full screen controller. teletext button fix.
+Lukas Durfina <lukas.durfina at gmail.com> - Qt4: full screen controller. Teletext button fix. Various fixes.
 Mahrazi Mohd Kamal <mahrazi at gmail.com> - Malay Translation
 Marc Nolette <nolette at videotron.ca> - PVR support in DirectShow input
 Marco Munderloh <Marco.Munderloh at web.de> - HTTP fix for Win32 to URL filenames




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