vlc | branch: master | Jean-Baptiste Kempf <[email protected]> | Tue Feb 6 23:09:04 2018 +0100| [1e2cc62bda7af7c9316a04ddabbc308891107498] | committer: Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Update NEWS from 3.0.x and 2.2.x branch > http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=1e2cc62bda7af7c9316a04ddabbc308891107498 --- NEWS | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c8a9d462db..a781f2e5dd 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -19,33 +19,35 @@ Video ouput: * Remove evas plugin * Remove omxil_vout plugin -Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git: +Changes between 2.2.8 and 3.0.0: -------------------------------- Platform support changes: - * 3.0.x will be LTS (on a best-effort basis) that will be the last - working version for a lot of systems. - Indeed 3.0.x will be the last releases running on: - - Windows XP, Vista, and the servers equivalent of those releases - - macOS 10.7, 10,8 & 10.9, iOS 7 & 8 - - Android 2.x, 3.x & 4.0.x - - Compilers before gcc 5.0 and clang 3.4 - - * For 3.0, please note: - * The Windows XP/2003/2003R2 support for VLC is now on a best-efforts basis: - it should work, but not without limitations. - libVLC support for Windows XP is deprecated. - You _really_ should upgrade. - * Windows Vista (all versions) without Platform Upgrade is not supported. - * Linux support requires now a kernel newer than 2.6.26 - * Mac OS X 10.6 support is now removed. You need OS X 10.7. + * 3.0.x will be maintained as a LTS (best-effort basis, mostly for security) + that will be the last working version for quite a few systems. + + Indeed the 3.0.x branch will contain the last releases running on: + - Windows XP, Vista, and the servers equivalent of those Windows versions + - macOS 10.7, 10.8 & 10.9, iOS 7 & 8 + - Android 2.x, 3.x, 4.0.x & 4.1.x + - Compilers before gcc 5.0 and clang 3.4, or equivalent + + * For the 3.0 branch, please note: + * The Windows XP/2003/2003R2 support for VLC is now on a best-effort basis: + it should work, but not without limitations. + libVLC support for Windows XP is deprecated. + You _really_ should upgrade to a more modern Windows version! + * Windows Vista (all versions) without Platform Upgrade is not supported. + * 64bit version of VLC for Windows is recommended. + * Linux support requires now a kernel newer than 2.6.26. + * Mac OS X 10.6 support is now removed. You need OS X 10.7. Core: - * Support network browsing for distant file system (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...) - and rewrite the parsing of the media files + * Support network browsing for distant filesystems (SMB, FTP, SFTP, NFS...) + and rewrite the parsing of the media files and inputs * Support keystores: fetch and store passwords securely (sic!) for common protocols (HTTP, SMB, SFTP, FTP, RTSP ...) - * Autodetect external audio tracks (ac3, m4a, aac, dts...), similar to subtitles + * Autodetect external audio tracks (ac3, m4a, aac, dts...) similar to subtitles * Support HDMI passthrough for Audio HD codecs, like E-AC3, TrueHD or DTS-HD * Support for 12bits codec and extended colorspaces (HDR) * Support output renderers, like ChromeCast @@ -54,12 +56,12 @@ Core: * Support wayland surface type * Allow to start the video paused on the first frame * Refactor preparsing input - * EPG reworked: table and single event updates, now using network time - * Refactored and fixed subtitles es selection. Demuxers can now override + * EPG rework: table and single event updates, now using network time + * Refactor and fix subtitles es selection. Demuxers can now override es category single only or multiple es behavior - * Support for 360 video and audio, including viewpoint setting + * Support for 360 video and audio, including viewpoint modification * Support for ambisonic audio and more than 8 audio channels - * Support subtitles size live changing + * Support subtitles size live adjustments Access: * New NFS access module using libnfs @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ Decoders: * Support for experimental Daala video * New MPEG-1 & 2 audio layer I, II, III + MPEG 2.5 decoder based on libmpg123 * New BPG decoder based on libbpg - * Fixed uncompressed DVD-Audio (AOB) LPCM decoding + * Fix uncompressed DVD-Audio (AOB) LPCM decoding * Rewrite WPL playlists and add ZPL playlists support (Zune) * Support TDSC, Canopus HQX, Cineform, SpeedHQ, Pixlet, QDMC and FMVC codecs * TTML subtitles support, including EBU-TT-D variant @@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ Decoders: * Support VPX high bit depth support * Extend MicroDVD support with color, fontname, size, position extensions * BluRay text subtitles (HDMV) are now decoded - * Improved Closed Captions detection, notably inside the video streams + * Improve Closed Captions detection, notably inside the video streams * CEA-708 decoder * New MIDI decoder for macOS and iOS using the AudioToolbox framework, works without a soundfont or with SoundFont2 and DLS soundfonts @@ -151,18 +153,18 @@ Demuxers: * Add new metadata fields * Important rework of the TS demuxer, including: * Support Opus in MPEG Transport Stream - * Fixed program selection with recorded TS (TopField, DreamBox and others) - * Fixed TS playback with PAT/PMT less recordings + * Fix program selection with recorded TS (TopField, DreamBox and others) + * Fix TS playback with PAT/PMT less recordings * Basic support for MPEG4-SL in TS and T-DMB * Support SCTE-18 / EAS inside TS * Support for new descriptors and ETT tables * Support for ARIB channel logos, as attachements, ARIB TR-B21/TR-B14-1 - * Improved broken-PCR probing and fixing + * Improve broken-PCR probing and fixing * Improvements for scrambled state detection * Support HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS) * Important rework of the PS demuxer, including: * HEVC support - * Fixed a large number of samples, notably with PSM-less H264 + * Fix large number of samples, notably with PSM-less H264 * Partial support of PSMF * Fix broken SCR samples * Fix CDXA mpeg-1 support @@ -186,8 +188,8 @@ Demuxers: * Support for Scenarist Closed Caption * Fix Quicktime Mp4 inside MKV and unpacketized VC1 * Support for isofLaC - * Improved fLaC seeking - * Replaced --demux dvb-open option with --stream-filter dvb to parse + * Improve fLaC seeking + * Replace --demux dvb-open option with --stream-filter dvb to parse channels.conf digital TV channel list files Stream filter: @@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ Stream filter: * Add a ARIB STD-B25 TS streams decoder * Add a stream prebuffering plugin * Rewrite libarchive module as a stream_extractor - * Removed HTTP Live streaming stream filter + * Remove HTTP Live streaming stream filter * Add a zlib (a.k.a. deflate) decompression filter * Add a skiptags module to help demuxers skip ID3/APE tags @@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ Video ouput: * Large rework of the Android video outputs: there is now Surface (2.1, 2.2) NativeWindow (2.3+, supports hw rotation, subpicture blending, opaque) * Support rotation in Android NativeWindow output and hardware decoders - * Renamed the Direct3D output module to Direct3D9 + * Rename the Direct3D output module to Direct3D9 * Add a Direct3D11 video output supporting both Windows desktop and WinRT modes, supporting subpicture blending and hardware acceleration * Support HDR10 in Direct3D11 with Windows 10 Fall Creator Update @@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ Video ouput: Video filter: * Hardware deinterlacing on the rPI, using MMAL * New video filter to convert between fps rates - * Added 9-bit and 10-bit support to image adjust filter + * Add 9-bit and 10-bit support to image adjust filter * New edge detection filter uses the Sobel operator to detect edges * Hardware accelerated deinterlacing/adjust/sharpen/chroma with VA-API * Hardware accelerated adjust/invert/posterize/sepia/sharpen with CoreImage @@ -270,8 +272,8 @@ Encoder: * VP8 and VP9 encoder using libvpx Muxers: - * Added fragmented/streamable MP4 muxer - * Added support for muxing VC1 and WMAPro in MP4 + * Add fragmented/streamable MP4 muxer + * Add support for muxing VC1 and WMAPro in MP4 * Opus in MPEG Transport Stream * Daala in Ogg @@ -282,20 +284,20 @@ Service Discovery: * Rewrite of the UPnP service discovery Mac OS X Interface - * Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard + * Drop support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard * Support right-to-left user interface layout for right-to-left languages * New resizable fullscreen controller with improved design * Add status bar icon which displays metadata and play controls * Add support for keyboard blacklight dimming during fullscreen video playback - * Improved and simplified preferences window + * Improve and simplify preferences window * Huge performance improvements in playlist handling and other areas * New AppleScript API giving access to audio desynchronization - * Expanded AppleScript API for menu detection and navigation + * Expand AppleScript API for menu detection and navigation * Support for building with disabled sparkle update mechanism * Remove deprecated transcoding wizard, use convert and save dialog instead iOS: - * Dropped support for iOS 6.x + * Drop support for iOS 6.x Qt interface: * Batch convert support _______________________________________________ vlc-commits mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-commits
