1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.80 2004/01/23 11:54:48 rocky Exp $
2 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
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6 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
7 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
10 * Internal improvments
11 * Improved import/export
14 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
16 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
17 small and strange formats.
22 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
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26 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
27 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
28 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
29 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
30 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
31 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
32 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
33 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
36 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
41 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
42 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
43 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
44 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
45 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
46 * Reworked DVB tuning.
47 * Better Icecast support.
48 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
49 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
52 * Support for Theora video encoding.
53 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
54 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
55 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
56 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
57 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
58 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
61 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
62 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
63 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
64 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
65 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
66 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
67 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
68 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
69 * Preliminary RTP support.
70 * Fixes to SAP announces.
75 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
76 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
78 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
79 - Improvements and help in preferences
80 - New streaming wizard
81 - Revised Disc Open menu
83 - Improvements of the standard pages
84 - Support for new commands
85 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
88 * Many fixes to the SAP module
89 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
92 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
93 * Text subtitles autodetection.
94 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
95 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
96 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
97 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
98 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
99 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
100 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
103 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
105 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
106 * Support for Panther.
107 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
108 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
111 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
112 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
113 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
114 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
115 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
116 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
117 * Multimonitor support (untested).
118 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
121 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
122 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
123 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
126 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
129 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
130 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
131 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
132 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
134 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
135 ---------------------------------
138 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
141 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
142 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
145 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
146 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
149 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
152 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
153 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
156 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
159 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
162 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
163 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
166 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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170 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
171 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
175 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
176 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
177 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
179 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
180 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
183 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
186 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
189 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
190 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
193 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
194 ---------------------------------
197 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
198 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
202 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
203 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
204 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
205 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
206 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
209 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
210 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
211 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
214 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
215 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
216 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
219 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
220 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
221 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
222 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
223 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
226 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
227 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
228 * A new CORBA control plugin.
231 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
234 * Improved build system.
235 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
236 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
237 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
238 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
241 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
242 ---------------------------------
245 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
248 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
249 * Fixed large file support on Windows
250 * Video 4 Linux support
251 * CD Digital Audio support
252 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
255 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
256 * Support for OpenDML avi files
257 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
258 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
261 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
262 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
263 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
264 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
265 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
266 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
267 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
270 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
271 * New HTTP remote control interface
274 * 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.
275 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
276 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
277 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
280 * New reset option for the preferences
281 * You can set your language in the prefences
282 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
283 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
284 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
285 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
288 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
289 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
290 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
293 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
294 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
295 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
296 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
297 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
298 * New icons by Davor Orel.
299 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
300 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
301 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
302 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
305 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
306 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
307 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
308 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
309 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
310 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
311 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
314 * Interface localization
315 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
316 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
317 * New full-featured Preferences window
319 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
320 ---------------------------------
323 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
324 * support for skins at the interface level
325 * new OSD module using Freetype2
326 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
327 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
328 input level before dropping out of date frames.
329 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
332 * fixed HTTP redirects
333 * support for opening an entire directory
334 * EOF should be detected more reliably
335 * new video4linux access plug-in
336 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
339 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
340 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
341 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
344 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
345 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
346 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
347 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
348 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
349 * new codec for raw I420 video
350 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
353 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
354 (although it still misses some important features)
355 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
358 * new HTTP output support
359 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
360 * fixed AV synchronization issues
363 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
366 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
369 * reorderable playlist
370 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
371 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
372 * support for mono audio output devices
373 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
374 * fixed several cosmetic issues
375 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
376 * the messages window remembers more lines
377 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
378 * http and ogg stream output options
379 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
382 * new skinnable interface
383 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
385 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
386 * support for FLAC audio format
387 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
389 * network tab in the interface
390 * "apply" handling in preferences
393 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
394 ---------------------------------
397 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
398 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
399 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
400 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
402 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
406 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
407 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
408 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
409 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
412 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
413 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
416 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
419 * fixed the GNU-pth support
422 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
424 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
425 * rc interface is now fully useable
426 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
429 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
430 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
431 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
432 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
433 * VLC now uses the default audio device
435 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
436 * support for mouse gestures
437 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
440 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
441 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
444 * improved ID3 tag detection
445 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
446 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
447 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
449 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
452 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
453 ---------------------------------
456 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
457 English was set as the preferred language
460 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
461 --------------------------------
464 * new mouse gesture interface
465 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
469 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
470 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
471 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
474 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
475 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
479 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
482 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
483 without the user consent
486 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
488 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
489 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
490 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
493 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
494 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
495 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
496 * playlist enhancements
497 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
498 * new step forward/step backward commands
499 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
500 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
501 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
504 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
505 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
506 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
509 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
510 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
513 * native video output is working again
514 * only commandline interface support
515 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
518 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
519 --------------------------------
522 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
523 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
524 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
525 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
526 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
527 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
528 and A/52 streams are supported)
529 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
534 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
535 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
536 * VCD entry points support
537 * VCD image file support
540 * support for *.asf format
541 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
542 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
543 * support for ogg encapsulation
544 * support for raw DV format
545 * support for *.wav format
546 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
549 Stream discovery & playlists:
550 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
551 * support for .m3u file format
552 * support for .asx file format
553 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
556 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
557 (only available with the .avi demux)
558 * support for ADPCM audio codec
559 * support for raw PCM data
560 * support for Cinepak video codec
561 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
562 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
563 * support for Xvid codec
564 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
565 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
566 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
568 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
570 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
573 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
576 * new WxWindows interface
577 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
578 device and the channels configuration
579 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
580 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
581 format that VLC can play
582 * new swedish translation
583 * enhancements of the playlist window
584 * new messages window to see debug info
585 * fixed a few crashes
588 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
589 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
590 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
591 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working