Quite soon after the 1.1.1, we were able to squash more annoying bugs, hence a new release for you!
TS and DVB demuxing fixes
Audio filters fixes to solve the "mono" bug
Fix of the direct3d output module that display nothing on older nVidia and ATI cards, when overlay was activated
Extensions and scripts updates
Miscellaneous fixes in interfaces
Updated translations
Various crashes and errors fixed
What was new in 1.1.1
After more than 17million downloads of VLC 1.1.0 in one month,
this is a release focused on numerous fixes and small improvements:
Multiple libVLC improvements and fixes
Windows video output fixes
DxVA2 decoding on ATI GPU, with Catalyst 10.7
Various crashes and errors fixed
Multiple fixes for interfaces
Various decoders and demuxers fixes
Updated translations
What's new in all 1.1.x releases?
Ready for HD
GPU decoding on Windows Vista and 7, using DxVA2 for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
GPU decoding on GNU/Linux, using VAAPI for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2
DSP decoding using OpenMax IL, for compatible embedded devices
Improved support for MKV HD, including seeking fixes, and 7.1 channels codecs
Support for new codecs, like Blu-Ray subtitles, MPEG-4 lossless and VP8
NB: so far, on Windows for GPU decoding, VideoLAN is recommending nVidia® GPU,
or ATI® GPUs, with the Catalyst 10.7. Intel® GPU support will come when VLC developers get access to some Intel® hardware
supporting GPU decoding.
Extensions
New add-ons and script framework so one can personalize its vlc.
Written in lua
2 main types of scripts:
content add-ons, integrated in the playlist
functionnalities extensions, like metadata searching on the web, or subtitles look-ups
Very Simple
Web improvements
Support for WebM decoding and encoding
Improved web plugins
Better streaming capabilities
Better Audio experience
Integrated playlist in the Qt4 interface
Multiple views (like album art) in the playlist in the Qt4 interface
Support for AMR-NB, Mpeg-4 ALS, Vorbis 6.1/7.1, FLAC 6.1/7.1 and WMAS
CDDB and CD-Text works now on the Windows port when listening to CD-Audio
Support for DVD-Audio files (.aob)
Improved meta-data and album-art support
Faster, Lighter
Faster decoding, with up to 40% speed-ups, in HD resolutions
First part of the Video Output core rewrite
Removal or rewrite of dozens of modules, code simplification and tens of thousands of lines of code removed
Some functionalities that are less used are now moved to extensions
More assembly optimizatinons, especially SSSE3/SSE4 and ARM Neon
Fewer threads used
Better for developers
Simplified and improved libVLC, removal of exceptions for better C integration
New phonon-backend for Qt applications, on all platforms
