3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-aspect-ratio option
15 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
16 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
18 * GnomeVFS input module
21 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
24 * UPnP service discovery
25 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
31 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
32 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
36 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
37 - New extended controls panel
38 - New bookmarks window
39 - Fixed playlist sorting
40 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
42 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
43 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
45 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
49 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
50 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
52 - Include macro to include other files
56 * Should now work outside IE as well
59 The following languages were added:
63 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
64 --------------------------------
67 * Rewrite of the playlist
69 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
70 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
71 * Preferences improvements:
72 - New organization, designed to improve usability
73 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
75 * Core image manipulation support
76 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
77 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
78 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
79 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
80 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
81 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
82 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
83 now separated by ':' instead of ','
84 * Access filter architecture
85 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
86 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
90 * Support for SOCKS proxy
91 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
92 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
93 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
94 * Better support for Kasenna streams
95 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
96 * Massive Matroska improvements
97 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
99 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
100 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
101 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
102 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
103 * Support for FTP over IPv6
106 * Dirac decoder and encoder
107 * PNG decoder/encoder
108 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
109 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
112 * New Record and Timeshift filters
115 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
116 * Brand new SAP module
117 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
118 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
119 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
120 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
121 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
122 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
126 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
129 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
130 * Image file video output (png)
131 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
132 * Improvements to wall video filter
133 * Support for font color and opacity
139 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
140 - Seeking support in VoD streams
141 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
145 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
146 - Improved preferences
147 - Improvements to the wizard
148 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
150 - Redesigned playlist
151 - Improved preferences
153 - Support for multiple actions
156 - Support for the new playlist system
158 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
161 * Screensaver disabling fix
162 * DirectShow tuner configuration
163 * Support for no-decoration windows
166 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
167 * The OpenGL video output is back
168 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
169 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
170 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
171 is not yet available in the new module
172 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
175 * Support for single-buffered overlay
184 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
187 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
190 The following languages were added:
196 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
197 -----------------------------------------------------
200 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
201 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
204 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
205 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
206 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
209 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
212 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
215 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
218 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
219 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
220 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
224 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
226 * Support of playlist group announcement
228 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
229 -----------------------------------------------------
232 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
233 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
234 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
235 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
236 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
237 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
240 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
241 (Stream your desktop)
242 * Improved DVD support:
243 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
244 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
245 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
246 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
247 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
248 (selection of titles/chapters).
251 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
252 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
253 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
254 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
255 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
256 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
257 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
258 * Improved Ogg demuxer
259 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
260 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
263 * G.726 audio support
264 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
265 * MPEG-4 text support
266 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
267 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
268 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
272 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
273 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
274 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
275 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
276 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
277 * DVB subtitles encoder
278 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
279 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
281 * Text track muxing for mp4
282 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
283 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
284 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
285 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
286 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
289 * H.263 RTP streaming support
290 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
291 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
294 * New audio equalizer filter
295 * Very trivial volume normalizer
296 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
297 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
298 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
301 * Roku HD1000 Video output
302 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
303 with support for effects.
304 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
305 - New filters can be streamed.
306 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
307 - Centralized scaling and blending
309 - "time", to display current time
310 - "marq", to display a marquee
313 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
314 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
315 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
316 * A few skins2 improvements
317 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
318 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
319 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
320 * Improved CORBA control module
323 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
324 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
325 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
328 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
329 * Experimental SVG rendering module
330 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
333 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
334 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
335 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
336 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
337 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
340 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
343 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
344 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
347 * Server/client network synchronization module
348 * VBrick streams fully supported
349 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
352 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
353 --------------------------------
356 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
357 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
358 * Improved HTTP daemon.
359 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
362 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
363 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
364 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
365 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
366 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
367 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
368 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
371 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
372 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
373 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
374 * Improved directory access module.
375 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
376 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
377 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
378 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
379 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
382 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
383 * mmsh streaming fixes.
384 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
387 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
388 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
389 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
392 * Improved session announcement system.
393 * Minimize threads usage by default.
394 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
395 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
396 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
397 * Improved transrater.
398 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
399 * New configuration system.
400 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
403 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
404 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
405 * Supports live streams and VoD.
406 * Supports scheduling.
407 * Telnet interface for vlm.
408 * HTTP interface for vlm.
411 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
412 - Ability to embed video output.
413 - Support for bitmap fonts.
414 - Lots of improvements.
415 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
416 - New design and set of icons.
417 - Ability to embed video output.
418 - Support for hotkeys.
419 - Support for bookmarks.
421 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
422 - Better hotkeys handling.
425 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
426 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
427 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
428 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
431 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
432 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
433 * Improved Windows installer.
439 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
440 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
442 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
443 ---------------------------------
446 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
447 * Playing MOD files is working now.
450 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
451 ---------------------------------
454 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
455 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
458 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
459 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
460 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
461 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
464 * Internal improvments
465 * Improved import/export
468 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
470 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
471 small and strange formats.
473 * New MOD audio demux.
474 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
475 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
476 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
477 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
480 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
481 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
482 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
488 * New opengl video output plugin.
491 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
492 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
494 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
495 ---------------------------------
498 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
499 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
500 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
501 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
502 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
503 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
504 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
505 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
508 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
513 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
514 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
515 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
516 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
517 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
518 * Reworked DVB tuning.
519 * Better Icecast support.
520 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
521 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
524 * Support for Theora video encoding.
525 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
526 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
527 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
528 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
529 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
530 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
533 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
534 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
535 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
536 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
537 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
538 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
539 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
540 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
541 * Preliminary RTP support.
542 * Fixes to SAP announces.
547 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
548 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
550 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
551 - Improvements and help in preferences
552 - New streaming wizard
553 - Revised Disc Open menu
555 - Improvements of the standard pages
556 - Support for new commands
557 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
560 * Many fixes to the SAP module
561 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
564 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
565 * Text subtitles autodetection.
566 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
567 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
568 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
569 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
570 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
571 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
572 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
575 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
577 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
578 * Support for Panther.
579 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
580 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
583 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
584 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
585 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
586 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
587 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
588 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
589 * Multimonitor support (untested).
590 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
593 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
594 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
595 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
598 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
601 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
602 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
603 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
604 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
606 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
607 ---------------------------------
610 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
613 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
614 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
617 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
618 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
621 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
624 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
625 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
628 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
631 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
634 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
635 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
638 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
639 ---------------------------------
642 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
643 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
647 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
648 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
649 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
651 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
652 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
655 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
658 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
661 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
662 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
665 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
666 ---------------------------------
669 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
670 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
674 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
675 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
676 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
677 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
678 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
681 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
682 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
683 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
686 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
687 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
688 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
691 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
692 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
693 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
694 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
695 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
698 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
699 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
700 * A new CORBA control plugin.
703 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
706 * Improved build system.
707 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
708 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
709 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
710 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
713 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
714 ---------------------------------
717 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
720 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
721 * Fixed large file support on Windows
722 * Video 4 Linux support
723 * CD Digital Audio support
724 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
727 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
728 * Support for OpenDML avi files
729 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
730 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
733 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
734 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
735 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
736 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
737 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
738 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
739 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
742 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
743 * New HTTP remote control interface
746 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
747 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
748 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
749 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
752 * New reset option for the preferences
753 * You can set your language in the prefences
754 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
755 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
756 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
757 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
760 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
761 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
762 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
765 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
766 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
767 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
768 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
769 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
770 * New icons by Davor Orel.
771 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
772 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
773 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
774 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
777 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
778 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
779 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
780 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
781 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
782 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
783 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
786 * Interface localization
787 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
788 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
789 * New full-featured Preferences window
791 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
792 ---------------------------------
795 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
796 * support for skins at the interface level
797 * new OSD module using Freetype2
798 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
799 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
800 input level before dropping out of date frames.
801 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
804 * fixed HTTP redirects
805 * support for opening an entire directory
806 * EOF should be detected more reliably
807 * new video4linux access plug-in
808 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
811 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
812 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
813 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
816 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
817 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
818 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
819 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
820 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
821 * new codec for raw I420 video
822 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
825 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
826 (although it still misses some important features)
827 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
830 * new HTTP output support
831 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
832 * fixed AV synchronization issues
835 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
838 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
841 * reorderable playlist
842 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
843 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
844 * support for mono audio output devices
845 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
846 * fixed several cosmetic issues
847 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
848 * the messages window remembers more lines
849 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
850 * http and ogg stream output options
851 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
854 * new skinnable interface
855 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
857 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
858 * support for FLAC audio format
859 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
861 * network tab in the interface
862 * "apply" handling in preferences
865 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
866 ---------------------------------
869 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
870 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
871 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
872 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
874 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
878 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
879 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
880 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
881 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
884 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
885 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
888 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
891 * fixed the GNU-pth support
894 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
896 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
897 * rc interface is now fully useable
898 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
901 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
902 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
903 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
904 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
905 * VLC now uses the default audio device
907 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
908 * support for mouse gestures
909 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
912 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
913 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
916 * improved ID3 tag detection
917 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
918 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
919 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
921 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
924 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
925 ---------------------------------
928 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
929 English was set as the preferred language
932 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
933 --------------------------------
936 * new mouse gesture interface
937 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
941 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
942 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
943 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
946 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
947 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
951 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
954 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
955 without the user consent
958 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
960 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
961 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
962 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
965 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
966 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
967 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
968 * playlist enhancements
969 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
970 * new step forward/step backward commands
971 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
972 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
973 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
976 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
977 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
978 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
981 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
982 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
985 * native video output is working again
986 * only commandline interface support
987 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
990 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
991 --------------------------------
994 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
995 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
996 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
997 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
998 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
999 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1000 and A/52 streams are supported)
1001 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1006 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1007 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1008 * VCD entry points support
1009 * VCD image file support
1012 * support for *.asf format
1013 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1014 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1015 * support for ogg encapsulation
1016 * support for raw DV format
1017 * support for *.wav format
1018 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1021 Stream discovery & playlists:
1022 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1023 * support for .m3u file format
1024 * support for .asx file format
1025 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1028 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1029 (only available with the .avi demux)
1030 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1031 * support for raw PCM data
1032 * support for Cinepak video codec
1033 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1034 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1035 * support for Xvid codec
1036 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1037 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1038 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1040 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1042 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1045 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1048 * new WxWindows interface
1049 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1050 device and the channels configuration
1051 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1052 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1053 format that VLC can play
1054 * new swedish translation
1055 * enhancements of the playlist window
1056 * new messages window to see debug info
1057 * fixed a few crashes
1060 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1061 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1062 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1063 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working