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  1. Version 3.0.0:
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  3. New APIs:
  4. - VLCMediaPlayer
  5. - added properties: titleDescriptions, indexOfLongestTitle
  6. - added selector: chaptersForTitleIndex:
  7. - VLCMedia
  8. - added keys: VLCMetaInformationTrackTotal, VLCMetaInformationDirector,
  9. VLCMetaInformationSeason, VLCMetaInformationEpisode,
  10. VLCMetaInformationShowName, VLCMetaInformationActors,
  11. VLCMetaInformationAlbumArtist, VLCMetaInformationDiscNumber
  12. Deprecated APIs:
  13. - VLCMediaPlayer
  14. - titles, chaptersForTitleIndex:
  15. Version 2.2.2:
  16. --------------
  17. New APIs:
  18. - VLCMediaPlayer
  19. - added properties: numberOfVideoTracks, numberOfSubtitlesTracks
  20. numberOfAudioTracks
  21. Version 2.2.0:
  22. --------------
  23. Cross-platform:
  24. - Fixed deinterlacing if requested
  25. - Fixed decoding and display of Teletext-based subtitles
  26. - Improved thumbnailing reliability
  27. - Added support for inclusion in swift projects
  28. - Switched to Automatic Reference Counting
  29. - Various stability improvements
  30. MobileVLCKit:
  31. - It is finally possible to compile the framework without relying on third
  32. party scripts
  33. - Added 2 sample projects illustrating video playback
  34. - Added support for https and hls playback
  35. - VLCMediaListPlayer is available now
  36. - Added support for https connectivity
  37. VLCKit:
  38. - VLCMediaThumbnailer is a public API on the Mac now matching the mobile
  39. counterpart
  40. - Updated samples projects illustrating playback, file conversation, ...
  41. New APIs:
  42. - VLCMediaThumbnailer:
  43. - added property: snapshotPosition to overwrite the default
  44. - VLCMediaListPlayer:
  45. - added initWithOptions selector matching VLCMediaPlayer's implementation
  46. - added pause selector
  47. - added previous, next and playItemAtIndex selectors
  48. - VLCMedia:
  49. - added delegate method mediaMetaDataDidChange
  50. - VLCMediaPlayer:
  51. - added equalizer
  52. - added countOfTitles
  53. Modified API behavior:
  54. - VLCMediaPlayer:
  55. - implementing mediaPlayerTimeChanged and mediaPlayerStateChanged within a
  56. delegate object is optional now
  57. - VLCMedia:
  58. - nowPlaying meta information is correctly handled now
  59. Deprecated APIs:
  60. - VLCMedia:
  61. - media:metaValueChangedFrom:forKey:
  62. Changes within VLCKit between 2.0.0 and 2.1.0:
  63. ----------------------------------------------
  64. The entire framework was relicensed to LGPL 2.1 or later as well as its
  65. underlying playback modules.
  66. Support for transcoding and streaming as well as DVD playback was not affected
  67. by this move and stays under GPL until further notice.
  68. Please note that the Objective-C syntax was updated, so VLCKit may no longer
  69. compile with outdated versions of Xcode / clang.
  70. New APIs:
  71. - VLCStreamOutput:
  72. - support for subtitle transcoding
  73. - VLCMedia:
  74. - extended media track information for bitrate, language, description, source
  75. aspect ratio, source aspect denominator, frame rate, frame rate denominator,
  76. and text encoding
  77. - added setter and getter for individual meta data values as well as the
  78. ability to write changes to the media file
  79. - added (BOOL)isMediaSizeSuitableForDevice to let VLCKit determine whether the
  80. current media is considered to be suitable for the current device or
  81. playback is discouraged. Will always return true on OS X devices.
  82. - added individual getters for all statistic values, so client application can
  83. fetch single values instead of having to process a NSDictionary with all the
  84. available values. The old API is still available and will stay.
  85. - VLCMediaPlayer:
  86. - added support to enable, switch and disable video tracks
  87. - added setter/getter for SPU and audio delays
  88. - added setter/getter for the video scale factor
  89. - added support for the "adjust" video filter to manipulate contrast,
  90. brightness, hue, saturation and gamma on the fly
  91. - new interfaces to fetch names and IDs of audio, subtitle and video tracks
  92. - added the ability to launch instances with custom libvlc options
  93. - VLCLibrary:
  94. - added the ability to launch instances with custom libvlc options
  95. - added methods to set App ID and User-Agent
  96. - added readonly property to fetch compiler information
  97. Deprecated APIs:
  98. - VLCMediaPlayer:
  99. @property (readonly) NSUInteger fps;
  100. - use (float)fps instead.
  101. - (NSArray *)videoSubTitles;
  102. - use - (NSArray *)videoSubtitleNames; instead
  103. - (NSArray *)audioTracks;
  104. - use - (NSArray *)audioTrackNames; instead
  105. - (NSArray *)videoTracks;
  106. - use - (NSArray *)videoTrackNames; instead
  107. Modified behavior:
  108. - use of clang instead of llvm-gcc-4.2
  109. - updated project file for Xcode 4.3 and later
  110. - iOS Deployment target was raised to iOS 5.1
  111. - dropped support for the PowerPC architecture
  112. - Mac Deployment target was raised to OS X 10.7
  113. - different logging behavior: to see any debug messages, the framework needs
  114. to be compiled in debug mode
  115. MobileVLCKit features:
  116. - added support for Opus
  117. - slimmed binary by removing dysfunctional or irrelevant modules
  118. - screen sleep is prevented during playback
  119. - functionality is strictly limited for full LGPL compliance
  120. Removed APIs:
  121. - VLCMedia:
  122. - (void)setValue:(id)value forMeta:(NSString *)VLCMetaInformation;
  123. use setMetadata:(NSString *)data forKey:(NSString *)key instead