Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
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Important notes:
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* 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.
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* This version of VLC contains a 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 for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
* The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
Changes:
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Playlist:
* Vastly improved playlist support:
* Media library support
* "Live search"
* Shoutcast TV listings
* Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
Input/Demuxers:
* UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
* DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
Decoders:
* VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
* MKV USF subtitles support
* HTML based subtitles support
* Flash Screen Video support
Encoders:
* Flash Screen Video support
Video output and filters:
* Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
* New puzzle video output filter
* Rewrite motion detection video filter
* New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
video)
* New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
* New 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.
Stream output:
* UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
Interfaces:
* Windows/Linux
* Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
* All
* Improved user interaction
* Unix
* Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).