1 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
8 * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz
10 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
11 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
14 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
15 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
16 * DVB-S scanning support
17 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
18 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
19 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
20 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
21 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI card input support (Linux only currently)
22 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
23 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
26 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
27 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
28 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
29 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
30 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
33 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
34 * Major Video Output and Video Core reworks and rewrites
35 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
38 * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)
39 * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
40 * Ogg seeking improvements
41 * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
44 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
45 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
46 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
47 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
48 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
49 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
50 and important cleanups and optimisations
51 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
54 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
55 * New video output for iOS platform
56 * New video output using EGL
57 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
58 * Various vmem improvements
61 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
62 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
63 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
64 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
65 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
68 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
71 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
74 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
75 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
76 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
77 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
78 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
79 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
80 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
81 * Major rework of VoD support
84 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
87 * New capabilities for libVLC:
88 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
89 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
90 list of available audio and video filters
93 * asademux: use libass only
94 * fake: use the new image demuxers
95 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
97 * upnp: use upnp_intel
100 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
101 ----------------------------------
104 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
108 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
111 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
114 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
115 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
116 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
117 * Taglib thread-safety fix
120 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
124 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
127 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
130 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
131 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
133 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
137 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
138 * Miscellaneous fixes
141 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
142 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
144 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
145 * New Asturian translation
148 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
149 ----------------------------------
152 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
154 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
157 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
160 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
161 * Various fixes for Windows
164 * New Armenian translation
165 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
166 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
169 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
170 --------------------------------
173 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
175 * Fix folders opening from the interface
178 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
179 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
182 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
183 --------------------------------
186 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
187 * fix for podcasts parsing
188 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
191 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
192 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
195 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
196 * fix m3u playlists exports
199 * fix video autoresize behaviour
202 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
205 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
208 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
211 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
214 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
215 --------------------------------
218 * Avformat fps displaying fix
219 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
222 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
223 of mono streams, especially on Windows
226 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
227 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
228 * fix console output encoding
230 Interface and extensions:
231 * Youtube and other scripts updates
232 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
235 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
236 --------------------------------
239 * New capabilities for libVLC:
240 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
241 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
242 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
243 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
244 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
245 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
246 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
247 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
248 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
249 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
250 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
251 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
252 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
253 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
254 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
258 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
259 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
260 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
261 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
262 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
265 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
268 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
269 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
270 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
274 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
277 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
278 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
279 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
282 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
283 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
284 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
285 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
288 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
289 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
292 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
293 --------------------------------
295 Important changes for users:
296 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
297 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
299 Important changes for packagers:
300 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
301 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
302 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
303 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
304 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
306 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
308 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
309 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
310 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
311 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
312 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
315 * Support for the sftp protocol
316 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
317 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
318 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
319 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
320 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
323 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
324 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
325 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
327 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
328 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
329 * Invmem module improvements
330 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
331 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
332 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
333 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
334 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
335 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
336 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
337 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
338 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
339 * Support for VP8 codec
340 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
343 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
344 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
345 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
346 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
347 * Various EGP improvements
348 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
349 * Metadata and cover art improvements
352 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
353 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
354 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
355 * Podcast images are now displayed
358 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
359 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
360 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
361 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
362 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
363 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
364 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
365 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
366 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
367 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
368 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
371 * New content extensions lua framework
374 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
375 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
376 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
377 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
378 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
379 * NEON assembly audio converter module
380 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
383 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
384 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
385 * Service discovery based on libudev
386 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
389 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
390 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
391 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
392 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
393 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
394 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
395 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
398 * New smem module, streaming to memory
399 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
400 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
403 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
405 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
406 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
409 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
412 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
413 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
414 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
415 by Andy Matuschak et al.
416 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
417 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
418 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
421 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
422 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
425 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
426 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
427 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
431 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
432 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
433 * Improved Solaris port
436 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
437 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
440 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
441 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
442 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
443 * transrate: broken since too long
444 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
445 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
446 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
447 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
448 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
449 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
450 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
451 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
452 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
453 * cddax: use cdda instead.
454 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
455 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
456 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
457 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
460 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
461 --------------------------------
464 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
466 Decoders/Packetizers:
467 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
470 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
471 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
472 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
473 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
474 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
477 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
478 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
481 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
482 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
485 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
486 and Walloon translations updated
487 * Sinhala translation started
490 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
491 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
494 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
495 --------------------------------
498 * SubRip extra styles improvements
499 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
502 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
505 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
506 increase performance and fix x264 issues
509 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
510 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
511 Russian, Slovak translation updates
512 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
515 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
516 --------------------------------
519 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
520 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
523 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
524 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
527 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
528 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
531 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
534 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
535 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
538 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
539 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
542 * New Walloon translation
543 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
546 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
547 --------------------------------
550 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
551 regressions in most popular drivers
552 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
555 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
556 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
557 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
560 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
561 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
564 * Update for appletrailers lua script
565 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
566 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
567 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
568 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
571 * New udev module for linux
574 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
577 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
580 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
581 --------------------------------
584 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
585 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
586 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
589 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
590 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
593 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
594 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
597 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
600 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
601 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
602 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
603 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
606 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
607 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
608 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
609 - no support for Goom and SDL
610 - limited text rendering support
611 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
614 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
615 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
616 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
617 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
618 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
619 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
620 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
621 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
622 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
626 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
629 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
632 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
633 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
634 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
635 Arabic and French translation updates
638 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
639 --------------------------------
642 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
643 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
644 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
645 * Fix Dailymotion access script
646 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
647 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
650 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
651 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
654 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
655 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
656 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
659 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
662 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
663 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
666 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
667 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
668 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
669 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
670 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
671 * Fix various crashes
674 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
676 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
679 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
680 ---------------------------------
684 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
685 See 'Access:' for more info.
686 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
689 * Instantaneous pausing
690 * Frame-by-Frame playback
691 * Finer speed control
692 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
693 * Timeshift for most medias
694 * RTSP trickplay support
695 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
698 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
699 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
700 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
701 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
702 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
703 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
704 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
705 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
706 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
707 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
710 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
711 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
712 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
713 * Metadata for mod files are supported
714 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
715 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
716 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
719 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
720 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
723 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
724 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
725 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
726 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
727 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
728 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
729 * DVB scanning on linux
730 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
731 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
732 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
733 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
734 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
735 * MTP device access on Unix
736 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
737 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
740 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
741 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
742 Windows and Mac OS X.
745 * Export the playlist in HTML
746 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
747 * Better metadata handling and reading
749 Linux/Windows interface:
750 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
751 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
752 * Recently played items list
753 * Interface toolbar customizations
754 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
757 - Improvements on many dialogs
758 - New dialog for plugins listing
759 - Fixed-size mode for videos
760 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
761 * Better integration in GTK environments
764 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
765 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
766 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
767 * Additional usability improvements
770 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
771 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
772 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
773 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
774 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
777 * New Maemo port with:
778 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
779 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
782 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
785 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
786 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
787 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
788 * Support for latest iSight models
791 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
792 * Surround support for PulseAudio
795 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
796 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
797 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
798 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
799 The old image video output has been removed.
800 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
801 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
804 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
812 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
813 --------------------------------------
819 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
820 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
821 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
822 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
823 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
824 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
825 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
827 Various fixes to the following modules:
830 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
831 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
834 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
839 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
840 ---------------------------------
843 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
844 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
847 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
848 ---------------------------------
851 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
854 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
857 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
858 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
859 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
860 main controller window.
861 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
864 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
869 * Updates of other localizations
872 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
873 * Lots of small bugfixes.
874 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
875 * Telnet fixes on Windows
876 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
879 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
880 ---------------------------------
883 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
885 Bunch of small bugfixes.
888 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
889 --------------------------------
894 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
895 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
898 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
899 --------------------------------
901 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
902 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
905 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
908 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
909 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
912 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
913 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
916 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
917 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
918 * Various fixed in playlist
921 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
924 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
927 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
928 ------------------------------------
930 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
931 * Fixes several memory leaks.
934 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
935 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
936 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
939 * Stability fix for the video output.
942 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
943 --------------------------------
946 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
947 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
948 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
949 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
950 * Fixed update system bugs
951 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
954 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
955 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
956 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
957 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
958 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
959 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
960 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
961 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
962 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
963 modern Mac OS X versions
966 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
967 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
969 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
970 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
973 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
974 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
975 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
976 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
977 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
978 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
981 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
982 --------------------------------
984 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
985 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
989 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
990 --------------------------------
992 * Multiple bug fixes.
995 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
996 ---------------------------------
1000 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1001 recent to work correctly
1002 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1003 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1004 edit the ".hosts" file.
1005 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1006 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1007 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1008 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1009 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1010 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1011 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1012 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1013 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1014 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1015 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1016 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1017 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1018 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1019 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1020 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1021 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1022 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1023 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1024 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1025 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1026 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1027 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1028 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1029 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1030 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1031 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1032 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1033 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1034 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1035 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1036 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1037 and postproc modules.
1038 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1039 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1040 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1041 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1043 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1044 filter. For example:
1045 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1046 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1048 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1049 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1055 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1057 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1058 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1061 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1062 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1064 * Shoutcast TV listings
1065 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1067 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1068 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1070 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1073 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1074 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1075 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1076 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1077 * JACK audio input support
1078 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1079 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1080 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1081 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1082 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1083 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1084 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1085 (available as a separate download).
1086 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1087 * RTMP input support
1088 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1089 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1090 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1092 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1093 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1096 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1097 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1098 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1099 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1101 * APEv1/2 tags support
1102 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1103 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1105 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1106 * TiVo Series 2 support
1107 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1112 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1113 * Flash Screen Video support
1114 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1115 * DosBox Capture support
1116 * Karl Morton's Video support
1117 * limited atrac3 support
1119 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1120 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1121 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1122 * H.264 PAFF support
1123 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1124 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1125 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1126 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1127 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1130 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1131 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1132 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1133 * AQTitle subtitles support
1134 * MKV USF subtitles support
1135 * HTML-based subtitles support
1136 * MPSub subtitles support
1137 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1138 * MPL2 subtitles support
1139 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1140 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1141 * Realtext subtitle support
1142 * DKS subtitle support
1143 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1144 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1147 * Flash Screen Video support
1148 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1150 Video outputs and filters:
1151 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1152 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1153 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1154 * New puzzle video output filter
1155 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1156 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1158 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1159 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1160 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1161 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1162 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1163 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1164 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1165 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1166 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1167 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1168 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1169 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1170 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1171 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1173 Audio outputs and filters:
1174 * Replay gain support
1175 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1176 new scaletempo audio filter)
1177 * New spatializer audio filter
1178 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1181 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1182 * New RTP payload formats:
1183 * Speex voice audio codec
1184 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1185 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1186 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1187 * DCCP transport for RTP
1188 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1193 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1194 end-user suitable way.
1195 * Improved user interaction
1196 * Improved mouse gestures
1197 * Vastly improved Update checker
1198 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1200 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1201 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1203 * Improved video output features
1204 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1205 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1206 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1207 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1208 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1210 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1211 if libncursesw is available.
1212 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1213 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1214 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1216 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1217 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1218 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1219 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1220 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1221 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1222 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1223 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1226 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1227 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1228 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1231 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1232 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1233 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1234 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1235 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1236 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1239 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1240 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1250 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1251 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1252 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1255 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1256 ----------------------------------
1259 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1262 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1263 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1264 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1265 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1266 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1267 * Updated Polish translation
1270 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1271 ----------------------------------
1274 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1275 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1276 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1279 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1280 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1281 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1282 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1283 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1284 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1285 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1286 to an unexpected application termination
1287 * New Serbian translation
1288 * Updated Romanian translation
1291 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1292 ----------------------------------
1295 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1296 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1297 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1298 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1299 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1300 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1301 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1302 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1305 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1306 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1307 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1308 * Fixed AAC resampling
1309 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1310 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1313 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1314 ----------------------------------
1317 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1318 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1319 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1320 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1321 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1324 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1325 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1326 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1327 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1328 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1331 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1332 ----------------------------------
1335 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1336 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1339 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1340 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1341 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1342 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1344 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1348 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1351 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1354 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1357 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1360 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1361 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1362 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1363 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1364 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1366 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1367 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1368 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1369 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1372 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1375 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1376 ----------------------------------
1379 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1380 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1381 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1383 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1384 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1386 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1387 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1390 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1392 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1393 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1394 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1395 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1396 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1397 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1398 two different movies
1399 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1400 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1401 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1404 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1407 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1408 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1409 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1410 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1413 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1414 ----------------------------------
1416 Various bugfixes, notably:
1417 * Windows Vista compatibility
1418 * Cropping in Direct3D
1419 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1420 * RSS filter string overflow
1422 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1424 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1425 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1428 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1429 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1432 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1435 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1438 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1441 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1442 ----------------------------------
1444 Various bugfixes, notably:
1445 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1446 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1447 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1448 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1449 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1450 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1453 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1454 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1457 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1459 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1460 * Diverse usability improvements
1461 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1462 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1463 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1466 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1467 ---------------------------------
1469 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1470 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1473 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1476 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1477 --------------------------------
1480 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1483 * Support for RTSP authentication
1484 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1485 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1486 * ATSC support for DVB input
1487 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1488 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1489 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1492 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1493 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1494 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1495 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1496 * Matroska WavPack support
1497 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1498 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1499 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1502 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1503 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1504 * Improved libcaca support
1508 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1509 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1511 * Systray support in skins
1513 * Support for Apple Remote control
1514 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1515 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1516 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1517 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1519 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1522 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1523 Windows 9x/ME users:
1524 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1525 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1526 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1527 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1528 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1530 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1531 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1540 * Updates to the libvlc API
1541 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1544 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1545 --------------------------------
1548 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1549 * Support for downloading updates
1553 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1554 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1555 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1556 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1558 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1559 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1560 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1563 * Cook (Real audio) support
1565 Playlist / Services discovery:
1566 * XSPF playlist support
1568 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1571 * New JACK audio output
1574 * New video filters:
1575 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1576 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1577 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1578 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1579 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1580 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1583 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1586 * System to inform the user and request information
1587 - HTTP authentication
1591 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1592 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1593 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1596 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1597 - Improved playlist handling
1598 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1600 - Embedded Video output
1601 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1602 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1603 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1604 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1605 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1607 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1608 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1611 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1614 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1615 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1616 * Growl "Now playing" support
1619 * Ability to log to syslog
1620 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1623 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1625 * A bit more automatic testing
1628 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1629 ---------------------------------
1632 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1633 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1636 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1637 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1640 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1643 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1644 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1650 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1653 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1654 --------------------------------
1657 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1661 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1662 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1663 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1666 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1667 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1668 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1669 * GnomeVFS input module
1670 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1671 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1674 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1675 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1676 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1679 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1680 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1686 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1687 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1690 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1691 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1692 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1695 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1697 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1698 - New extended controls panel
1699 - New bookmarks window
1700 - Fixed playlist sorting
1701 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1703 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1704 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1705 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1706 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1710 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1711 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1713 - Include macro to include other files
1717 * Should now work outside IE as well
1720 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1723 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1724 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1727 The following languages were added:
1731 * Simplified Chinese
1732 The following languages were re-added:
1736 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1737 --------------------------------
1740 * Rewrite of the playlist
1742 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1743 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1744 * Preferences improvements:
1745 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1746 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1748 * Core image manipulation support
1749 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1750 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1751 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1752 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1753 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1754 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1755 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1756 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1757 * Access filter architecture
1758 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1759 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1763 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1764 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1765 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1766 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1767 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1768 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1769 * Massive Matroska improvements
1770 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1772 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1773 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1774 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1775 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1776 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1778 Decoders / Encoders:
1779 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1780 * PNG decoder/encoder
1781 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1782 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1785 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1788 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1789 * Brand new SAP module
1790 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1791 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1792 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1793 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1794 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1795 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1799 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1802 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1803 * Image file video output (png)
1804 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1805 * Improvements to wall video filter
1806 * Support for font color and opacity
1812 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1813 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1814 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1818 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1819 - Improved preferences
1820 - Improvements to the wizard
1821 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1823 - Redesigned playlist
1824 - Improved preferences
1826 - Support for multiple actions
1829 - Support for the new playlist system
1831 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1834 * Screensaver disabling fix
1835 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1836 * Support for no-decoration windows
1839 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1840 * The OpenGL video output is back
1841 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1842 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1843 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1844 is not yet available in the new module
1845 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1848 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1857 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1860 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1863 The following languages were added:
1869 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1870 --------------------------------
1873 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1874 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1877 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1878 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1879 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1882 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1885 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1888 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1891 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1892 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1893 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1897 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1899 * Support of playlist group announcement
1902 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1903 --------------------------------
1906 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1907 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1908 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1909 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1910 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1911 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1914 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1915 (Stream your desktop)
1916 * Improved DVD support:
1917 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1918 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1919 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1920 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1921 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1922 (selection of titles/chapters).
1925 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1926 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1927 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1928 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1929 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1930 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1931 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1932 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1933 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1934 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1937 * G.726 audio support
1938 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1939 * MPEG-4 text support
1940 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1941 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1942 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1946 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1947 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1948 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1949 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1950 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1951 * DVB subtitles encoder
1952 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1953 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1955 * Text track muxing for mp4
1956 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1957 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1958 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1959 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1960 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1961 * Improved ASF muxer
1963 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1964 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1965 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1968 * New audio equalizer filter
1969 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1970 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1971 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1972 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1975 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1976 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1977 with support for effects.
1978 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1979 - New filters can be streamed.
1980 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1981 - Centralized scaling and blending
1983 - "time", to display current time
1984 - "marq", to display a marquee
1987 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1988 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1989 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1990 * A few skins2 improvements
1991 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1992 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1993 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1994 * Improved CORBA control module
1997 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1998 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1999 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2002 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2003 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2004 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2007 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2008 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2009 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2010 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2011 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2014 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2017 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2018 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2021 * Server/client network synchronization module
2022 * VBrick streams fully supported
2023 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2027 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2028 --------------------------------
2031 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2032 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2033 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2034 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2037 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2038 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2039 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2040 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2041 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2042 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2043 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2046 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2047 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2048 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2049 * Improved directory access module.
2050 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2051 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2052 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2053 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2054 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2057 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2058 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2059 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2062 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2063 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2064 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2067 * Improved session announcement system.
2068 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2069 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2070 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2071 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2072 * Improved transrater.
2073 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2074 * New configuration system.
2075 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2078 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2079 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2080 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2081 * Supports scheduling.
2082 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2083 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2086 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2087 - Ability to embed video output.
2088 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2089 - Lots of improvements.
2090 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2091 - New design and set of icons.
2092 - Ability to embed video output.
2093 - Support for hotkeys.
2094 - Support for bookmarks.
2096 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2097 - Better hotkeys handling.
2100 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2101 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2102 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2103 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2106 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2107 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2108 * Improved Windows installer.
2114 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2115 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2118 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2119 ---------------------------------
2122 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2123 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2126 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2127 --------------------------------
2130 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2131 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2134 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2135 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2136 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2137 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2140 * Internal improvments
2141 * Improved import/export
2144 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2146 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2147 small and strange formats.
2149 * New MOD audio demux.
2150 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2151 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2152 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2153 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2156 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2157 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2158 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2164 * New opengl video output plugin.
2167 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2168 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2171 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2172 --------------------------------
2175 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2176 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2177 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2178 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2179 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2180 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2181 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2182 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2185 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2190 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2191 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2192 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2193 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2194 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2195 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2196 * Better Icecast support.
2197 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2198 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2201 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2202 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2203 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2204 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2205 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2206 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2207 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2210 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2211 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2212 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2213 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2214 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2215 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2216 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2217 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2218 * Preliminary RTP support.
2219 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2224 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2225 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2227 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2228 - Improvements and help in preferences
2229 - New streaming wizard
2230 - Revised Disc Open menu
2232 - Improvements of the standard pages
2233 - Support for new commands
2234 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2237 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2238 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2241 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2242 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2243 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2244 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2245 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2246 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2247 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2248 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2249 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2252 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2254 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2255 * Support for Panther.
2256 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2257 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2260 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2261 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2262 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2263 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2264 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2265 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2266 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2267 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2270 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2271 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2272 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2275 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2278 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2279 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2280 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2281 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2284 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2285 --------------------------------
2288 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2291 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2292 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2295 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2296 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2299 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2302 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2303 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2306 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2309 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2312 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2313 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2317 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2318 --------------------------------
2321 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2322 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2326 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2327 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2328 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2330 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2331 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2334 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2337 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2340 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2341 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2345 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2346 --------------------------------
2349 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2350 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2354 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2355 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2356 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2357 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2358 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2361 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2362 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2363 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2366 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2367 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2368 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2371 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2372 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2373 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2374 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2375 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2378 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2379 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2380 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2383 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2386 * Improved build system.
2387 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2388 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2389 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2390 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2393 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2394 --------------------------------
2397 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2400 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2401 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2402 * Video 4 Linux support
2403 * CD Digital Audio support
2404 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2407 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2408 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2409 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2410 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2413 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2414 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2415 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2416 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2417 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2418 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2419 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2422 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2423 * New HTTP remote control interface
2426 * 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.
2427 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2428 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2429 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2432 * New reset option for the preferences
2433 * You can set your language in the prefences
2434 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2435 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2436 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2437 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2440 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2441 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2442 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2445 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2446 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2447 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2448 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2449 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2450 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2451 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2452 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2453 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2454 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2457 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2458 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2459 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2460 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2461 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2462 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2463 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2466 * Interface localization
2467 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2468 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2469 * New full-featured Preferences window
2472 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2473 --------------------------------
2476 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2477 * support for skins at the interface level
2478 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2479 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2480 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2481 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2482 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2485 * fixed HTTP redirects
2486 * support for opening an entire directory
2487 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2488 * new video4linux access plug-in
2489 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2492 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2493 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2494 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2497 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2498 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2499 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2500 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2501 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2502 * new codec for raw I420 video
2503 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2506 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2507 (although it still misses some important features)
2508 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2511 * new HTTP output support
2512 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2513 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2516 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2519 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2522 * reorderable playlist
2523 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2524 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2525 * support for mono audio output devices
2526 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2527 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2528 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2529 * the messages window remembers more lines
2530 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2531 * http and ogg stream output options
2532 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2535 * new skinnable interface
2536 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2538 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2539 * support for FLAC audio format
2540 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2542 * network tab in the interface
2543 * "apply" handling in preferences
2546 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2547 ---------------------------------
2550 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2551 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2552 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2553 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2555 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2556 * DTS S/PDIF support
2559 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2560 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2561 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2562 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2565 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2566 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2569 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2572 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2575 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2577 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2578 * rc interface is now fully useable
2579 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2582 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2583 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2584 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2585 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2586 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2588 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2589 * support for mouse gestures
2590 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2593 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2594 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2597 * improved ID3 tag detection
2598 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2599 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2600 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2602 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2605 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2606 ---------------------------------
2609 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2610 English was set as the preferred language
2613 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2614 --------------------------------
2617 * new mouse gesture interface
2618 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2622 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2623 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2624 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2627 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2628 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2632 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2635 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2636 without the user consent
2639 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2641 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2642 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2643 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2646 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2647 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2648 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2649 * playlist enhancements
2650 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2651 * new step forward/step backward commands
2652 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2653 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2654 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2657 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2658 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2659 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2662 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2663 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2666 * native video output is working again
2667 * only commandline interface support
2668 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2671 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2672 --------------------------------
2675 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2676 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2677 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2678 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2679 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2680 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2681 and A/52 streams are supported)
2682 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2687 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2688 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2689 * VCD entry points support
2690 * VCD image file support
2693 * support for *.asf format
2694 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2695 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2696 * support for ogg encapsulation
2697 * support for raw DV format
2698 * support for *.wav format
2699 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2702 Stream discovery & playlists:
2703 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2704 * support for .m3u file format
2705 * support for .asx file format
2706 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2709 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2710 (only available with the .avi demux)
2711 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2712 * support for raw PCM data
2713 * support for Cinepak video codec
2714 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2715 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2716 * support for Xvid codec
2717 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2718 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2719 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2721 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2723 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2726 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2729 * new WxWindows interface
2730 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2731 device and the channels configuration
2732 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2733 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2734 format that VLC can play
2735 * new swedish translation
2736 * enhancements of the playlist window
2737 * new messages window to see debug info
2738 * fixed a few crashes
2741 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2742 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2743 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2744 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working