3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
13 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
16 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
17 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
18 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
19 * GnomeVFS input module
20 * Support for RTP packet reordering
21 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
24 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
25 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
26 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
29 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
30 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
36 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
37 Mixer and Dolby Surround
40 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
41 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
42 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
46 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
47 - New extended controls panel
48 - New bookmarks window
49 - Fixed playlist sorting
50 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
52 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
53 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
54 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
55 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
59 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
60 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
62 - Include macro to include other files
66 * Should now work outside IE as well
69 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
72 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
75 The following languages were added:
80 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
81 --------------------------------
84 * Rewrite of the playlist
86 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
87 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
88 * Preferences improvements:
89 - New organization, designed to improve usability
90 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
92 * Core image manipulation support
93 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
94 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
95 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
96 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
97 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
98 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
99 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
100 now separated by ':' instead of ','
101 * Access filter architecture
102 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
103 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
107 * Support for SOCKS proxy
108 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
109 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
110 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
111 * Better support for Kasenna streams
112 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
113 * Massive Matroska improvements
114 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
116 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
117 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
118 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
119 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
120 * Support for FTP over IPv6
123 * Dirac decoder and encoder
124 * PNG decoder/encoder
125 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
126 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
129 * New Record and Timeshift filters
132 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
133 * Brand new SAP module
134 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
135 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
136 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
137 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
138 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
139 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
143 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
146 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
147 * Image file video output (png)
148 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
149 * Improvements to wall video filter
150 * Support for font color and opacity
156 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
157 - Seeking support in VoD streams
158 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
162 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
163 - Improved preferences
164 - Improvements to the wizard
165 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
167 - Redesigned playlist
168 - Improved preferences
170 - Support for multiple actions
173 - Support for the new playlist system
175 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
178 * Screensaver disabling fix
179 * DirectShow tuner configuration
180 * Support for no-decoration windows
183 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
184 * The OpenGL video output is back
185 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
186 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
187 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
188 is not yet available in the new module
189 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
192 * Support for single-buffered overlay
201 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
204 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
207 The following languages were added:
213 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
214 -----------------------------------------------------
217 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
218 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
221 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
222 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
223 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
226 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
229 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
232 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
235 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
236 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
237 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
241 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
243 * Support of playlist group announcement
245 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
246 -----------------------------------------------------
249 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
250 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
251 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
252 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
253 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
254 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
257 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
258 (Stream your desktop)
259 * Improved DVD support:
260 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
261 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
262 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
263 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
264 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
265 (selection of titles/chapters).
268 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
269 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
270 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
271 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
272 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
273 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
274 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
275 * Improved Ogg demuxer
276 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
277 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
280 * G.726 audio support
281 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
282 * MPEG-4 text support
283 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
284 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
285 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
289 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
290 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
291 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
292 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
293 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
294 * DVB subtitles encoder
295 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
296 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
298 * Text track muxing for mp4
299 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
300 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
301 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
302 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
303 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
306 * H.263 RTP streaming support
307 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
308 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
311 * New audio equalizer filter
312 * Very trivial volume normalizer
313 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
314 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
315 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
318 * Roku HD1000 Video output
319 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
320 with support for effects.
321 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
322 - New filters can be streamed.
323 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
324 - Centralized scaling and blending
326 - "time", to display current time
327 - "marq", to display a marquee
330 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
331 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
332 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
333 * A few skins2 improvements
334 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
335 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
336 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
337 * Improved CORBA control module
340 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
341 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
342 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
345 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
346 * Experimental SVG rendering module
347 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
350 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
351 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
352 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
353 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
354 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
357 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
360 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
361 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
364 * Server/client network synchronization module
365 * VBrick streams fully supported
366 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
369 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
370 --------------------------------
373 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
374 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
375 * Improved HTTP daemon.
376 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
379 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
380 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
381 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
382 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
383 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
384 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
385 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
388 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
389 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
390 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
391 * Improved directory access module.
392 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
393 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
394 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
395 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
396 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
399 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
400 * mmsh streaming fixes.
401 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
404 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
405 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
406 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
409 * Improved session announcement system.
410 * Minimize threads usage by default.
411 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
412 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
413 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
414 * Improved transrater.
415 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
416 * New configuration system.
417 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
420 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
421 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
422 * Supports live streams and VoD.
423 * Supports scheduling.
424 * Telnet interface for vlm.
425 * HTTP interface for vlm.
428 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
429 - Ability to embed video output.
430 - Support for bitmap fonts.
431 - Lots of improvements.
432 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
433 - New design and set of icons.
434 - Ability to embed video output.
435 - Support for hotkeys.
436 - Support for bookmarks.
438 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
439 - Better hotkeys handling.
442 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
443 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
444 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
445 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
448 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
449 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
450 * Improved Windows installer.
456 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
457 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
459 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
460 ---------------------------------
463 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
464 * Playing MOD files is working now.
467 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
468 ---------------------------------
471 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
472 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
475 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
476 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
477 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
478 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
481 * Internal improvments
482 * Improved import/export
485 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
487 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
488 small and strange formats.
490 * New MOD audio demux.
491 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
492 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
493 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
494 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
497 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
498 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
499 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
505 * New opengl video output plugin.
508 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
509 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
511 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
512 ---------------------------------
515 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
516 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
517 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
518 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
519 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
520 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
521 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
522 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
525 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
530 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
531 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
532 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
533 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
534 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
535 * Reworked DVB tuning.
536 * Better Icecast support.
537 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
538 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
541 * Support for Theora video encoding.
542 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
543 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
544 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
545 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
546 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
547 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
550 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
551 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
552 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
553 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
554 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
555 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
556 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
557 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
558 * Preliminary RTP support.
559 * Fixes to SAP announces.
564 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
565 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
567 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
568 - Improvements and help in preferences
569 - New streaming wizard
570 - Revised Disc Open menu
572 - Improvements of the standard pages
573 - Support for new commands
574 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
577 * Many fixes to the SAP module
578 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
581 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
582 * Text subtitles autodetection.
583 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
584 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
585 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
586 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
587 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
588 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
589 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
592 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
594 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
595 * Support for Panther.
596 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
597 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
600 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
601 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
602 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
603 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
604 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
605 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
606 * Multimonitor support (untested).
607 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
610 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
611 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
612 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
615 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
618 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
619 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
620 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
621 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
623 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
624 ---------------------------------
627 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
630 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
631 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
634 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
635 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
638 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
641 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
642 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
645 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
648 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
651 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
652 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
655 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
656 ---------------------------------
659 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
660 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
664 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
665 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
666 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
668 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
669 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
672 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
675 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
678 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
679 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
682 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
683 ---------------------------------
686 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
687 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
691 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
692 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
693 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
694 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
695 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
698 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
699 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
700 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
703 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
704 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
705 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
708 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
709 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
710 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
711 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
712 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
715 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
716 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
717 * A new CORBA control plugin.
720 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
723 * Improved build system.
724 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
725 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
726 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
727 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
730 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
731 ---------------------------------
734 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
737 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
738 * Fixed large file support on Windows
739 * Video 4 Linux support
740 * CD Digital Audio support
741 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
744 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
745 * Support for OpenDML avi files
746 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
747 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
750 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
751 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
752 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
753 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
754 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
755 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
756 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
759 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
760 * New HTTP remote control interface
763 * 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.
764 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
765 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
766 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
769 * New reset option for the preferences
770 * You can set your language in the prefences
771 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
772 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
773 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
774 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
777 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
778 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
779 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
782 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
783 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
784 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
785 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
786 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
787 * New icons by Davor Orel.
788 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
789 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
790 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
791 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
794 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
795 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
796 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
797 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
798 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
799 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
800 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
803 * Interface localization
804 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
805 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
806 * New full-featured Preferences window
808 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
809 ---------------------------------
812 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
813 * support for skins at the interface level
814 * new OSD module using Freetype2
815 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
816 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
817 input level before dropping out of date frames.
818 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
821 * fixed HTTP redirects
822 * support for opening an entire directory
823 * EOF should be detected more reliably
824 * new video4linux access plug-in
825 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
828 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
829 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
830 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
833 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
834 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
835 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
836 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
837 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
838 * new codec for raw I420 video
839 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
842 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
843 (although it still misses some important features)
844 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
847 * new HTTP output support
848 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
849 * fixed AV synchronization issues
852 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
855 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
858 * reorderable playlist
859 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
860 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
861 * support for mono audio output devices
862 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
863 * fixed several cosmetic issues
864 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
865 * the messages window remembers more lines
866 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
867 * http and ogg stream output options
868 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
871 * new skinnable interface
872 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
874 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
875 * support for FLAC audio format
876 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
878 * network tab in the interface
879 * "apply" handling in preferences
882 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
883 ---------------------------------
886 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
887 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
888 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
889 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
891 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
895 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
896 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
897 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
898 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
901 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
902 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
905 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
908 * fixed the GNU-pth support
911 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
913 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
914 * rc interface is now fully useable
915 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
918 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
919 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
920 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
921 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
922 * VLC now uses the default audio device
924 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
925 * support for mouse gestures
926 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
929 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
930 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
933 * improved ID3 tag detection
934 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
935 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
936 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
938 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
941 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
942 ---------------------------------
945 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
946 English was set as the preferred language
949 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
950 --------------------------------
953 * new mouse gesture interface
954 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
958 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
959 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
960 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
963 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
964 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
968 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
971 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
972 without the user consent
975 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
977 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
978 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
979 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
982 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
983 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
984 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
985 * playlist enhancements
986 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
987 * new step forward/step backward commands
988 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
989 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
990 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
993 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
994 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
995 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
998 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
999 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1002 * native video output is working again
1003 * only commandline interface support
1004 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1007 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1008 --------------------------------
1011 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1012 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1013 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1014 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1015 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1016 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1017 and A/52 streams are supported)
1018 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1023 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1024 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1025 * VCD entry points support
1026 * VCD image file support
1029 * support for *.asf format
1030 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1031 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1032 * support for ogg encapsulation
1033 * support for raw DV format
1034 * support for *.wav format
1035 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1038 Stream discovery & playlists:
1039 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1040 * support for .m3u file format
1041 * support for .asx file format
1042 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1045 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1046 (only available with the .avi demux)
1047 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1048 * support for raw PCM data
1049 * support for Cinepak video codec
1050 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1051 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1052 * support for Xvid codec
1053 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1054 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1055 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1057 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1059 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1062 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1065 * new WxWindows interface
1066 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1067 device and the channels configuration
1068 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1069 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1070 format that VLC can play
1071 * new swedish translation
1072 * enhancements of the playlist window
1073 * new messages window to see debug info
1074 * fixed a few crashes
1077 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1078 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1079 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1080 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working