Changelog/0.8.6e
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Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e
Various bugfixes
- Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
- Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
Security updates
- Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
- HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
- Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
- Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, VideoLAN-SA-0801)
- Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, VideoLAN-SA-0802)
Audio filter
- Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
Audio output
- Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
Access
- Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
Stream output
- Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
Encoders
- Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
- Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 encoding on multi-cpu systems
- Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
- Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
Mac OS X Interface & Port
- Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
- VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
Localization
- Updated Romanian and Polish translations
