1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
6 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
7 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
8 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
9 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
10 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
11 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
12 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
13 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
14 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
15 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
16 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
17 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
18 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
19 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
20 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
21 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
22 --http-crl (optional CRL).
23 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
24 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
25 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
26 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
28 Important changes for packagers:
29 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
30 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
31 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
32 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
33 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
34 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
35 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
36 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
37 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
38 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
39 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
41 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
42 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
45 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
46 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
47 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
48 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
49 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
50 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
53 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
54 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
55 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
56 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
57 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
58 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
59 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
60 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
61 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
62 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
63 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
64 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
65 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
66 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
67 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
70 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
71 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
72 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
73 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
74 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
75 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
76 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
77 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
78 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
79 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
80 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
81 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
82 * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
83 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
86 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
87 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
88 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
89 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
90 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
91 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
92 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
93 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling
96 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
97 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
98 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
99 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
100 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
101 and important cleanups and optimisations
102 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
103 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output
104 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
105 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
106 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
107 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
108 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
109 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
110 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
111 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
112 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
113 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
114 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
115 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
118 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
119 * New video output for iOS platform
120 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
121 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
122 * Various vmem improvements
123 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
125 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
126 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
127 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which now requires a
128 Quartz Extreme capable machine
131 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
132 * New audio output in memory (amem)
133 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
134 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
135 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
138 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
139 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
140 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
141 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
142 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
143 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
144 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
145 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
146 * New anti-flickering filter
147 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
148 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
149 blackbox and customizable shadow
150 - The freetype module is used by default on the Mac now in favor of
151 quartztext, which can still be enabled manually
154 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
157 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
158 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
159 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
160 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
161 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
162 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
163 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
164 * Major rework of VoD support
165 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
166 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
167 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
168 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
169 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
170 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
171 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
172 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
173 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
174 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
177 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
178 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
181 * New capabilities for libVLC:
182 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
183 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
184 list of available audio and video filters
185 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
186 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
187 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
190 * asademux: use libass only
191 * subsass: use libass
192 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
193 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
195 * upnp: use upnp_intel
196 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
197 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
198 * removal of the noise filter
199 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
200 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
201 removed in Growl's next release, too.
202 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
205 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
206 ----------------------------------
209 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
210 including support for OS X Lion
211 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
212 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
215 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
218 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
219 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
220 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
223 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
226 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
227 ----------------------------------
230 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
231 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
234 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
235 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
236 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
237 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
238 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
240 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
241 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
242 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
244 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
245 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
248 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
251 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
254 * Fix quitting on Linux
255 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
259 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
262 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
265 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
266 ---------------------------------
268 Windows and Mac OS X:
269 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
272 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
273 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
276 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
279 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
282 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
284 Miscellaneous fixes in:
285 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
287 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
288 * RTP output and XML export
289 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
293 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
294 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
295 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
296 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
299 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
300 --------------------------------
302 Windows and Mac OS X:
303 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
306 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
309 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
310 * Improve Apple Remote handling
311 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
312 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
313 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
314 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
317 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
318 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
322 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
323 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
324 * New Luganda Translation
327 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
328 --------------------------------
331 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
334 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
335 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
336 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
337 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
340 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
342 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
343 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
344 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
345 * mp4 demuxer improvements
346 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
347 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
348 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
349 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
351 Miscellaneous fixes in:
352 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
353 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
354 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
355 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
356 * Configure and build system improvements
357 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
360 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
361 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
362 * New icelandic translation
365 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
366 --------------------------------
369 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
373 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
374 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
375 and stability reasons
378 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
382 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
385 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
386 ----------------------------------
389 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
392 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
393 ---------------------------------
396 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
397 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
398 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
399 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
402 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
405 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
406 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
407 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
408 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
411 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
412 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
413 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
415 Subtitles and renderer:
416 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
417 * Mark more freetype options as safe
418 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
419 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
420 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
423 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
424 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
425 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
426 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
429 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
430 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
433 * KDE device solid actions
435 * Transcode integer overflow
436 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
437 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
440 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
441 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
442 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
445 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
446 ----------------------------------
449 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
453 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
456 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
459 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
460 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
461 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
462 * Taglib thread-safety fix
465 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
469 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
472 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
475 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
476 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
478 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
482 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
483 * Miscellaneous fixes
486 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
487 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
489 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
490 * New Asturian translation
493 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
494 ----------------------------------
497 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
499 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
502 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
505 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
506 * Various fixes for Windows
509 * New Armenian translation
510 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
511 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
514 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
515 --------------------------------
518 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
520 * Fix folders opening from the interface
523 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
524 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
527 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
528 --------------------------------
531 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
532 * fix for podcasts parsing
533 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
536 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
537 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
540 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
541 * fix m3u playlists exports
544 * fix video autoresize behaviour
547 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
550 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
553 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
556 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
559 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
560 --------------------------------
563 * Avformat fps displaying fix
564 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
567 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
568 of mono streams, especially on Windows
571 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
572 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
573 * fix console output encoding
575 Interface and extensions:
576 * Youtube and other scripts updates
577 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
580 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
581 --------------------------------
584 * New capabilities for libVLC:
585 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
586 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
587 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
588 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
589 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
590 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
591 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
592 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
593 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
594 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
595 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
596 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
597 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
598 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
599 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
603 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
604 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
605 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
606 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
607 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
610 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
613 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
614 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
615 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
619 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
622 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
623 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
624 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
627 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
628 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
629 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
630 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
633 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
634 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
637 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
638 --------------------------------
640 Important changes for users:
641 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
642 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
644 Important changes for packagers:
645 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
646 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
647 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
648 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
649 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
651 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
653 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
654 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
655 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
656 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
657 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
660 * Support for the sftp protocol
661 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
662 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
663 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
664 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
665 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
668 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
669 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
670 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
672 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
673 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
674 * Invmem module improvements
675 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
676 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
677 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
678 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
679 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
680 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
681 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
682 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
683 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
684 * Support for VP8 codec
685 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
688 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
689 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
690 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
691 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
692 * Various EGP improvements
693 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
694 * Metadata and cover art improvements
697 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
698 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
699 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
700 * Podcast images are now displayed
703 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
704 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
705 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
706 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
707 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
708 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
709 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
710 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
711 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
712 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
713 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
716 * New content extensions lua framework
719 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
720 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
721 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
722 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
723 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
724 * NEON assembly audio converter module
725 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
728 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
729 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
730 * Service discovery based on libudev
731 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
734 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
735 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
736 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
737 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
738 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
739 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
740 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
743 * New smem module, streaming to memory
744 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
745 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
748 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
750 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
751 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
754 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
757 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
758 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
759 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
760 by Andy Matuschak et al.
761 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
762 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
763 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
766 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
767 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
770 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
771 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
772 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
776 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
777 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
778 * Improved Solaris port
781 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
782 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
785 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
786 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
787 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
788 * transrate: broken since too long
789 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
790 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
791 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
792 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
793 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
794 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
795 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
796 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
797 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
798 * cddax: use cdda instead.
799 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
800 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
801 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
802 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
805 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
806 --------------------------------
809 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
811 Decoders/Packetizers:
812 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
815 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
816 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
817 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
818 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
819 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
822 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
823 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
826 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
827 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
830 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
831 and Walloon translations updated
832 * Sinhala translation started
835 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
836 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
839 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
840 --------------------------------
843 * SubRip extra styles improvements
844 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
847 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
850 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
851 increase performance and fix x264 issues
854 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
855 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
856 Russian, Slovak translation updates
857 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
860 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
861 --------------------------------
864 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
865 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
868 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
869 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
872 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
873 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
876 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
879 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
880 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
883 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
884 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
887 * New Walloon translation
888 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
891 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
892 --------------------------------
895 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
896 regressions in most popular drivers
897 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
900 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
901 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
902 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
905 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
906 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
909 * Update for appletrailers lua script
910 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
911 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
912 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
913 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
916 * New udev module for linux
919 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
922 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
925 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
926 --------------------------------
929 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
930 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
931 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
934 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
935 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
938 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
939 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
942 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
945 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
946 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
947 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
948 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
951 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
952 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
953 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
954 - no support for Goom and SDL
955 - limited text rendering support
956 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
959 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
960 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
961 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
962 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
963 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
964 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
965 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
966 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
967 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
971 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
974 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
977 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
978 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
979 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
980 Arabic and French translation updates
983 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
984 --------------------------------
987 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
988 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
989 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
990 * Fix Dailymotion access script
991 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
992 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
995 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
996 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
999 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1000 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1001 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1004 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1007 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1008 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1011 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1012 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1013 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1014 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1015 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1016 * Fix various crashes
1019 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1021 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
1024 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1025 ---------------------------------
1029 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1030 See 'Access:' for more info.
1031 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1034 * Instantaneous pausing
1035 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1036 * Finer speed control
1037 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1038 * Timeshift for most medias
1039 * RTSP trickplay support
1040 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1043 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1044 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1045 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1046 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1047 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1048 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1049 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1050 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1051 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1052 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1055 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1056 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1057 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1058 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1059 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1060 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1061 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1064 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1065 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1068 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1069 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1070 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1071 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1072 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1073 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1074 * DVB scanning on linux
1075 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1076 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1077 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1078 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1079 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1080 * MTP device access on Unix
1081 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1082 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1085 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1086 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1087 Windows and Mac OS X.
1090 * Export the playlist in HTML
1091 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1092 * Better metadata handling and reading
1094 Linux/Windows interface:
1095 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1096 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1097 * Recently played items list
1098 * Interface toolbar customizations
1099 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1100 - More menus actions
1101 - Finer speed slider
1102 - Improvements on many dialogs
1103 - New dialog for plugins listing
1104 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1105 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1106 * Better integration in GTK environments
1109 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1110 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1111 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1112 * Additional usability improvements
1115 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1116 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1117 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1118 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1119 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1122 * New Maemo port with:
1123 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1124 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1127 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1130 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1131 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1132 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1133 * Support for latest iSight models
1136 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1137 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1140 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1141 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1142 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1143 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1144 The old image video output has been removed.
1145 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1146 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1149 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1157 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1158 --------------------------------------
1164 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1165 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1166 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1167 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1168 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1169 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1170 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1172 Various fixes to the following modules:
1175 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1176 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1177 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1179 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1184 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1185 ---------------------------------
1188 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1189 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1192 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1193 ---------------------------------
1196 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1199 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1202 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1203 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1204 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1205 main controller window.
1206 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1209 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1214 * Updates of other localizations
1217 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1218 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1219 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1220 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1221 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1224 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1225 ---------------------------------
1228 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1230 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1233 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1234 --------------------------------
1239 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1240 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1243 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1244 --------------------------------
1246 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1247 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1250 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1253 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1254 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1257 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1258 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1261 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1262 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1263 * Various fixed in playlist
1266 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1269 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1272 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1273 ------------------------------------
1275 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1276 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1279 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1280 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1281 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1284 * Stability fix for the video output.
1287 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1288 --------------------------------
1291 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1292 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1293 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1294 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1295 * Fixed update system bugs
1296 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1299 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1300 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1301 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1302 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1303 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1304 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1305 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1306 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1307 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1308 modern Mac OS X versions
1311 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1312 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1314 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1315 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1318 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1319 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1320 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1321 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1322 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1323 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1326 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1327 --------------------------------
1329 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1330 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1331 * Multiple bugfixes.
1334 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1335 --------------------------------
1337 * Multiple bug fixes.
1340 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1341 ---------------------------------
1345 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1346 recent to work correctly
1347 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1348 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1349 edit the ".hosts" file.
1350 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1351 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1352 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1353 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1354 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1355 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1356 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1357 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1358 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1359 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1360 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1361 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1362 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1363 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1364 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1365 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1366 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1367 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1368 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1369 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1370 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1371 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1372 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1373 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1374 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1375 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1376 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1377 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1378 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1379 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1380 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1381 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1382 and postproc modules.
1383 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1384 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1385 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1386 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1388 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1389 filter. For example:
1390 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1391 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1393 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1394 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1400 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1402 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1403 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1406 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1407 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1409 * Shoutcast TV listings
1410 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1412 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1413 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1415 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1418 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1419 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1420 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1421 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1422 * JACK audio input support
1423 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1424 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1425 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1426 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1427 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1428 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1429 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1430 (available as a separate download).
1431 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1432 * RTMP input support
1433 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1434 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1435 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1437 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1438 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1441 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1442 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1443 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1444 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1446 * APEv1/2 tags support
1447 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1448 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1450 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1451 * TiVo Series 2 support
1452 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1457 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1458 * Flash Screen Video support
1459 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1460 * DosBox Capture support
1461 * Karl Morton's Video support
1462 * limited atrac3 support
1464 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1465 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1466 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1467 * H.264 PAFF support
1468 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1469 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1470 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1471 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1472 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1475 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1476 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1477 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1478 * AQTitle subtitles support
1479 * MKV USF subtitles support
1480 * HTML-based subtitles support
1481 * MPSub subtitles support
1482 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1483 * MPL2 subtitles support
1484 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1485 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1486 * Realtext subtitle support
1487 * DKS subtitle support
1488 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1489 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1492 * Flash Screen Video support
1493 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1495 Video outputs and filters:
1496 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1497 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1498 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1499 * New puzzle video output filter
1500 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1501 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1503 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1504 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1505 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1506 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1507 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1508 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1509 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1510 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1511 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1512 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1513 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1514 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1515 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1516 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1518 Audio outputs and filters:
1519 * Replay gain support
1520 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1521 new scaletempo audio filter)
1522 * New spatializer audio filter
1523 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1526 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1527 * New RTP payload formats:
1528 * Speex voice audio codec
1529 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1530 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1531 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1532 * DCCP transport for RTP
1533 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1538 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1539 end-user suitable way.
1540 * Improved user interaction
1541 * Improved mouse gestures
1542 * Vastly improved Update checker
1543 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1545 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1546 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1548 * Improved video output features
1549 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1550 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1551 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1552 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1553 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1555 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1556 if libncursesw is available.
1557 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1558 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1559 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1561 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1562 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1563 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1564 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1565 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1566 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1567 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1568 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1571 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1572 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1573 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1576 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1577 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1578 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1579 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1580 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1581 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1584 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1585 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1595 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1596 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1597 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1600 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1601 ----------------------------------
1604 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1607 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1608 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1609 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1610 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1611 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1612 * Updated Polish translation
1615 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1616 ----------------------------------
1619 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1620 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1621 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1624 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1625 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1626 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1627 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1628 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1629 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1630 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1631 to an unexpected application termination
1632 * New Serbian translation
1633 * Updated Romanian translation
1636 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1637 ----------------------------------
1640 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1641 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1642 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1643 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1644 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1645 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1646 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1647 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1650 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1651 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1652 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1653 * Fixed AAC resampling
1654 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1655 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1658 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1659 ----------------------------------
1662 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1663 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1664 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1665 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1666 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1669 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1670 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1671 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1672 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1673 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1676 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1677 ----------------------------------
1680 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1681 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1684 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1685 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1686 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1687 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1689 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1693 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1696 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1699 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1702 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1705 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1706 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1707 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1708 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1709 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1711 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1712 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1713 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1714 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1717 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1720 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1721 ----------------------------------
1724 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1725 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1726 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1728 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1729 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1731 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1732 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1735 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1737 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1738 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1739 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1740 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1741 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1742 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1743 two different movies
1744 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1745 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1746 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1749 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1752 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1753 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1754 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1755 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1758 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1759 ----------------------------------
1761 Various bugfixes, notably:
1762 * Windows Vista compatibility
1763 * Cropping in Direct3D
1764 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1765 * RSS filter string overflow
1767 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1769 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1770 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1773 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1774 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1777 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1780 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1783 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1786 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1787 ----------------------------------
1789 Various bugfixes, notably:
1790 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1791 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1792 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1793 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1794 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1795 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1798 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1799 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1802 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1804 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1805 * Diverse usability improvements
1806 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1807 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1808 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1811 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1812 ---------------------------------
1814 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1815 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1818 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1821 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1822 --------------------------------
1825 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1828 * Support for RTSP authentication
1829 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1830 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1831 * ATSC support for DVB input
1832 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1833 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1834 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1837 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1838 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1839 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1840 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1841 * Matroska WavPack support
1842 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1843 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1844 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1847 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1848 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1849 * Improved libcaca support
1853 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1854 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1856 * Systray support in skins
1858 * Support for Apple Remote control
1859 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1860 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1861 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1862 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1864 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1867 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1868 Windows 9x/ME users:
1869 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1870 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1871 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1872 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1873 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1875 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1876 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1885 * Updates to the libvlc API
1886 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1889 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1890 --------------------------------
1893 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1894 * Support for downloading updates
1898 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1899 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1900 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1901 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1903 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1904 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1905 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1908 * Cook (Real audio) support
1910 Playlist / Services discovery:
1911 * XSPF playlist support
1913 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1916 * New JACK audio output
1919 * New video filters:
1920 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1921 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1922 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1923 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1924 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1925 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1928 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1931 * System to inform the user and request information
1932 - HTTP authentication
1936 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1937 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1938 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1941 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1942 - Improved playlist handling
1943 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1945 - Embedded Video output
1946 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1947 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1948 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1949 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1950 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1952 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1953 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1956 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1959 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1960 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1961 * Growl "Now playing" support
1964 * Ability to log to syslog
1965 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1968 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1970 * A bit more automatic testing
1973 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1974 ---------------------------------
1977 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1978 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1981 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1982 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1985 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1988 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1989 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1995 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1998 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1999 --------------------------------
2002 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2006 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2007 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2008 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2011 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2012 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2013 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2014 * GnomeVFS input module
2015 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2016 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2019 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2020 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2021 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2024 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2025 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2031 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2032 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2035 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2036 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2037 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2040 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2042 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2043 - New extended controls panel
2044 - New bookmarks window
2045 - Fixed playlist sorting
2046 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2048 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2049 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2050 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2051 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2055 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2056 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2058 - Include macro to include other files
2062 * Should now work outside IE as well
2065 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2068 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2069 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2072 The following languages were added:
2076 * Simplified Chinese
2077 The following languages were re-added:
2081 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2082 --------------------------------
2085 * Rewrite of the playlist
2087 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2088 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2089 * Preferences improvements:
2090 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2091 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2093 * Core image manipulation support
2094 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2095 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2096 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2097 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2098 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2099 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2100 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2101 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2102 * Access filter architecture
2103 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2104 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2108 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2109 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2110 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2111 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2112 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2113 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2114 * Massive Matroska improvements
2115 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2117 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2118 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2119 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2120 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2121 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2123 Decoders / Encoders:
2124 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2125 * PNG decoder/encoder
2126 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2127 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2130 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2133 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2134 * Brand new SAP module
2135 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2136 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2137 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2138 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2139 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2140 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2144 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2147 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2148 * Image file video output (png)
2149 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2150 * Improvements to wall video filter
2151 * Support for font color and opacity
2157 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2158 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2159 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2163 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2164 - Improved preferences
2165 - Improvements to the wizard
2166 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2168 - Redesigned playlist
2169 - Improved preferences
2171 - Support for multiple actions
2174 - Support for the new playlist system
2176 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2179 * Screensaver disabling fix
2180 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2181 * Support for no-decoration windows
2184 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2185 * The OpenGL video output is back
2186 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2187 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2188 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2189 is not yet available in the new module
2190 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2193 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2202 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2205 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2208 The following languages were added:
2214 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2215 --------------------------------
2218 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2219 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2222 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2223 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2224 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2227 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2230 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2233 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2236 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2237 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2238 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2242 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2244 * Support of playlist group announcement
2247 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2248 --------------------------------
2251 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2252 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2253 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2254 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2255 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2256 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2259 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2260 (Stream your desktop)
2261 * Improved DVD support:
2262 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2263 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2264 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2265 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2266 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2267 (selection of titles/chapters).
2270 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2271 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2272 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2273 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2274 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2275 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2276 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2277 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2278 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2279 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2282 * G.726 audio support
2283 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2284 * MPEG-4 text support
2285 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2286 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2287 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2291 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2292 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2293 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2294 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2295 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2296 * DVB subtitles encoder
2297 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2298 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2300 * Text track muxing for mp4
2301 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2302 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2303 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2304 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2305 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2306 * Improved ASF muxer
2308 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2309 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2310 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2313 * New audio equalizer filter
2314 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2315 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2316 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2317 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2320 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2321 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2322 with support for effects.
2323 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2324 - New filters can be streamed.
2325 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2326 - Centralized scaling and blending
2328 - "time", to display current time
2329 - "marq", to display a marquee
2332 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2333 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2334 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2335 * A few skins2 improvements
2336 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2337 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2338 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2339 * Improved CORBA control module
2342 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2343 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2344 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2347 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2348 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2349 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2352 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2353 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2354 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2355 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2356 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2359 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2362 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2363 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2366 * Server/client network synchronization module
2367 * VBrick streams fully supported
2368 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2372 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2373 --------------------------------
2376 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2377 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2378 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2379 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2382 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2383 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2384 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2385 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2386 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2387 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2388 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2391 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2392 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2393 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2394 * Improved directory access module.
2395 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2396 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2397 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2398 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2399 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2402 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2403 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2404 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2407 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2408 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2409 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2412 * Improved session announcement system.
2413 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2414 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2415 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2416 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2417 * Improved transrater.
2418 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2419 * New configuration system.
2420 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2423 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2424 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2425 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2426 * Supports scheduling.
2427 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2428 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2431 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2432 - Ability to embed video output.
2433 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2434 - Lots of improvements.
2435 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2436 - New design and set of icons.
2437 - Ability to embed video output.
2438 - Support for hotkeys.
2439 - Support for bookmarks.
2441 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2442 - Better hotkeys handling.
2445 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2446 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2447 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2448 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2451 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2452 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2453 * Improved Windows installer.
2459 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2460 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2463 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2464 ---------------------------------
2467 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2468 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2471 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2472 --------------------------------
2475 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2476 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2479 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2480 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2481 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2482 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2485 * Internal improvments
2486 * Improved import/export
2489 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2491 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2492 small and strange formats.
2494 * New MOD audio demux.
2495 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2496 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2497 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2498 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2501 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2502 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2503 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2509 * New opengl video output plugin.
2512 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2513 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2516 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2517 --------------------------------
2520 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2521 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2522 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2523 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2524 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2525 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2526 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2527 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2530 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2535 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2536 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2537 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2538 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2539 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2540 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2541 * Better Icecast support.
2542 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2543 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2546 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2547 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2548 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2549 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2550 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2551 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2552 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2555 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2556 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2557 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2558 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2559 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2560 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2561 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2562 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2563 * Preliminary RTP support.
2564 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2569 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2570 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2572 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2573 - Improvements and help in preferences
2574 - New streaming wizard
2575 - Revised Disc Open menu
2577 - Improvements of the standard pages
2578 - Support for new commands
2579 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2582 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2583 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2586 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2587 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2588 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2589 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2590 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2591 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2592 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2593 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2594 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2597 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2599 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2600 * Support for Panther.
2601 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2602 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2605 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2606 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2607 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2608 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2609 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2610 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2611 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2612 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2615 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2616 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2617 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2620 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2623 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2624 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2625 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2626 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2629 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2630 --------------------------------
2633 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2636 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2637 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2640 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2641 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2644 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2647 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2648 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2651 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2654 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2657 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2658 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2662 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2663 --------------------------------
2666 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2667 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2671 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2672 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2673 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2675 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2676 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2679 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2682 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2685 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2686 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2690 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2691 --------------------------------
2694 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2695 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2699 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2700 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2701 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2702 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2703 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2706 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2707 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2708 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2711 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2712 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2713 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2716 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2717 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2718 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2719 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2720 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2723 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2724 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2725 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2728 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2731 * Improved build system.
2732 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2733 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2734 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2735 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2738 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2739 --------------------------------
2742 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2745 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2746 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2747 * Video 4 Linux support
2748 * CD Digital Audio support
2749 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2752 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2753 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2754 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2755 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2758 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2759 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2760 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2761 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2762 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2763 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2764 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2767 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2768 * New HTTP remote control interface
2771 * 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.
2772 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2773 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2774 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2777 * New reset option for the preferences
2778 * You can set your language in the prefences
2779 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2780 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2781 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2782 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2785 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2786 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2787 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2790 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2791 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2792 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2793 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2794 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2795 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2796 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2797 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2798 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2799 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2802 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2803 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2804 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2805 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2806 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2807 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2808 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2811 * Interface localization
2812 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2813 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2814 * New full-featured Preferences window
2817 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2818 --------------------------------
2821 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2822 * support for skins at the interface level
2823 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2824 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2825 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2826 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2827 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2830 * fixed HTTP redirects
2831 * support for opening an entire directory
2832 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2833 * new video4linux access plug-in
2834 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2837 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2838 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2839 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2842 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2843 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2844 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2845 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2846 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2847 * new codec for raw I420 video
2848 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2851 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2852 (although it still misses some important features)
2853 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2856 * new HTTP output support
2857 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2858 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2861 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2864 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2867 * reorderable playlist
2868 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2869 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2870 * support for mono audio output devices
2871 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2872 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2873 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2874 * the messages window remembers more lines
2875 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2876 * http and ogg stream output options
2877 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2880 * new skinnable interface
2881 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2883 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2884 * support for FLAC audio format
2885 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2887 * network tab in the interface
2888 * "apply" handling in preferences
2891 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2892 ---------------------------------
2895 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2896 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2897 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2898 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2900 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2901 * DTS S/PDIF support
2904 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2905 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2906 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2907 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2910 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2911 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2914 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2917 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2920 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2922 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2923 * rc interface is now fully useable
2924 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2927 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2928 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2929 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2930 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2931 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2933 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2934 * support for mouse gestures
2935 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2938 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2939 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2942 * improved ID3 tag detection
2943 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2944 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2945 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2947 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2950 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2951 ---------------------------------
2954 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2955 English was set as the preferred language
2958 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2959 --------------------------------
2962 * new mouse gesture interface
2963 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2967 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2968 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2969 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2972 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2973 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2977 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2980 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2981 without the user consent
2984 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2986 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2987 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2988 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2991 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2992 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2993 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2994 * playlist enhancements
2995 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2996 * new step forward/step backward commands
2997 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2998 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2999 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3002 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3003 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3004 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3007 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3008 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3011 * native video output is working again
3012 * only commandline interface support
3013 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3016 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3017 --------------------------------
3020 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3021 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3022 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3023 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3024 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3025 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3026 and A/52 streams are supported)
3027 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3032 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3033 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3034 * VCD entry points support
3035 * VCD image file support
3038 * support for *.asf format
3039 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3040 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3041 * support for ogg encapsulation
3042 * support for raw DV format
3043 * support for *.wav format
3044 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3047 Stream discovery & playlists:
3048 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3049 * support for .m3u file format
3050 * support for .asx file format
3051 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3054 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3055 (only available with the .avi demux)
3056 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3057 * support for raw PCM data
3058 * support for Cinepak video codec
3059 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3060 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3061 * support for Xvid codec
3062 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3063 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3064 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3066 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3068 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3071 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3074 * new WxWindows interface
3075 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3076 device and the channels configuration
3077 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3078 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3079 format that VLC can play
3080 * new swedish translation
3081 * enhancements of the playlist window
3082 * new messages window to see debug info
3083 * fixed a few crashes
3086 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3087 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3088 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3089 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working