3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
39 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
42 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
43 * MKV USF subtitles support
44 * HTML based subtitles support
45 * Flash Screen Video support
46 * CamStudio Screen Video support
47 * DosBox Capture support
48 * Karl Morton's Video support
49 * limited atrac3 support
50 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
53 * Flash Screen Video support
55 Video output and filters:
56 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
57 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
58 * New puzzle video output filter
59 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
60 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
62 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
63 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
64 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
66 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
67 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
68 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
69 was previously part of the mosaic module.
72 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
76 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
78 * Improved user interaction
79 * Improved mouse gestures
81 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
84 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
90 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
91 -----------------------------------------------------------
92 Various bugfixes, notably:
93 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
94 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
95 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
96 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
97 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
98 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
101 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
102 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
105 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
107 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
108 * Diverse usability improvements
109 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
110 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
111 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
114 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
115 ---------------------------------
118 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
121 * Fullscreen controller improvements
124 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
125 --------------------------------
128 * Shoutcast TV listings support
131 * Support for RTSP authentication
132 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
133 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
134 * ATSC support for DVB input
135 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
136 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
137 * Improved support for Flash Video files
140 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
141 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
142 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
143 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
144 * Matroska WavPack support
145 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
146 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
147 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
150 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
151 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
152 * Improved libcaca support
156 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
157 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
159 * Systray support in skins
161 * Support for Apple Remote control
162 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
163 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
164 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
165 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
167 * Notifications using notification-daemon
170 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
172 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
173 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
174 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
175 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
176 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
178 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
179 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
188 * Updates to the libvlc API
189 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
193 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
194 ---------------------------------
197 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
198 * Support for downloading updates
202 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
203 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
204 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
205 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
207 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
208 * Improved subtitles encoding support
209 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
212 * Cook (Real audio) support
214 Playlist / Services discovery:
215 * XSPF playlist support
217 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
220 * New JACK audio output
224 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
225 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
226 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
227 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
228 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
229 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
232 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
235 * System to inform the user and request information
236 - HTTP authentication
240 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
241 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
242 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
245 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
246 - Improved playlist handling
247 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
249 - Embedded Video output
250 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
251 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
252 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
253 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
254 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
256 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
257 - A bunch of new RPN functions
260 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
263 * Mac-Intel compatibility
264 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
265 * Growl "Now playing" support
268 * Ability to log to syslog
269 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
272 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
274 * A bit more automatic testing
276 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
277 ---------------------------------
280 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
281 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
284 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
285 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
288 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
291 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
292 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
298 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
300 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
301 --------------------------------
304 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
308 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
309 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
310 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
313 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
314 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
315 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
316 * GnomeVFS input module
317 * Support for RTP packet reordering
318 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
321 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
322 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
323 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
326 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
327 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
333 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
334 Mixer and Dolby Surround
337 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
338 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
339 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
342 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
344 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
345 - New extended controls panel
346 - New bookmarks window
347 - Fixed playlist sorting
348 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
350 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
351 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
352 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
353 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
357 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
358 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
360 - Include macro to include other files
364 * Should now work outside IE as well
367 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
370 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
371 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
374 The following languages were added:
379 The following languages were re-added:
382 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
383 --------------------------------
386 * Rewrite of the playlist
388 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
389 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
390 * Preferences improvements:
391 - New organization, designed to improve usability
392 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
394 * Core image manipulation support
395 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
396 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
397 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
398 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
399 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
400 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
401 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
402 now separated by ':' instead of ','
403 * Access filter architecture
404 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
405 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
409 * Support for SOCKS proxy
410 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
411 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
412 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
413 * Better support for Kasenna streams
414 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
415 * Massive Matroska improvements
416 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
418 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
419 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
420 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
421 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
422 * Support for FTP over IPv6
425 * Dirac decoder and encoder
426 * PNG decoder/encoder
427 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
428 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
431 * New Record and Timeshift filters
434 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
435 * Brand new SAP module
436 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
437 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
438 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
439 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
440 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
441 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
445 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
448 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
449 * Image file video output (png)
450 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
451 * Improvements to wall video filter
452 * Support for font color and opacity
458 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
459 - Seeking support in VoD streams
460 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
464 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
465 - Improved preferences
466 - Improvements to the wizard
467 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
469 - Redesigned playlist
470 - Improved preferences
472 - Support for multiple actions
475 - Support for the new playlist system
477 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
480 * Screensaver disabling fix
481 * DirectShow tuner configuration
482 * Support for no-decoration windows
485 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
486 * The OpenGL video output is back
487 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
488 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
489 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
490 is not yet available in the new module
491 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
494 * Support for single-buffered overlay
503 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
506 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
509 The following languages were added:
515 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
516 -----------------------------------------------------
519 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
520 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
523 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
524 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
525 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
528 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
531 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
534 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
537 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
538 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
539 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
543 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
545 * Support of playlist group announcement
547 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
548 -----------------------------------------------------
551 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
552 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
553 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
554 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
555 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
556 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
559 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
560 (Stream your desktop)
561 * Improved DVD support:
562 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
563 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
564 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
565 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
566 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
567 (selection of titles/chapters).
570 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
571 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
572 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
573 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
574 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
575 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
576 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
577 * Improved Ogg demuxer
578 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
579 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
582 * G.726 audio support
583 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
584 * MPEG-4 text support
585 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
586 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
587 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
591 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
592 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
593 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
594 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
595 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
596 * DVB subtitles encoder
597 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
598 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
600 * Text track muxing for mp4
601 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
602 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
603 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
604 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
605 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
608 * H.263 RTP streaming support
609 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
610 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
613 * New audio equalizer filter
614 * Very trivial volume normalizer
615 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
616 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
617 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
620 * Roku HD1000 Video output
621 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
622 with support for effects.
623 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
624 - New filters can be streamed.
625 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
626 - Centralized scaling and blending
628 - "time", to display current time
629 - "marq", to display a marquee
632 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
633 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
634 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
635 * A few skins2 improvements
636 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
637 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
638 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
639 * Improved CORBA control module
642 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
643 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
644 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
647 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
648 * Experimental SVG rendering module
649 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
652 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
653 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
654 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
655 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
656 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
659 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
662 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
663 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
666 * Server/client network synchronization module
667 * VBrick streams fully supported
668 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
671 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
672 --------------------------------
675 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
676 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
677 * Improved HTTP daemon.
678 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
681 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
682 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
683 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
684 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
685 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
686 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
687 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
690 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
691 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
692 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
693 * Improved directory access module.
694 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
695 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
696 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
697 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
698 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
701 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
702 * mmsh streaming fixes.
703 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
706 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
707 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
708 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
711 * Improved session announcement system.
712 * Minimize threads usage by default.
713 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
714 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
715 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
716 * Improved transrater.
717 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
718 * New configuration system.
719 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
722 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
723 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
724 * Supports live streams and VoD.
725 * Supports scheduling.
726 * Telnet interface for vlm.
727 * HTTP interface for vlm.
730 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
731 - Ability to embed video output.
732 - Support for bitmap fonts.
733 - Lots of improvements.
734 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
735 - New design and set of icons.
736 - Ability to embed video output.
737 - Support for hotkeys.
738 - Support for bookmarks.
740 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
741 - Better hotkeys handling.
744 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
745 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
746 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
747 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
750 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
751 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
752 * Improved Windows installer.
758 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
759 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
761 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
762 ---------------------------------
765 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
766 * Playing MOD files is working now.
769 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
770 ---------------------------------
773 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
774 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
777 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
778 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
779 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
780 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
783 * Internal improvments
784 * Improved import/export
787 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
789 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
790 small and strange formats.
792 * New MOD audio demux.
793 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
794 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
795 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
796 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
799 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
800 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
801 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
807 * New opengl video output plugin.
810 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
811 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
813 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
814 ---------------------------------
817 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
818 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
819 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
820 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
821 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
822 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
823 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
824 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
827 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
832 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
833 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
834 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
835 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
836 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
837 * Reworked DVB tuning.
838 * Better Icecast support.
839 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
840 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
843 * Support for Theora video encoding.
844 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
845 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
846 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
847 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
848 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
849 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
852 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
853 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
854 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
855 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
856 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
857 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
858 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
859 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
860 * Preliminary RTP support.
861 * Fixes to SAP announces.
866 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
867 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
869 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
870 - Improvements and help in preferences
871 - New streaming wizard
872 - Revised Disc Open menu
874 - Improvements of the standard pages
875 - Support for new commands
876 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
879 * Many fixes to the SAP module
880 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
883 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
884 * Text subtitles autodetection.
885 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
886 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
887 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
888 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
889 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
890 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
891 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
894 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
896 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
897 * Support for Panther.
898 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
899 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
902 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
903 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
904 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
905 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
906 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
907 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
908 * Multimonitor support (untested).
909 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
912 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
913 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
914 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
917 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
920 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
921 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
922 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
923 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
925 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
926 ---------------------------------
929 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
932 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
933 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
936 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
937 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
940 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
943 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
944 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
947 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
950 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
953 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
954 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
957 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
958 ---------------------------------
961 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
962 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
966 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
967 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
968 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
970 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
971 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
974 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
977 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
980 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
981 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
984 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
985 ---------------------------------
988 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
989 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
993 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
994 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
995 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
996 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
997 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1000 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1001 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1002 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1005 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1006 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1007 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1010 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1011 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1012 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1013 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1014 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1017 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1018 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1019 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1022 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1025 * Improved build system.
1026 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1027 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1028 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1029 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1032 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1033 ---------------------------------
1036 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1039 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1040 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1041 * Video 4 Linux support
1042 * CD Digital Audio support
1043 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1046 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1047 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1048 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1049 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1052 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1053 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1054 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1055 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1056 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1057 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1058 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1061 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1062 * New HTTP remote control interface
1065 * 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.
1066 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1067 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1068 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1071 * New reset option for the preferences
1072 * You can set your language in the prefences
1073 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1074 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1075 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1076 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1079 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1080 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1081 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1084 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1085 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1086 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1087 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1088 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1089 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1090 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1091 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1092 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1093 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1096 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1097 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1098 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1099 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1100 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1101 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1102 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1105 * Interface localization
1106 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1107 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1108 * New full-featured Preferences window
1110 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1111 ---------------------------------
1114 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1115 * support for skins at the interface level
1116 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1117 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1118 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1119 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1120 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1123 * fixed HTTP redirects
1124 * support for opening an entire directory
1125 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1126 * new video4linux access plug-in
1127 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1130 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1131 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1132 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1135 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1136 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1137 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1138 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1139 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1140 * new codec for raw I420 video
1141 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1144 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1145 (although it still misses some important features)
1146 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1149 * new HTTP output support
1150 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1151 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1154 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1157 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1160 * reorderable playlist
1161 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1162 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1163 * support for mono audio output devices
1164 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1165 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1166 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1167 * the messages window remembers more lines
1168 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1169 * http and ogg stream output options
1170 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1173 * new skinnable interface
1174 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1176 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1177 * support for FLAC audio format
1178 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1180 * network tab in the interface
1181 * "apply" handling in preferences
1184 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1185 ---------------------------------
1188 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1189 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1190 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1191 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1193 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1194 * DTS S/PDIF support
1197 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1198 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1199 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1200 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1203 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1204 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1207 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1210 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1213 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1215 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1216 * rc interface is now fully useable
1217 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1220 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1221 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1222 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1223 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1224 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1226 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1227 * support for mouse gestures
1228 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1231 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1232 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1235 * improved ID3 tag detection
1236 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1237 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1238 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1240 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1243 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1244 ---------------------------------
1247 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1248 English was set as the preferred language
1251 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1252 --------------------------------
1255 * new mouse gesture interface
1256 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1260 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1261 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1262 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1265 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1266 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1270 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1273 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1274 without the user consent
1277 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1279 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1280 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1281 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1284 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1285 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1286 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1287 * playlist enhancements
1288 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1289 * new step forward/step backward commands
1290 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1291 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1292 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1295 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1296 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1297 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1300 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1301 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1304 * native video output is working again
1305 * only commandline interface support
1306 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1309 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1310 --------------------------------
1313 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1314 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1315 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1316 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1317 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1318 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1319 and A/52 streams are supported)
1320 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1325 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1326 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1327 * VCD entry points support
1328 * VCD image file support
1331 * support for *.asf format
1332 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1333 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1334 * support for ogg encapsulation
1335 * support for raw DV format
1336 * support for *.wav format
1337 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1340 Stream discovery & playlists:
1341 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1342 * support for .m3u file format
1343 * support for .asx file format
1344 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1347 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1348 (only available with the .avi demux)
1349 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1350 * support for raw PCM data
1351 * support for Cinepak video codec
1352 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1353 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1354 * support for Xvid codec
1355 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1356 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1357 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1359 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1361 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1364 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1367 * new WxWindows interface
1368 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1369 device and the channels configuration
1370 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1371 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1372 format that VLC can play
1373 * new swedish translation
1374 * enhancements of the playlist window
1375 * new messages window to see debug info
1376 * fixed a few crashes
1379 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1380 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1381 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1382 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working