3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
4 -------------------------------------------------------
7 * Vastly improved playlist support:
8 * Media library support
10 * Shoutcast TV listings
11 * Audioscrobbler / last.fm support
14 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
18 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
19 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
23 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
25 * Improved user interaction
27 * Full Screen controller panel
29 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6
30 --------------------------------
33 * Shoutcast TV listings support
36 * Support for RTSP authentication
37 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
38 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
39 * ATSC support for DVB
42 * Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
43 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
46 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
47 * Improved libcaca support
50 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
51 * Systray support in skins (Windows only)
52 * Notifications using notification-daemon on Linux
53 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
55 - Support for Apple Remote control
56 - Right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
57 - Main Menu keeps accessible when playing in fullscreen mode
63 * Updates to the libvlc API
66 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
67 ---------------------------------
70 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
71 * Support for downloading updates
75 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
76 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
77 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
78 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
80 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
81 * Improved subtitles encoding support
82 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
85 * Cook (Real audio) support
87 Playlist / Services discovery:
88 * XSPF playlist support
90 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
93 * New JACK audio output
97 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
98 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
99 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
100 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
101 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
102 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
105 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
108 * System to inform the user and request information
109 - HTTP authentication
113 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
114 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
115 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
118 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
119 - Improved playlist handling
120 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
122 - Embedded Video output
123 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
124 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
125 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
126 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
127 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
129 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
130 - A bunch of new RPN functions
133 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
136 * Mac-Intel compatibility
137 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
138 * Growl "Now playing" support
141 * Ability to log to syslog
142 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
145 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
147 * A bit more automatic testing
149 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
150 ---------------------------------
153 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
154 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
157 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
158 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
161 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
164 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
165 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
171 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
173 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
174 --------------------------------
177 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
181 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
182 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
183 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
186 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
187 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
188 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
189 * GnomeVFS input module
190 * Support for RTP packet reordering
191 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
194 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
195 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
196 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
199 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
200 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
206 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
207 Mixer and Dolby Surround
210 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
211 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
212 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
215 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
217 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
218 - New extended controls panel
219 - New bookmarks window
220 - Fixed playlist sorting
221 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
223 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
224 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
225 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
226 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
230 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
231 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
233 - Include macro to include other files
237 * Should now work outside IE as well
240 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
243 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
244 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
247 The following languages were added:
252 The following languages were re-added:
255 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
256 --------------------------------
259 * Rewrite of the playlist
261 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
262 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
263 * Preferences improvements:
264 - New organization, designed to improve usability
265 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
267 * Core image manipulation support
268 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
269 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
270 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
271 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
272 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
273 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
274 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
275 now separated by ':' instead of ','
276 * Access filter architecture
277 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
278 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
282 * Support for SOCKS proxy
283 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
284 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
285 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
286 * Better support for Kasenna streams
287 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
288 * Massive Matroska improvements
289 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
291 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
292 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
293 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
294 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
295 * Support for FTP over IPv6
298 * Dirac decoder and encoder
299 * PNG decoder/encoder
300 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
301 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
304 * New Record and Timeshift filters
307 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
308 * Brand new SAP module
309 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
310 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
311 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
312 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
313 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
314 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
318 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
321 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
322 * Image file video output (png)
323 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
324 * Improvements to wall video filter
325 * Support for font color and opacity
331 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
332 - Seeking support in VoD streams
333 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
337 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
338 - Improved preferences
339 - Improvements to the wizard
340 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
342 - Redesigned playlist
343 - Improved preferences
345 - Support for multiple actions
348 - Support for the new playlist system
350 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
353 * Screensaver disabling fix
354 * DirectShow tuner configuration
355 * Support for no-decoration windows
358 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
359 * The OpenGL video output is back
360 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
361 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
362 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
363 is not yet available in the new module
364 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
367 * Support for single-buffered overlay
376 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
379 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
382 The following languages were added:
388 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
389 -----------------------------------------------------
392 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
393 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
396 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
397 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
398 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
401 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
404 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
407 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
410 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
411 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
412 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
416 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
418 * Support of playlist group announcement
420 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
421 -----------------------------------------------------
424 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
425 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
426 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
427 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
428 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
429 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
432 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
433 (Stream your desktop)
434 * Improved DVD support:
435 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
436 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
437 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
438 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
439 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
440 (selection of titles/chapters).
443 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
444 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
445 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
446 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
447 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
448 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
449 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
450 * Improved Ogg demuxer
451 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
452 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
455 * G.726 audio support
456 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
457 * MPEG-4 text support
458 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
459 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
460 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
464 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
465 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
466 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
467 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
468 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
469 * DVB subtitles encoder
470 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
471 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
473 * Text track muxing for mp4
474 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
475 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
476 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
477 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
478 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
481 * H.263 RTP streaming support
482 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
483 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
486 * New audio equalizer filter
487 * Very trivial volume normalizer
488 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
489 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
490 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
493 * Roku HD1000 Video output
494 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
495 with support for effects.
496 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
497 - New filters can be streamed.
498 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
499 - Centralized scaling and blending
501 - "time", to display current time
502 - "marq", to display a marquee
505 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
506 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
507 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
508 * A few skins2 improvements
509 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
510 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
511 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
512 * Improved CORBA control module
515 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
516 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
517 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
520 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
521 * Experimental SVG rendering module
522 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
525 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
526 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
527 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
528 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
529 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
532 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
535 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
536 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
539 * Server/client network synchronization module
540 * VBrick streams fully supported
541 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
544 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
545 --------------------------------
548 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
549 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
550 * Improved HTTP daemon.
551 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
554 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
555 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
556 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
557 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
558 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
559 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
560 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
563 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
564 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
565 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
566 * Improved directory access module.
567 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
568 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
569 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
570 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
571 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
574 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
575 * mmsh streaming fixes.
576 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
579 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
580 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
581 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
584 * Improved session announcement system.
585 * Minimize threads usage by default.
586 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
587 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
588 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
589 * Improved transrater.
590 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
591 * New configuration system.
592 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
595 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
596 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
597 * Supports live streams and VoD.
598 * Supports scheduling.
599 * Telnet interface for vlm.
600 * HTTP interface for vlm.
603 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
604 - Ability to embed video output.
605 - Support for bitmap fonts.
606 - Lots of improvements.
607 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
608 - New design and set of icons.
609 - Ability to embed video output.
610 - Support for hotkeys.
611 - Support for bookmarks.
613 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
614 - Better hotkeys handling.
617 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
618 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
619 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
620 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
623 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
624 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
625 * Improved Windows installer.
631 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
632 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
634 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
635 ---------------------------------
638 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
639 * Playing MOD files is working now.
642 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
643 ---------------------------------
646 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
647 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
650 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
651 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
652 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
653 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
656 * Internal improvments
657 * Improved import/export
660 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
662 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
663 small and strange formats.
665 * New MOD audio demux.
666 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
667 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
668 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
669 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
672 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
673 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
674 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
680 * New opengl video output plugin.
683 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
684 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
686 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
687 ---------------------------------
690 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
691 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
692 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
693 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
694 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
695 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
696 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
697 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
700 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
705 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
706 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
707 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
708 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
709 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
710 * Reworked DVB tuning.
711 * Better Icecast support.
712 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
713 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
716 * Support for Theora video encoding.
717 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
718 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
719 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
720 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
721 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
722 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
725 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
726 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
727 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
728 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
729 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
730 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
731 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
732 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
733 * Preliminary RTP support.
734 * Fixes to SAP announces.
739 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
740 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
742 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
743 - Improvements and help in preferences
744 - New streaming wizard
745 - Revised Disc Open menu
747 - Improvements of the standard pages
748 - Support for new commands
749 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
752 * Many fixes to the SAP module
753 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
756 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
757 * Text subtitles autodetection.
758 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
759 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
760 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
761 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
762 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
763 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
764 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
767 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
769 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
770 * Support for Panther.
771 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
772 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
775 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
776 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
777 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
778 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
779 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
780 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
781 * Multimonitor support (untested).
782 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
785 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
786 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
787 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
790 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
793 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
794 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
795 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
796 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
798 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
799 ---------------------------------
802 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
805 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
806 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
809 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
810 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
813 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
816 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
817 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
820 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
823 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
826 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
827 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
830 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
831 ---------------------------------
834 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
835 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
839 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
840 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
841 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
843 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
844 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
847 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
850 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
853 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
854 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
857 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
858 ---------------------------------
861 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
862 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
866 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
867 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
868 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
869 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
870 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
873 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
874 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
875 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
878 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
879 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
880 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
883 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
884 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
885 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
886 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
887 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
890 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
891 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
892 * A new CORBA control plugin.
895 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
898 * Improved build system.
899 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
900 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
901 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
902 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
905 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
906 ---------------------------------
909 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
912 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
913 * Fixed large file support on Windows
914 * Video 4 Linux support
915 * CD Digital Audio support
916 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
919 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
920 * Support for OpenDML avi files
921 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
922 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
925 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
926 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
927 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
928 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
929 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
930 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
931 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
934 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
935 * New HTTP remote control interface
938 * 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.
939 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
940 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
941 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
944 * New reset option for the preferences
945 * You can set your language in the prefences
946 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
947 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
948 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
949 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
952 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
953 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
954 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
957 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
958 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
959 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
960 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
961 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
962 * New icons by Davor Orel.
963 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
964 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
965 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
966 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
969 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
970 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
971 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
972 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
973 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
974 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
975 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
978 * Interface localization
979 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
980 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
981 * New full-featured Preferences window
983 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
984 ---------------------------------
987 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
988 * support for skins at the interface level
989 * new OSD module using Freetype2
990 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
991 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
992 input level before dropping out of date frames.
993 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
996 * fixed HTTP redirects
997 * support for opening an entire directory
998 * EOF should be detected more reliably
999 * new video4linux access plug-in
1000 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1003 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1004 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1005 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1008 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1009 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1010 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1011 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1012 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1013 * new codec for raw I420 video
1014 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1017 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1018 (although it still misses some important features)
1019 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1022 * new HTTP output support
1023 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1024 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1027 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1030 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1033 * reorderable playlist
1034 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1035 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1036 * support for mono audio output devices
1037 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1038 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1039 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1040 * the messages window remembers more lines
1041 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1042 * http and ogg stream output options
1043 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1046 * new skinnable interface
1047 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1049 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1050 * support for FLAC audio format
1051 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1053 * network tab in the interface
1054 * "apply" handling in preferences
1057 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1058 ---------------------------------
1061 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1062 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1063 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1064 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1066 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1067 * DTS S/PDIF support
1070 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1071 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1072 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1073 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1076 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1077 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1080 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1083 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1086 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1088 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1089 * rc interface is now fully useable
1090 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1093 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1094 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1095 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1096 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1097 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1099 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1100 * support for mouse gestures
1101 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1104 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1105 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1108 * improved ID3 tag detection
1109 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1110 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1111 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1113 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1116 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1117 ---------------------------------
1120 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1121 English was set as the preferred language
1124 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1125 --------------------------------
1128 * new mouse gesture interface
1129 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1133 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1134 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1135 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1138 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1139 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1143 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1146 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1147 without the user consent
1150 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1152 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1153 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1154 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1157 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1158 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1159 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1160 * playlist enhancements
1161 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1162 * new step forward/step backward commands
1163 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1164 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1165 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1168 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1169 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1170 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1173 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1174 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1177 * native video output is working again
1178 * only commandline interface support
1179 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1182 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1183 --------------------------------
1186 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1187 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1188 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1189 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1190 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1191 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1192 and A/52 streams are supported)
1193 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1198 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1199 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1200 * VCD entry points support
1201 * VCD image file support
1204 * support for *.asf format
1205 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1206 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1207 * support for ogg encapsulation
1208 * support for raw DV format
1209 * support for *.wav format
1210 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1213 Stream discovery & playlists:
1214 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1215 * support for .m3u file format
1216 * support for .asx file format
1217 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1220 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1221 (only available with the .avi demux)
1222 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1223 * support for raw PCM data
1224 * support for Cinepak video codec
1225 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1226 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1227 * support for Xvid codec
1228 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1229 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1230 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1232 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1234 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1237 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1240 * new WxWindows interface
1241 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1242 device and the channels configuration
1243 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1244 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1245 format that VLC can play
1246 * new swedish translation
1247 * enhancements of the playlist window
1248 * new messages window to see debug info
1249 * fixed a few crashes
1252 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1253 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1254 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1255 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working