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| − | = Changes between 0.8. | + | = Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0 = |
| − | == | + | == Important notes == |
| − | * | + | * This version of VLC contains a [[Qt Interface|new interface]] for Windows and Linux. This interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6: |
| − | * | + | ** "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6 |
| − | + | ** Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a later point | |
| − | + | * The default Interface is now [[Qt Interface]] on linux and windows. | |
| + | * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default. | ||
| + | * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the [[Console#rc interface|rc interface]] changed. They now require a target name as their first argument. Example: | ||
| + | :<pre>vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo> </pre> | ||
| + | :You can then use commands like: <pre>@test marq-marquee Goodbye</pre> | ||
| + | :These new commands are also available in the [[Console#telnet interface|telnet interface]]. | ||
| − | + | * 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. |
| − | * | + | :* On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts |
| + | :: If you're using the old http interface, it's located in /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts | ||
| + | :* On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and 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 | ||
| − | == | + | * The "[[RTP|rtp]]" access output module has been removed: |
| − | + | : Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.: | |
| + | : Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}' | ||
| + | : New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}' | ||
| − | == | + | == Important Changes == |
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| − | = | + | === Playlist === |
| + | * Vastly improved playlist support: | ||
| + | ** [[Media library]] support | ||
| + | ** "Live search" | ||
| + | ** [[Shoutcast]] TV listings | ||
| + | ** [http://www.audioscrobbler.net/ Audioscrobbler]/[http://www.last.fm/ last.fm] support | ||
| + | * Album art support | ||
| + | * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/share/luaplaylist/README.txt share/luaplaylist/README.txt] | ||
| + | :(Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs) | ||
| + | * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/share/luameta/README.txt share/luameta/README.txt] | ||
| − | == | + | === Input/Demuxers === |
| − | * | + | * [[UDP-Lite]] transport for [[RTP]]/[[AVP]] |
| + | * [[DCCP]] transport for [[RTP]]/[[AVP]] | ||
| + | * Proxy support for [[MMSH]] stream | ||
| + | * [[JACK]] audio input support | ||
| + | * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support | ||
| + | * Input run time option (improved live stream recording) | ||
| + | * Fixed aiff stereo file | ||
| + | * Fixed audio glitch on seek | ||
| + | * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data) | ||
| + | * AAC tags support | ||
| + | * APEv1/2 tags support | ||
| + | * Improved ID3v2 tags support | ||
| + | * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support | ||
| + | * Raw video support | ||
| + | * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support | ||
| + | * Tivo Series 2 support | ||
| + | * v4l2 access module support | ||
| + | * CD+G karaoke Files support | ||
| + | * MXF files support | ||
| − | == | + | === Decoders === |
| − | * | + | * [[VP6|VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62]] support |
| + | * [[MKV]] [[USF]] subtitles support | ||
| + | * HTML based subtitles support | ||
| + | * Flash Screen Video support | ||
| + | * CamStudio Screen Video support | ||
| + | * DOSBox Capture support | ||
| + | * Karl Morton's Video support | ||
| + | * limited atrac3 support | ||
| + | * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts) | ||
| + | * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files: Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ... | ||
| + | * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC) | ||
| + | * H.264 PAFF support | ||
| + | * DNxHD / VC-3 support | ||
| + | * NellyMoser ASAO support | ||
| + | * APE (Monkey audio) support | ||
| + | * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support | ||
| − | = | + | === Encoders === |
| + | * Flash Screen Video support | ||
| − | == | + | === Video output and filters === |
| − | * | + | * [[Documentation:Modules/adjust|Adjust]], [[Documentation:Modules/invert|Invert]] and [[Documentation:Modules/distort|Distort]] (now split into [[Documentation:Modules/wave|Wave]], [[Documentation:Modules/ripple|Ripple]], [[Documentation:Modules/gradient|Gradient]] and [[Documentation:Modules/psychedelic|Psychedelic]]) video filters can now be streamed |
| + | * New [[Documentation:Modules/puzzle|puzzle]] video output filter | ||
| + | * Rewrite [[Documentation:Modules/motion control|motion detection]] video filter | ||
| + | * New [[Documentation:Modules/extract|extract]] video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video) | ||
| + | * New [[Documentation:Modules/sharpen|sharpen]] video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels) | ||
| + | * New [[Documentation:Modules/erase|erase]] video filter (remove a logo from a video) | ||
| + | * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML tags | ||
| + | * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves [[Mosaic]] CPU usage *a lot*. | ||
| + | * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). | ||
| + | * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This was previously part of the mosaic module. | ||
| + | * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter. | ||
| + | * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter | ||
| + | * Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters | ||
| + | * Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters | ||
| − | == | + | === Audio output and filters === |
| − | * | + | * Replay gain support. |
| − | + | * Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet ). | |
| − | + | * New spatializer audio filter. | |
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| − | == | + | === Stream output === |
| − | * | + | * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams |
| − | * | + | * New RTP payload formats: |
| − | * | + | ** Speex voice audio codec |
| − | * | + | ** ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output |
| − | * | + | ** G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output |
| − | * | + | * UDP-Lite transport for RTP |
| − | * | + | * DCCP transport for RTP |
| − | * | + | * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting |
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| − | * | ||
| − | == Interfaces == | + | === Interfaces === |
| + | * Windows/Linux | ||
| + | ** Brand [[Qt4 Interface|new interface]] for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit | ||
* All | * All | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Improved user interaction |
| − | ** | + | ** Improved [[Mouse Gestures|mouse gestures]] |
| − | * | + | ** Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info |
| − | * | + | * Unix |
| − | * | + | ** Option to allow only one running instance, using [[D-Bus]] interface. |
| − | ** | + | ** [[D-Bus]] Interface implementing the MPRIS (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification - see [[DBus-spec]]), a common dbus control interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when finished: [http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces]. |
| − | ** | + | * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal |
| − | + | * Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale. | |
| − | * | + | * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl |
| − | * | ||
| − | * | ||
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| − | == | + | === Linux Port === |
| − | * | + | * VLC now complies with the [http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6] (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore) |
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| − | == | + | === Mac OS X Port === |
| − | * | + | * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project). |
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| − | == | + | === LibVLC === |
| − | * | + | * Event management and various improvement in libvlc. (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project). |
| − | * | + | |
| + | === Capture === | ||
| + | * new [[BDA]] device driver plugin for [[DVB]]-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Localisations === | ||
| + | * Finnish | ||
| + | * Persian | ||
| + | * Polish | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Changes in between == | ||
| + | Links to changelogs between: | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6i|0.8.6h and 0.8.6i]] | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6h|0.8.6g and 0.8.6h]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6g|0.8.6f and 0.8.6g]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6f|0.8.6e and 0.8.6f]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6e|0.8.6d and 0.8.6e]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6d|0.8.6c and 0.8.6d]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6c|0.8.6b and 0.8.6c]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6b|0.8.6a and 0.8.6b]]<br/> | ||
| + | :[[Changelog/0.8.6a|0.8.6 and 0.8.6a]]<br/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Changelog]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:13, 19 March 2019
Contents
Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0
Important notes
- This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
- "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
- Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a later point
- The default Interface is now Qt Interface on linux and windows.
- The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
- The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>- You can then use commands like:
@test marq-marquee Goodbye
- These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
- 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.
- On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
- If you're using the old http interface, it's located in /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
- On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and 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
- The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
- Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
- Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
- New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
Important Changes
Playlist
- Vastly improved playlist support:
- Media library support
- "Live search"
- Shoutcast TV listings
- Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
- Album art support
- User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
- (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
- User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See share/luameta/README.txt
Input/Demuxers
- UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
- DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
- Proxy support for MMSH stream
- JACK audio input support
- MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
- Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
- Fixed aiff stereo file
- Fixed audio glitch on seek
- Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
- AAC tags support
- APEv1/2 tags support
- Improved ID3v2 tags support
- Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
- Raw video support
- Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
- Tivo Series 2 support
- v4l2 access module support
- CD+G karaoke Files support
- MXF files support
Decoders
- VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
- MKV USF subtitles support
- HTML based subtitles support
- Flash Screen Video support
- CamStudio Screen Video support
- DOSBox Capture support
- Karl Morton's Video support
- limited atrac3 support
- Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
- New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files: Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
- Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC)
- H.264 PAFF support
- DNxHD / VC-3 support
- NellyMoser ASAO support
- APE (Monkey audio) support
- VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
Encoders
- Flash Screen Video support
Video output and filters
- Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
- New puzzle video output filter
- Rewrite motion detection video filter
- New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
- New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
- New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
- Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML tags
- Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
- New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
- New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This was previously part of the mosaic module.
- Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
- Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
- Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters
- Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters
Audio output and filters
- Replay gain support.
- Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet ).
- New spatializer audio filter.
Stream output
- RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
- New RTP payload formats:
- Speex voice audio codec
- ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
- G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
- UDP-Lite transport for RTP
- DCCP transport for RTP
- Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
Interfaces
- Windows/Linux
- Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
- All
- Improved user interaction
- Improved mouse gestures
- Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
- Unix
- Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
- Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale.
- Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
Linux Port
- VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
Mac OS X Port
- Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project).
LibVLC
- Event management and various improvement in libvlc. (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project).
Capture
Localisations
- Finnish
- Persian
- Polish
Changes in between
Links to changelogs between:
