3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
39 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
40 * Open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs.
41 * JACK audio input support
44 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
45 * MKV USF subtitles support
46 * HTML based subtitles support
47 * Flash Screen Video support
48 * CamStudio Screen Video support
49 * DosBox Capture support
50 * Karl Morton's Video support
51 * limited atrac3 support
52 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
55 * Flash Screen Video support
57 Video output and filters:
58 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
59 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
60 * New puzzle video output filter
61 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
62 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
64 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
65 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
66 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
68 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
69 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
70 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
71 was previously part of the mosaic module.
72 * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
75 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
79 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
81 * Improved user interaction
82 * Improved mouse gestures
84 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
87 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
93 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
94 -----------------------------------------------------------
95 Various bugfixes, notably:
96 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
97 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
98 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
99 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
100 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
101 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
104 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
105 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
108 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
110 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
111 * Diverse usability improvements
112 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
113 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
114 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
117 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
118 ---------------------------------
121 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
124 * Fullscreen controller improvements
127 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
128 --------------------------------
131 * Shoutcast TV listings support
134 * Support for RTSP authentication
135 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
136 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
137 * ATSC support for DVB input
138 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
139 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
140 * Improved support for Flash Video files
143 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
144 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
145 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
146 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
147 * Matroska WavPack support
148 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
149 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
150 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
153 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
154 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
155 * Improved libcaca support
159 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
160 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
162 * Systray support in skins
164 * Support for Apple Remote control
165 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
166 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
167 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
168 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
170 * Notifications using notification-daemon
173 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
175 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
176 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
177 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
178 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
179 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
181 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
182 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
191 * Updates to the libvlc API
192 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
196 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
197 ---------------------------------
200 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
201 * Support for downloading updates
205 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
206 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
207 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
208 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
210 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
211 * Improved subtitles encoding support
212 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
215 * Cook (Real audio) support
217 Playlist / Services discovery:
218 * XSPF playlist support
220 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
223 * New JACK audio output
227 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
228 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
229 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
230 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
231 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
232 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
235 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
238 * System to inform the user and request information
239 - HTTP authentication
243 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
244 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
245 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
248 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
249 - Improved playlist handling
250 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
252 - Embedded Video output
253 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
254 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
255 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
256 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
257 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
259 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
260 - A bunch of new RPN functions
263 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
266 * Mac-Intel compatibility
267 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
268 * Growl "Now playing" support
271 * Ability to log to syslog
272 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
275 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
277 * A bit more automatic testing
279 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
280 ---------------------------------
283 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
284 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
287 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
288 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
291 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
294 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
295 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
301 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
303 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
304 --------------------------------
307 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
311 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
312 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
313 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
316 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
317 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
318 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
319 * GnomeVFS input module
320 * Support for RTP packet reordering
321 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
324 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
325 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
326 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
329 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
330 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
336 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
337 Mixer and Dolby Surround
340 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
341 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
342 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
345 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
347 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
348 - New extended controls panel
349 - New bookmarks window
350 - Fixed playlist sorting
351 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
353 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
354 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
355 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
356 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
360 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
361 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
363 - Include macro to include other files
367 * Should now work outside IE as well
370 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
373 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
374 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
377 The following languages were added:
382 The following languages were re-added:
385 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
386 --------------------------------
389 * Rewrite of the playlist
391 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
392 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
393 * Preferences improvements:
394 - New organization, designed to improve usability
395 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
397 * Core image manipulation support
398 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
399 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
400 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
401 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
402 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
403 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
404 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
405 now separated by ':' instead of ','
406 * Access filter architecture
407 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
408 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
412 * Support for SOCKS proxy
413 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
414 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
415 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
416 * Better support for Kasenna streams
417 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
418 * Massive Matroska improvements
419 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
421 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
422 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
423 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
424 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
425 * Support for FTP over IPv6
428 * Dirac decoder and encoder
429 * PNG decoder/encoder
430 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
431 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
434 * New Record and Timeshift filters
437 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
438 * Brand new SAP module
439 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
440 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
441 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
442 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
443 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
444 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
448 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
451 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
452 * Image file video output (png)
453 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
454 * Improvements to wall video filter
455 * Support for font color and opacity
461 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
462 - Seeking support in VoD streams
463 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
467 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
468 - Improved preferences
469 - Improvements to the wizard
470 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
472 - Redesigned playlist
473 - Improved preferences
475 - Support for multiple actions
478 - Support for the new playlist system
480 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
483 * Screensaver disabling fix
484 * DirectShow tuner configuration
485 * Support for no-decoration windows
488 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
489 * The OpenGL video output is back
490 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
491 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
492 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
493 is not yet available in the new module
494 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
497 * Support for single-buffered overlay
506 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
509 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
512 The following languages were added:
518 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
519 -----------------------------------------------------
522 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
523 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
526 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
527 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
528 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
531 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
534 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
537 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
540 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
541 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
542 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
546 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
548 * Support of playlist group announcement
550 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
551 -----------------------------------------------------
554 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
555 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
556 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
557 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
558 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
559 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
562 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
563 (Stream your desktop)
564 * Improved DVD support:
565 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
566 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
567 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
568 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
569 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
570 (selection of titles/chapters).
573 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
574 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
575 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
576 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
577 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
578 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
579 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
580 * Improved Ogg demuxer
581 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
582 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
585 * G.726 audio support
586 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
587 * MPEG-4 text support
588 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
589 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
590 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
594 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
595 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
596 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
597 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
598 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
599 * DVB subtitles encoder
600 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
601 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
603 * Text track muxing for mp4
604 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
605 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
606 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
607 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
608 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
611 * H.263 RTP streaming support
612 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
613 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
616 * New audio equalizer filter
617 * Very trivial volume normalizer
618 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
619 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
620 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
623 * Roku HD1000 Video output
624 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
625 with support for effects.
626 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
627 - New filters can be streamed.
628 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
629 - Centralized scaling and blending
631 - "time", to display current time
632 - "marq", to display a marquee
635 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
636 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
637 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
638 * A few skins2 improvements
639 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
640 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
641 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
642 * Improved CORBA control module
645 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
646 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
647 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
650 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
651 * Experimental SVG rendering module
652 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
655 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
656 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
657 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
658 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
659 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
662 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
665 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
666 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
669 * Server/client network synchronization module
670 * VBrick streams fully supported
671 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
674 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
675 --------------------------------
678 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
679 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
680 * Improved HTTP daemon.
681 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
684 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
685 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
686 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
687 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
688 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
689 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
690 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
693 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
694 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
695 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
696 * Improved directory access module.
697 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
698 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
699 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
700 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
701 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
704 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
705 * mmsh streaming fixes.
706 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
709 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
710 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
711 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
714 * Improved session announcement system.
715 * Minimize threads usage by default.
716 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
717 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
718 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
719 * Improved transrater.
720 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
721 * New configuration system.
722 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
725 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
726 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
727 * Supports live streams and VoD.
728 * Supports scheduling.
729 * Telnet interface for vlm.
730 * HTTP interface for vlm.
733 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
734 - Ability to embed video output.
735 - Support for bitmap fonts.
736 - Lots of improvements.
737 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
738 - New design and set of icons.
739 - Ability to embed video output.
740 - Support for hotkeys.
741 - Support for bookmarks.
743 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
744 - Better hotkeys handling.
747 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
748 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
749 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
750 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
753 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
754 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
755 * Improved Windows installer.
761 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
762 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
764 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
765 ---------------------------------
768 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
769 * Playing MOD files is working now.
772 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
773 ---------------------------------
776 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
777 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
780 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
781 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
782 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
783 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
786 * Internal improvments
787 * Improved import/export
790 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
792 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
793 small and strange formats.
795 * New MOD audio demux.
796 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
797 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
798 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
799 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
802 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
803 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
804 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
810 * New opengl video output plugin.
813 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
814 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
816 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
817 ---------------------------------
820 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
821 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
822 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
823 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
824 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
825 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
826 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
827 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
830 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
835 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
836 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
837 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
838 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
839 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
840 * Reworked DVB tuning.
841 * Better Icecast support.
842 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
843 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
846 * Support for Theora video encoding.
847 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
848 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
849 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
850 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
851 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
852 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
855 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
856 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
857 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
858 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
859 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
860 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
861 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
862 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
863 * Preliminary RTP support.
864 * Fixes to SAP announces.
869 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
870 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
872 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
873 - Improvements and help in preferences
874 - New streaming wizard
875 - Revised Disc Open menu
877 - Improvements of the standard pages
878 - Support for new commands
879 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
882 * Many fixes to the SAP module
883 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
886 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
887 * Text subtitles autodetection.
888 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
889 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
890 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
891 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
892 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
893 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
894 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
897 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
899 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
900 * Support for Panther.
901 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
902 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
905 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
906 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
907 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
908 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
909 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
910 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
911 * Multimonitor support (untested).
912 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
915 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
916 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
917 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
920 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
923 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
924 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
925 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
926 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
928 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
929 ---------------------------------
932 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
935 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
936 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
939 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
940 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
943 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
946 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
947 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
950 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
953 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
956 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
957 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
960 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
961 ---------------------------------
964 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
965 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
969 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
970 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
971 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
973 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
974 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
977 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
980 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
983 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
984 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
987 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
988 ---------------------------------
991 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
992 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
996 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
997 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
998 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
999 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1000 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1003 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1004 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1005 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1008 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1009 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1010 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1013 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1014 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1015 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1016 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1017 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1020 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1021 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1022 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1025 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1028 * Improved build system.
1029 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1030 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1031 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1032 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1035 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1036 ---------------------------------
1039 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1042 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1043 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1044 * Video 4 Linux support
1045 * CD Digital Audio support
1046 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1049 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1050 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1051 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1052 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1055 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1056 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1057 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1058 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1059 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1060 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1061 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1064 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1065 * New HTTP remote control interface
1068 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
1069 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1070 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1071 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1074 * New reset option for the preferences
1075 * You can set your language in the prefences
1076 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1077 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1078 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1079 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1082 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1083 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1084 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1087 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1088 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1089 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1090 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1091 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1092 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1093 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1094 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1095 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1096 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1099 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1100 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1101 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1102 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1103 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1104 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1105 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1108 * Interface localization
1109 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1110 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1111 * New full-featured Preferences window
1113 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1114 ---------------------------------
1117 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1118 * support for skins at the interface level
1119 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1120 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1121 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1122 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1123 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1126 * fixed HTTP redirects
1127 * support for opening an entire directory
1128 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1129 * new video4linux access plug-in
1130 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1133 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1134 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1135 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1138 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1139 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1140 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1141 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1142 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1143 * new codec for raw I420 video
1144 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1147 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1148 (although it still misses some important features)
1149 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1152 * new HTTP output support
1153 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1154 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1157 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1160 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1163 * reorderable playlist
1164 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1165 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1166 * support for mono audio output devices
1167 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1168 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1169 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1170 * the messages window remembers more lines
1171 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1172 * http and ogg stream output options
1173 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1176 * new skinnable interface
1177 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1179 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1180 * support for FLAC audio format
1181 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1183 * network tab in the interface
1184 * "apply" handling in preferences
1187 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1188 ---------------------------------
1191 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1192 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1193 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1194 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1196 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1197 * DTS S/PDIF support
1200 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1201 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1202 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1203 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1206 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1207 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1210 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1213 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1216 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1218 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1219 * rc interface is now fully useable
1220 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1223 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1224 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1225 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1226 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1227 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1229 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1230 * support for mouse gestures
1231 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1234 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1235 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1238 * improved ID3 tag detection
1239 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1240 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1241 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1243 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1246 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1247 ---------------------------------
1250 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1251 English was set as the preferred language
1254 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1255 --------------------------------
1258 * new mouse gesture interface
1259 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1263 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1264 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1265 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1268 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1269 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1273 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1276 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1277 without the user consent
1280 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1282 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1283 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1284 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1287 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1288 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1289 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1290 * playlist enhancements
1291 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1292 * new step forward/step backward commands
1293 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1294 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1295 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1298 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1299 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1300 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1303 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1304 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1307 * native video output is working again
1308 * only commandline interface support
1309 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1312 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1313 --------------------------------
1316 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1317 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1318 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1319 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1320 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1321 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1322 and A/52 streams are supported)
1323 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1328 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1329 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1330 * VCD entry points support
1331 * VCD image file support
1334 * support for *.asf format
1335 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1336 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1337 * support for ogg encapsulation
1338 * support for raw DV format
1339 * support for *.wav format
1340 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1343 Stream discovery & playlists:
1344 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1345 * support for .m3u file format
1346 * support for .asx file format
1347 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1350 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1351 (only available with the .avi demux)
1352 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1353 * support for raw PCM data
1354 * support for Cinepak video codec
1355 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1356 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1357 * support for Xvid codec
1358 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1359 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1360 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1362 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1364 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1367 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1370 * new WxWindows interface
1371 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1372 device and the channels configuration
1373 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1374 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1375 format that VLC can play
1376 * new swedish translation
1377 * enhancements of the playlist window
1378 * new messages window to see debug info
1379 * fixed a few crashes
1382 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1383 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1384 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1385 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working