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.
12 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
13 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
14 * New h261 video decoder using openmash.
15 * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
16 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
21 * mmsh streaming fixes.
22 * subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
23 * Annodex support (http://www.annodex.net).
24 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
25 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
26 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
27 * New start-time and stop-time options.
30 * Improved session announcement system.
31 * Minimize threads useage by default.
32 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
33 * Improved mov/mp4 muxer.
34 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
35 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
38 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
39 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
40 * Telnet interface for vlm.
41 * Http interface for vlm.
45 - Ability to embed video output.
46 - Support for bitmap fonts.
47 - Lots of improvements.
50 - New design and set of icons.
51 - New streaming wizard.
52 - Ability to embed video output.
55 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
56 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
59 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
60 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
62 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
63 ---------------------------------
66 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
67 * Playing MOD files is working now.
70 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
71 ---------------------------------
74 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
75 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
78 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
79 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
80 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
81 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
84 * Internal improvments
85 * Improved import/export
88 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
90 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
91 small and strange formats.
93 * New MOD audio demux.
94 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
95 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
96 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
97 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
100 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
101 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
102 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
108 * New opengl video output plugin.
111 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
112 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
114 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
115 ---------------------------------
118 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
119 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
120 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
121 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
122 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
123 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
124 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
125 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
128 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
133 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
134 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
135 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
136 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
137 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
138 * Reworked DVB tuning.
139 * Better Icecast support.
140 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
141 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
144 * Support for Theora video encoding.
145 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
146 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
147 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
148 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
149 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
150 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
153 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
154 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
155 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
156 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
157 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
158 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
159 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
160 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
161 * Preliminary RTP support.
162 * Fixes to SAP announces.
167 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
168 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
170 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
171 - Improvements and help in preferences
172 - New streaming wizard
173 - Revised Disc Open menu
175 - Improvements of the standard pages
176 - Support for new commands
177 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
180 * Many fixes to the SAP module
181 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
184 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
185 * Text subtitles autodetection.
186 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
187 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
188 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
189 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
190 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
191 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
192 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
195 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
197 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
198 * Support for Panther.
199 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
200 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
203 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
204 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
205 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
206 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
207 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
208 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
209 * Multimonitor support (untested).
210 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
213 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
214 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
215 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
218 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
221 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
222 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
223 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
224 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
226 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
227 ---------------------------------
230 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
233 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
234 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
237 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
238 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
241 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
244 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
245 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
248 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
251 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
254 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
255 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
258 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
259 ---------------------------------
262 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
263 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
267 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
268 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
269 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
271 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
272 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
275 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
278 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
281 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
282 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
285 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
286 ---------------------------------
289 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
290 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
294 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
295 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
296 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
297 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
298 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
301 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
302 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
303 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
306 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
307 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
308 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
311 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
312 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
313 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
314 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
315 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
318 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
319 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
320 * A new CORBA control plugin.
323 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
326 * Improved build system.
327 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
328 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
329 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
330 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
333 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
334 ---------------------------------
337 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
340 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
341 * Fixed large file support on Windows
342 * Video 4 Linux support
343 * CD Digital Audio support
344 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
347 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
348 * Support for OpenDML avi files
349 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
350 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
353 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
354 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
355 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
356 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
357 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
358 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
359 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
362 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
363 * New HTTP remote control interface
366 * 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.
367 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
368 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
369 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
372 * New reset option for the preferences
373 * You can set your language in the prefences
374 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
375 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
376 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
377 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
380 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
381 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
382 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
385 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
386 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
387 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
388 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
389 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
390 * New icons by Davor Orel.
391 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
392 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
393 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
394 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
397 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
398 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
399 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
400 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
401 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
402 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
403 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
406 * Interface localization
407 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
408 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
409 * New full-featured Preferences window
411 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
412 ---------------------------------
415 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
416 * support for skins at the interface level
417 * new OSD module using Freetype2
418 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
419 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
420 input level before dropping out of date frames.
421 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
424 * fixed HTTP redirects
425 * support for opening an entire directory
426 * EOF should be detected more reliably
427 * new video4linux access plug-in
428 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
431 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
432 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
433 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
436 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
437 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
438 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
439 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
440 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
441 * new codec for raw I420 video
442 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
445 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
446 (although it still misses some important features)
447 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
450 * new HTTP output support
451 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
452 * fixed AV synchronization issues
455 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
458 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
461 * reorderable playlist
462 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
463 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
464 * support for mono audio output devices
465 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
466 * fixed several cosmetic issues
467 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
468 * the messages window remembers more lines
469 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
470 * http and ogg stream output options
471 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
474 * new skinnable interface
475 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
477 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
478 * support for FLAC audio format
479 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
481 * network tab in the interface
482 * "apply" handling in preferences
485 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
486 ---------------------------------
489 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
490 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
491 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
492 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
494 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
498 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
499 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
500 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
501 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
504 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
505 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
508 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
511 * fixed the GNU-pth support
514 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
516 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
517 * rc interface is now fully useable
518 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
521 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
522 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
523 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
524 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
525 * VLC now uses the default audio device
527 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
528 * support for mouse gestures
529 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
532 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
533 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
536 * improved ID3 tag detection
537 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
538 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
539 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
541 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
544 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
545 ---------------------------------
548 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
549 English was set as the preferred language
552 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
553 --------------------------------
556 * new mouse gesture interface
557 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
561 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
562 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
563 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
566 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
567 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
571 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
574 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
575 without the user consent
578 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
580 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
581 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
582 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
585 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
586 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
587 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
588 * playlist enhancements
589 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
590 * new step forward/step backward commands
591 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
592 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
593 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
596 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
597 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
598 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
601 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
602 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
605 * native video output is working again
606 * only commandline interface support
607 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
610 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
611 --------------------------------
614 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
615 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
616 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
617 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
618 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
619 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
620 and A/52 streams are supported)
621 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
626 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
627 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
628 * VCD entry points support
629 * VCD image file support
632 * support for *.asf format
633 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
634 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
635 * support for ogg encapsulation
636 * support for raw DV format
637 * support for *.wav format
638 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
641 Stream discovery & playlists:
642 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
643 * support for .m3u file format
644 * support for .asx file format
645 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
648 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
649 (only available with the .avi demux)
650 * support for ADPCM audio codec
651 * support for raw PCM data
652 * support for Cinepak video codec
653 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
654 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
655 * support for Xvid codec
656 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
657 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
658 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
660 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
662 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
665 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
668 * new WxWindows interface
669 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
670 device and the channels configuration
671 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
672 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
673 format that VLC can play
674 * new swedish translation
675 * enhancements of the playlist window
676 * new messages window to see debug info
677 * fixed a few crashes
680 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
681 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
682 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
683 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working