1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
6 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
7 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
8 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
9 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
10 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
11 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
12 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
13 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
14 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
15 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
16 --http-crl (optional CRL).
17 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
18 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
20 Important changes for packagers:
21 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
22 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
23 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
24 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
25 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
26 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
27 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
28 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
29 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
30 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
31 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
33 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
34 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
37 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
38 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
39 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
40 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
41 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
42 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
45 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
46 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
47 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
48 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
49 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
50 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
51 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
52 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
53 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
54 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
55 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
56 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
57 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
58 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
59 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
62 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
63 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
64 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
65 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
66 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
67 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
68 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
69 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
70 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
71 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
72 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
73 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
74 * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
75 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
78 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
79 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
80 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
81 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
82 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
83 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
84 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
85 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling
88 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
89 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
90 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
91 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
92 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
93 and important cleanups and optimisations
94 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
95 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output
96 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
97 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
98 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
99 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
100 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
101 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
102 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
103 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
104 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
105 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
106 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
107 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
110 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
111 * New video output for iOS platform
112 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
113 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
114 * Various vmem improvements
115 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
117 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
118 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
119 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which now requires a
120 Quartz Extreme capable machine
123 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
124 * New audio output in memory (amem)
125 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
126 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
127 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
130 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
131 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
132 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
133 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
134 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
135 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
136 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
137 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
138 * New anti-flickering filter
139 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
140 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
141 blackbox and customizable shadow
144 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
147 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
148 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
149 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
150 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
151 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
152 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
153 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
154 * Major rework of VoD support
155 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
156 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
157 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
158 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
159 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
160 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
161 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
162 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
163 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
164 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
167 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
168 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
171 * New capabilities for libVLC:
172 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
173 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
174 list of available audio and video filters
175 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
176 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
177 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
180 * asademux: use libass only
181 * subsass: use libass
182 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
183 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
185 * upnp: use upnp_intel
186 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
187 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
188 * removal of the noise filter
189 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
190 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
191 removed in Growl's next release, too.
192 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
195 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
196 ----------------------------------
199 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
200 including support for OS X Lion
201 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
202 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
205 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
208 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
209 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
210 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
213 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
216 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
217 ----------------------------------
220 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
221 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
224 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
225 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
226 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
227 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
228 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
230 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
231 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
232 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
234 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
235 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
238 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
241 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
244 * Fix quitting on Linux
245 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
249 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
252 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
255 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
256 ---------------------------------
258 Windows and Mac OS X:
259 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
262 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
263 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
266 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
269 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
272 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
274 Miscellaneous fixes in:
275 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
277 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
278 * RTP output and XML export
279 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
283 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
284 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
285 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
286 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
289 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
290 --------------------------------
292 Windows and Mac OS X:
293 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
296 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
299 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
300 * Improve Apple Remote handling
301 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
302 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
303 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
304 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
307 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
308 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
312 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
313 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
314 * New Luganda Translation
317 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
318 --------------------------------
321 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
324 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
325 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
326 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
327 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
330 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
332 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
333 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
334 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
335 * mp4 demuxer improvements
336 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
337 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
338 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
339 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
341 Miscellaneous fixes in:
342 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
343 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
344 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
345 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
346 * Configure and build system improvements
347 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
350 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
351 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
352 * New icelandic translation
355 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
356 --------------------------------
359 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
363 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
364 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
365 and stability reasons
368 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
372 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
375 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
376 ----------------------------------
379 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
382 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
383 ---------------------------------
386 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
387 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
388 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
389 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
392 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
395 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
396 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
397 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
398 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
401 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
402 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
403 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
405 Subtitles and renderer:
406 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
407 * Mark more freetype options as safe
408 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
409 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
410 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
413 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
414 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
415 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
416 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
419 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
420 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
423 * KDE device solid actions
425 * Transcode integer overflow
426 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
427 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
430 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
431 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
432 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
435 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
436 ----------------------------------
439 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
443 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
446 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
449 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
450 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
451 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
452 * Taglib thread-safety fix
455 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
459 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
462 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
465 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
466 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
468 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
472 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
473 * Miscellaneous fixes
476 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
477 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
479 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
480 * New Asturian translation
483 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
484 ----------------------------------
487 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
489 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
492 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
495 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
496 * Various fixes for Windows
499 * New Armenian translation
500 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
501 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
504 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
505 --------------------------------
508 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
510 * Fix folders opening from the interface
513 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
514 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
517 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
518 --------------------------------
521 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
522 * fix for podcasts parsing
523 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
526 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
527 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
530 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
531 * fix m3u playlists exports
534 * fix video autoresize behaviour
537 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
540 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
543 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
546 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
549 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
550 --------------------------------
553 * Avformat fps displaying fix
554 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
557 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
558 of mono streams, especially on Windows
561 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
562 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
563 * fix console output encoding
565 Interface and extensions:
566 * Youtube and other scripts updates
567 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
570 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
571 --------------------------------
574 * New capabilities for libVLC:
575 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
576 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
577 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
578 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
579 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
580 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
581 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
582 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
583 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
584 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
585 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
586 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
587 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
588 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
589 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
593 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
594 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
595 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
596 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
597 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
600 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
603 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
604 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
605 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
609 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
612 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
613 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
614 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
617 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
618 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
619 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
620 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
623 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
624 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
627 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
628 --------------------------------
630 Important changes for users:
631 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
632 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
634 Important changes for packagers:
635 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
636 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
637 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
638 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
639 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
641 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
643 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
644 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
645 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
646 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
647 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
650 * Support for the sftp protocol
651 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
652 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
653 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
654 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
655 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
658 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
659 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
660 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
662 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
663 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
664 * Invmem module improvements
665 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
666 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
667 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
668 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
669 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
670 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
671 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
672 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
673 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
674 * Support for VP8 codec
675 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
678 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
679 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
680 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
681 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
682 * Various EGP improvements
683 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
684 * Metadata and cover art improvements
687 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
688 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
689 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
690 * Podcast images are now displayed
693 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
694 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
695 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
696 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
697 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
698 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
699 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
700 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
701 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
702 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
703 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
706 * New content extensions lua framework
709 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
710 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
711 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
712 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
713 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
714 * NEON assembly audio converter module
715 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
718 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
719 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
720 * Service discovery based on libudev
721 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
724 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
725 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
726 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
727 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
728 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
729 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
730 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
733 * New smem module, streaming to memory
734 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
735 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
738 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
740 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
741 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
744 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
747 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
748 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
749 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
750 by Andy Matuschak et al.
751 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
752 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
753 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
756 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
757 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
760 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
761 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
762 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
766 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
767 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
768 * Improved Solaris port
771 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
772 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
775 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
776 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
777 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
778 * transrate: broken since too long
779 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
780 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
781 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
782 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
783 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
784 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
785 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
786 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
787 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
788 * cddax: use cdda instead.
789 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
790 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
791 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
792 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
795 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
796 --------------------------------
799 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
801 Decoders/Packetizers:
802 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
805 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
806 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
807 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
808 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
809 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
812 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
813 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
816 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
817 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
820 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
821 and Walloon translations updated
822 * Sinhala translation started
825 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
826 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
829 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
830 --------------------------------
833 * SubRip extra styles improvements
834 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
837 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
840 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
841 increase performance and fix x264 issues
844 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
845 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
846 Russian, Slovak translation updates
847 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
850 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
851 --------------------------------
854 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
855 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
858 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
859 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
862 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
863 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
866 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
869 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
870 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
873 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
874 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
877 * New Walloon translation
878 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
881 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
882 --------------------------------
885 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
886 regressions in most popular drivers
887 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
890 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
891 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
892 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
895 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
896 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
899 * Update for appletrailers lua script
900 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
901 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
902 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
903 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
906 * New udev module for linux
909 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
912 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
915 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
916 --------------------------------
919 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
920 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
921 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
924 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
925 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
928 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
929 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
932 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
935 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
936 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
937 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
938 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
941 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
942 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
943 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
944 - no support for Goom and SDL
945 - limited text rendering support
946 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
949 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
950 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
951 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
952 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
953 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
954 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
955 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
956 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
957 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
961 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
964 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
967 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
968 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
969 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
970 Arabic and French translation updates
973 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
974 --------------------------------
977 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
978 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
979 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
980 * Fix Dailymotion access script
981 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
982 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
985 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
986 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
989 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
990 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
991 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
994 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
997 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
998 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1001 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1002 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1003 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1004 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1005 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1006 * Fix various crashes
1009 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1011 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
1014 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1015 ---------------------------------
1019 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1020 See 'Access:' for more info.
1021 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1024 * Instantaneous pausing
1025 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1026 * Finer speed control
1027 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1028 * Timeshift for most medias
1029 * RTSP trickplay support
1030 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1033 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1034 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1035 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1036 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1037 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1038 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1039 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1040 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1041 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1042 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1045 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1046 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1047 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1048 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1049 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1050 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1051 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1054 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1055 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1058 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1059 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1060 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1061 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1062 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1063 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1064 * DVB scanning on linux
1065 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1066 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1067 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1068 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1069 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1070 * MTP device access on Unix
1071 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1072 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1075 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1076 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1077 Windows and Mac OS X.
1080 * Export the playlist in HTML
1081 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1082 * Better metadata handling and reading
1084 Linux/Windows interface:
1085 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1086 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1087 * Recently played items list
1088 * Interface toolbar customizations
1089 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1090 - More menus actions
1091 - Finer speed slider
1092 - Improvements on many dialogs
1093 - New dialog for plugins listing
1094 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1095 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1096 * Better integration in GTK environments
1099 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1100 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1101 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1102 * Additional usability improvements
1105 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1106 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1107 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1108 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1109 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1112 * New Maemo port with:
1113 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1114 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1117 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1120 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1121 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1122 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1123 * Support for latest iSight models
1126 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1127 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1130 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1131 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1132 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1133 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1134 The old image video output has been removed.
1135 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1136 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1139 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1147 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1148 --------------------------------------
1154 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1155 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1156 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1157 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1158 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1159 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1160 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1162 Various fixes to the following modules:
1165 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1166 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1167 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1169 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1174 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1175 ---------------------------------
1178 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1179 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1182 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1183 ---------------------------------
1186 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1189 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1192 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1193 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1194 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1195 main controller window.
1196 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1199 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1204 * Updates of other localizations
1207 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1208 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1209 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1210 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1211 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1214 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1215 ---------------------------------
1218 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1220 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1223 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1224 --------------------------------
1229 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1230 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1233 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1234 --------------------------------
1236 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1237 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1240 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1243 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1244 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1247 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1248 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1251 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1252 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1253 * Various fixed in playlist
1256 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1259 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1262 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1263 ------------------------------------
1265 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1266 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1269 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1270 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1271 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1274 * Stability fix for the video output.
1277 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1278 --------------------------------
1281 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1282 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1283 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1284 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1285 * Fixed update system bugs
1286 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1289 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1290 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1291 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1292 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1293 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1294 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1295 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1296 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1297 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1298 modern Mac OS X versions
1301 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1302 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1304 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1305 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1308 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1309 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1310 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1311 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1312 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1313 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1316 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1317 --------------------------------
1319 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1320 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1321 * Multiple bugfixes.
1324 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1325 --------------------------------
1327 * Multiple bug fixes.
1330 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1331 ---------------------------------
1335 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1336 recent to work correctly
1337 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1338 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1339 edit the ".hosts" file.
1340 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1341 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1342 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1343 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1344 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1345 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1346 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1347 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1348 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1349 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1350 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1351 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1352 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1353 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1354 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1355 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1356 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1357 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1358 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1359 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1360 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1361 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1362 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1363 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1364 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1365 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1366 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1367 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1368 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1369 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1370 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1371 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1372 and postproc modules.
1373 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1374 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1375 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1376 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1378 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1379 filter. For example:
1380 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1381 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1383 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1384 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1390 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1392 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1393 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1396 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1397 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1399 * Shoutcast TV listings
1400 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1402 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1403 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1405 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1408 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1409 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1410 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1411 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1412 * JACK audio input support
1413 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1414 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1415 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1416 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1417 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1418 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1419 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1420 (available as a separate download).
1421 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1422 * RTMP input support
1423 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1424 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1425 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1427 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1428 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1431 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1432 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1433 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1434 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1436 * APEv1/2 tags support
1437 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1438 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1440 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1441 * TiVo Series 2 support
1442 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1447 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1448 * Flash Screen Video support
1449 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1450 * DosBox Capture support
1451 * Karl Morton's Video support
1452 * limited atrac3 support
1454 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1455 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1456 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1457 * H.264 PAFF support
1458 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1459 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1460 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1461 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1462 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1465 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1466 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1467 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1468 * AQTitle subtitles support
1469 * MKV USF subtitles support
1470 * HTML-based subtitles support
1471 * MPSub subtitles support
1472 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1473 * MPL2 subtitles support
1474 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1475 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1476 * Realtext subtitle support
1477 * DKS subtitle support
1478 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1479 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1482 * Flash Screen Video support
1483 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1485 Video outputs and filters:
1486 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1487 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1488 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1489 * New puzzle video output filter
1490 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1491 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1493 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1494 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1495 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1496 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1497 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1498 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1499 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1500 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1501 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1502 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1503 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1504 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1505 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1506 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1508 Audio outputs and filters:
1509 * Replay gain support
1510 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1511 new scaletempo audio filter)
1512 * New spatializer audio filter
1513 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1516 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1517 * New RTP payload formats:
1518 * Speex voice audio codec
1519 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1520 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1521 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1522 * DCCP transport for RTP
1523 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1528 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1529 end-user suitable way.
1530 * Improved user interaction
1531 * Improved mouse gestures
1532 * Vastly improved Update checker
1533 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1535 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1536 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1538 * Improved video output features
1539 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1540 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1541 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1542 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1543 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1545 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1546 if libncursesw is available.
1547 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1548 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1549 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1551 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1552 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1553 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1554 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1555 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1556 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1557 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1558 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1561 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1562 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1563 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1566 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1567 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1568 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1569 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1570 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1571 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1574 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1575 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1585 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1586 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1587 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1590 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1591 ----------------------------------
1594 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1597 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1598 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1599 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1600 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1601 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1602 * Updated Polish translation
1605 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1606 ----------------------------------
1609 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1610 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1611 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1614 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1615 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1616 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1617 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1618 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1619 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1620 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1621 to an unexpected application termination
1622 * New Serbian translation
1623 * Updated Romanian translation
1626 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1627 ----------------------------------
1630 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1631 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1632 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1633 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1634 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1635 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1636 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1637 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1640 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1641 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1642 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1643 * Fixed AAC resampling
1644 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1645 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1648 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1649 ----------------------------------
1652 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1653 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1654 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1655 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1656 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1659 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1660 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1661 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1662 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1663 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1666 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1667 ----------------------------------
1670 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1671 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1674 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1675 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1676 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1677 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1679 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1683 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1686 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1689 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1692 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1695 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1696 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1697 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1698 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1699 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1701 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1702 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1703 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1704 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1707 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1710 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1711 ----------------------------------
1714 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1715 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1716 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1718 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1719 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1721 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1722 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1725 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1727 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1728 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1729 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1730 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1731 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1732 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1733 two different movies
1734 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1735 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1736 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1739 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1742 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1743 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1744 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1745 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1748 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1749 ----------------------------------
1751 Various bugfixes, notably:
1752 * Windows Vista compatibility
1753 * Cropping in Direct3D
1754 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1755 * RSS filter string overflow
1757 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1759 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1760 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1763 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1764 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1767 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1770 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1773 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1776 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1777 ----------------------------------
1779 Various bugfixes, notably:
1780 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1781 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1782 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1783 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1784 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1785 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1788 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1789 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1792 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1794 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1795 * Diverse usability improvements
1796 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1797 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1798 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1801 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1802 ---------------------------------
1804 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1805 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1808 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1811 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1812 --------------------------------
1815 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1818 * Support for RTSP authentication
1819 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1820 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1821 * ATSC support for DVB input
1822 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1823 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1824 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1827 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1828 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1829 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1830 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1831 * Matroska WavPack support
1832 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1833 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1834 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1837 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1838 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1839 * Improved libcaca support
1843 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1844 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1846 * Systray support in skins
1848 * Support for Apple Remote control
1849 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1850 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1851 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1852 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1854 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1857 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1858 Windows 9x/ME users:
1859 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1860 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1861 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1862 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1863 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1865 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1866 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1875 * Updates to the libvlc API
1876 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1879 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1880 --------------------------------
1883 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1884 * Support for downloading updates
1888 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1889 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1890 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1891 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1893 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1894 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1895 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1898 * Cook (Real audio) support
1900 Playlist / Services discovery:
1901 * XSPF playlist support
1903 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1906 * New JACK audio output
1909 * New video filters:
1910 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1911 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1912 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1913 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1914 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1915 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1918 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1921 * System to inform the user and request information
1922 - HTTP authentication
1926 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1927 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1928 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1931 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1932 - Improved playlist handling
1933 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1935 - Embedded Video output
1936 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1937 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1938 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1939 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1940 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1942 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1943 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1946 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1949 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1950 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1951 * Growl "Now playing" support
1954 * Ability to log to syslog
1955 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1958 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1960 * A bit more automatic testing
1963 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1964 ---------------------------------
1967 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1968 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1971 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1972 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1975 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1978 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1979 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1985 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1988 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1989 --------------------------------
1992 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1996 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1997 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1998 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2001 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2002 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2003 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2004 * GnomeVFS input module
2005 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2006 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2009 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2010 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2011 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2014 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2015 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2021 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2022 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2025 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2026 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2027 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2030 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2032 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2033 - New extended controls panel
2034 - New bookmarks window
2035 - Fixed playlist sorting
2036 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2038 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2039 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2040 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2041 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2045 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2046 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2048 - Include macro to include other files
2052 * Should now work outside IE as well
2055 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2058 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2059 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2062 The following languages were added:
2066 * Simplified Chinese
2067 The following languages were re-added:
2071 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2072 --------------------------------
2075 * Rewrite of the playlist
2077 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2078 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2079 * Preferences improvements:
2080 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2081 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2083 * Core image manipulation support
2084 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2085 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2086 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2087 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2088 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2089 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2090 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2091 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2092 * Access filter architecture
2093 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2094 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2098 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2099 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2100 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2101 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2102 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2103 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2104 * Massive Matroska improvements
2105 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2107 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2108 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2109 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2110 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2111 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2113 Decoders / Encoders:
2114 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2115 * PNG decoder/encoder
2116 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2117 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2120 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2123 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2124 * Brand new SAP module
2125 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2126 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2127 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2128 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2129 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2130 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2134 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2137 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2138 * Image file video output (png)
2139 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2140 * Improvements to wall video filter
2141 * Support for font color and opacity
2147 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2148 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2149 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2153 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2154 - Improved preferences
2155 - Improvements to the wizard
2156 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2158 - Redesigned playlist
2159 - Improved preferences
2161 - Support for multiple actions
2164 - Support for the new playlist system
2166 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2169 * Screensaver disabling fix
2170 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2171 * Support for no-decoration windows
2174 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2175 * The OpenGL video output is back
2176 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2177 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2178 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2179 is not yet available in the new module
2180 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2183 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2192 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2195 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2198 The following languages were added:
2204 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2205 --------------------------------
2208 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2209 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2212 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2213 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2214 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2217 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2220 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2223 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2226 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2227 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2228 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2232 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2234 * Support of playlist group announcement
2237 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2238 --------------------------------
2241 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2242 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2243 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2244 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2245 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2246 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2249 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2250 (Stream your desktop)
2251 * Improved DVD support:
2252 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2253 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2254 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2255 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2256 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2257 (selection of titles/chapters).
2260 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2261 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2262 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2263 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2264 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2265 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2266 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2267 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2268 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2269 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2272 * G.726 audio support
2273 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2274 * MPEG-4 text support
2275 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2276 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2277 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2281 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2282 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2283 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2284 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2285 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2286 * DVB subtitles encoder
2287 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2288 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2290 * Text track muxing for mp4
2291 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2292 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2293 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2294 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2295 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2296 * Improved ASF muxer
2298 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2299 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2300 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2303 * New audio equalizer filter
2304 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2305 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2306 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2307 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2310 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2311 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2312 with support for effects.
2313 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2314 - New filters can be streamed.
2315 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2316 - Centralized scaling and blending
2318 - "time", to display current time
2319 - "marq", to display a marquee
2322 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2323 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2324 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2325 * A few skins2 improvements
2326 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2327 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2328 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2329 * Improved CORBA control module
2332 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2333 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2334 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2337 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2338 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2339 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2342 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2343 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2344 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2345 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2346 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2349 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2352 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2353 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2356 * Server/client network synchronization module
2357 * VBrick streams fully supported
2358 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2362 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2363 --------------------------------
2366 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2367 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2368 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2369 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2372 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2373 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2374 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2375 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2376 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2377 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2378 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2381 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2382 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2383 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2384 * Improved directory access module.
2385 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2386 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2387 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2388 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2389 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2392 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2393 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2394 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2397 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2398 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2399 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2402 * Improved session announcement system.
2403 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2404 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2405 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2406 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2407 * Improved transrater.
2408 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2409 * New configuration system.
2410 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2413 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2414 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2415 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2416 * Supports scheduling.
2417 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2418 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2421 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2422 - Ability to embed video output.
2423 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2424 - Lots of improvements.
2425 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2426 - New design and set of icons.
2427 - Ability to embed video output.
2428 - Support for hotkeys.
2429 - Support for bookmarks.
2431 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2432 - Better hotkeys handling.
2435 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2436 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2437 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2438 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2441 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2442 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2443 * Improved Windows installer.
2449 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2450 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2453 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2454 ---------------------------------
2457 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2458 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2461 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2462 --------------------------------
2465 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2466 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2469 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2470 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2471 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2472 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2475 * Internal improvments
2476 * Improved import/export
2479 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2481 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2482 small and strange formats.
2484 * New MOD audio demux.
2485 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2486 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2487 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2488 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2491 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2492 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2493 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2499 * New opengl video output plugin.
2502 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2503 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2506 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2507 --------------------------------
2510 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2511 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2512 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2513 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2514 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2515 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2516 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2517 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2520 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2525 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2526 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2527 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2528 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2529 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2530 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2531 * Better Icecast support.
2532 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2533 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2536 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2537 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2538 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2539 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2540 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2541 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2542 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2545 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2546 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2547 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2548 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2549 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2550 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2551 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2552 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2553 * Preliminary RTP support.
2554 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2559 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2560 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2562 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2563 - Improvements and help in preferences
2564 - New streaming wizard
2565 - Revised Disc Open menu
2567 - Improvements of the standard pages
2568 - Support for new commands
2569 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2572 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2573 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2576 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2577 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2578 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2579 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2580 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2581 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2582 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2583 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2584 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2587 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2589 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2590 * Support for Panther.
2591 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2592 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2595 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2596 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2597 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2598 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2599 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2600 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2601 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2602 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2605 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2606 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2607 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2610 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2613 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2614 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2615 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2616 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2619 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2620 --------------------------------
2623 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2626 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2627 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2630 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2631 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2634 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2637 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2638 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2641 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2644 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2647 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2648 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2652 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2653 --------------------------------
2656 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2657 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2661 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2662 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2663 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2665 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2666 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2669 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2672 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2675 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2676 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2680 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2681 --------------------------------
2684 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2685 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2689 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2690 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2691 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2692 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2693 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2696 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2697 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2698 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2701 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2702 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2703 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2706 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2707 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2708 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2709 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2710 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2713 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2714 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2715 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2718 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2721 * Improved build system.
2722 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2723 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2724 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2725 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2728 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2729 --------------------------------
2732 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2735 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2736 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2737 * Video 4 Linux support
2738 * CD Digital Audio support
2739 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2742 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2743 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2744 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2745 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2748 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2749 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2750 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2751 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2752 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2753 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2754 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2757 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2758 * New HTTP remote control interface
2761 * 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.
2762 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2763 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2764 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2767 * New reset option for the preferences
2768 * You can set your language in the prefences
2769 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2770 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2771 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2772 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2775 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2776 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2777 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2780 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2781 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2782 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2783 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2784 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2785 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2786 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2787 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2788 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2789 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2792 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2793 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2794 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2795 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2796 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2797 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2798 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2801 * Interface localization
2802 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2803 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2804 * New full-featured Preferences window
2807 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2808 --------------------------------
2811 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2812 * support for skins at the interface level
2813 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2814 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2815 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2816 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2817 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2820 * fixed HTTP redirects
2821 * support for opening an entire directory
2822 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2823 * new video4linux access plug-in
2824 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2827 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2828 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2829 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2832 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2833 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2834 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2835 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2836 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2837 * new codec for raw I420 video
2838 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2841 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2842 (although it still misses some important features)
2843 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2846 * new HTTP output support
2847 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2848 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2851 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2854 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2857 * reorderable playlist
2858 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2859 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2860 * support for mono audio output devices
2861 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2862 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2863 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2864 * the messages window remembers more lines
2865 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2866 * http and ogg stream output options
2867 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2870 * new skinnable interface
2871 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2873 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2874 * support for FLAC audio format
2875 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2877 * network tab in the interface
2878 * "apply" handling in preferences
2881 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2882 ---------------------------------
2885 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2886 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2887 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2888 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2890 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2891 * DTS S/PDIF support
2894 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2895 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2896 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2897 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2900 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2901 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2904 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2907 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2910 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2912 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2913 * rc interface is now fully useable
2914 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2917 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2918 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2919 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2920 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2921 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2923 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2924 * support for mouse gestures
2925 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2928 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2929 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2932 * improved ID3 tag detection
2933 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2934 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2935 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2937 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2940 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2941 ---------------------------------
2944 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2945 English was set as the preferred language
2948 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2949 --------------------------------
2952 * new mouse gesture interface
2953 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2957 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2958 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2959 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2962 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2963 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2967 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2970 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2971 without the user consent
2974 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2976 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2977 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2978 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2981 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2982 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2983 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2984 * playlist enhancements
2985 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2986 * new step forward/step backward commands
2987 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2988 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2989 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2992 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2993 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2994 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2997 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2998 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3001 * native video output is working again
3002 * only commandline interface support
3003 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3006 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3007 --------------------------------
3010 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3011 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3012 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3013 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3014 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3015 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3016 and A/52 streams are supported)
3017 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3022 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3023 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3024 * VCD entry points support
3025 * VCD image file support
3028 * support for *.asf format
3029 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3030 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3031 * support for ogg encapsulation
3032 * support for raw DV format
3033 * support for *.wav format
3034 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3037 Stream discovery & playlists:
3038 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3039 * support for .m3u file format
3040 * support for .asx file format
3041 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3044 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3045 (only available with the .avi demux)
3046 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3047 * support for raw PCM data
3048 * support for Cinepak video codec
3049 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3050 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3051 * support for Xvid codec
3052 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3053 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3054 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3056 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3058 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3061 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3064 * new WxWindows interface
3065 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3066 device and the channels configuration
3067 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3068 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3069 format that VLC can play
3070 * new swedish translation
3071 * enhancements of the playlist window
3072 * new messages window to see debug info
3073 * fixed a few crashes
3076 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3077 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3078 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3079 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working