vlc-android/NEWS
Jean-Baptiste Kempf 2b9cc8c886 Update for 0.0.6
2012-10-17 10:16:39 +02:00

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Changes between 0.0.5 and 0.0.6:
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Core:
* Change threading code for Android
* Fix MediaCodec decoding
* Fix audio issues in cook and DTS
Main application:
* Reduce the memory and CPU used in the video list
* Use bitmap caching to improve smoothness
* Display the current playing position as a progress bar under every video
Interface:
* Add animations in the video list
* Simplify the fullscreen interface
Changes between 0.0.4 and 0.0.5:
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Core:
* Autodetection of NEON at runtime: ARMv7-a builds should work everywhere
including tegra2 and cortex-a8 without NEON
* Better threading support
* Support for MediaCodec Jelly Bean hardware decoding
Main application
* Better extensions and intent integration
* Better service start/stop to avoid using CPU when VLC is not running or
when we are playing a video
* Automatic rescan when needed
* Fix headset detection during phone calls
* Fix several crashes
* Fix compatibility with Android 2.1 (android-7)
Interface:
* New grid look for Video List on tablets and phone in landscape-mode
* Cover arts are now shown in Audio List panels
* Better notification and use of covers in notifications
* Directory View back button does now a parent-up action
* Fix several crashes and misbehaviour of fragments
* Fix small issues in About dialog, Video List, menu and preferences
* Back button correctly behaves in fullscreen
* Fix several sliding menu bugs
Translations
* many :)
Changes between 0.0.3 and 0.0.4:
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Interface:
* Many Sliding Menu fixes
* Fix subtitles and audio tracks selection
* Fix Sliding menu selection
* Fix about dialog
* Update the android compatibility library to avoid crashes (r10)
* Miscellaneous fixes
Core:
* fix mp4 playback
* correctly restrain the background processing of thumbnails and medialibrary
Changes between 0.0.2 and 0.0.3:
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Device specific:
* Add support for the Nexus7
* Add support for Android x86
Core:
* Many, many bugfixes and stability improvements
* Building for Android-x86 is now supported
* IOMX hardware acceleration and AudioTrack improvements on Jellybean
* Media library scanning is now faster and more efficient
* The aspect ratio is now correctly handled in software decoding
Interface:
* Sliding panel added in video player
* Tabs replaced with a sliding sidebar
* Added the feature to change the playback speed in audio and video
* Improved seek gesture
* Added optional brightness gesture
* Added ability to set the system ringtone to a song from VLC
* Added history support
* On ICS and above, added lockscreen control for music
Translations:
* Added Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Korean, Russian, Thai translations
* Updates for the Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Polish, Hebrew,
Galician, German, Czech, Bosnian, Estonian, Japanese, Italian, Dutch,
Hindi and Slovak translations
Changes between 0.0.1 and 0.0.2:
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Core:
* the application can now go on the SDcard
* Database speed improvements
* .nomedia folders are correctly ignored now
Interface:
* Dynamically switch from audio to video player on ES change
* Reduce video player control size
* ICS: better integration when dimming and fullscreen
* Deletion is possible in folder mode
Stability issues:
* Fix numerous crashes
* Fix some memory leaks
* Better separation of the audio widget and the service
Translations:
* Added Hebrew, Polish, Hindi, Basque, Galician, Dutch, Ukrainian, Croatian,
Czech, Scottish Gaelic, Telugu, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Slovak,
Spanish, Walloon, Marathi, Khmer, Italian, Polish and Estonian translations