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  1. 2.2.0:
  2. ------
  3. NB: This release removes support for iOS 5 and therefore the first generation
  4. iPad. iOS 6 and the iPhone 3GS remain supported.
  5. Interface:
  6. * New Interface for iOS 7
  7. * Add tutorial to introduce the user to the app
  8. * Improved feedback for media download progress including data bitrate,
  9. procentual progress and estimated remaining download time
  10. * Opening network streams no longer leads to a collapsed file system hierachy
  11. on the remote system. After playback, you can continue where you left off.
  12. * Added bookmarks for FTP servers
  13. * Added support for multi-touch gestures based upon the VLC Gestures haxie
  14. - horizontal swipe for playback position
  15. - tap with 2 fingers to play/pause
  16. - vertical swipe in the right half of the video to adapt volume
  17. - vertical swipe in the left half of the video to adapt screen brightness
  18. * Previously removed episodes and tracks no longer show up in the respective
  19. group listings (#9705)
  20. * Improved privacy by requesting the passcode immediately after leaving the
  21. app and by obfuscating playback metadata if passcode lock is enabled
  22. * Added support to endlessly repeat the currently playing item (#9793)
  23. * Added option to disable file name display optimizations (#10050)
  24. * TV Shows are sorted by Season number / Episode number and Music Albums
  25. respectively by track number
  26. * Added ability to rename any media item in the library view
  27. * Added deletion of multiple media items in one step
  28. * If your media was recognized as part of a music album, the next track
  29. will automatically start playing afterwards
  30. * New translations to Czech, Malay, Persian, Spanish (Mexico)
  31. Cloud interaction:
  32. * Added support for downloads from Google Drive (#8690)
  33. * Added support for streaming files from Dropbox in addition to download
  34. to device (#9784)
  35. Local network:
  36. * Added support for downloading from UPnP multimedia servers
  37. * Added cover-art and duration to UPnP server item lists
  38. * UPnP stability improvements
  39. * Fix incorrect displayed size for files stored on UPnP multimedia servers
  40. larger than 2147.48 MB (#9641)
  41. * Improved WiFi Upload reliability, especially when uploading multiple
  42. items at the same time
  43. Global networks:
  44. * Added support for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) (#9174)
  45. * Added support for https playback
  46. * Added support for system-wide HTTP proxy settings
  47. * Added support for m3u streams
  48. Misc:
  49. * Improved audio playback performance and reliability
  50. * Improved metadata detection
  51. * Improved vlc:// handling (#9542)
  52. * Improved TV show handling for shows with more than 100 episodes
  53. 2.1.3:
  54. ------
  55. * Fixed crashes with files whose names are less than 6 characters long after
  56. removing the file extension
  57. 2.1.2:
  58. ------
  59. * Stability improvements (#9393, #9431, #9432, #9433, #9434, #9435, #9556)
  60. * Improved Closed Caption rendering (#9369)
  61. * Minor UI fixes (#9454)
  62. * New translations to Hungarian and Swedish
  63. 2.1.1:
  64. ------
  65. * Stability improvements
  66. * Improved UPnP handling
  67. * Improved interaction with third party apps
  68. * Improved visual appearance on iPad
  69. * Added support for Teletext-based DVB subtitles
  70. * New translations to Arabic, Polish, and Korean
  71. 2.1:
  72. ----
  73. * Improved overall stability (#8989, #9031, #9048, #9089, #9092)
  74. * Add support for subtitles in non-western languages (#8991)
  75. * Improved Subtitles support with options to choose font, size, and color
  76. * Add UPnP discovery and streaming (#8880)
  77. * Add FTP server discovery, streaming and downloading (#9064)
  78. * Add Bonjour announcements for the WiFi Uploader's website (#8741)
  79. * Add playback of audio-only media (#9044)
  80. * Newly implemented menu and application flow (#9045)
  81. * Improved VoiceOver and accessibility support (#9017)
  82. * Add Deinterlace option (off by default, #8813)
  83. * Device no longer goes to sleep during media downloads (#9062)
  84. * Improved video output on external screens (#9055, #9079)
  85. * Improved Passcode Lock behavior (#9252)
  86. * Minor usability improvements (#9122, #9125, #9225)
  87. * New translations to Bosnian, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Marathi, Portuguese,
  88. Slovenian
  89. 2.0.2:
  90. ------
  91. * Fix MP2 and MP3 decoding (#8986)
  92. * Add vlc:// protocol handler (#8988)
  93. - vlc://anyprotocol:// allows you to force any URL to open in VLC
  94. - vlc://server/path will assume http://
  95. * Fix Dropbox hierarchy navigation (#8993)
  96. * Fix major leak of data when opening files in VLC from other apps (#9011)
  97. * Retain last audio and subtitles tracks when for played media (#8987)
  98. * Fix CSS rendering issue in the WiFi Uploader's web interface
  99. * Switch Default Subtitles Font from SourceSans-Pro to Open Sans
  100. to support Greek, Cyrillic and Vietnamese (#8991)
  101. * Shake device to create a bug report (#7788)
  102. * Export meta data about current playback item to multitasking view (#8883)
  103. * Fix crash when opening network streams from within third party apps while
  104. playing content local to VLC (#9013)
  105. * Fix VoiceOver support for Dropbox login (#8997)
  106. * Fix dialog rotation on iOS 5 (#8992)
  107. * New translations to Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Slovak, Turkish,
  108. Ukrainian, Vietnamese
  109. 2.0.1:
  110. ------
  111. * Update of Russian and Spanish translations.
  112. * Minor crash fix (#8739) and interface fix for iPhone 4.
  113. * Add option for skipping loop filtering (#8814)
  114. 2.0.0:
  115. ------
  116. First project release.