3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
9 * Improved HTTP daemon.
10 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
13 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
14 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
15 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
16 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
17 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
18 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
19 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
22 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
23 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
24 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
25 * Improved directory access module.
26 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
27 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
28 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
29 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
30 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
33 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
34 * mmsh streaming fixes.
35 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
38 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
39 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
40 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
43 * Improved session announcement system.
44 * Minimize threads usage by default.
45 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
46 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
47 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
48 * Improved transrater.
49 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
50 * New configuration system.
51 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
54 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
55 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
56 * Supports live streams and VoD.
57 * Supports scheduling.
58 * Telnet interface for vlm.
59 * HTTP interface for vlm.
62 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
63 - Ability to embed video output.
64 - Support for bitmap fonts.
65 - Lots of improvements.
66 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
67 - New design and set of icons.
68 - Ability to embed video output.
69 - Support for hotkeys.
70 - Support for bookmarks.
72 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
73 - Better hotkeys handling.
76 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
77 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
78 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
79 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
82 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
83 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
84 * Improved Windows installer.
90 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
91 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
93 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
94 ---------------------------------
97 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
98 * Playing MOD files is working now.
101 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
102 ---------------------------------
105 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
106 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
109 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
110 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
111 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
112 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
115 * Internal improvments
116 * Improved import/export
119 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
121 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
122 small and strange formats.
124 * New MOD audio demux.
125 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
126 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
127 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
128 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
131 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
132 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
133 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
139 * New opengl video output plugin.
142 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
143 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
145 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
146 ---------------------------------
149 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
150 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
151 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
152 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
153 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
154 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
155 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
156 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
159 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
164 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
165 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
166 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
167 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
168 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
169 * Reworked DVB tuning.
170 * Better Icecast support.
171 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
172 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
175 * Support for Theora video encoding.
176 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
177 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
178 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
179 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
180 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
181 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
184 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
185 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
186 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
187 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
188 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
189 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
190 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
191 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
192 * Preliminary RTP support.
193 * Fixes to SAP announces.
198 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
199 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
201 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
202 - Improvements and help in preferences
203 - New streaming wizard
204 - Revised Disc Open menu
206 - Improvements of the standard pages
207 - Support for new commands
208 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
211 * Many fixes to the SAP module
212 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
215 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
216 * Text subtitles autodetection.
217 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
218 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
219 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
220 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
221 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
222 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
223 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
226 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
228 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
229 * Support for Panther.
230 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
231 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
234 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
235 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
236 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
237 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
238 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
239 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
240 * Multimonitor support (untested).
241 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
244 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
245 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
246 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
249 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
252 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
253 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
254 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
255 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
257 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
258 ---------------------------------
261 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
264 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
265 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
268 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
269 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
272 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
275 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
276 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
279 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
282 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
285 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
286 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
289 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
290 ---------------------------------
293 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
294 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
298 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
299 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
300 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
302 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
303 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
306 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
309 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
312 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
313 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
316 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
317 ---------------------------------
320 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
321 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
325 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
326 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
327 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
328 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
329 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
332 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
333 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
334 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
337 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
338 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
339 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
342 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
343 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
344 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
345 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
346 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
349 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
350 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
351 * A new CORBA control plugin.
354 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
357 * Improved build system.
358 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
359 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
360 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
361 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
364 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
365 ---------------------------------
368 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
371 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
372 * Fixed large file support on Windows
373 * Video 4 Linux support
374 * CD Digital Audio support
375 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
378 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
379 * Support for OpenDML avi files
380 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
381 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
384 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
385 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
386 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
387 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
388 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
389 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
390 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
393 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
394 * New HTTP remote control interface
397 * 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.
398 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
399 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
400 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
403 * New reset option for the preferences
404 * You can set your language in the prefences
405 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
406 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
407 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
408 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
411 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
412 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
413 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
416 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
417 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
418 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
419 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
420 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
421 * New icons by Davor Orel.
422 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
423 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
424 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
425 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
428 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
429 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
430 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
431 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
432 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
433 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
434 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
437 * Interface localization
438 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
439 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
440 * New full-featured Preferences window
442 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
443 ---------------------------------
446 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
447 * support for skins at the interface level
448 * new OSD module using Freetype2
449 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
450 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
451 input level before dropping out of date frames.
452 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
455 * fixed HTTP redirects
456 * support for opening an entire directory
457 * EOF should be detected more reliably
458 * new video4linux access plug-in
459 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
462 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
463 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
464 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
467 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
468 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
469 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
470 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
471 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
472 * new codec for raw I420 video
473 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
476 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
477 (although it still misses some important features)
478 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
481 * new HTTP output support
482 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
483 * fixed AV synchronization issues
486 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
489 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
492 * reorderable playlist
493 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
494 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
495 * support for mono audio output devices
496 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
497 * fixed several cosmetic issues
498 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
499 * the messages window remembers more lines
500 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
501 * http and ogg stream output options
502 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
505 * new skinnable interface
506 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
508 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
509 * support for FLAC audio format
510 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
512 * network tab in the interface
513 * "apply" handling in preferences
516 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
517 ---------------------------------
520 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
521 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
522 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
523 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
525 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
529 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
530 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
531 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
532 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
535 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
536 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
539 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
542 * fixed the GNU-pth support
545 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
547 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
548 * rc interface is now fully useable
549 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
552 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
553 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
554 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
555 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
556 * VLC now uses the default audio device
558 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
559 * support for mouse gestures
560 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
563 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
564 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
567 * improved ID3 tag detection
568 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
569 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
570 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
572 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
575 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
576 ---------------------------------
579 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
580 English was set as the preferred language
583 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
584 --------------------------------
587 * new mouse gesture interface
588 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
592 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
593 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
594 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
597 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
598 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
602 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
605 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
606 without the user consent
609 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
611 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
612 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
613 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
616 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
617 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
618 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
619 * playlist enhancements
620 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
621 * new step forward/step backward commands
622 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
623 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
624 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
627 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
628 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
629 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
632 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
633 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
636 * native video output is working again
637 * only commandline interface support
638 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
641 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
642 --------------------------------
645 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
646 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
647 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
648 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
649 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
650 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
651 and A/52 streams are supported)
652 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
657 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
658 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
659 * VCD entry points support
660 * VCD image file support
663 * support for *.asf format
664 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
665 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
666 * support for ogg encapsulation
667 * support for raw DV format
668 * support for *.wav format
669 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
672 Stream discovery & playlists:
673 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
674 * support for .m3u file format
675 * support for .asx file format
676 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
679 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
680 (only available with the .avi demux)
681 * support for ADPCM audio codec
682 * support for raw PCM data
683 * support for Cinepak video codec
684 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
685 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
686 * support for Xvid codec
687 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
688 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
689 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
691 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
693 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
696 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
699 * new WxWindows interface
700 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
701 device and the channels configuration
702 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
703 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
704 format that VLC can play
705 * new swedish translation
706 * enhancements of the playlist window
707 * new messages window to see debug info
708 * fixed a few crashes
711 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
712 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
713 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
714 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working