3 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plaforms where libgnutls is available)
8 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
11 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
12 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
13 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
16 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
19 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
22 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
25 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
26 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
30 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
32 * Support of playlist group announcement
34 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
35 -----------------------------------------------------
38 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
39 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
40 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
41 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
42 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
43 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
46 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
48 * Improved DVD support:
49 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
50 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
51 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
52 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
53 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
54 (selection of titles/chapters).
57 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
58 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
59 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
60 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
61 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
62 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
63 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
64 * Improved Ogg demuxer
65 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
66 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
70 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
72 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
73 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
74 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
78 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
79 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
80 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
81 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
82 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
83 * DVB subtitles encoder
84 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
85 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
87 * Text track muxing for mp4
88 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
89 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
90 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
91 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
92 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
95 * H.263 RTP streaming support
96 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
97 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
100 * New audio equalizer filter
101 * Very trivial volume normalizer
102 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
103 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
104 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
107 * Roku HD1000 Video output
108 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
109 with support for effects.
110 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
111 - New filters can be streamed.
112 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
113 - Centralized scaling and blending
115 - "time", to display current time
116 - "marq", to display a marquee
119 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
120 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
121 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
122 * A few skins2 improvements
123 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
124 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
125 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
126 * Improved CORBA control module
129 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
130 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
131 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
134 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
135 * Experimental SVG rendering module
136 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
139 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
140 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
141 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
142 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
143 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
146 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
149 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
150 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
153 * Server/client network synchronization module
154 * VBrick streams fully supported
155 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
158 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
159 --------------------------------
162 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
163 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
164 * Improved HTTP daemon.
165 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
168 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
169 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
170 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
171 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
172 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
173 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
174 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
177 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
178 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
179 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
180 * Improved directory access module.
181 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
182 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
183 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
184 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
185 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
188 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
189 * mmsh streaming fixes.
190 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
193 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
194 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
195 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
198 * Improved session announcement system.
199 * Minimize threads usage by default.
200 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
201 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
202 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
203 * Improved transrater.
204 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
205 * New configuration system.
206 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
209 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
210 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
211 * Supports live streams and VoD.
212 * Supports scheduling.
213 * Telnet interface for vlm.
214 * HTTP interface for vlm.
217 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
218 - Ability to embed video output.
219 - Support for bitmap fonts.
220 - Lots of improvements.
221 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
222 - New design and set of icons.
223 - Ability to embed video output.
224 - Support for hotkeys.
225 - Support for bookmarks.
227 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
228 - Better hotkeys handling.
231 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
232 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
233 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
234 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
237 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
238 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
239 * Improved Windows installer.
245 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
246 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
248 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
249 ---------------------------------
252 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
253 * Playing MOD files is working now.
256 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
257 ---------------------------------
260 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
261 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
264 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
265 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
266 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
267 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
270 * Internal improvments
271 * Improved import/export
274 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
276 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
277 small and strange formats.
279 * New MOD audio demux.
280 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
281 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
282 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
283 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
286 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
287 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
288 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
294 * New opengl video output plugin.
297 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
298 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
300 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
301 ---------------------------------
304 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
305 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
306 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
307 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
308 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
309 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
310 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
311 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
314 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
319 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
320 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
321 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
322 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
323 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
324 * Reworked DVB tuning.
325 * Better Icecast support.
326 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
327 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
330 * Support for Theora video encoding.
331 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
332 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
333 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
334 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
335 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
336 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
339 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
340 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
341 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
342 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
343 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
344 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
345 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
346 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
347 * Preliminary RTP support.
348 * Fixes to SAP announces.
353 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
354 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
356 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
357 - Improvements and help in preferences
358 - New streaming wizard
359 - Revised Disc Open menu
361 - Improvements of the standard pages
362 - Support for new commands
363 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
366 * Many fixes to the SAP module
367 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
370 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
371 * Text subtitles autodetection.
372 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
373 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
374 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
375 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
376 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
377 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
378 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
381 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
383 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
384 * Support for Panther.
385 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
386 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
389 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
390 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
391 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
392 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
393 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
394 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
395 * Multimonitor support (untested).
396 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
399 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
400 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
401 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
404 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
407 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
408 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
409 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
410 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
412 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
413 ---------------------------------
416 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
419 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
420 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
423 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
424 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
427 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
430 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
431 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
434 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
437 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
440 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
441 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
444 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
445 ---------------------------------
448 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
449 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
453 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
454 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
455 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
457 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
458 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
461 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
464 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
467 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
468 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
471 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
472 ---------------------------------
475 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
476 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
480 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
481 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
482 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
483 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
484 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
487 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
488 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
489 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
492 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
493 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
494 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
497 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
498 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
499 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
500 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
501 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
504 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
505 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
506 * A new CORBA control plugin.
509 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
512 * Improved build system.
513 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
514 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
515 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
516 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
519 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
520 ---------------------------------
523 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
526 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
527 * Fixed large file support on Windows
528 * Video 4 Linux support
529 * CD Digital Audio support
530 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
533 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
534 * Support for OpenDML avi files
535 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
536 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
539 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
540 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
541 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
542 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
543 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
544 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
545 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
548 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
549 * New HTTP remote control interface
552 * 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.
553 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
554 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
555 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
558 * New reset option for the preferences
559 * You can set your language in the prefences
560 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
561 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
562 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
563 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
566 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
567 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
568 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
571 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
572 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
573 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
574 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
575 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
576 * New icons by Davor Orel.
577 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
578 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
579 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
580 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
583 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
584 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
585 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
586 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
587 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
588 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
589 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
592 * Interface localization
593 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
594 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
595 * New full-featured Preferences window
597 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
598 ---------------------------------
601 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
602 * support for skins at the interface level
603 * new OSD module using Freetype2
604 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
605 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
606 input level before dropping out of date frames.
607 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
610 * fixed HTTP redirects
611 * support for opening an entire directory
612 * EOF should be detected more reliably
613 * new video4linux access plug-in
614 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
617 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
618 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
619 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
622 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
623 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
624 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
625 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
626 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
627 * new codec for raw I420 video
628 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
631 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
632 (although it still misses some important features)
633 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
636 * new HTTP output support
637 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
638 * fixed AV synchronization issues
641 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
644 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
647 * reorderable playlist
648 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
649 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
650 * support for mono audio output devices
651 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
652 * fixed several cosmetic issues
653 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
654 * the messages window remembers more lines
655 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
656 * http and ogg stream output options
657 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
660 * new skinnable interface
661 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
663 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
664 * support for FLAC audio format
665 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
667 * network tab in the interface
668 * "apply" handling in preferences
671 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
672 ---------------------------------
675 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
676 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
677 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
678 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
680 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
684 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
685 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
686 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
687 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
690 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
691 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
694 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
697 * fixed the GNU-pth support
700 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
702 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
703 * rc interface is now fully useable
704 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
707 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
708 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
709 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
710 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
711 * VLC now uses the default audio device
713 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
714 * support for mouse gestures
715 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
718 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
719 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
722 * improved ID3 tag detection
723 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
724 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
725 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
727 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
730 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
731 ---------------------------------
734 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
735 English was set as the preferred language
738 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
739 --------------------------------
742 * new mouse gesture interface
743 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
747 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
748 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
749 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
752 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
753 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
757 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
760 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
761 without the user consent
764 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
766 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
767 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
768 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
771 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
772 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
773 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
774 * playlist enhancements
775 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
776 * new step forward/step backward commands
777 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
778 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
779 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
782 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
783 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
784 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
787 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
788 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
791 * native video output is working again
792 * only commandline interface support
793 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
796 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
797 --------------------------------
800 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
801 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
802 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
803 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
804 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
805 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
806 and A/52 streams are supported)
807 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
812 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
813 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
814 * VCD entry points support
815 * VCD image file support
818 * support for *.asf format
819 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
820 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
821 * support for ogg encapsulation
822 * support for raw DV format
823 * support for *.wav format
824 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
827 Stream discovery & playlists:
828 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
829 * support for .m3u file format
830 * support for .asx file format
831 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
834 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
835 (only available with the .avi demux)
836 * support for ADPCM audio codec
837 * support for raw PCM data
838 * support for Cinepak video codec
839 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
840 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
841 * support for Xvid codec
842 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
843 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
844 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
846 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
848 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
851 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
854 * new WxWindows interface
855 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
856 device and the channels configuration
857 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
858 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
859 format that VLC can play
860 * new swedish translation
861 * enhancements of the playlist window
862 * new messages window to see debug info
863 * fixed a few crashes
866 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
867 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
868 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
869 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working