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=== Various bugfixes === | === Various bugfixes === | ||
* out-of-bound read in demuxers | * out-of-bound read in demuxers | ||
| − | * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256) | + | * demuxers crashes (incl. [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0256 CVE-2007-0256]) |
* Mac OS X Interface crashes | * Mac OS X Interface crashes | ||
| − | * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms | + | * [[Codec#Video_Codecs|VP31]] decoding on Windows platforms |
=== Decoders === | === Decoders === | ||
| − | * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60 | + | * Enhanced [[Flash Video]] support incl. [[VP6|VP61]] and [[VP6|VP60]] |
* Teletext subtitles (telx) support | * Teletext subtitles (telx) support | ||
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* screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused | * screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused | ||
* Improved Delete-Preferences-Script | * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script | ||
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== Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a == | == Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a == | ||
Revision as of 09:02, 19 April 2007
Contents
Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b
Various bugfixes
- out-of-bound read in demuxers
- demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
- Mac OS X Interface crashes
- VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
Decoders
- Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
- Teletext subtitles (telx) support
Webbrowser plugins
- rectified behaviour and improved usability
Mac OS X Interface & Port
- diverse usability improvements
- new wizard option to include subtitles
- screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
- Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a
CDDA / VCDX plugins
- Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
Mac OS X Interface
- Fullscreen controller improvements
Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
Playlist
- Shoutcast TV listings support
Input
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB input
- Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
- Improved support for Flash Video files
Decoders
- Native WMV9/VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- Matroska WavPack support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
- Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
- Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
Video output
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
- Improved libcaca support
Interfaces
- All
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
- Windows
- Systray support in skins
- OS X
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
- Linux
- Notifications using notification-daemon
Windows port
- Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Windows 9x/ME users:
- Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
- Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
- Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
- Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder C:\Windows\System
- Windows 9x/ME users:
- Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
- Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
Localization
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay
- Add Slovenian
Developers
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
