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= Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c =

== Various bugfixes ==
Notably:
* Windows Vista compatibility
* Cropping in Direct3D
* Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
* RSS filter string overflow
* Few memory leaks
* MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)

== CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins ==
* Security updates ([http://www.videolan.org/sa0702.html VideoLAN-SA-0702])

== Demuxers ==
* Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI

== Localisation ==
* New localisation: Arabic, Persian


= 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.
: XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX

== Important Changes ==

=== 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
* 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)

=== Input/Demuxers ===
* [[UDP-Lite]] protocol (requires OS support) for [[RTP]]/[[AVP]]
* [[DCCP]] protocol (requires OS support) for [[RTP]]/[[AVP]]
* Proxy support for [[MMSH]] stream
* [[JACK]] audio input 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
* New codec [[FourCC]]s to support more specific files and codecs (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)

=== 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.

=== Stream output ===
* [[FLV]] streaming support
* [[UDP-Lite]] (requires OS support) for [[RTP]]/[[TS]] encapsulation

=== Interfaces ===
* Windows/Linux
** Brand [[Qt4 Interface|new interface]] for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
** Improved user interaction
** Improved [[Mouse Gestures|mouse gestures]]
* Unix
** Allow only one running instance, using [[D-Bus]] interface (experimental).
** [[D-Bus]] Interface (experimental) implements the [[MPRIS]] (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when finished. 

=== Capture ===
* new [[BDA]] device driver plugin for [[DVB]]-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows

=== Localisations ===
* Persian