Add changes file for 5.9.0v5.9.0-rc2v5.9.0-rc1v5.9.0

Listing important changes and bug-fixes.

Change-Id: Ic22fbd7eaf6d00774f4d24a1bba1a7df6fa52307
Reviewed-by: Alex Blasche <alexander.blasche@qt.io>

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+Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
+over the 5.8.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
+included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
+
+http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html
+
+The Qt version 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series.
+Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9.
+
+Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
+corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
+
+https://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                          Library                                         *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtMutlimedia
+------------
+
+ - [QTBUG-45323] Added new supportedModes property in the CameraFlash's QML API
+
+ - [QTBUG-44961] Added new notifyInterval property in the MediaPlayer's QML API.
+
+ - [QTBUG-45289] Added new supportedResolution property in the CameraCaptures's
+   QML API.
+
+ - [QTBUG-57145] Fixed high dpi scaling with QVideoWidget.
+
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                      Platform Specific Changes                           *
+****************************************************************************
+
+Android
+-------
+
+ - [QTBUG-55992] Added run-time permission checks for the media-recorder,
+   camera, and audio input.
+
+ - [QTBUG-60115] Fixed crash caused by stale video-frame objects.
+
+ - [QTBUG-56536] Fixed Camera preview orientation on devices running on
+   Android devices with API level 24 or newer.
+
+DirectShow
+----------
+
+ - [QTBUG-56415] Added support for audio and video probes in the
+   mediaplayer.
+
+GStreamer
+---------
+
+ - Added QT_GSTREAMER_PLAYBIN_AUDIOSINK environment variable, for setting
+   a custom audio sink to be used together with the media player.
+
+ - Improved the list of default recording formats.
+
+ - [QTBUG-50460] Fixed potential crash when using multiple mediaplayers.
+
+ - [QTBUG-50567] Improved codec support by dynamically compiling the list of
+   supported codecs through QGstCodecsInfo.
+
+WinRT
+-----
+
+ - [QTBUG-58152] Fixed video playback without autoplay enabled.
+
+ - [QTBUG-57288] Removed support for WinRT 81 and Windows Phone 8.1.