1 Changes between 1.1.4 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
9 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
12 * Multiple files are supported from RAR files
13 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
14 * DVB-S scanning support
15 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
16 * Support for VDR recordings
17 * Blu-Ray integration with libbluray
18 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
21 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
22 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback
25 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
28 * id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib).
29 * Ogg seeking improvements
32 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
33 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
34 * Qt: effects dialogs reordering
35 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
38 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
41 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
44 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
47 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
48 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
49 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
52 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
53 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
54 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
55 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
56 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
57 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
60 * New capabilities for libVLC:
61 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
64 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
65 ----------------------------------
68 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
70 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
73 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
76 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
77 * Various fixes for Windows
80 * New Armenian translation
81 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
82 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
85 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
86 --------------------------------
89 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
91 * Fix folders opening from the interface
94 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
95 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
98 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
99 --------------------------------
102 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
103 * fix for podcasts parsing
104 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
107 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
108 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
111 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
112 * fix m3u playlists exports
115 * fix video autoresize behaviour
118 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
121 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
124 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
127 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
130 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
131 --------------------------------
134 * Avformat fps displaying fix
135 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
138 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
139 of mono streams, especially on Windows
142 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
143 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
144 * fix console output encoding
146 Interface and extensions:
147 * Youtube and other scripts updates
148 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
151 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
152 --------------------------------
155 * New capabilities for libVLC:
156 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
157 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
158 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
159 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
160 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
161 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
162 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
163 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
164 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
165 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
166 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
167 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
168 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
169 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
170 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
174 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
175 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
176 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
177 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
178 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
181 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
184 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
185 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
186 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
190 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
193 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
194 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
195 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
198 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
199 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
200 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
201 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
204 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
205 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
208 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
209 --------------------------------
211 Important changes for users:
212 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
213 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
215 Important changes for packagers:
216 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
217 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
218 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
219 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
220 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
222 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
224 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
225 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
226 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
227 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
228 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
231 * Support for the sftp protocol
232 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
233 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
234 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
235 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
236 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
239 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
240 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
241 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
243 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
244 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
245 * Invmem module improvements
246 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
247 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
248 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
249 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
250 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
251 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
252 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
253 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
254 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
255 * Support for VP8 codec
256 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
259 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
260 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
261 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
262 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
263 * Various EGP improvements
264 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
265 * Metadata and cover art improvements
268 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
269 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
270 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
271 * Podcast images are now displayed
274 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
275 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
276 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
277 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
278 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
279 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
280 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
281 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
282 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
283 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
284 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
287 * New content extensions lua framework
290 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
291 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
292 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
293 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
294 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
295 * NEON assembly audio converter module
296 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
299 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
300 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
301 * Service discovery based on libudev
302 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
305 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
306 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
307 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
308 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
309 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
310 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
311 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
314 * New smem module, streaming to memory
315 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
316 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
319 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
321 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
322 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
325 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
328 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
329 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
330 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
331 by Andy Matuschak et al.
332 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
333 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
334 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
337 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
338 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
341 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
342 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
343 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
347 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
348 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
349 * Improved Solaris port
352 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
353 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
356 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
357 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
358 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
359 * transrate: broken since too long
360 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
361 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
362 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
363 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
364 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
365 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
366 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
367 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
368 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
369 * cddax: use cdda instead.
370 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
371 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
372 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
373 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
376 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
377 --------------------------------
380 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
382 Decoders/Packetizers:
383 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
386 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
387 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
388 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
389 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
390 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
393 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
394 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
397 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
398 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
401 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
402 and Walloon translations updated
403 * Sinhala translation started
406 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
407 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
410 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
411 --------------------------------
414 * SubRip extra styles improvements
415 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
418 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
421 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
422 increase performance and fix x264 issues
425 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
426 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
427 Russian, Slovak translation updates
428 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
431 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
432 --------------------------------
435 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
436 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
439 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
440 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
443 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
444 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
447 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
450 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
451 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
454 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
455 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
458 * New Walloon translation
459 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
462 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
463 --------------------------------
466 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
467 regressions in most popular drivers
468 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
471 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
472 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
473 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
476 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
477 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
480 * Update for appletrailers lua script
481 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
482 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
483 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
484 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
487 * New udev module for linux
490 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
493 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
496 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
497 --------------------------------
500 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
501 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
502 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
505 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
506 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
509 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
510 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
513 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
516 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
517 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
518 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
519 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
522 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
523 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
524 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
525 - no support for Goom and SDL
526 - limited text rendering support
527 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
530 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
531 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
532 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
533 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
534 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
535 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
536 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
537 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
538 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
542 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
545 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
548 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
549 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
550 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
551 Arabic and French translation updates
554 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
555 --------------------------------
558 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
559 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
560 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
561 * Fix Dailymotion access script
562 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
563 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
566 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
567 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
570 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
571 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
572 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
575 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
578 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
579 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
582 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
583 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
584 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
585 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
586 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
587 * Fix various crashes
590 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
592 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
595 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
596 ---------------------------------
600 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
601 See 'Access:' for more info.
602 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
605 * Instantaneous pausing
606 * Frame-by-Frame playback
607 * Finer speed control
608 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
609 * Timeshift for most medias
610 * RTSP trickplay support
611 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
614 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
615 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
616 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
617 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
618 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
619 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
620 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
621 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
622 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
623 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
626 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
627 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
628 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
629 * Metadata for mod files are supported
630 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
631 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
632 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
635 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
636 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
639 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
640 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
641 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
642 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
643 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
644 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
645 * DVB scanning on linux
646 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
647 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
648 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
649 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
650 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
651 * MTP device access on Unix
652 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
653 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
656 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
657 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
658 Windows and Mac OS X.
661 * Export the playlist in HTML
662 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
663 * Better metadata handling and reading
665 Linux/Windows interface:
666 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
667 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
668 * Recently played items list
669 * Interface toolbar customizations
670 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
673 - Improvements on many dialogs
674 - New dialog for plugins listing
675 - Fixed-size mode for videos
676 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
677 * Better integration in GTK environments
680 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
681 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
682 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
683 * Additional usability improvements
686 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
687 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
688 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
689 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
690 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
693 * New Maemo port with:
694 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
695 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
698 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
701 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
702 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
703 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
704 * Support for latest iSight models
707 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
708 * Surround support for PulseAudio
711 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
712 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
713 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
714 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
715 The old image video output has been removed.
716 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
717 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
720 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
728 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
729 --------------------------------------
735 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
736 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
737 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
738 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
739 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
740 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
741 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
743 Various fixes to the following modules:
746 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
747 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
750 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
755 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
756 ---------------------------------
759 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
760 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
763 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
764 ---------------------------------
767 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
770 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
773 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
774 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
775 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
776 main controller window.
777 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
780 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
785 * Updates of other localizations
788 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
789 * Lots of small bugfixes.
790 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
791 * Telnet fixes on Windows
792 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
795 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
796 ---------------------------------
799 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
801 Bunch of small bugfixes.
804 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
805 --------------------------------
810 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
811 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
814 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
815 --------------------------------
817 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
818 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
821 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
824 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
825 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
828 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
829 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
832 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
833 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
834 * Various fixed in playlist
837 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
840 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
843 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
844 ------------------------------------
846 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
847 * Fixes several memory leaks.
850 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
851 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
852 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
855 * Stability fix for the video output.
858 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
859 --------------------------------
862 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
863 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
864 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
865 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
866 * Fixed update system bugs
867 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
870 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
871 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
872 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
873 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
874 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
875 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
876 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
877 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
878 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
879 modern Mac OS X versions
882 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
883 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
885 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
886 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
889 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
890 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
891 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
892 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
893 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
894 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
897 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
898 --------------------------------
900 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
901 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
905 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
906 --------------------------------
908 * Multiple bug fixes.
911 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
912 ---------------------------------
916 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
917 recent to work correctly
918 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
919 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
920 edit the ".hosts" file.
921 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
922 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
923 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
924 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
925 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
926 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
927 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
928 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
929 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
930 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
931 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
932 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
933 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
934 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
935 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
936 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
937 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
938 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
939 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
940 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
941 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
942 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
943 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
944 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
945 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
946 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
947 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
948 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
949 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
950 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
951 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
952 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
953 and postproc modules.
954 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
955 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
956 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
957 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
959 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
961 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
962 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
964 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
965 * Glide video output module has been removed.
971 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
973 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
974 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
977 * Vastly improved playlist support:
978 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
980 * Shoutcast TV listings
981 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
983 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
984 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
986 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
989 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
990 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
991 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
992 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
993 * JACK audio input support
994 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
995 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
996 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
997 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
998 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
999 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1000 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1001 (available as a separate download).
1002 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1003 * RTMP input support
1004 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1005 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1006 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1008 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1009 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1012 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1013 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1014 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1015 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1017 * APEv1/2 tags support
1018 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1019 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1021 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1022 * TiVo Series 2 support
1023 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1028 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1029 * Flash Screen Video support
1030 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1031 * DosBox Capture support
1032 * Karl Morton's Video support
1033 * limited atrac3 support
1035 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1036 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1037 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1038 * H.264 PAFF support
1039 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1040 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1041 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1042 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1043 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1046 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1047 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1048 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1049 * AQTitle subtitles support
1050 * MKV USF subtitles support
1051 * HTML-based subtitles support
1052 * MPSub subtitles support
1053 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1054 * MPL2 subtitles support
1055 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1056 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1057 * Realtext subtitle support
1058 * DKS subtitle support
1059 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1060 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1063 * Flash Screen Video support
1064 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1066 Video outputs and filters:
1067 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1068 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1069 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1070 * New puzzle video output filter
1071 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1072 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1074 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1075 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1076 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1077 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1078 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1079 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1080 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1081 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1082 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1083 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1084 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1085 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1086 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1087 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1089 Audio outputs and filters:
1090 * Replay gain support
1091 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1092 new scaletempo audio filter)
1093 * New spatializer audio filter
1094 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1097 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1098 * New RTP payload formats:
1099 * Speex voice audio codec
1100 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1101 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1102 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1103 * DCCP transport for RTP
1104 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1109 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1110 end-user suitable way.
1111 * Improved user interaction
1112 * Improved mouse gestures
1113 * Vastly improved Update checker
1114 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1116 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1117 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1119 * Improved video output features
1120 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1121 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1122 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1123 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1124 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1126 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1127 if libncursesw is available.
1128 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1129 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1130 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1132 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1133 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1134 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1135 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1136 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1137 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1138 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1139 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1142 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1143 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1144 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1147 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1148 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1149 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1150 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1151 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1152 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1155 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1156 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1166 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1167 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1168 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1171 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1172 ----------------------------------
1175 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1178 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1179 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1180 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1181 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1182 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1183 * Updated Polish translation
1186 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1187 ----------------------------------
1190 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1191 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1192 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1195 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1196 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1197 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1198 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1199 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1200 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1201 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1202 to an unexpected application termination
1203 * New Serbian translation
1204 * Updated Romanian translation
1207 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1208 ----------------------------------
1211 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1212 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1213 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1214 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1215 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1216 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1217 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1218 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1221 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1222 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1223 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1224 * Fixed AAC resampling
1225 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1226 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1229 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1230 ----------------------------------
1233 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1234 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1235 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1236 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1237 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1240 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1241 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1242 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1243 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1244 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1247 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1248 ----------------------------------
1251 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1252 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1255 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1256 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1257 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1258 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1260 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1264 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1267 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1270 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1273 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1276 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1277 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1278 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1279 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1280 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1282 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1283 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1284 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1285 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1288 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1291 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1292 ----------------------------------
1295 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1296 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1297 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1299 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1300 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1302 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1303 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1306 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1308 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1309 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1310 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1311 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1312 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1313 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1314 two different movies
1315 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1316 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1317 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1320 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1323 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1324 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1325 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1326 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1329 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1330 ----------------------------------
1332 Various bugfixes, notably:
1333 * Windows Vista compatibility
1334 * Cropping in Direct3D
1335 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1336 * RSS filter string overflow
1338 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1340 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1341 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1344 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1345 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1348 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1351 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1354 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1357 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1358 ----------------------------------
1360 Various bugfixes, notably:
1361 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1362 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1363 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1364 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1365 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1366 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1369 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1370 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1373 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1375 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1376 * Diverse usability improvements
1377 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1378 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1379 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1382 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1383 ---------------------------------
1385 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1386 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1389 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1392 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1393 --------------------------------
1396 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1399 * Support for RTSP authentication
1400 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1401 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1402 * ATSC support for DVB input
1403 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1404 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1405 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1408 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1409 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1410 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1411 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1412 * Matroska WavPack support
1413 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1414 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1415 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1418 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1419 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1420 * Improved libcaca support
1424 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1425 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1427 * Systray support in skins
1429 * Support for Apple Remote control
1430 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1431 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1432 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1433 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1435 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1438 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1439 Windows 9x/ME users:
1440 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1441 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1442 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1443 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1444 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1446 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1447 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1456 * Updates to the libvlc API
1457 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1460 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1461 --------------------------------
1464 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1465 * Support for downloading updates
1469 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1470 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1471 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1472 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1474 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1475 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1476 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1479 * Cook (Real audio) support
1481 Playlist / Services discovery:
1482 * XSPF playlist support
1484 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1487 * New JACK audio output
1490 * New video filters:
1491 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1492 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1493 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1494 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1495 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1496 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1499 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1502 * System to inform the user and request information
1503 - HTTP authentication
1507 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1508 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1509 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1512 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1513 - Improved playlist handling
1514 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1516 - Embedded Video output
1517 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1518 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1519 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1520 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1521 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1523 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1524 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1527 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1530 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1531 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1532 * Growl "Now playing" support
1535 * Ability to log to syslog
1536 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1539 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1541 * A bit more automatic testing
1544 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1545 ---------------------------------
1548 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1549 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1552 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1553 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1556 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1559 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1560 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1566 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1569 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1570 --------------------------------
1573 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1577 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1578 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1579 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1582 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1583 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1584 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1585 * GnomeVFS input module
1586 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1587 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1590 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1591 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1592 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1595 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1596 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1602 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1603 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1606 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1607 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1608 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1611 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1613 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1614 - New extended controls panel
1615 - New bookmarks window
1616 - Fixed playlist sorting
1617 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1619 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1620 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1621 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1622 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1626 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1627 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1629 - Include macro to include other files
1633 * Should now work outside IE as well
1636 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1639 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1640 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1643 The following languages were added:
1647 * Simplified Chinese
1648 The following languages were re-added:
1652 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1653 --------------------------------
1656 * Rewrite of the playlist
1658 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1659 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1660 * Preferences improvements:
1661 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1662 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1664 * Core image manipulation support
1665 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1666 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1667 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1668 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1669 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1670 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1671 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1672 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1673 * Access filter architecture
1674 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1675 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1679 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1680 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1681 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1682 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1683 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1684 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1685 * Massive Matroska improvements
1686 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1688 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1689 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1690 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1691 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1692 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1694 Decoders / Encoders:
1695 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1696 * PNG decoder/encoder
1697 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1698 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1701 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1704 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1705 * Brand new SAP module
1706 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1707 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1708 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1709 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1710 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1711 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1715 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1718 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1719 * Image file video output (png)
1720 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1721 * Improvements to wall video filter
1722 * Support for font color and opacity
1728 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1729 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1730 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1734 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1735 - Improved preferences
1736 - Improvements to the wizard
1737 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1739 - Redesigned playlist
1740 - Improved preferences
1742 - Support for multiple actions
1745 - Support for the new playlist system
1747 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1750 * Screensaver disabling fix
1751 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1752 * Support for no-decoration windows
1755 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1756 * The OpenGL video output is back
1757 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1758 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1759 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1760 is not yet available in the new module
1761 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1764 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1773 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1776 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1779 The following languages were added:
1785 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1786 --------------------------------
1789 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1790 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1793 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1794 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1795 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1798 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1801 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1804 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1807 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1808 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1809 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1813 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1815 * Support of playlist group announcement
1818 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1819 --------------------------------
1822 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1823 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1824 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1825 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1826 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1827 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1830 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1831 (Stream your desktop)
1832 * Improved DVD support:
1833 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1834 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1835 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1836 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1837 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1838 (selection of titles/chapters).
1841 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1842 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1843 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1844 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1845 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1846 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1847 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1848 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1849 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1850 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1853 * G.726 audio support
1854 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1855 * MPEG-4 text support
1856 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1857 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1858 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1862 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1863 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1864 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1865 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1866 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1867 * DVB subtitles encoder
1868 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1869 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1871 * Text track muxing for mp4
1872 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1873 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1874 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1875 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1876 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1877 * Improved ASF muxer
1879 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1880 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1881 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1884 * New audio equalizer filter
1885 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1886 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1887 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1888 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1891 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1892 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1893 with support for effects.
1894 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1895 - New filters can be streamed.
1896 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1897 - Centralized scaling and blending
1899 - "time", to display current time
1900 - "marq", to display a marquee
1903 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1904 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1905 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1906 * A few skins2 improvements
1907 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1908 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1909 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1910 * Improved CORBA control module
1913 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1914 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1915 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1918 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1919 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1920 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1923 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1924 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1925 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1926 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1927 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1930 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1933 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1934 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1937 * Server/client network synchronization module
1938 * VBrick streams fully supported
1939 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1943 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1944 --------------------------------
1947 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1948 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1949 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1950 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1953 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1954 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1955 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1956 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1957 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1958 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1959 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1962 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1963 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1964 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1965 * Improved directory access module.
1966 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1967 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1968 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1969 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1970 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1973 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1974 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1975 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1978 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1979 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1980 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1983 * Improved session announcement system.
1984 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1985 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1986 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1987 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1988 * Improved transrater.
1989 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1990 * New configuration system.
1991 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1994 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1995 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1996 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1997 * Supports scheduling.
1998 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1999 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2002 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2003 - Ability to embed video output.
2004 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2005 - Lots of improvements.
2006 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2007 - New design and set of icons.
2008 - Ability to embed video output.
2009 - Support for hotkeys.
2010 - Support for bookmarks.
2012 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2013 - Better hotkeys handling.
2016 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2017 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2018 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2019 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2022 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2023 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2024 * Improved Windows installer.
2030 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2031 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2034 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2035 ---------------------------------
2038 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2039 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2042 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2043 --------------------------------
2046 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2047 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2050 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2051 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2052 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2053 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2056 * Internal improvments
2057 * Improved import/export
2060 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2062 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2063 small and strange formats.
2065 * New MOD audio demux.
2066 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2067 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2068 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2069 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2072 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2073 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2074 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2080 * New opengl video output plugin.
2083 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2084 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2087 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2088 --------------------------------
2091 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2092 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2093 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2094 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2095 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2096 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2097 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2098 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2101 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2106 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2107 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2108 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2109 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2110 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2111 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2112 * Better Icecast support.
2113 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2114 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2117 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2118 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2119 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2120 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2121 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2122 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2123 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2126 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2127 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2128 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2129 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2130 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2131 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2132 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2133 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2134 * Preliminary RTP support.
2135 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2140 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2141 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2143 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2144 - Improvements and help in preferences
2145 - New streaming wizard
2146 - Revised Disc Open menu
2148 - Improvements of the standard pages
2149 - Support for new commands
2150 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2153 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2154 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2157 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2158 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2159 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2160 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2161 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2162 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2163 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2164 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2165 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2168 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2170 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2171 * Support for Panther.
2172 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2173 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2176 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2177 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2178 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2179 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2180 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2181 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2182 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2183 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2186 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2187 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2188 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2191 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2194 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2195 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2196 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2197 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2200 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2201 --------------------------------
2204 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2207 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2208 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2211 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2212 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2215 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2218 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2219 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2222 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2225 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2228 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2229 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2233 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2234 --------------------------------
2237 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2238 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2242 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2243 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2244 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2246 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2247 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2250 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2253 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2256 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2257 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2261 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2262 --------------------------------
2265 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2266 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2270 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2271 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2272 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2273 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2274 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2277 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2278 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2279 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2282 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2283 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2284 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2287 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2288 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2289 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2290 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2291 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2294 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2295 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2296 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2299 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2302 * Improved build system.
2303 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2304 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2305 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2306 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2309 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2310 --------------------------------
2313 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2316 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2317 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2318 * Video 4 Linux support
2319 * CD Digital Audio support
2320 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2323 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2324 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2325 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2326 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2329 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2330 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2331 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2332 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2333 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2334 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2335 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2338 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2339 * New HTTP remote control interface
2342 * 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.
2343 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2344 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2345 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2348 * New reset option for the preferences
2349 * You can set your language in the prefences
2350 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2351 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2352 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2353 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2356 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2357 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2358 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2361 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2362 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2363 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2364 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2365 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2366 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2367 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2368 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2369 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2370 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2373 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2374 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2375 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2376 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2377 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2378 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2379 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2382 * Interface localization
2383 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2384 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2385 * New full-featured Preferences window
2388 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2389 --------------------------------
2392 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2393 * support for skins at the interface level
2394 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2395 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2396 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2397 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2398 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2401 * fixed HTTP redirects
2402 * support for opening an entire directory
2403 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2404 * new video4linux access plug-in
2405 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2408 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2409 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2410 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2413 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2414 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2415 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2416 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2417 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2418 * new codec for raw I420 video
2419 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2422 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2423 (although it still misses some important features)
2424 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2427 * new HTTP output support
2428 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2429 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2432 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2435 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2438 * reorderable playlist
2439 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2440 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2441 * support for mono audio output devices
2442 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2443 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2444 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2445 * the messages window remembers more lines
2446 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2447 * http and ogg stream output options
2448 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2451 * new skinnable interface
2452 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2454 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2455 * support for FLAC audio format
2456 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2458 * network tab in the interface
2459 * "apply" handling in preferences
2462 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2463 ---------------------------------
2466 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2467 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2468 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2469 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2471 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2472 * DTS S/PDIF support
2475 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2476 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2477 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2478 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2481 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2482 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2485 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2488 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2491 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2493 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2494 * rc interface is now fully useable
2495 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2498 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2499 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2500 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2501 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2502 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2504 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2505 * support for mouse gestures
2506 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2509 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2510 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2513 * improved ID3 tag detection
2514 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2515 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2516 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2518 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2521 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2522 ---------------------------------
2525 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2526 English was set as the preferred language
2529 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2530 --------------------------------
2533 * new mouse gesture interface
2534 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2538 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2539 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2540 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2543 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2544 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2548 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2551 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2552 without the user consent
2555 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2557 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2558 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2559 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2562 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2563 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2564 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2565 * playlist enhancements
2566 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2567 * new step forward/step backward commands
2568 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2569 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2570 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2573 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2574 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2575 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2578 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2579 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2582 * native video output is working again
2583 * only commandline interface support
2584 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2587 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2588 --------------------------------
2591 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2592 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2593 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2594 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2595 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2596 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2597 and A/52 streams are supported)
2598 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2603 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2604 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2605 * VCD entry points support
2606 * VCD image file support
2609 * support for *.asf format
2610 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2611 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2612 * support for ogg encapsulation
2613 * support for raw DV format
2614 * support for *.wav format
2615 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2618 Stream discovery & playlists:
2619 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2620 * support for .m3u file format
2621 * support for .asx file format
2622 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2625 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2626 (only available with the .avi demux)
2627 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2628 * support for raw PCM data
2629 * support for Cinepak video codec
2630 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2631 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2632 * support for Xvid codec
2633 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2634 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2635 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2637 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2639 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2642 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2645 * new WxWindows interface
2646 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2647 device and the channels configuration
2648 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2649 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2650 format that VLC can play
2651 * new swedish translation
2652 * enhancements of the playlist window
2653 * new messages window to see debug info
2654 * fixed a few crashes
2657 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2658 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2659 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2660 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working