1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.63 2003/08/10 21:26:07 gbazin Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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7 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
10 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
11 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
14 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
15 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
18 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
19 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
22 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
25 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
28 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
29 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
32 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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36 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
37 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
41 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
42 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
43 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
44 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
45 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
48 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
49 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
50 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
53 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
54 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
55 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
58 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
59 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
60 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
61 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
62 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
65 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
66 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
67 * A new CORBA control plugin.
70 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
73 * Improved build system.
74 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
75 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
76 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
77 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
80 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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84 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
87 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
88 * Fixed large file support on Windows
89 * Video 4 Linux support
90 * CD Digital Audio support
91 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
94 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
95 * Support for OpenDML avi files
96 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
97 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
100 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
101 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
102 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
103 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
104 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
105 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
106 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
109 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
110 * New HTTP remote control interface
113 * 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.
114 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
115 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
116 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
119 * New reset option for the preferences
120 * You can set your language in the prefences
121 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
122 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
123 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
124 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
127 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
128 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
129 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
132 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
133 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
134 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
135 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
136 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
137 * New icons by Davor Orel.
138 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
139 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
140 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
141 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
144 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
145 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
146 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
147 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
148 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
149 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
150 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
153 * Interface localization
154 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
155 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
156 * New full-featured Preferences window
158 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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162 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
163 * support for skins at the interface level
164 * new OSD module using Freetype2
165 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
166 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
167 input level before dropping out of date frames.
168 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
171 * fixed HTTP redirects
172 * support for opening an entire directory
173 * EOF should be detected more reliably
174 * new video4linux access plug-in
175 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
178 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
179 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
180 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
183 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
184 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
185 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
186 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
187 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
188 * new codec for raw I420 video
189 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
192 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
193 (although it still misses some important features)
194 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
197 * new HTTP output support
198 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
199 * fixed AV synchronization issues
202 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
205 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
208 * reorderable playlist
209 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
210 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
211 * support for mono audio output devices
212 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
213 * fixed several cosmetic issues
214 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
215 * the messages window remembers more lines
216 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
217 * http and ogg stream output options
218 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
221 * new skinnable interface
222 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
224 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
225 * support for FLAC audio format
226 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
228 * network tab in the interface
229 * "apply" handling in preferences
232 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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236 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
237 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
238 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
239 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
241 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
245 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
246 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
247 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
248 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
251 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
252 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
255 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
258 * fixed the GNU-pth support
261 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
263 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
264 * rc interface is now fully useable
265 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
268 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
269 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
270 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
271 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
272 * VLC now uses the default audio device
274 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
275 * support for mouse gestures
276 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
279 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
280 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
283 * improved ID3 tag detection
284 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
285 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
286 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
288 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
291 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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295 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
296 English was set as the preferred language
299 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
300 --------------------------------
303 * new mouse gesture interface
304 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
308 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
309 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
310 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
313 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
314 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
318 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
321 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
322 without the user consent
325 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
327 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
328 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
329 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
332 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
333 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
334 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
335 * playlist enhancements
336 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
337 * new step forward/step backward commands
338 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
339 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
340 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
343 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
344 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
345 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
348 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
349 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
352 * native video output is working again
353 * only commandline interface support
354 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
357 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
358 --------------------------------
361 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
362 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
363 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
364 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
365 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
366 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
367 and A/52 streams are supported)
368 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
373 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
374 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
375 * VCD entry points support
376 * VCD image file support
379 * support for *.asf format
380 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
381 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
382 * support for ogg encapsulation
383 * support for raw DV format
384 * support for *.wav format
385 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
388 Stream discovery & playlists:
389 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
390 * support for .m3u file format
391 * support for .asx file format
392 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
395 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
396 (only available with the .avi demux)
397 * support for ADPCM audio codec
398 * support for raw PCM data
399 * support for Cinepak video codec
400 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
401 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
402 * support for Xvid codec
403 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
404 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
405 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
407 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
409 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
412 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
415 * new WxWindows interface
416 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
417 device and the channels configuration
418 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
419 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
420 format that VLC can play
421 * new swedish translation
422 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
424 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
425 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
426 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
429 * localization support via GNU gettext software
430 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
431 * new preferences panel
432 * new open panel with full features
433 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
434 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
435 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
438 * preferences dialog box redesigned
439 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
441 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
442 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
443 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
444 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
447 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
449 * enhancements of the playlist window
450 * new messages window to see debug info
451 * fixed a few crashes
454 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
455 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
456 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
457 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working