3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-aspect-ratio option
15 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
16 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
18 * GnomeVFS input module
21 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
22 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
25 * UPnP service discovery
26 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
32 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
33 Mixer and Dolby Surround
36 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
37 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
41 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
42 - New extended controls panel
43 - New bookmarks window
44 - Fixed playlist sorting
45 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
47 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
48 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
50 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
54 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
55 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
57 - Include macro to include other files
61 * Should now work outside IE as well
64 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
67 The following languages were added:
71 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
72 --------------------------------
75 * Rewrite of the playlist
77 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
78 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
79 * Preferences improvements:
80 - New organization, designed to improve usability
81 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
83 * Core image manipulation support
84 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
85 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
86 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
87 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
88 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
89 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
90 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
91 now separated by ':' instead of ','
92 * Access filter architecture
93 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
94 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
98 * Support for SOCKS proxy
99 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
100 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
101 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
102 * Better support for Kasenna streams
103 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
104 * Massive Matroska improvements
105 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
107 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
108 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
109 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
110 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
111 * Support for FTP over IPv6
114 * Dirac decoder and encoder
115 * PNG decoder/encoder
116 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
117 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
120 * New Record and Timeshift filters
123 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
124 * Brand new SAP module
125 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
126 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
127 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
128 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
129 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
130 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
134 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
137 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
138 * Image file video output (png)
139 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
140 * Improvements to wall video filter
141 * Support for font color and opacity
147 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
148 - Seeking support in VoD streams
149 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
153 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
154 - Improved preferences
155 - Improvements to the wizard
156 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
158 - Redesigned playlist
159 - Improved preferences
161 - Support for multiple actions
164 - Support for the new playlist system
166 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
169 * Screensaver disabling fix
170 * DirectShow tuner configuration
171 * Support for no-decoration windows
174 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
175 * The OpenGL video output is back
176 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
177 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
178 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
179 is not yet available in the new module
180 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
183 * Support for single-buffered overlay
192 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
195 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
198 The following languages were added:
204 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
205 -----------------------------------------------------
208 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
209 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
212 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
213 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
214 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
217 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
220 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
223 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
226 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
227 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
228 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
232 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
234 * Support of playlist group announcement
236 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
237 -----------------------------------------------------
240 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
241 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
242 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
243 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
244 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
245 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
248 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
249 (Stream your desktop)
250 * Improved DVD support:
251 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
252 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
253 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
254 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
255 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
256 (selection of titles/chapters).
259 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
260 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
261 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
262 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
263 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
264 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
265 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
266 * Improved Ogg demuxer
267 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
268 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
271 * G.726 audio support
272 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
273 * MPEG-4 text support
274 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
275 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
276 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
280 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
281 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
282 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
283 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
284 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
285 * DVB subtitles encoder
286 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
287 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
289 * Text track muxing for mp4
290 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
291 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
292 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
293 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
294 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
297 * H.263 RTP streaming support
298 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
299 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
302 * New audio equalizer filter
303 * Very trivial volume normalizer
304 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
305 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
306 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
309 * Roku HD1000 Video output
310 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
311 with support for effects.
312 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
313 - New filters can be streamed.
314 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
315 - Centralized scaling and blending
317 - "time", to display current time
318 - "marq", to display a marquee
321 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
322 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
323 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
324 * A few skins2 improvements
325 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
326 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
327 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
328 * Improved CORBA control module
331 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
332 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
333 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
336 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
337 * Experimental SVG rendering module
338 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
341 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
342 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
343 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
344 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
345 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
348 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
351 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
352 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
355 * Server/client network synchronization module
356 * VBrick streams fully supported
357 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
360 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
361 --------------------------------
364 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
365 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
366 * Improved HTTP daemon.
367 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
370 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
371 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
372 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
373 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
374 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
375 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
376 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
379 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
380 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
381 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
382 * Improved directory access module.
383 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
384 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
385 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
386 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
387 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
390 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
391 * mmsh streaming fixes.
392 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
395 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
396 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
397 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
400 * Improved session announcement system.
401 * Minimize threads usage by default.
402 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
403 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
404 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
405 * Improved transrater.
406 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
407 * New configuration system.
408 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
411 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
412 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
413 * Supports live streams and VoD.
414 * Supports scheduling.
415 * Telnet interface for vlm.
416 * HTTP interface for vlm.
419 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
420 - Ability to embed video output.
421 - Support for bitmap fonts.
422 - Lots of improvements.
423 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
424 - New design and set of icons.
425 - Ability to embed video output.
426 - Support for hotkeys.
427 - Support for bookmarks.
429 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
430 - Better hotkeys handling.
433 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
434 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
435 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
436 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
439 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
440 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
441 * Improved Windows installer.
447 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
448 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
450 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
451 ---------------------------------
454 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
455 * Playing MOD files is working now.
458 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
459 ---------------------------------
462 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
463 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
466 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
467 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
468 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
469 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
472 * Internal improvments
473 * Improved import/export
476 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
478 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
479 small and strange formats.
481 * New MOD audio demux.
482 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
483 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
484 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
485 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
488 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
489 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
490 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
496 * New opengl video output plugin.
499 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
500 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
502 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
503 ---------------------------------
506 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
507 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
508 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
509 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
510 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
511 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
512 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
513 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
516 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
521 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
522 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
523 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
524 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
525 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
526 * Reworked DVB tuning.
527 * Better Icecast support.
528 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
529 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
532 * Support for Theora video encoding.
533 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
534 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
535 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
536 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
537 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
538 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
541 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
542 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
543 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
544 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
545 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
546 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
547 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
548 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
549 * Preliminary RTP support.
550 * Fixes to SAP announces.
555 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
556 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
558 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
559 - Improvements and help in preferences
560 - New streaming wizard
561 - Revised Disc Open menu
563 - Improvements of the standard pages
564 - Support for new commands
565 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
568 * Many fixes to the SAP module
569 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
572 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
573 * Text subtitles autodetection.
574 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
575 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
576 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
577 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
578 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
579 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
580 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
583 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
585 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
586 * Support for Panther.
587 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
588 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
591 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
592 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
593 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
594 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
595 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
596 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
597 * Multimonitor support (untested).
598 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
601 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
602 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
603 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
606 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
609 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
610 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
611 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
612 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
614 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
615 ---------------------------------
618 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
621 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
622 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
625 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
626 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
629 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
632 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
633 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
636 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
639 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
642 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
643 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
646 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
647 ---------------------------------
650 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
651 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
655 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
656 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
657 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
659 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
660 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
663 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
666 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
669 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
670 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
673 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
674 ---------------------------------
677 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
678 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
682 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
683 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
684 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
685 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
686 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
689 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
690 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
691 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
694 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
695 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
696 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
699 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
700 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
701 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
702 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
703 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
706 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
707 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
708 * A new CORBA control plugin.
711 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
714 * Improved build system.
715 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
716 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
717 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
718 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
721 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
722 ---------------------------------
725 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
728 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
729 * Fixed large file support on Windows
730 * Video 4 Linux support
731 * CD Digital Audio support
732 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
735 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
736 * Support for OpenDML avi files
737 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
738 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
741 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
742 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
743 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
744 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
745 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
746 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
747 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
750 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
751 * New HTTP remote control interface
754 * 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.
755 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
756 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
757 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
760 * New reset option for the preferences
761 * You can set your language in the prefences
762 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
763 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
764 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
765 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
768 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
769 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
770 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
773 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
774 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
775 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
776 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
777 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
778 * New icons by Davor Orel.
779 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
780 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
781 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
782 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
785 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
786 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
787 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
788 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
789 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
790 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
791 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
794 * Interface localization
795 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
796 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
797 * New full-featured Preferences window
799 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
800 ---------------------------------
803 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
804 * support for skins at the interface level
805 * new OSD module using Freetype2
806 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
807 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
808 input level before dropping out of date frames.
809 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
812 * fixed HTTP redirects
813 * support for opening an entire directory
814 * EOF should be detected more reliably
815 * new video4linux access plug-in
816 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
819 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
820 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
821 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
824 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
825 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
826 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
827 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
828 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
829 * new codec for raw I420 video
830 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
833 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
834 (although it still misses some important features)
835 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
838 * new HTTP output support
839 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
840 * fixed AV synchronization issues
843 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
846 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
849 * reorderable playlist
850 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
851 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
852 * support for mono audio output devices
853 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
854 * fixed several cosmetic issues
855 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
856 * the messages window remembers more lines
857 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
858 * http and ogg stream output options
859 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
862 * new skinnable interface
863 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
865 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
866 * support for FLAC audio format
867 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
869 * network tab in the interface
870 * "apply" handling in preferences
873 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
874 ---------------------------------
877 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
878 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
879 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
880 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
882 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
886 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
887 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
888 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
889 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
892 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
893 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
896 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
899 * fixed the GNU-pth support
902 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
904 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
905 * rc interface is now fully useable
906 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
909 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
910 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
911 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
912 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
913 * VLC now uses the default audio device
915 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
916 * support for mouse gestures
917 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
920 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
921 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
924 * improved ID3 tag detection
925 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
926 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
927 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
929 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
932 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
933 ---------------------------------
936 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
937 English was set as the preferred language
940 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
941 --------------------------------
944 * new mouse gesture interface
945 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
949 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
950 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
951 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
954 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
955 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
959 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
962 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
963 without the user consent
966 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
968 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
969 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
970 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
973 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
974 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
975 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
976 * playlist enhancements
977 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
978 * new step forward/step backward commands
979 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
980 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
981 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
984 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
985 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
986 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
989 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
990 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
993 * native video output is working again
994 * only commandline interface support
995 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
998 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
999 --------------------------------
1002 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1003 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1004 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1005 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1006 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1007 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1008 and A/52 streams are supported)
1009 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1014 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1015 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1016 * VCD entry points support
1017 * VCD image file support
1020 * support for *.asf format
1021 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1022 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1023 * support for ogg encapsulation
1024 * support for raw DV format
1025 * support for *.wav format
1026 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1029 Stream discovery & playlists:
1030 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1031 * support for .m3u file format
1032 * support for .asx file format
1033 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1036 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1037 (only available with the .avi demux)
1038 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1039 * support for raw PCM data
1040 * support for Cinepak video codec
1041 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1042 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1043 * support for Xvid codec
1044 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1045 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1046 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1048 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1050 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1053 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1056 * new WxWindows interface
1057 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1058 device and the channels configuration
1059 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1060 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1061 format that VLC can play
1062 * new swedish translation
1063 * enhancements of the playlist window
1064 * new messages window to see debug info
1065 * fixed a few crashes
1068 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1069 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1070 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1071 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working