3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
9 * Improved HTTP daemon.
10 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
13 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
14 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
15 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
16 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
17 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
18 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
21 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
22 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
23 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
24 * Improved directory access module.
25 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
26 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
27 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
30 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
31 * mmsh streaming fixes.
32 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
35 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
36 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
37 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
40 * Improved session announcement system.
41 * Minimize threads usage by default.
42 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
43 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
44 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
45 * Improved transrater.
46 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
47 * New configuration system.
48 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
51 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
52 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
53 * Supports live streams and VoD.
54 * Supports scheduling.
55 * Telnet interface for vlm.
56 * HTTP interface for vlm.
60 - Ability to embed video output.
61 - Support for bitmap fonts.
62 - Lots of improvements.
64 - New design and set of icons.
65 - Ability to embed video output.
67 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
68 - Better hotkeys handling.
71 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
74 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
75 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
81 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
82 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
84 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
85 ---------------------------------
88 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
89 * Playing MOD files is working now.
92 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
93 ---------------------------------
96 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
97 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
100 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
101 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
102 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
103 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
106 * Internal improvments
107 * Improved import/export
110 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
112 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
113 small and strange formats.
115 * New MOD audio demux.
116 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
117 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
118 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
119 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
122 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
123 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
124 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
130 * New opengl video output plugin.
133 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
134 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
136 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
137 ---------------------------------
140 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
141 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
142 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
143 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
144 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
145 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
146 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
147 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
150 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
155 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
156 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
157 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
158 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
159 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
160 * Reworked DVB tuning.
161 * Better Icecast support.
162 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
163 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
166 * Support for Theora video encoding.
167 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
168 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
169 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
170 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
171 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
172 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
175 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
176 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
177 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
178 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
179 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
180 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
181 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
182 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
183 * Preliminary RTP support.
184 * Fixes to SAP announces.
189 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
190 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
192 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
193 - Improvements and help in preferences
194 - New streaming wizard
195 - Revised Disc Open menu
197 - Improvements of the standard pages
198 - Support for new commands
199 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
202 * Many fixes to the SAP module
203 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
206 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
207 * Text subtitles autodetection.
208 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
209 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
210 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
211 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
212 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
213 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
214 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
217 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
219 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
220 * Support for Panther.
221 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
222 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
225 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
226 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
227 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
228 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
229 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
230 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
231 * Multimonitor support (untested).
232 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
235 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
236 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
237 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
240 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
243 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
244 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
245 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
246 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
248 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
249 ---------------------------------
252 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
255 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
256 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
259 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
260 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
263 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
266 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
267 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
270 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
273 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
276 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
277 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
280 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
281 ---------------------------------
284 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
285 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
289 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
290 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
291 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
293 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
294 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
297 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
300 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
303 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
304 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
307 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
308 ---------------------------------
311 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
312 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
316 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
317 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
318 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
319 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
320 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
323 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
324 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
325 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
328 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
329 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
330 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
333 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
334 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
335 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
336 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
337 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
340 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
341 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
342 * A new CORBA control plugin.
345 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
348 * Improved build system.
349 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
350 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
351 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
352 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
355 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
356 ---------------------------------
359 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
362 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
363 * Fixed large file support on Windows
364 * Video 4 Linux support
365 * CD Digital Audio support
366 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
369 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
370 * Support for OpenDML avi files
371 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
372 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
375 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
376 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
377 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
378 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
379 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
380 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
381 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
384 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
385 * New HTTP remote control interface
388 * 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.
389 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
390 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
391 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
394 * New reset option for the preferences
395 * You can set your language in the prefences
396 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
397 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
398 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
399 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
402 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
403 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
404 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
407 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
408 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
409 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
410 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
411 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
412 * New icons by Davor Orel.
413 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
414 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
415 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
416 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
419 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
420 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
421 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
422 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
423 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
424 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
425 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
428 * Interface localization
429 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
430 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
431 * New full-featured Preferences window
433 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
434 ---------------------------------
437 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
438 * support for skins at the interface level
439 * new OSD module using Freetype2
440 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
441 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
442 input level before dropping out of date frames.
443 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
446 * fixed HTTP redirects
447 * support for opening an entire directory
448 * EOF should be detected more reliably
449 * new video4linux access plug-in
450 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
453 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
454 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
455 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
458 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
459 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
460 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
461 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
462 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
463 * new codec for raw I420 video
464 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
467 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
468 (although it still misses some important features)
469 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
472 * new HTTP output support
473 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
474 * fixed AV synchronization issues
477 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
480 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
483 * reorderable playlist
484 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
485 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
486 * support for mono audio output devices
487 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
488 * fixed several cosmetic issues
489 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
490 * the messages window remembers more lines
491 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
492 * http and ogg stream output options
493 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
496 * new skinnable interface
497 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
499 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
500 * support for FLAC audio format
501 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
503 * network tab in the interface
504 * "apply" handling in preferences
507 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
508 ---------------------------------
511 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
512 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
513 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
514 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
516 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
520 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
521 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
522 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
523 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
526 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
527 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
530 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
533 * fixed the GNU-pth support
536 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
538 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
539 * rc interface is now fully useable
540 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
543 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
544 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
545 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
546 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
547 * VLC now uses the default audio device
549 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
550 * support for mouse gestures
551 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
554 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
555 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
558 * improved ID3 tag detection
559 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
560 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
561 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
563 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
566 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
567 ---------------------------------
570 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
571 English was set as the preferred language
574 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
575 --------------------------------
578 * new mouse gesture interface
579 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
583 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
584 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
585 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
588 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
589 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
593 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
596 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
597 without the user consent
600 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
602 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
603 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
604 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
607 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
608 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
609 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
610 * playlist enhancements
611 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
612 * new step forward/step backward commands
613 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
614 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
615 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
618 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
619 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
620 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
623 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
624 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
627 * native video output is working again
628 * only commandline interface support
629 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
632 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
633 --------------------------------
636 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
637 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
638 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
639 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
640 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
641 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
642 and A/52 streams are supported)
643 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
648 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
649 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
650 * VCD entry points support
651 * VCD image file support
654 * support for *.asf format
655 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
656 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
657 * support for ogg encapsulation
658 * support for raw DV format
659 * support for *.wav format
660 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
663 Stream discovery & playlists:
664 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
665 * support for .m3u file format
666 * support for .asx file format
667 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
670 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
671 (only available with the .avi demux)
672 * support for ADPCM audio codec
673 * support for raw PCM data
674 * support for Cinepak video codec
675 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
676 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
677 * support for Xvid codec
678 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
679 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
680 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
682 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
684 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
687 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
690 * new WxWindows interface
691 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
692 device and the channels configuration
693 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
694 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
695 format that VLC can play
696 * new swedish translation
697 * enhancements of the playlist window
698 * new messages window to see debug info
699 * fixed a few crashes
702 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
703 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
704 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
705 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working