3 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.7.3:
4 This version is in development and not yet released.
5 --------------------------------
8 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added funtionality
9 * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems
10 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
11 * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
12 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
14 * Technical improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
17 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X (Stream your desktop)
18 * Improved DVD support:
19 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
20 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
21 * Experimental --input-slave option to start playing with multi-input
22 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
25 * Support iTunes Music Store previews
26 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
27 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
28 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
29 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
30 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
31 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface)
35 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
37 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
38 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
41 * Text track muxing for mp4
42 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
43 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
44 * H.263 RTP streaming support
45 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
46 * Experimental WAV muxer
47 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
48 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
50 * DVB subtitles encoder
51 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
52 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
55 * New audio equalizer filter
56 * Very trivial volume normalizer
59 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
60 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
61 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces
62 * A few skins2 improvements
63 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
64 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
65 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
66 * Improved CORBA control module
69 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
70 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
71 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
74 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
75 * Experimental SVG rendering module
78 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
79 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
80 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
81 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
82 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
85 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
86 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
89 * Roku HD1000 Video output
90 * Server/client network synchronization module
91 * VBrick streams fully supported
92 * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported
93 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
94 * Experimental OpenGL video output for X11 and win32
96 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
97 --------------------------------
100 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
101 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
102 * Improved HTTP daemon.
103 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
106 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
107 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
108 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
109 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
110 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
111 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
112 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
115 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
116 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
117 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
118 * Improved directory access module.
119 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
120 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
121 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
122 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
123 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
126 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
127 * mmsh streaming fixes.
128 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
131 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
132 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
133 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
136 * Improved session announcement system.
137 * Minimize threads usage by default.
138 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
139 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
140 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
141 * Improved transrater.
142 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
143 * New configuration system.
144 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
147 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
148 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
149 * Supports live streams and VoD.
150 * Supports scheduling.
151 * Telnet interface for vlm.
152 * HTTP interface for vlm.
155 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
156 - Ability to embed video output.
157 - Support for bitmap fonts.
158 - Lots of improvements.
159 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
160 - New design and set of icons.
161 - Ability to embed video output.
162 - Support for hotkeys.
163 - Support for bookmarks.
165 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
166 - Better hotkeys handling.
169 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
170 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
171 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
172 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
175 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
176 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
177 * Improved Windows installer.
183 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
184 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
186 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
187 ---------------------------------
190 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
191 * Playing MOD files is working now.
194 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
195 ---------------------------------
198 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
199 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
202 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
203 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
204 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
205 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
208 * Internal improvments
209 * Improved import/export
212 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
214 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
215 small and strange formats.
217 * New MOD audio demux.
218 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
219 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
220 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
221 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
224 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
225 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
226 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
232 * New opengl video output plugin.
235 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
236 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
238 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
239 ---------------------------------
242 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
243 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
244 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
245 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
246 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
247 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
248 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
249 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
252 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
257 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
258 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
259 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
260 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
261 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
262 * Reworked DVB tuning.
263 * Better Icecast support.
264 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
265 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
268 * Support for Theora video encoding.
269 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
270 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
271 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
272 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
273 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
274 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
277 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
278 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
279 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
280 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
281 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
282 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
283 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
284 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
285 * Preliminary RTP support.
286 * Fixes to SAP announces.
291 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
292 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
294 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
295 - Improvements and help in preferences
296 - New streaming wizard
297 - Revised Disc Open menu
299 - Improvements of the standard pages
300 - Support for new commands
301 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
304 * Many fixes to the SAP module
305 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
308 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
309 * Text subtitles autodetection.
310 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
311 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
312 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
313 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
314 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
315 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
316 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
319 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
321 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
322 * Support for Panther.
323 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
324 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
327 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
328 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
329 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
330 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
331 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
332 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
333 * Multimonitor support (untested).
334 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
337 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
338 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
339 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
342 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
345 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
346 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
347 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
348 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
350 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
351 ---------------------------------
354 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
357 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
358 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
361 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
362 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
365 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
368 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
369 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
372 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
375 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
378 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
379 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
382 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
383 ---------------------------------
386 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
387 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
391 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
392 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
393 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
395 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
396 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
399 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
402 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
405 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
406 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
409 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
410 ---------------------------------
413 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
414 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
418 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
419 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
420 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
421 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
422 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
425 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
426 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
427 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
430 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
431 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
432 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
435 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
436 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
437 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
438 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
439 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
442 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
443 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
444 * A new CORBA control plugin.
447 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
450 * Improved build system.
451 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
452 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
453 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
454 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
457 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
458 ---------------------------------
461 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
464 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
465 * Fixed large file support on Windows
466 * Video 4 Linux support
467 * CD Digital Audio support
468 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
471 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
472 * Support for OpenDML avi files
473 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
474 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
477 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
478 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
479 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
480 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
481 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
482 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
483 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
486 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
487 * New HTTP remote control interface
490 * 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.
491 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
492 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
493 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
496 * New reset option for the preferences
497 * You can set your language in the prefences
498 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
499 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
500 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
501 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
504 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
505 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
506 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
509 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
510 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
511 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
512 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
513 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
514 * New icons by Davor Orel.
515 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
516 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
517 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
518 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
521 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
522 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
523 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
524 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
525 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
526 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
527 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
530 * Interface localization
531 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
532 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
533 * New full-featured Preferences window
535 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
536 ---------------------------------
539 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
540 * support for skins at the interface level
541 * new OSD module using Freetype2
542 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
543 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
544 input level before dropping out of date frames.
545 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
548 * fixed HTTP redirects
549 * support for opening an entire directory
550 * EOF should be detected more reliably
551 * new video4linux access plug-in
552 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
555 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
556 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
557 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
560 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
561 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
562 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
563 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
564 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
565 * new codec for raw I420 video
566 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
569 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
570 (although it still misses some important features)
571 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
574 * new HTTP output support
575 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
576 * fixed AV synchronization issues
579 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
582 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
585 * reorderable playlist
586 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
587 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
588 * support for mono audio output devices
589 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
590 * fixed several cosmetic issues
591 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
592 * the messages window remembers more lines
593 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
594 * http and ogg stream output options
595 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
598 * new skinnable interface
599 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
601 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
602 * support for FLAC audio format
603 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
605 * network tab in the interface
606 * "apply" handling in preferences
609 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
610 ---------------------------------
613 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
614 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
615 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
616 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
618 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
622 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
623 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
624 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
625 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
628 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
629 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
632 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
635 * fixed the GNU-pth support
638 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
640 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
641 * rc interface is now fully useable
642 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
645 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
646 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
647 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
648 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
649 * VLC now uses the default audio device
651 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
652 * support for mouse gestures
653 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
656 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
657 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
660 * improved ID3 tag detection
661 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
662 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
663 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
665 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
668 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
669 ---------------------------------
672 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
673 English was set as the preferred language
676 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
677 --------------------------------
680 * new mouse gesture interface
681 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
685 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
686 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
687 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
690 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
691 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
695 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
698 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
699 without the user consent
702 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
704 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
705 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
706 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
709 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
710 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
711 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
712 * playlist enhancements
713 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
714 * new step forward/step backward commands
715 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
716 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
717 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
720 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
721 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
722 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
725 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
726 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
729 * native video output is working again
730 * only commandline interface support
731 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
734 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
735 --------------------------------
738 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
739 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
740 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
741 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
742 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
743 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
744 and A/52 streams are supported)
745 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
750 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
751 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
752 * VCD entry points support
753 * VCD image file support
756 * support for *.asf format
757 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
758 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
759 * support for ogg encapsulation
760 * support for raw DV format
761 * support for *.wav format
762 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
765 Stream discovery & playlists:
766 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
767 * support for .m3u file format
768 * support for .asx file format
769 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
772 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
773 (only available with the .avi demux)
774 * support for ADPCM audio codec
775 * support for raw PCM data
776 * support for Cinepak video codec
777 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
778 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
779 * support for Xvid codec
780 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
781 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
782 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
784 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
786 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
789 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
792 * new WxWindows interface
793 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
794 device and the channels configuration
795 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
796 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
797 format that VLC can play
798 * new swedish translation
799 * enhancements of the playlist window
800 * new messages window to see debug info
801 * fixed a few crashes
804 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
805 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
806 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
807 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working