3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: marq-marquue test Goodbye
29 * Vastly improved playlist support:
30 * Media library support
32 * Shoutcast TV listings
33 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
36 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
37 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
40 * VP60/VP61 codecs support
41 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
42 * MKV USF subtitles support
45 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
46 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
47 * New puzzle video output filter
48 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
49 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
50 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
51 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML tags
54 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
58 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
60 * Improved user interaction
63 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6-bugfix (not yet released):
64 -----------------------------------------------------------
65 Various bugfixes notably:
66 * out-of-bound read in demuxers
67 * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
68 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
71 * further usability improvements
74 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
75 ---------------------------------
78 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
81 * Fullscreen controller improvements
84 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
85 --------------------------------
88 * Shoutcast TV listings support
91 * Support for RTSP authentication
92 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
93 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
94 * ATSC support for DVB input
95 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
96 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
97 * Improved support for Flash Video files
100 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
101 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
102 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
103 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
104 * Matroska WavPack support
105 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
106 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
107 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
110 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
111 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
112 * Improved libcaca support
116 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
117 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
119 * Systray support in skins
121 * Support for Apple Remote control
122 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
123 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
124 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
125 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
127 * Notifications using notification-daemon
130 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
132 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
133 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
134 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
135 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
136 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
138 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
139 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
148 * Updates to the libvlc API
149 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
153 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
154 ---------------------------------
157 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
158 * Support for downloading updates
162 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
163 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
164 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
165 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
167 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
168 * Improved subtitles encoding support
169 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
172 * Cook (Real audio) support
174 Playlist / Services discovery:
175 * XSPF playlist support
177 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
180 * New JACK audio output
184 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
185 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
186 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
187 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
188 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
189 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
192 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
195 * System to inform the user and request information
196 - HTTP authentication
200 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
201 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
202 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
205 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
206 - Improved playlist handling
207 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
209 - Embedded Video output
210 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
211 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
212 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
213 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
214 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
216 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
217 - A bunch of new RPN functions
220 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
223 * Mac-Intel compatibility
224 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
225 * Growl "Now playing" support
228 * Ability to log to syslog
229 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
232 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
234 * A bit more automatic testing
236 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
237 ---------------------------------
240 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
241 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
244 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
245 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
248 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
251 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
252 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
258 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
260 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
261 --------------------------------
264 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
268 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
269 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
270 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
273 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
274 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
275 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
276 * GnomeVFS input module
277 * Support for RTP packet reordering
278 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
281 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
282 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
283 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
286 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
287 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
293 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
294 Mixer and Dolby Surround
297 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
298 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
299 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
302 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
304 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
305 - New extended controls panel
306 - New bookmarks window
307 - Fixed playlist sorting
308 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
310 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
311 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
312 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
313 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
317 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
318 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
320 - Include macro to include other files
324 * Should now work outside IE as well
327 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
330 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
331 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
334 The following languages were added:
339 The following languages were re-added:
342 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
343 --------------------------------
346 * Rewrite of the playlist
348 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
349 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
350 * Preferences improvements:
351 - New organization, designed to improve usability
352 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
354 * Core image manipulation support
355 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
356 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
357 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
358 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
359 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
360 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
361 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
362 now separated by ':' instead of ','
363 * Access filter architecture
364 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
365 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
369 * Support for SOCKS proxy
370 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
371 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
372 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
373 * Better support for Kasenna streams
374 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
375 * Massive Matroska improvements
376 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
378 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
379 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
380 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
381 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
382 * Support for FTP over IPv6
385 * Dirac decoder and encoder
386 * PNG decoder/encoder
387 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
388 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
391 * New Record and Timeshift filters
394 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
395 * Brand new SAP module
396 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
397 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
398 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
399 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
400 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
401 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
405 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
408 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
409 * Image file video output (png)
410 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
411 * Improvements to wall video filter
412 * Support for font color and opacity
418 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
419 - Seeking support in VoD streams
420 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
424 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
425 - Improved preferences
426 - Improvements to the wizard
427 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
429 - Redesigned playlist
430 - Improved preferences
432 - Support for multiple actions
435 - Support for the new playlist system
437 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
440 * Screensaver disabling fix
441 * DirectShow tuner configuration
442 * Support for no-decoration windows
445 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
446 * The OpenGL video output is back
447 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
448 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
449 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
450 is not yet available in the new module
451 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
454 * Support for single-buffered overlay
463 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
466 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
469 The following languages were added:
475 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
476 -----------------------------------------------------
479 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
480 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
483 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
484 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
485 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
488 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
491 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
494 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
497 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
498 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
499 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
503 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
505 * Support of playlist group announcement
507 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
508 -----------------------------------------------------
511 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
512 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
513 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
514 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
515 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
516 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
519 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
520 (Stream your desktop)
521 * Improved DVD support:
522 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
523 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
524 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
525 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
526 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
527 (selection of titles/chapters).
530 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
531 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
532 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
533 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
534 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
535 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
536 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
537 * Improved Ogg demuxer
538 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
539 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
542 * G.726 audio support
543 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
544 * MPEG-4 text support
545 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
546 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
547 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
551 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
552 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
553 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
554 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
555 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
556 * DVB subtitles encoder
557 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
558 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
560 * Text track muxing for mp4
561 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
562 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
563 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
564 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
565 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
568 * H.263 RTP streaming support
569 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
570 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
573 * New audio equalizer filter
574 * Very trivial volume normalizer
575 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
576 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
577 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
580 * Roku HD1000 Video output
581 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
582 with support for effects.
583 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
584 - New filters can be streamed.
585 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
586 - Centralized scaling and blending
588 - "time", to display current time
589 - "marq", to display a marquee
592 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
593 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
594 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
595 * A few skins2 improvements
596 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
597 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
598 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
599 * Improved CORBA control module
602 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
603 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
604 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
607 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
608 * Experimental SVG rendering module
609 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
612 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
613 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
614 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
615 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
616 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
619 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
622 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
623 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
626 * Server/client network synchronization module
627 * VBrick streams fully supported
628 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
631 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
632 --------------------------------
635 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
636 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
637 * Improved HTTP daemon.
638 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
641 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
642 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
643 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
644 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
645 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
646 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
647 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
650 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
651 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
652 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
653 * Improved directory access module.
654 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
655 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
656 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
657 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
658 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
661 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
662 * mmsh streaming fixes.
663 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
666 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
667 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
668 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
671 * Improved session announcement system.
672 * Minimize threads usage by default.
673 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
674 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
675 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
676 * Improved transrater.
677 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
678 * New configuration system.
679 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
682 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
683 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
684 * Supports live streams and VoD.
685 * Supports scheduling.
686 * Telnet interface for vlm.
687 * HTTP interface for vlm.
690 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
691 - Ability to embed video output.
692 - Support for bitmap fonts.
693 - Lots of improvements.
694 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
695 - New design and set of icons.
696 - Ability to embed video output.
697 - Support for hotkeys.
698 - Support for bookmarks.
700 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
701 - Better hotkeys handling.
704 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
705 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
706 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
707 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
710 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
711 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
712 * Improved Windows installer.
718 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
719 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
721 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
722 ---------------------------------
725 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
726 * Playing MOD files is working now.
729 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
730 ---------------------------------
733 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
734 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
737 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
738 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
739 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
740 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
743 * Internal improvments
744 * Improved import/export
747 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
749 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
750 small and strange formats.
752 * New MOD audio demux.
753 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
754 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
755 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
756 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
759 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
760 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
761 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
767 * New opengl video output plugin.
770 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
771 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
773 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
774 ---------------------------------
777 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
778 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
779 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
780 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
781 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
782 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
783 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
784 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
787 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
792 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
793 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
794 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
795 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
796 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
797 * Reworked DVB tuning.
798 * Better Icecast support.
799 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
800 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
803 * Support for Theora video encoding.
804 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
805 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
806 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
807 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
808 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
809 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
812 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
813 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
814 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
815 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
816 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
817 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
818 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
819 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
820 * Preliminary RTP support.
821 * Fixes to SAP announces.
826 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
827 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
829 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
830 - Improvements and help in preferences
831 - New streaming wizard
832 - Revised Disc Open menu
834 - Improvements of the standard pages
835 - Support for new commands
836 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
839 * Many fixes to the SAP module
840 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
843 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
844 * Text subtitles autodetection.
845 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
846 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
847 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
848 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
849 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
850 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
851 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
854 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
856 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
857 * Support for Panther.
858 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
859 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
862 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
863 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
864 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
865 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
866 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
867 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
868 * Multimonitor support (untested).
869 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
872 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
873 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
874 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
877 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
880 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
881 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
882 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
883 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
885 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
886 ---------------------------------
889 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
892 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
893 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
896 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
897 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
900 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
903 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
904 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
907 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
910 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
913 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
914 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
917 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
918 ---------------------------------
921 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
922 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
926 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
927 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
928 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
930 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
931 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
934 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
937 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
940 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
941 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
944 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
945 ---------------------------------
948 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
949 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
953 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
954 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
955 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
956 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
957 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
960 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
961 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
962 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
965 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
966 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
967 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
970 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
971 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
972 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
973 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
974 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
977 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
978 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
979 * A new CORBA control plugin.
982 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
985 * Improved build system.
986 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
987 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
988 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
989 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
992 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
993 ---------------------------------
996 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
999 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1000 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1001 * Video 4 Linux support
1002 * CD Digital Audio support
1003 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1006 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1007 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1008 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1009 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1012 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1013 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1014 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1015 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1016 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1017 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1018 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1021 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1022 * New HTTP remote control interface
1025 * 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.
1026 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1027 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1028 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1031 * New reset option for the preferences
1032 * You can set your language in the prefences
1033 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1034 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1035 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1036 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1039 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1040 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1041 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1044 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1045 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1046 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1047 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1048 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1049 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1050 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1051 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1052 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1053 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1056 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1057 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1058 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1059 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1060 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1061 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1062 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1065 * Interface localization
1066 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1067 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1068 * New full-featured Preferences window
1070 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1071 ---------------------------------
1074 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1075 * support for skins at the interface level
1076 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1077 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1078 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1079 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1080 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1083 * fixed HTTP redirects
1084 * support for opening an entire directory
1085 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1086 * new video4linux access plug-in
1087 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1090 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1091 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1092 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1095 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1096 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1097 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1098 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1099 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1100 * new codec for raw I420 video
1101 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1104 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1105 (although it still misses some important features)
1106 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1109 * new HTTP output support
1110 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1111 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1114 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1117 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1120 * reorderable playlist
1121 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1122 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1123 * support for mono audio output devices
1124 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1125 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1126 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1127 * the messages window remembers more lines
1128 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1129 * http and ogg stream output options
1130 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1133 * new skinnable interface
1134 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1136 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1137 * support for FLAC audio format
1138 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1140 * network tab in the interface
1141 * "apply" handling in preferences
1144 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1145 ---------------------------------
1148 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1149 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1150 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1151 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1153 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1154 * DTS S/PDIF support
1157 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1158 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1159 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1160 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1163 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1164 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1167 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1170 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1173 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1175 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1176 * rc interface is now fully useable
1177 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1180 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1181 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1182 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1183 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1184 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1186 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1187 * support for mouse gestures
1188 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1191 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1192 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1195 * improved ID3 tag detection
1196 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1197 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1198 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1200 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1203 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1204 ---------------------------------
1207 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1208 English was set as the preferred language
1211 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1212 --------------------------------
1215 * new mouse gesture interface
1216 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1220 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1221 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1222 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1225 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1226 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1230 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1233 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1234 without the user consent
1237 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1239 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1240 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1241 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1244 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1245 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1246 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1247 * playlist enhancements
1248 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1249 * new step forward/step backward commands
1250 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1251 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1252 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1255 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1256 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1257 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1260 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1261 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1264 * native video output is working again
1265 * only commandline interface support
1266 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1269 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1270 --------------------------------
1273 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1274 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1275 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1276 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1277 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1278 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1279 and A/52 streams are supported)
1280 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1285 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1286 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1287 * VCD entry points support
1288 * VCD image file support
1291 * support for *.asf format
1292 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1293 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1294 * support for ogg encapsulation
1295 * support for raw DV format
1296 * support for *.wav format
1297 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1300 Stream discovery & playlists:
1301 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1302 * support for .m3u file format
1303 * support for .asx file format
1304 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1307 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1308 (only available with the .avi demux)
1309 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1310 * support for raw PCM data
1311 * support for Cinepak video codec
1312 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1313 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1314 * support for Xvid codec
1315 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1316 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1317 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1319 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1321 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1324 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1327 * new WxWindows interface
1328 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1329 device and the channels configuration
1330 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1331 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1332 format that VLC can play
1333 * new swedish translation
1334 * enhancements of the playlist window
1335 * new messages window to see debug info
1336 * fixed a few crashes
1339 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1340 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1341 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1342 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working