Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
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Core support:
* Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
* Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
* Improved HTTP daemon.
* Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
Codecs:
* New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
(http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
* New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
* H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
* Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
(allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
* Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
Input:
* --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
* Improved directory access module.
* New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
* Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
* New options to pass meta info to the input.
* It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
(satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
Demux:
* Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
* mmsh streaming fixes.
* Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
Subtitles:
* Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
* Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
* Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
Stream output:
* Improved session announcement system.
* Minimize threads usage by default.
* Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
* Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
* Improved MPEG TS muxer.
* Improved transrater.
* Meta info options used by the muxers.
* New configuration system.
* Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
VideoLAN manager:
* New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
* Supports live streams and VoD.
* Supports scheduling.
* Telnet interface for vlm.
* HTTP interface for vlm.
Interfaces:
* Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
- Ability to embed video output.
- Support for bitmap fonts.
- Lots of improvements.
* wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
- New design and set of icons.
- Ability to embed video output.
- Support for hotkeys.
- Support for bookmarks.
* Mac OS X
- Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
- Better hotkeys handling.
Mac OS X port:
* OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
* Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
* Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
* Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
Win32 port:
* DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
* Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
* Improved Windows installer.
Linux port:
* PowerPC fixes.
Misc:
* Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
* Roku HD1000 audio output
NetBSD's bin/pax has several fixes: ticket #1021, PR#24481, PR/25934,
PR/25299, PR/25310, PR#25200, PR#25207, PR#25131, ticket #155
Maybe this should be done during the freeze.
Also, the current version is pax-20031220, but it contains
code newer than that date:
$NetBSD: ar_io.c,v 1.6 2004/03/11 20:10:29 tv Exp $
$NetBSD: pax.h,v 1.6 2004/04/12 12:34:16 heinz Exp $
Also fix seteuid/setuid usage on NetBSD.
Changes from 1.2:
1.5: March 19, 2004
Fix logic errors in dealing with multi-message connections (SMTP RSET,
HELO or MAIL FROM resetting SMTP state). Add cb_abort callback.
1.4: March 13, 2004
Some performance improvements, abort rule evaluation immediately when
no further rules can possibly match. Compile without -Werror, as some
ports generate warnings.
1.3: March 8, 2004
Two bugfixes related to RCPT TO: rule evaluation (DSN options and
multiple receipients would match incorrectly), umask(0177) for pipe,
fix for Solaris daemon() implementation. Improved logging (From:, To:
and Subject: headers, when available).
[update during freeze approved by agc]
- support statvfs change of NetBSD
- implement SuspendThread() and ResumeThread()
- introduce a simple debugger
- IsProcessorFeaturePresent(): implement PF_XMMI64_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE
and PF_FLOATING_POINT_PRECISION_ERRATA
- Some HCURSOR-related functions are implemented.
- improve Virtual*() functions support
- SEH support for SIGFPE and SIGSEGV
- debug messages are printed via stderr, not stdout
- fix a problem of CreateDIBitmap()
- implement GetPaletteEntries()
- implement GetDIBColorTable() and SetDIBColorTable()
- implement Heap*() functions
- make kernel object handles indexes in the handle table instead
of addresses of memory block.
- improve Event/Mutex/Semaphore implementation
