Changelog/0.8.6d

Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d

Various bugfixes

• Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
• Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
• Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input
• Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
• Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code.

Windows and Mac OS Binaries

• FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows

Active X plugin

• Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703)

Mac OS X Interface & Port

• Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
• Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
• Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
• Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies
• Support for current Ogg file formats

NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.

Encoders

• Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X

Other changes

• The automatic updating facility was removed
• You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.