1 Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Support HDS (Http Dynamic Streaming) from Adobe (f4m, f4v, etc.)
6 * New SMB access module using libdsm
9 * New NetBios service discovery using libdsm
12 Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0:
13 --------------------------------
16 * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
19 * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
20 * Add extensions download from external repositories
21 * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
22 * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies
25 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
26 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
27 * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
28 * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
30 * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
31 * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs
34 * Support VDPAU acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
35 * Support MediaCodec acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
36 * Add Media Foundation Transform audio and video decoder
37 * Add video decoder module based on GStreamer plugins
38 * Add MMAL decoder for Broadcom VideoCore chips (like the RaspberryPi)
39 supporting MPEG-2 and H.264, supporting GPU-zerocopy display
40 * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
41 * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
42 * Support MSN Audio, Atrac3+, VP7, Bink, TAK, On2 AVC, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1,
43 Smacker, FIC, Auravision, Canopus Lossless, and numerous videogame codecs
44 * Teletext subtitles display improvements
45 * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
46 * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
47 * OpenMax IL improvements, notably for RaspberryPi
48 * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
49 * New jpeg image decoder
50 * Add tx3g subtitles decoder
51 * New SVG image decoder
52 * Fix Speex decoding over RTP and in flv
53 * Support more x264 and FFv1 RGB modes
54 * Improvements on ZVBI teletext decoder, notably for speed and alignments
57 * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
58 * Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
59 * Support for Opus encoding using libopus
60 * New jpeg image encoder using libjpeg
61 * New png image encoder using libpng
64 * New CAF format module
65 * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
66 streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
67 * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
68 synchronization and tracks exclusion
69 * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
70 * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
73 * Basic support for WebVTT
74 * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 (AAC) Audio stream type in TS
75 * Support HDPR TS files
76 * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
77 * FLAC packets validation using CRC
78 * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
79 * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
80 * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
81 * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
82 * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
83 * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
84 * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
85 and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
86 * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
87 * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
88 * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
91 * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
92 * Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
94 * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
97 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
98 * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
99 * New OpenGL ES 2.0 through EGL video output module for Android
100 * New Android native window provider module
101 * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
102 * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
103 * Add mmal based video output
106 * New Oldmovie effect filter
107 * New VHS effect filter
108 * New Freeze effect filter
109 * Support I422 and J422 in transform
110 * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
111 * Fix audiobargraph activation and usage
114 * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
115 * Audio device notifications for WASAPI
116 * Fix replay of sound buffer in DirectSound
117 * Split of MMDevice and WinRT audio modules
118 * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
119 * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
122 * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
123 * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
124 vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
125 :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
126 * GSM, VP8, Opus and JPEG RTP packetization
127 * HLS: Allow setting the first segment number and numerous improvements
128 * new stats module to output block timing values and md5 sums
129 * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
130 * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
132 * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
133 --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
134 * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP
137 * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
138 * add libvlc_media_player_program_scrambled function
141 * Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
142 * Allow setting the FFT windowing style for 3D and normal spectrum
145 * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
146 * Add record button in Qt menus
147 * New module for core dialogs on iOS
148 * New layout for Qt buttons customization
149 * Support to continue media playback where it was left off for Qt and MacOS
152 * Avoid grey bars in fullscreen when using Mavericks with multiple monitors
153 * Improve fullscreen behavior for the native and VLCs own mode
154 * Fixes for advanced preferences
155 * Option to increase playlist font size
158 * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
159 * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
160 * Teletext navigation buttons support in Qt4 gui
163 * ios video output: use ios2
164 * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
165 * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
168 Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
169 --------------------------------
172 * Fix issue in WMV with multiple compressed payload and empty payloads
175 * Fix subtitles size rendering on Windows
178 * Fix DVD playback regression
179 * Fix misleading error message during video playback on OS X 10.9
180 * Fix hardware acceleration memleaks
183 Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
184 --------------------------------
187 * Fix broken behaviour with SOCKSv5 proxies
188 * Fix integer overflow on error when using vlc_readdir
191 * Fix DVB-T2 tuning on Linux
192 * Fix encrypted DVD playback
193 * Fix v4l2 frequency conversion
196 * Fix numerous issues (M2TS, VC1 interlaced, Lagarith, FFv1.3, Xvid)
197 by updating codec libraries
198 * Bring fluidsynth back on Mac OS X
199 * Fix some Opus crashes with some filters
200 * Fix teletext crash on Windows
203 * Avoid an infinite recursion in MKV tags parsing
204 * Fix an issue with some Vobsub tracks
205 * Fix missing samples at the end of some wav files
206 * Fix divide by 0 on ASF/WMV parsing
209 * Fix audio device selection via command line on Mac OS X
210 * Fix audio crashes on Mac OS X
213 * Fix selection of DirectDraw as the default output for XP
214 * Fix transform off-by-one issue
215 * Fix screensaver disabling on Windows outputs
216 * Fix DirectDraw device enumeration and multi-display output
217 * Fix a potential crash when playing a fullscreen game at the same time as VLC
220 * Fix 24bits audio MTU alignment in RTP
221 * Fix record file names
224 * Fix minimal size possible on start
225 * Fix a crash with the simple volume widget
226 * Fix a crash in the audio menu building
227 * Fix multimedia keys issues on Windows
228 * Fix opening of DVD and BD folders on Windows
231 * Fix album art display on Windows
234 * Update of Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Modern Greek,
235 Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Hebrew,
236 Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Nepali,
237 Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,
238 Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
239 and Simplified Chinese translations
240 * Fix encoding for Windows installer translations
243 Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
244 --------------------------------
247 * Fix digital playback on OS X when more than one audio device is installed
248 * Fix digital playback (SPDIF/HDMI) on Windows
249 * Fix stuttering or silent playback when using sound enhancers or external
250 audio devices on OS X
251 * Improve responsiveness on OS X when playback starts or is being paused
252 * Improve responsiveness, silent playback intervals and reliability on iOS
255 * Fix Vimeo and DailyMotion parsing
256 * Various WMV playback improvements and fixes
259 * Fix LPCM 20/24-bit decoding and 16 bits with channel padding
260 * Fix playback of some HEVC samples
263 * Fix crash on deinterlace selection
266 * Fix some streaming profiles when copy existed
267 * Improve A-B loop control
268 * Fix album art update when changing media
271 * Add a language option in the interface
272 * Option to control VLC's iTunes pausing behavior is more easy to find
273 * Improved UI resetting when requested in the preferences
274 * Fix issue which prevented to enable more than one video filter on Mavericks
275 * Fix an issue which could prevent automatic UI language settings from working
276 * Fix opening subtitles files through drag & drop or double-clicking
277 * Fix crash when closing window without decorations
278 * Fix issue where extra video window was resized even if this was disabled
281 * Kill running VLC process on uninstall/update
284 * Update of Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian,
285 French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kannada, Khmer,
286 Lithuanian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Sinhala,
287 Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Uzbek, Welsh translations
290 Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
291 --------------------------------
294 * Fix random and reshuffling behaviour
296 * Fix some subtitles track selection
299 * VP9 support in WebM
300 * HEVC/H.265 support in MKV, MP4 and raw files
301 * Fix GPU decoding under Windows (DxVA2) crashes
304 * Fix crashes on wav, mlp and mkv and modplug files
305 * Support Speex in ogg files
306 * Fix some .mov playlists support
307 * Support Alac in mkv
308 * Fix WMV3 and palette in AVI
309 * Fix FLAC packetizer issues in some files
312 * Fix DVB options parsing
313 * Fix DeckLink HDMI input
314 * Fix HTTPS connectivity on OS X by loading root certificates from Keychain
317 * Fixes for DirectSound pass-through
318 * Fixes for OSS output, notably on BSD
321 * Fix HTTP interface infinite loop
322 * Fix D-Bus volume setting
325 * Reinstore right click subtitle menu to open a subtitle
326 * Fix saving the hotkeys in preferences
327 * Fix saving the audio volume on Win32, using DirectSound
328 * Fix play after drag'n drop
329 * Fix streaming options edition and scale parameter
332 * Fix transcoding audio drift issues
333 * Fix numerous audio encoding issues
336 * Important rewrite to fix numerous bugs, notably about updates
337 * Simplification of the upgrade mechanism
340 * Reintroduce the language selector known from pre-2.1 releases
341 * Fix fullscreen behaviour and various crashes
342 * Fix about dialog crash in Japanese
343 * Fix crashes on proxy lookups
344 * Fixes on the playlist and information behaviours
345 * Fixes on the streaming dialogs
346 * Improves interface resizings
349 * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
350 Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
351 Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
352 Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
353 Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
357 Changes between 2.0.9 and 2.1.0:
358 --------------------------------
361 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
362 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based Macs; VLC now requires Mac OS X 10.6+
363 Moreover, the official builds will be 64bit only
364 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed; to tune
365 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually
367 3rd party libraries (contrib):
368 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner build system in /contrib
371 * Audio core rewrite, supporting higher samplerates, better volume management,
372 better device selection, new channel layouts and new output capabilities
373 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
374 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
375 * Disable and mark obsolete --language selection
378 * Partial support for Windows Store App / WinRT
379 * Add an audio fingerprinter, using AcoustID!
383 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec
384 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec module
385 * Support for Ulead DV audio
386 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
387 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
388 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
389 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
390 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
391 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Linux using VDPAU
392 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
393 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
394 * X Window system raster image dump pseudo-decoder
395 * Support for Webinar GoToMeeting 4 (G2M4)
398 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
399 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
400 * New AAC encoder using the fdk-aac library (non-free)
403 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
404 remove support for previous OS X releases
405 * Major improvements in DASH support
406 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
407 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
408 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
409 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
410 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
411 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
412 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
413 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
414 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
415 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation, named AVcapture
416 * New shared memory framebuffer access module, named shm
419 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
420 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
421 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
422 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
423 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
424 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
425 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
426 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
427 * Support for more MJPEG streams
428 * Add support for liveleak streams
429 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
430 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV
431 * Add protection against several potential heap buffer overflow in libebml
434 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
435 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
436 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES audio output
437 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
438 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
439 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
440 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
441 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
442 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
443 * Rewrite of the AudioQueue output for iOS (and OS X)
444 * New, simplified AudioUnit output for iOS
447 * New remapping channel filter
448 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
449 * New VSXu visualization plugin
450 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
451 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
452 * New gain audio filter
455 * New output for Decklink Blackmagic cards
456 * New output using OpenMAX IL hardware acceleration API
457 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
458 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
459 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 outputs
460 * Support for subpictures in the OpenGL ES2 output
461 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
462 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
463 * Fix performance issue on Macs with multiple graphics cards
466 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
467 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images
468 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
469 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
470 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
471 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
472 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
475 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
476 * Options support for AVIO output module
477 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
478 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
479 * Livehttp stream encryption support
480 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
481 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
484 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
487 * configurable password for the HTTP server
488 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server
489 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows
490 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
491 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
492 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
493 * Improvements on motion sensing interface, fix orientation, move out
494 rotate mode into the rotate video filter
498 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
501 * Add support for multiple video outputs
502 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
504 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
505 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
506 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access input to process audio captured locally
507 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time
508 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
509 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
510 VLC's internal volume level
511 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
513 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
514 selection and to manage the list of presets
515 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
516 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
517 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
518 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
519 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
520 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
521 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
522 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
523 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
524 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
526 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
527 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
528 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
529 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
530 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
531 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
532 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
533 3rd party applications
534 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
535 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
536 (system-wide settings)
537 * Add support for the Video Title option
538 * Add support for the Boss Key
539 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
540 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release
543 * Partial support for Qt5.0
544 * Menus modifications and improvements
545 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
546 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
547 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
548 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
549 * EPG display fixes and improvements
550 * Add SD pixmap sources
551 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
552 * Display playlist total duration
553 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
554 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
555 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality
560 * Extend sliders, offsets options
561 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
562 * Numerous fixes and improvements
563 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
566 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
567 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
568 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
569 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
570 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
571 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
572 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
573 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
574 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
575 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
578 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
579 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
580 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
581 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
582 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
583 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
585 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
586 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
587 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
588 * Broken crop video filter
590 * OSD parser and menu
591 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
592 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
593 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
594 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
598 * Update of all translations
601 Changes between 2.0.8 and 2.0.9:
602 --------------------------------
605 * Improve handling of corrupt ASF files
606 * Fix buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer
609 * Fix modplug security issues
612 Changes between 2.0.7 and 2.0.8:
613 --------------------------------
617 * Fix crash in QTsound
618 * Fix screen mouse file location
619 * Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access
622 * Fix use after free in sgimb
623 * Improve resistance and checking against malformed MKV files
626 * Fix crash in the libavcodec module
629 * Fix interface crashes
630 * Fix autostart playback option
631 * Respect "playlist-autostart" option
634 * update Welsh translation
635 * New Kannada translation
638 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
639 --------------------------------
642 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
643 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
647 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
650 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
653 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
656 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
660 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
663 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
666 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
667 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
668 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
671 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
672 --------------------------------
675 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
678 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
681 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
682 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
683 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
684 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
685 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
686 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
689 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
690 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
691 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
692 * 3rd party codecs updates
695 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
696 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
697 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
698 in the advanced preferences panel
699 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
700 * Fix crash within the video output code
701 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
702 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
703 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
704 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
706 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
709 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
712 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
713 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
716 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
719 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
720 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
721 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
722 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
723 Dutch, Danish, translations
724 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
727 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
728 --------------------------------
731 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
734 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
735 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
736 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
739 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
740 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
741 * Fix koreus lua parser
742 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
743 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
744 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
745 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
748 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
749 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
752 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
755 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
756 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
757 * Fix Time counter UI look
758 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
761 * Fix https streaming
764 * Fix audio and video track selection:
765 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
766 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
769 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
770 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
771 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
772 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
773 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
776 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
777 --------------------------------
780 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
781 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
782 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
783 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
784 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
785 during playback on Mac OS X
788 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
789 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
790 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
793 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
794 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
795 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
796 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
797 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
800 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
801 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
802 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
803 * Support Youtube live streams
806 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
809 * Fix media info dialog update
810 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
811 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
812 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
813 * Fix album art display at start
816 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
817 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
818 * Fix menus display and behavior
819 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
820 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
821 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
822 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
823 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
824 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
825 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
828 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
829 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
830 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
831 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
832 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
833 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
834 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
835 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
836 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
839 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
840 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
841 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
842 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
843 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
846 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
847 --------------------------------
850 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
853 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
854 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
857 * Add GateKeeper support
858 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
859 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
860 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
863 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
866 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
867 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
868 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
869 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
870 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
873 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
874 --------------------------------
877 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
878 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
879 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
880 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
881 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
882 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
883 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
884 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
885 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
886 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
887 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
891 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
892 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
893 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
894 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
895 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
896 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
897 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
898 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
899 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
900 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
901 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
902 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
905 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
906 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
908 * Fix MP3 free format support
911 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
912 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
913 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
914 * Fix for DVB channels file support
915 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
918 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
919 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
921 Audio filters and output:
922 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
923 * Fix DirectSound device selection
924 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
925 * Do not apply volume in file output
926 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
927 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
930 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
931 the persistant media library
932 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
933 to the media library or the temporary playlist
934 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
935 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
936 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
937 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
938 press on the Play/Pause button
939 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
940 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
941 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
942 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
943 * Many Fullscreen fixes
944 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
945 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
946 Synchronization panel
947 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
948 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
949 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
950 * Fix crashes on exit
951 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
953 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
954 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
955 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
956 automatically reset on the first launch.
957 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
958 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
959 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
962 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
963 * Fixes for icecast SD
966 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
967 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
968 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
969 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
970 * Fix tags and file names display
971 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
974 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
975 * Fix for key events and focus loss
978 * Fix display of some buttons
979 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
980 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
983 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
984 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
985 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
988 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
989 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
990 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
991 Thai translations update
992 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
995 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
996 --------------------------------
999 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
1000 * fix the samba module compilation
1001 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1002 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
1003 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
1004 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
1007 * Support for MXPEG files
1008 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
1009 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
1012 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
1013 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
1014 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
1017 * Fix ogm header creation
1020 * limit spatializer filter distortions
1021 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
1024 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
1025 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
1026 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
1027 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
1030 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
1033 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
1034 * allow to hide the sidebar
1035 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
1036 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
1037 * noticebly faster launch time
1038 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
1039 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
1040 * improve track synchronization panel
1041 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
1042 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
1045 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
1046 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
1047 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
1048 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
1051 * fix for menus display
1052 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
1053 * documentation update
1056 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
1057 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
1060 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
1061 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1062 * Update Jamendo selections
1066 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
1067 * fix a crash on VLM close
1070 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
1071 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
1072 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
1073 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
1076 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
1079 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
1080 ---------------------------------
1083 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
1084 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
1085 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
1086 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
1087 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
1088 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
1089 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
1090 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
1091 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
1092 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
1093 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
1094 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
1095 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
1096 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
1097 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
1098 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
1099 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
1100 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
1101 --http-crl (optional CRL).
1102 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
1103 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
1104 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
1105 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
1106 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
1107 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
1108 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
1110 Important changes for packagers:
1111 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
1112 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
1113 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
1114 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
1115 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
1116 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
1117 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
1118 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
1119 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
1120 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
1123 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
1124 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
1125 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
1126 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
1127 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
1128 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
1129 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
1132 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
1133 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
1134 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
1135 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
1136 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
1137 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
1138 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
1139 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
1140 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
1141 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
1142 * PulseAudio audio input support
1143 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
1144 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
1145 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
1146 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
1147 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
1148 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
1149 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
1150 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
1153 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
1154 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
1155 are notably concerned.
1156 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
1157 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
1158 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
1159 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
1160 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
1161 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
1162 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
1163 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
1164 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
1165 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
1166 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
1167 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
1168 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
1169 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
1170 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
1173 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
1174 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
1175 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
1176 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
1177 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
1178 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
1179 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
1180 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
1181 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
1182 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
1183 * Improved support of tracker files
1184 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
1187 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
1188 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
1189 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
1190 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
1191 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
1192 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
1193 and important cleanups and optimisations
1194 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
1195 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
1196 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
1197 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
1198 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
1199 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
1200 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
1201 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
1202 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
1203 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
1204 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
1205 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
1206 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
1207 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
1208 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
1209 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
1210 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
1211 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
1212 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
1213 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
1214 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
1217 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
1218 * New video output for iOS platform
1219 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
1220 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
1221 * Various vmem improvements
1222 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
1223 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
1224 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
1225 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
1226 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
1227 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
1229 Audio Output and Filters:
1230 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
1231 * New audio output in memory (amem)
1232 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
1233 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
1234 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
1235 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
1236 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
1237 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
1238 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
1239 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
1242 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
1243 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
1244 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
1245 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
1246 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
1247 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
1248 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
1249 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
1250 * New anti-flickering filter
1251 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
1252 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
1253 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
1254 blackbox and customizable shadow.
1255 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
1256 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
1257 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
1260 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
1261 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
1262 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
1263 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
1264 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
1265 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
1266 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
1267 * Major rework of VoD support
1268 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
1269 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
1270 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
1271 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
1272 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
1273 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
1274 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
1275 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
1276 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
1277 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
1280 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
1281 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
1284 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1285 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
1286 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
1287 list of available audio and video filters
1288 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
1289 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
1290 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
1293 * asademux, subsass: use libass
1294 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
1295 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
1296 * id3tag: use taglib
1297 * upnp: use upnp_intel
1298 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
1299 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
1300 * removal of the noise filter
1301 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
1302 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
1303 removed in Growl's next release, too.
1304 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
1307 * Update of translations for most languages.
1308 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
1311 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
1312 ----------------------------------
1315 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
1316 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
1319 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
1320 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
1323 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
1324 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
1325 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
1328 * Camtasia decoding fix.
1331 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
1332 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
1335 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
1338 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
1339 ----------------------------------
1342 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
1343 including support for OS X Lion
1344 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
1345 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
1348 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
1351 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
1352 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
1353 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
1356 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
1359 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
1360 ----------------------------------
1363 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
1364 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
1367 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
1368 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
1369 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
1370 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
1371 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
1373 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
1374 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
1375 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
1377 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
1378 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
1381 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
1384 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1387 * Fix quitting on Linux
1388 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1392 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1395 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1398 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1399 ---------------------------------
1401 Windows and Mac OS X:
1402 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1405 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1406 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1409 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1412 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1415 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1417 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1418 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1420 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1421 * RTP output and XML export
1422 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1426 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1427 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1428 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1429 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1432 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1433 --------------------------------
1435 Windows and Mac OS X:
1436 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1439 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1442 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1443 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1444 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1445 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1446 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1447 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1450 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1451 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1455 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1456 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1457 * New Luganda Translation
1460 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1461 --------------------------------
1464 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1467 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1468 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1469 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1470 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1473 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1475 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1476 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1477 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1478 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1479 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1480 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1481 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1482 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1484 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1485 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1486 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1487 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1488 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1489 * Configure and build system improvements
1490 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1493 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1494 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1495 * New icelandic translation
1498 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1499 --------------------------------
1502 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1503 #234484 and #260719.
1506 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1507 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1508 and stability reasons
1511 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1515 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1518 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1519 ----------------------------------
1522 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1525 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1526 ---------------------------------
1529 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1530 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1531 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1532 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1535 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1538 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1539 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1540 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1541 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1544 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1545 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1546 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1548 Subtitles and renderer:
1549 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1550 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1551 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1552 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1553 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1556 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1557 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1558 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1559 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1562 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1563 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1565 Miscellaneous fixes:
1566 * KDE device solid actions
1568 * Transcode integer overflow
1569 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1570 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1573 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1574 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1575 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1578 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1579 ----------------------------------
1582 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1586 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1589 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1592 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1593 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1594 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1595 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1598 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1602 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1605 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1608 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1609 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1611 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1615 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1616 * Miscellaneous fixes
1619 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1620 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1621 French and Ukrainian
1622 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1623 * New Asturian translation
1626 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1627 ----------------------------------
1630 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1632 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1635 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1638 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1639 * Various fixes for Windows
1642 * New Armenian translation
1643 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1644 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1647 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1648 --------------------------------
1651 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1652 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1653 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1656 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1657 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1660 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1661 --------------------------------
1663 Access and demuxers:
1664 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1665 * fix for podcasts parsing
1666 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1669 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1670 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1673 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1674 * fix m3u playlists exports
1677 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1680 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1683 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1686 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1689 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1692 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1693 --------------------------------
1696 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1697 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1700 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1701 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1704 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1705 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1706 * fix console output encoding
1708 Interface and extensions:
1709 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1710 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1713 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1714 --------------------------------
1717 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1718 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1719 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1720 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1721 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1722 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1723 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1724 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1725 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1726 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1727 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1728 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1729 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1730 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1731 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1732 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1736 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1737 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1738 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1739 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1740 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1743 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1746 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1747 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1748 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1752 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1755 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1756 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1757 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1760 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1761 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1762 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1763 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1766 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1767 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1770 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1771 --------------------------------
1773 Important changes for users:
1774 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1775 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1777 Important changes for packagers:
1778 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1779 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1780 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1781 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1782 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1784 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1786 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1787 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1788 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1789 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1790 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1793 * Support for the sftp protocol
1794 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1795 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1796 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1797 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1798 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1801 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1802 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1803 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1805 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1806 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1807 * Invmem module improvements
1808 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1809 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1810 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1811 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1812 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1813 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1814 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1815 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1816 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1817 * Support for VP8 codec
1818 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1821 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1822 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1823 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1824 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1825 * Various EGP improvements
1826 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1827 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1830 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1831 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1832 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1833 * Podcast images are now displayed
1836 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1837 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1838 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1839 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1840 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1841 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1842 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1843 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1844 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1845 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1846 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1849 * New content extensions lua framework
1852 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1853 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1854 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1855 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1856 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1857 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1858 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1861 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1862 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1863 * Service discovery based on libudev
1864 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1867 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1868 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1869 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1870 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1871 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1872 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1873 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1876 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1877 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1878 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1881 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1883 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1884 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1887 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1890 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1891 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1892 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1893 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1894 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1895 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1896 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1899 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1900 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1903 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1904 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1905 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1909 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1910 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1911 * Improved Solaris port
1914 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1915 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1918 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1919 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1920 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1921 * transrate: broken since too long
1922 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1923 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1924 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1925 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1926 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1927 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1928 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1929 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1930 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1931 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1932 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1933 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1934 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1935 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1938 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1939 --------------------------------
1942 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1944 Decoders/Packetizers:
1945 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1948 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1949 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1950 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1951 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1952 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1955 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1956 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1959 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1960 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1963 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1964 and Walloon translations updated
1965 * Sinhala translation started
1968 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1969 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1972 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1973 --------------------------------
1976 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1977 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1980 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1983 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1984 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1987 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1988 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1989 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1990 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1993 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1994 --------------------------------
1997 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1998 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
2001 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
2002 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
2005 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
2006 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
2009 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
2012 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
2013 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
2016 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
2017 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
2020 * New Walloon translation
2021 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
2024 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
2025 --------------------------------
2028 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
2029 regressions in most popular drivers
2030 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
2033 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
2034 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
2035 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
2038 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
2039 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
2042 * Update for appletrailers lua script
2043 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
2044 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
2045 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
2046 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
2049 * New udev module for linux
2052 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
2055 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
2058 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
2059 --------------------------------
2062 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
2063 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
2064 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
2067 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
2068 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
2071 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
2072 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
2075 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
2078 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
2079 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
2080 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
2081 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
2084 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
2085 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
2086 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
2087 - no support for Goom and SDL
2088 - limited text rendering support
2089 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
2092 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
2093 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
2094 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
2095 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
2096 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
2097 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
2098 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
2099 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
2100 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
2104 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
2107 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
2110 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
2111 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
2112 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
2113 Arabic and French translation updates
2116 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
2117 --------------------------------
2120 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
2121 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
2122 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
2123 * Fix Dailymotion access script
2124 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
2125 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
2128 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
2129 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2130 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2133 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
2134 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
2135 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
2138 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
2141 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
2142 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
2145 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
2146 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
2147 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2148 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
2149 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
2150 * Fix various crashes
2153 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
2155 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
2159 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
2160 ---------------------------------
2164 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
2165 See 'Access:' for more info.
2166 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
2169 * Instantaneous pausing
2170 * Frame-by-Frame playback
2171 * Finer speed control
2172 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
2173 * Timeshift for most medias
2174 * RTSP trickplay support
2175 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
2178 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
2179 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
2180 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
2181 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
2182 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
2183 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
2184 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
2185 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
2186 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
2187 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
2190 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
2191 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
2192 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
2193 * Metadata for mod files are supported
2194 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
2195 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
2196 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
2199 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
2200 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
2203 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
2204 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
2205 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
2206 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
2207 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
2208 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
2209 * DVB scanning on linux
2210 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
2211 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
2212 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
2213 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
2214 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
2215 * MTP device access on Unix
2216 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
2217 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
2220 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
2221 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
2222 Windows and Mac OS X.
2225 * Export the playlist in HTML
2226 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
2227 * Better metadata handling and reading
2229 Linux/Windows interface:
2230 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
2231 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
2232 * Recently played items list
2233 * Interface toolbar customizations
2234 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
2235 - More menus actions
2236 - Finer speed slider
2237 - Improvements on many dialogs
2238 - New dialog for plugins listing
2239 - Fixed-size mode for videos
2240 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
2241 * Better integration in GTK environments
2244 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
2245 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
2246 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
2247 * Additional usability improvements
2250 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
2251 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
2252 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
2253 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
2254 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
2257 * New Maemo port with:
2258 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
2259 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
2262 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
2265 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
2266 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
2267 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
2268 * Support for latest iSight models
2271 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
2272 * Surround support for PulseAudio
2275 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
2276 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
2277 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
2278 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
2279 The old image video output has been removed.
2280 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
2281 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
2284 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
2292 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
2293 --------------------------------------
2299 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
2300 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
2301 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
2302 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
2303 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
2304 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2305 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
2307 Various fixes to the following modules:
2310 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
2311 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2312 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2314 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
2319 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
2320 ---------------------------------
2323 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
2324 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
2327 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
2328 ---------------------------------
2331 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
2334 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
2337 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
2338 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
2339 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
2340 main controller window.
2341 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
2344 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
2349 * Updates of other localizations
2352 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
2353 * Lots of small bugfixes.
2354 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
2355 * Telnet fixes on Windows
2356 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
2359 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
2360 ---------------------------------
2363 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
2365 Bunch of small bugfixes.
2368 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
2369 --------------------------------
2374 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
2375 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
2378 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
2379 --------------------------------
2381 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
2382 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
2385 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2388 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2389 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2392 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2393 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2396 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2397 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2398 * Various fixed in playlist
2401 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2404 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2407 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2408 ------------------------------------
2410 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2411 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2414 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2415 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2416 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2419 * Stability fix for the video output.
2422 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2423 --------------------------------
2426 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2427 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2428 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2429 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2430 * Fixed update system bugs
2431 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2434 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2435 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2436 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2437 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2438 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2439 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2440 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2441 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2442 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2443 modern Mac OS X versions
2446 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2447 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2449 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2450 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2453 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2454 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2455 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2456 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2457 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2458 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2461 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2462 --------------------------------
2464 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2465 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2466 * Multiple bugfixes.
2469 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2470 --------------------------------
2472 * Multiple bug fixes.
2475 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2476 ---------------------------------
2480 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2481 recent to work correctly
2482 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2483 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2484 edit the ".hosts" file.
2485 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2486 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2487 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2488 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2489 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2490 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2491 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2492 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2493 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2494 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2495 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2496 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2497 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2498 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2499 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2500 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2501 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2502 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2503 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2504 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2505 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2506 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2507 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2508 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2509 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2510 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2511 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2512 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2513 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2514 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2515 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2516 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2517 and postproc modules.
2518 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2519 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2520 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2521 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2523 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2524 filter. For example:
2525 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2526 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2528 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2529 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2535 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2537 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2538 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2541 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2542 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2544 * Shoutcast TV listings
2545 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2547 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2548 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2550 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2553 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2554 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2555 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2556 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2557 * JACK audio input support
2558 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2559 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2560 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2561 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2562 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2563 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2564 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2565 (available as a separate download).
2566 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2567 * RTMP input support
2568 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2569 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2570 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2572 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2573 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2576 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2577 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2578 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2579 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2581 * APEv1/2 tags support
2582 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2583 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2585 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2586 * TiVo Series 2 support
2587 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2592 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2593 * Flash Screen Video support
2594 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2595 * DosBox Capture support
2596 * Karl Morton's Video support
2597 * limited atrac3 support
2599 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2600 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2601 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2602 * H.264 PAFF support
2603 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2604 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2605 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2606 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2607 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2610 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2611 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2612 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2613 * AQTitle subtitles support
2614 * MKV USF subtitles support
2615 * HTML-based subtitles support
2616 * MPSub subtitles support
2617 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2618 * MPL2 subtitles support
2619 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2620 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2621 * Realtext subtitle support
2622 * DKS subtitle support
2623 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2624 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2627 * Flash Screen Video support
2628 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2630 Video outputs and filters:
2631 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2632 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2633 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2634 * New puzzle video output filter
2635 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2636 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2638 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2639 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2640 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2641 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2642 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2643 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2644 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2645 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2646 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2647 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2648 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2649 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2650 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2651 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2653 Audio outputs and filters:
2654 * Replay gain support
2655 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2656 new scaletempo audio filter)
2657 * New spatializer audio filter
2658 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2661 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2662 * New RTP payload formats:
2663 * Speex voice audio codec
2664 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2665 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2666 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2667 * DCCP transport for RTP
2668 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2673 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2674 end-user suitable way.
2675 * Improved user interaction
2676 * Improved mouse gestures
2677 * Vastly improved Update checker
2678 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2680 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2681 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2683 * Improved video output features
2684 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2685 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2686 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2687 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2688 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2690 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2691 if libncursesw is available.
2692 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2693 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2694 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2696 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2697 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2698 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2699 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2700 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2701 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2702 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2703 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2706 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2707 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2708 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2711 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2712 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2713 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2714 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2715 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2716 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2719 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2720 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2730 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2731 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2732 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2735 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2736 ----------------------------------
2739 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2742 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2743 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2744 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2745 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2746 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2747 * Updated Polish translation
2750 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2751 ----------------------------------
2754 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2755 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2756 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2759 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2760 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2761 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2762 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2763 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2764 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2765 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2766 to an unexpected application termination
2767 * New Serbian translation
2768 * Updated Romanian translation
2771 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2772 ----------------------------------
2775 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2776 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2777 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2778 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2779 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2780 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2781 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2782 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2785 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2786 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2787 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2788 * Fixed AAC resampling
2789 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2790 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2793 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2794 ----------------------------------
2797 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2798 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2799 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2800 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2801 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2804 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2805 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2806 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2807 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2808 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2811 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2812 ----------------------------------
2815 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2816 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2819 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2820 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2821 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2822 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2824 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2828 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2831 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2834 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2837 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2840 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2841 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2842 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2843 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2844 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2846 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2847 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2848 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2849 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2852 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2855 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2856 ----------------------------------
2859 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2860 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2861 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2863 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2864 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2866 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2867 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2870 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2872 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2873 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2874 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2875 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2876 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2877 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2878 two different movies
2879 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2880 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2881 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2884 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2887 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2888 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2889 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2890 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2893 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2894 ----------------------------------
2896 Various bugfixes, notably:
2897 * Windows Vista compatibility
2898 * Cropping in Direct3D
2899 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2900 * RSS filter string overflow
2902 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2904 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2905 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2908 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2909 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2912 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2915 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2918 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2921 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2922 ----------------------------------
2924 Various bugfixes, notably:
2925 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2926 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2927 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2928 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2929 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2930 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2933 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2934 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2937 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2939 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2940 * Diverse usability improvements
2941 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2942 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2943 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2946 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2947 ---------------------------------
2949 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2950 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2953 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2956 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2957 --------------------------------
2960 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2963 * Support for RTSP authentication
2964 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2965 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2966 * ATSC support for DVB input
2967 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2968 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2969 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2972 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2973 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2974 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2975 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2976 * Matroska WavPack support
2977 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2978 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2979 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2982 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2983 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2984 * Improved libcaca support
2988 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2989 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2991 * Systray support in skins
2993 * Support for Apple Remote control
2994 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2995 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2996 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2997 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2999 * Notifications using notification-daemon
3002 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
3003 Windows 9x/ME users:
3004 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
3005 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
3006 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
3007 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
3008 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
3010 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
3011 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
3020 * Updates to the libvlc API
3021 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
3024 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
3025 --------------------------------
3028 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
3029 * Support for downloading updates
3033 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
3034 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
3035 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
3036 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
3038 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
3039 * Improved subtitles encoding support
3040 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
3043 * Cook (Real audio) support
3045 Playlist / Services discovery:
3046 * XSPF playlist support
3048 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
3051 * New JACK audio output
3054 * New video filters:
3055 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
3056 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
3057 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
3058 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
3059 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
3060 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
3063 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
3066 * System to inform the user and request information
3067 - HTTP authentication
3071 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
3072 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3073 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
3076 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
3077 - Improved playlist handling
3078 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
3080 - Embedded Video output
3081 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
3082 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
3083 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3084 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
3085 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
3087 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
3088 - A bunch of new RPN functions
3091 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
3094 * Mac-Intel compatibility
3095 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
3096 * Growl "Now playing" support
3099 * Ability to log to syslog
3100 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
3103 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
3105 * A bit more automatic testing
3108 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
3109 ---------------------------------
3112 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
3113 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
3116 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
3117 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
3120 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
3123 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
3124 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
3130 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
3133 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
3134 --------------------------------
3137 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
3141 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
3142 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
3143 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
3146 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
3147 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
3148 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
3149 * GnomeVFS input module
3150 * Support for RTP packet reordering
3151 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
3154 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
3155 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
3156 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
3159 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
3160 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
3166 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
3167 Mixer and Dolby Surround
3170 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
3171 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
3172 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
3175 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
3177 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
3178 - New extended controls panel
3179 - New bookmarks window
3180 - Fixed playlist sorting
3181 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
3183 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
3184 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
3185 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
3186 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
3190 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
3191 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
3193 - Include macro to include other files
3197 * Should now work outside IE as well
3200 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
3203 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
3204 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
3207 The following languages were added:
3211 * Simplified Chinese
3212 The following languages were re-added:
3216 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
3217 --------------------------------
3220 * Rewrite of the playlist
3222 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
3223 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
3224 * Preferences improvements:
3225 - New organization, designed to improve usability
3226 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
3228 * Core image manipulation support
3229 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
3230 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
3231 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
3232 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
3233 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
3234 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
3235 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
3236 now separated by ':' instead of ','
3237 * Access filter architecture
3238 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
3239 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
3243 * Support for SOCKS proxy
3244 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
3245 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
3246 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
3247 * Better support for Kasenna streams
3248 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
3249 * Massive Matroska improvements
3250 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
3252 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
3253 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
3254 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
3255 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
3256 * Support for FTP over IPv6
3258 Decoders / Encoders:
3259 * Dirac decoder and encoder
3260 * PNG decoder/encoder
3261 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
3262 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
3265 * New Record and Timeshift filters
3268 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
3269 * Brand new SAP module
3270 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
3271 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
3272 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
3273 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
3274 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
3275 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
3279 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
3282 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
3283 * Image file video output (png)
3284 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
3285 * Improvements to wall video filter
3286 * Support for font color and opacity
3292 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
3293 - Seeking support in VoD streams
3294 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
3298 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
3299 - Improved preferences
3300 - Improvements to the wizard
3301 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
3303 - Redesigned playlist
3304 - Improved preferences
3306 - Support for multiple actions
3309 - Support for the new playlist system
3311 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
3314 * Screensaver disabling fix
3315 * DirectShow tuner configuration
3316 * Support for no-decoration windows
3319 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
3320 * The OpenGL video output is back
3321 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
3322 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
3323 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
3324 is not yet available in the new module
3325 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
3328 * Support for single-buffered overlay
3337 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
3340 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
3343 The following languages were added:
3349 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
3350 --------------------------------
3353 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
3354 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
3357 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
3358 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
3359 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
3362 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3365 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
3368 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
3371 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
3372 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
3373 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
3377 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
3379 * Support of playlist group announcement
3382 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
3383 --------------------------------
3386 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3387 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3388 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3389 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3390 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3391 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3394 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3395 (Stream your desktop)
3396 * Improved DVD support:
3397 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3398 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3399 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3400 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3401 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3402 (selection of titles/chapters).
3405 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3406 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3407 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3408 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3409 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3410 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3411 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3412 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3413 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3414 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3417 * G.726 audio support
3418 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3419 * MPEG-4 text support
3420 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3421 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3422 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3426 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3427 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3428 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3429 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3430 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3431 * DVB subtitles encoder
3432 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3433 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3435 * Text track muxing for mp4
3436 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3437 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3438 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3439 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3440 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3441 * Improved ASF muxer
3443 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3444 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3445 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3448 * New audio equalizer filter
3449 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3450 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3451 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3452 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3455 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3456 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3457 with support for effects.
3458 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3459 - New filters can be streamed.
3460 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3461 - Centralized scaling and blending
3463 - "time", to display current time
3464 - "marq", to display a marquee
3467 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3468 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3469 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3470 * A few skins2 improvements
3471 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3472 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3473 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3474 * Improved CORBA control module
3477 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3478 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3479 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3482 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3483 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3484 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3487 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3488 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3489 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3490 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3491 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3494 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3497 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3498 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3501 * Server/client network synchronization module
3502 * VBrick streams fully supported
3503 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3507 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3508 --------------------------------
3511 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3512 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3513 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3514 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3517 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3518 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3519 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3520 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3521 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3522 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3523 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3526 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3527 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3528 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3529 * Improved directory access module.
3530 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3531 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3532 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3533 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3534 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3537 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3538 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3539 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3542 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3543 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3544 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3547 * Improved session announcement system.
3548 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3549 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3550 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3551 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3552 * Improved transrater.
3553 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3554 * New configuration system.
3555 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3558 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3559 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3560 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3561 * Supports scheduling.
3562 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3563 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3566 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3567 - Ability to embed video output.
3568 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3569 - Lots of improvements.
3570 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3571 - New design and set of icons.
3572 - Ability to embed video output.
3573 - Support for hotkeys.
3574 - Support for bookmarks.
3576 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3577 - Better hotkeys handling.
3580 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3581 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3582 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3583 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3586 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3587 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3588 * Improved Windows installer.
3594 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3595 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3598 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3599 ---------------------------------
3602 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3603 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3606 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3607 --------------------------------
3610 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3611 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3614 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3615 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3616 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3617 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3620 * Internal improvments
3621 * Improved import/export
3624 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3626 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3627 small and strange formats.
3629 * New MOD audio demux.
3630 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3631 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3632 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3633 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3636 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3637 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3638 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3644 * New opengl video output plugin.
3647 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3648 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3651 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3652 --------------------------------
3655 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3656 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3657 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3658 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3659 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3660 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3661 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3662 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3665 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3670 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3671 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3672 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3673 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3674 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3675 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3676 * Better Icecast support.
3677 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3678 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3681 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3682 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3683 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3684 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3685 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3686 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3687 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3690 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3691 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3692 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3693 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3694 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3695 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3696 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3697 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3698 * Preliminary RTP support.
3699 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3704 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3705 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3707 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3708 - Improvements and help in preferences
3709 - New streaming wizard
3710 - Revised Disc Open menu
3712 - Improvements of the standard pages
3713 - Support for new commands
3714 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3717 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3718 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3721 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3722 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3723 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3724 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3725 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3726 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3727 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3728 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3729 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3732 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3734 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3735 * Support for Panther.
3736 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3737 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3740 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3741 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3742 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3743 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3744 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3745 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3746 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3747 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3750 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3751 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3752 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3755 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3758 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3759 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3760 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3761 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3764 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3765 --------------------------------
3768 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3771 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3772 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3775 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3776 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3779 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3782 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3783 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3786 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3789 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3792 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3793 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3797 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3798 --------------------------------
3801 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3802 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3806 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3807 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3808 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3810 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3811 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3814 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3817 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3820 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3821 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3825 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3826 --------------------------------
3829 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3830 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3834 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3835 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3836 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3837 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3838 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3841 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3842 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3843 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3846 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3847 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3848 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3851 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3852 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3853 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3854 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3855 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3858 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3859 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3860 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3863 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3866 * Improved build system.
3867 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3868 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3869 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3870 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3873 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3874 --------------------------------
3877 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3880 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3881 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3882 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3883 * Video 4 Linux support
3884 * CD Digital Audio support
3885 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3888 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3889 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3890 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3891 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3894 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3895 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3896 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3897 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3898 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3899 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3900 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3903 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3904 * New HTTP remote control interface
3907 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3908 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3909 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3910 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3911 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3914 * New reset option for the preferences
3915 * You can set your language in the prefences
3916 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3917 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3918 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3919 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3922 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3923 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3924 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3927 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3928 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3929 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3930 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3931 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3932 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3933 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3934 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3935 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3936 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3939 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3940 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3941 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3942 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3943 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3944 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3945 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3948 * Interface localization
3949 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3950 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3951 * New full-featured Preferences window
3954 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3955 --------------------------------
3958 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3959 * support for skins at the interface level
3960 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3961 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3962 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3963 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3964 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3967 * fixed HTTP redirects
3968 * support for opening an entire directory
3969 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3970 * new video4linux access plug-in
3971 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3974 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3975 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3976 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3979 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3980 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3981 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3982 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3983 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3984 * new codec for raw I420 video
3985 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3988 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3989 (although it still misses some important features)
3990 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3993 * new HTTP output support
3994 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3995 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3998 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
4001 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
4004 * reorderable playlist
4005 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
4006 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
4007 * support for mono audio output devices
4008 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
4009 * fixed several cosmetic issues
4010 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
4011 * the messages window remembers more lines
4012 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
4013 * http and ogg stream output options
4014 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
4017 * new skinnable interface
4018 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
4020 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
4021 * support for FLAC audio format
4022 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
4024 * network tab in the interface
4025 * "apply" handling in preferences
4028 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
4029 ---------------------------------
4032 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
4033 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
4034 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
4035 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
4037 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
4038 * DTS S/PDIF support
4041 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
4042 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
4043 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
4044 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
4047 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
4048 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
4051 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
4054 * fixed the GNU-pth support
4057 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
4059 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
4060 * rc interface is now fully useable
4061 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
4064 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
4065 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
4066 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
4067 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
4068 * VLC now uses the default audio device
4070 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
4071 * support for mouse gestures
4072 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
4075 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
4076 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
4079 * improved ID3 tag detection
4080 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
4081 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
4082 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
4084 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
4087 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
4088 ---------------------------------
4091 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
4092 English was set as the preferred language
4095 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
4096 --------------------------------
4099 * new mouse gesture interface
4100 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
4104 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
4105 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
4106 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
4109 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
4110 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
4114 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
4117 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
4118 without the user consent
4121 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
4123 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
4124 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
4125 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
4128 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
4129 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
4130 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
4131 * playlist enhancements
4132 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
4133 * new step forward/step backward commands
4134 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
4135 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
4136 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
4139 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
4140 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
4141 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
4144 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
4145 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
4148 * native video output is working again
4149 * only commandline interface support
4150 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
4153 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
4154 --------------------------------
4157 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
4158 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
4159 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
4160 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
4161 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
4162 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
4163 and A/52 streams are supported)
4164 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
4169 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
4170 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
4171 * VCD entry points support
4172 * VCD image file support
4175 * support for *.asf format
4176 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
4177 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
4178 * support for ogg encapsulation
4179 * support for raw DV format
4180 * support for *.wav format
4181 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
4184 Stream discovery & playlists:
4185 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
4186 * support for .m3u file format
4187 * support for .asx file format
4188 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
4191 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
4192 (only available with the .avi demux)
4193 * support for ADPCM audio codec
4194 * support for raw PCM data
4195 * support for Cinepak video codec
4196 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
4197 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
4198 * support for Xvid codec
4199 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
4200 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
4201 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
4203 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
4205 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
4208 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
4211 * new WxWindows interface
4212 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
4213 device and the channels configuration
4214 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
4215 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
4216 format that VLC can play
4217 * new swedish translation
4218 * enhancements of the playlist window
4219 * new messages window to see debug info
4220 * fixed a few crashes
4223 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
4224 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
4225 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
4226 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working