1 Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
6 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
9 * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
12 * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
13 * Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
14 * Support for Opus encoding using libopus
17 * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
18 vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
19 :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
22 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
23 * New CoreGraphics video output module for NPAPI plugins
26 * New Oldmovie effect filter
27 * New VHS effect filter
28 * New Freeze effect filter
31 * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
34 * Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
37 * ios video output: use ios2
38 * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
41 Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0:
42 --------------------------------
45 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
46 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
47 VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now on 64bit hardware
48 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
49 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
51 3rd party libraries (contrib):
52 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner system in /contrib
56 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
57 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
58 * Partial support for Windows Store App
60 * Add an audio fingerprinter
61 * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection
64 * Support for OPUS via libopus.
65 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
66 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec
67 * Support for Ulead DV audio
68 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
69 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
70 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
71 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
72 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
73 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
74 * Support for VDPAU hardware video decoding acceleration on Linux
75 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
78 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
79 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
82 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
83 remove support for previous OS X releases
84 * Major improvements in DASH support
85 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
86 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
87 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
88 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
89 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
90 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
91 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
92 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
93 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
94 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation
97 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
98 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
99 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
100 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
101 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
102 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
103 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
104 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
105 * Support for more MJPEG streams
106 * Add support for liveleak streams
107 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
108 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV causing the
109 program to terminate.
110 * Add protection against several heap buffer overflow in libebml
113 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
114 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
115 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
116 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
117 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
118 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
119 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
120 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
121 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
122 * Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
123 * New, simplified AudioUnit output module for iOS
126 * New remapping channel filter
127 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
128 * New VSXu visualization plugin
129 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
130 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
133 * New module to output using Decklink Blackmagic cards
134 * New module using OpenMAX IL to output video
135 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
136 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
137 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 modules
138 Also, subpictures now work in the OpenGL ES2 module
139 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
140 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
143 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
144 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
145 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
146 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
147 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
148 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
149 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
152 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
153 * Options support for AVIO output module
154 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
155 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
156 * Livehttp stream encryption support
157 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
158 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
161 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
164 * configurable password for the HTTP server.
165 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
166 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
167 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
168 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
169 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
173 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
176 * Add support for multiple video outputs
177 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
179 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
180 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
181 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
182 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
183 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
184 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
185 VLC's internal volume level
186 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
188 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
189 selection and to manage the list of presets
190 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
191 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
192 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
193 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
194 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
195 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
196 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
197 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
198 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
199 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
201 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
202 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
203 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
204 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
205 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
206 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
207 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
208 3rd party applications
209 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
210 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
211 (system-wide settings)
212 * Add support for the Video Title option
213 * Add support for the Boss Key
214 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
215 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release.
218 * Partial support for Qt5.0
219 * Menus modifications and improvements
220 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
221 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
222 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
223 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
224 * EPG display fixes and improvements
225 * Add SD pixmap sources
226 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
227 * Display playlist total duration
228 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
230 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
231 * Remove language preference
232 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality.
237 * Extend sliders, offsets options
238 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
239 * Numerous fixes and improvements
240 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
243 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
244 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
245 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
246 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
247 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
248 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
249 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
250 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
251 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
252 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
255 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
256 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
257 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
258 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
259 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
260 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
262 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
263 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
264 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
265 * Broken crop video filter
267 * OSD parser and menu
268 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
269 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
270 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
271 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
275 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
276 --------------------------------
279 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
280 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
284 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
287 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
290 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
293 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
297 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
300 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
303 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
304 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
305 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
308 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
309 --------------------------------
312 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
315 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
318 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
319 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
320 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
321 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
322 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
323 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
326 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
327 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
328 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
329 * 3rd party codecs updates
332 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
333 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
334 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
335 in the advanced preferences panel
336 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
337 * Fix crash within the video output code
338 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
339 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
340 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
341 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
343 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
346 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
349 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
350 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
353 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
356 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
357 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
358 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
359 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
360 Dutch, Danish, translations
361 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
364 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
365 --------------------------------
368 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
371 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
372 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
373 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
376 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
377 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
378 * Fix koreus lua parser
379 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
380 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
381 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
382 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
385 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
386 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
389 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
392 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
393 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
394 * Fix Time counter UI look
395 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
398 * Fix https streaming
401 * Fix audio and video track selection:
402 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
403 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
406 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
407 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
408 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
409 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
410 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
413 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
414 --------------------------------
417 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
418 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
419 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
420 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
421 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
422 during playback on Mac OS X
425 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
426 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
427 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
430 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
431 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
432 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
433 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
434 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
437 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
438 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
439 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
440 * Support Youtube live streams
443 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
446 * Fix media info dialog update
447 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
448 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
449 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
450 * Fix album art display at start
453 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
454 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
455 * Fix menus display and behavior
456 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
457 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
458 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
459 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
460 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
461 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
462 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
465 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
466 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
467 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
468 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
469 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
470 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
471 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
472 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
473 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
476 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
477 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
478 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
479 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
480 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
483 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
484 --------------------------------
487 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
490 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
491 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
494 * Add GateKeeper support
495 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
496 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
497 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
500 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
503 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
504 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
505 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
506 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
507 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
510 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
511 --------------------------------
514 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
515 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
516 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
517 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
518 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
519 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
520 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
521 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
522 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
523 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
524 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
528 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
529 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
530 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
531 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
532 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
533 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
534 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
535 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
536 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
537 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
538 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
539 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
542 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
543 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
545 * Fix MP3 free format support
548 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
549 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
550 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
551 * Fix for DVB channels file support
552 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
555 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
556 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
558 Audio filters and output:
559 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
560 * Fix DirectSound device selection
561 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
562 * Do not apply volume in file output
563 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
564 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
567 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
568 the persistant media library
569 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
570 to the media library or the temporary playlist
571 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
572 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
573 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
574 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
575 press on the Play/Pause button
576 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
577 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
578 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
579 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
580 * Many Fullscreen fixes
581 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
582 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
583 Synchronization panel
584 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
585 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
586 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
587 * Fix crashes on exit
588 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
590 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
591 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
592 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
593 automatically reset on the first launch.
594 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
595 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
596 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
599 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
600 * Fixes for icecast SD
603 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
604 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
605 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
606 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
607 * Fix tags and file names display
608 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
611 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
612 * Fix for key events and focus loss
615 * Fix display of some buttons
616 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
617 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
620 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
621 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
622 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
625 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
626 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
627 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
628 Thai translations update
629 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
632 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
633 --------------------------------
636 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
637 * fix the samba module compilation
638 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
639 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
640 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
641 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
644 * Support for MXPEG files
645 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
646 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
649 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
650 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
651 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
654 * Fix ogm header creation
657 * limit spatializer filter distortions
658 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
661 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
662 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
663 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
664 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
667 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
670 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
671 * allow to hide the sidebar
672 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
673 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
674 * noticebly faster launch time
675 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
676 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
677 * improve track synchronization panel
678 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
679 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
682 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
683 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
684 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
685 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
688 * fix for menus display
689 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
690 * documentation update
693 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
694 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
697 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
698 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
699 * Update Jamendo selections
703 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
704 * fix a crash on VLM close
707 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
708 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
709 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
710 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
713 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
716 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
717 ---------------------------------
720 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
721 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
722 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
723 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
724 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
725 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
726 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
727 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
728 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
729 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
730 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
731 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
732 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
733 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
734 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
735 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
736 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
737 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
738 --http-crl (optional CRL).
739 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
740 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
741 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
742 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
743 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
744 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
745 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
747 Important changes for packagers:
748 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
749 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
750 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
751 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
752 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
753 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
754 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
755 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
756 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
757 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
760 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
761 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
762 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
763 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
764 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
765 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
766 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
769 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
770 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
771 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
772 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
773 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
774 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
775 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
776 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
777 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
778 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
779 * PulseAudio audio input support
780 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
781 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
782 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
783 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
784 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
785 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
786 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
787 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
790 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
791 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
792 are notably concerned.
793 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
794 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
795 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
796 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
797 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
798 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
799 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
800 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
801 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
802 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
803 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
804 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
805 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
806 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
807 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
810 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
811 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
812 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
813 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
814 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
815 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
816 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
817 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
818 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
819 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
820 * Improved support of tracker files
821 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
824 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
825 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
826 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
827 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
828 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
829 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
830 and important cleanups and optimisations
831 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
832 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
833 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
834 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
835 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
836 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
837 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
838 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
839 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
840 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
841 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
842 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
843 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
844 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
845 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
846 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
847 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
848 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
849 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
850 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
851 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
854 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
855 * New video output for iOS platform
856 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
857 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
858 * Various vmem improvements
859 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
860 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
861 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
862 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
863 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
864 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
866 Audio Output and Filters:
867 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
868 * New audio output in memory (amem)
869 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
870 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
871 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
872 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
873 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
874 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
875 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
876 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
879 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
880 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
881 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
882 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
883 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
884 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
885 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
886 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
887 * New anti-flickering filter
888 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
889 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
890 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
891 blackbox and customizable shadow.
892 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
893 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
894 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
897 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
898 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
899 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
900 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
901 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
902 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
903 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
904 * Major rework of VoD support
905 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
906 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
907 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
908 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
909 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
910 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
911 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
912 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
913 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
914 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
917 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
918 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
921 * New capabilities for libVLC:
922 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
923 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
924 list of available audio and video filters
925 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
926 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
927 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
930 * asademux, subsass: use libass
931 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
932 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
934 * upnp: use upnp_intel
935 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
936 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
937 * removal of the noise filter
938 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
939 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
940 removed in Growl's next release, too.
941 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
944 * Update of translations for most languages.
945 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
948 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
949 ----------------------------------
952 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
953 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
956 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
957 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
960 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
961 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
962 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
965 * Camtasia decoding fix.
968 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
969 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
972 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
975 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
976 ----------------------------------
979 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
980 including support for OS X Lion
981 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
982 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
985 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
988 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
989 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
990 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
993 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
996 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
997 ----------------------------------
1000 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
1001 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
1004 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
1005 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
1006 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
1007 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
1008 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
1010 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
1011 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
1012 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
1014 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
1015 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
1018 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
1021 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1024 * Fix quitting on Linux
1025 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1029 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1032 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1035 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1036 ---------------------------------
1038 Windows and Mac OS X:
1039 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1042 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1043 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1046 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1049 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1052 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1054 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1055 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1057 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1058 * RTP output and XML export
1059 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1063 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1064 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1065 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1066 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1069 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1070 --------------------------------
1072 Windows and Mac OS X:
1073 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1076 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1079 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1080 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1081 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1082 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1083 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1084 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1087 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1088 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1092 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1093 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1094 * New Luganda Translation
1097 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1098 --------------------------------
1101 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1104 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1105 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1106 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1107 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1110 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1112 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1113 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1114 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1115 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1116 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1117 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1118 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1119 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1121 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1122 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1123 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1124 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1125 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1126 * Configure and build system improvements
1127 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1130 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1131 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1132 * New icelandic translation
1135 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1136 --------------------------------
1139 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1140 #234484 and #260719.
1143 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1144 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1145 and stability reasons
1148 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1152 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1155 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1156 ----------------------------------
1159 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1162 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1163 ---------------------------------
1166 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1167 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1168 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1169 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1172 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1175 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1176 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1177 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1178 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1181 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1182 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1183 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1185 Subtitles and renderer:
1186 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1187 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1188 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1189 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1190 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1193 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1194 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1195 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1196 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1199 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1200 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1202 Miscellaneous fixes:
1203 * KDE device solid actions
1205 * Transcode integer overflow
1206 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1207 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1210 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1211 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1212 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1215 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1216 ----------------------------------
1219 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1223 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1226 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1229 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1230 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1231 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1232 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1235 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1239 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1242 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1245 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1246 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1248 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1252 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1253 * Miscellaneous fixes
1256 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1257 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1258 French and Ukrainian
1259 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1260 * New Asturian translation
1263 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1264 ----------------------------------
1267 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1269 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1272 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1275 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1276 * Various fixes for Windows
1279 * New Armenian translation
1280 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1281 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1284 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1285 --------------------------------
1288 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1289 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1290 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1293 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1294 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1297 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1298 --------------------------------
1300 Access and demuxers:
1301 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1302 * fix for podcasts parsing
1303 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1306 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1307 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1310 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1311 * fix m3u playlists exports
1314 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1317 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1320 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1323 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1326 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1329 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1330 --------------------------------
1333 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1334 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1337 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1338 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1341 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1342 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1343 * fix console output encoding
1345 Interface and extensions:
1346 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1347 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1350 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1351 --------------------------------
1354 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1355 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1356 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1357 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1358 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1359 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1360 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1361 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1362 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1363 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1364 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1365 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1366 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1367 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1368 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1369 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1373 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1374 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1375 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1376 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1377 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1380 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1383 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1384 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1385 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1389 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1392 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1393 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1394 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1397 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1398 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1399 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1400 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1403 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1404 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1407 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1408 --------------------------------
1410 Important changes for users:
1411 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1412 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1414 Important changes for packagers:
1415 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1416 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1417 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1418 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1419 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1421 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1423 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1424 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1425 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1426 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1427 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1430 * Support for the sftp protocol
1431 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1432 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1433 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1434 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1435 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1438 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1439 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1440 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1442 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1443 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1444 * Invmem module improvements
1445 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1446 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1447 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1448 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1449 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1450 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1451 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1452 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1453 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1454 * Support for VP8 codec
1455 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1458 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1459 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1460 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1461 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1462 * Various EGP improvements
1463 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1464 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1467 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1468 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1469 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1470 * Podcast images are now displayed
1473 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1474 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1475 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1476 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1477 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1478 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1479 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1480 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1481 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1482 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1483 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1486 * New content extensions lua framework
1489 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1490 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1491 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1492 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1493 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1494 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1495 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1498 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1499 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1500 * Service discovery based on libudev
1501 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1504 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1505 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1506 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1507 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1508 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1509 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1510 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1513 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1514 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1515 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1518 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1520 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1521 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1524 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1527 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1528 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1529 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1530 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1531 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1532 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1533 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1536 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1537 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1540 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1541 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1542 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1546 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1547 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1548 * Improved Solaris port
1551 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1552 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1555 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1556 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1557 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1558 * transrate: broken since too long
1559 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1560 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1561 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1562 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1563 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1564 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1565 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1566 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1567 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1568 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1569 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1570 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1571 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1572 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1575 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1576 --------------------------------
1579 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1581 Decoders/Packetizers:
1582 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1585 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1586 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1587 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1588 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1589 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1592 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1593 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1596 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1597 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1600 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1601 and Walloon translations updated
1602 * Sinhala translation started
1605 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1606 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1609 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1610 --------------------------------
1613 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1614 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1617 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1620 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1621 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1624 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1625 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1626 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1627 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1630 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1631 --------------------------------
1634 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1635 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1638 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1639 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1642 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1643 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1646 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1649 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1650 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1653 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1654 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1657 * New Walloon translation
1658 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1661 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1662 --------------------------------
1665 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1666 regressions in most popular drivers
1667 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1670 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1671 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1672 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1675 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1676 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1679 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1680 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1681 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1682 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1683 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1686 * New udev module for linux
1689 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1692 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1695 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1696 --------------------------------
1699 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1700 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1701 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1704 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1705 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1708 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1709 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1712 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1715 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1716 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1717 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1718 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1721 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1722 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1723 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1724 - no support for Goom and SDL
1725 - limited text rendering support
1726 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1729 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1730 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1731 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1732 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1733 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1734 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1735 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1736 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1737 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1741 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1744 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1747 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1748 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1749 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1750 Arabic and French translation updates
1753 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1754 --------------------------------
1757 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1758 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1759 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1760 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1761 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1762 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1765 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1766 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1767 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1770 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1771 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1772 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1775 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1778 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1779 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1782 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1783 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1784 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1785 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1786 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1787 * Fix various crashes
1790 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1792 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1796 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1797 ---------------------------------
1801 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1802 See 'Access:' for more info.
1803 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1806 * Instantaneous pausing
1807 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1808 * Finer speed control
1809 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1810 * Timeshift for most medias
1811 * RTSP trickplay support
1812 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1815 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1816 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1817 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1818 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1819 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1820 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1821 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1822 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1823 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1824 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1827 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1828 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1829 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1830 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1831 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1832 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1833 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1836 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1837 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1840 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1841 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1842 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1843 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1844 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1845 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1846 * DVB scanning on linux
1847 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1848 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1849 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1850 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1851 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1852 * MTP device access on Unix
1853 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1854 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1857 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1858 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1859 Windows and Mac OS X.
1862 * Export the playlist in HTML
1863 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1864 * Better metadata handling and reading
1866 Linux/Windows interface:
1867 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1868 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1869 * Recently played items list
1870 * Interface toolbar customizations
1871 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1872 - More menus actions
1873 - Finer speed slider
1874 - Improvements on many dialogs
1875 - New dialog for plugins listing
1876 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1877 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1878 * Better integration in GTK environments
1881 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1882 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1883 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1884 * Additional usability improvements
1887 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1888 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1889 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1890 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1891 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1894 * New Maemo port with:
1895 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1896 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1899 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1902 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1903 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1904 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1905 * Support for latest iSight models
1908 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1909 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1912 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1913 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1914 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1915 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1916 The old image video output has been removed.
1917 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1918 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1921 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1929 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1930 --------------------------------------
1936 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1937 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1938 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1939 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1940 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1941 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1942 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1944 Various fixes to the following modules:
1947 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1948 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1949 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1951 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1956 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1957 ---------------------------------
1960 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1961 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1964 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1965 ---------------------------------
1968 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1971 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1974 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1975 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1976 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1977 main controller window.
1978 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1981 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1986 * Updates of other localizations
1989 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1990 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1991 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1992 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1993 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1996 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1997 ---------------------------------
2000 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
2002 Bunch of small bugfixes.
2005 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
2006 --------------------------------
2011 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
2012 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
2015 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
2016 --------------------------------
2018 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
2019 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
2022 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2025 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2026 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2029 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2030 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2033 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2034 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2035 * Various fixed in playlist
2038 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2041 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2044 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2045 ------------------------------------
2047 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2048 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2051 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2052 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2053 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2056 * Stability fix for the video output.
2059 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2060 --------------------------------
2063 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2064 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2065 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2066 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2067 * Fixed update system bugs
2068 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2071 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2072 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2073 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2074 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2075 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2076 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2077 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2078 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2079 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2080 modern Mac OS X versions
2083 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2084 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2086 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2087 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2090 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2091 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2092 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2093 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2094 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2095 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2098 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2099 --------------------------------
2101 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2102 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2103 * Multiple bugfixes.
2106 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2107 --------------------------------
2109 * Multiple bug fixes.
2112 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2113 ---------------------------------
2117 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2118 recent to work correctly
2119 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2120 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2121 edit the ".hosts" file.
2122 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2123 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2124 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2125 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2126 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2127 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2128 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2129 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2130 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2131 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2132 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2133 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2134 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2135 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2136 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2137 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2138 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2139 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2140 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2141 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2142 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2143 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2144 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2145 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2146 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2147 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2148 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2149 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2150 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2151 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2152 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2153 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2154 and postproc modules.
2155 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2156 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2157 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2158 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2160 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2161 filter. For example:
2162 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2163 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2165 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2166 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2172 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2174 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2175 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2178 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2179 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2181 * Shoutcast TV listings
2182 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2184 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2185 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2187 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2190 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2191 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2192 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2193 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2194 * JACK audio input support
2195 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2196 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2197 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2198 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2199 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2200 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2201 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2202 (available as a separate download).
2203 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2204 * RTMP input support
2205 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2206 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2207 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2209 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2210 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2213 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2214 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2215 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2216 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2218 * APEv1/2 tags support
2219 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2220 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2222 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2223 * TiVo Series 2 support
2224 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2229 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2230 * Flash Screen Video support
2231 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2232 * DosBox Capture support
2233 * Karl Morton's Video support
2234 * limited atrac3 support
2236 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2237 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2238 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2239 * H.264 PAFF support
2240 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2241 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2242 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2243 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2244 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2247 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2248 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2249 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2250 * AQTitle subtitles support
2251 * MKV USF subtitles support
2252 * HTML-based subtitles support
2253 * MPSub subtitles support
2254 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2255 * MPL2 subtitles support
2256 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2257 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2258 * Realtext subtitle support
2259 * DKS subtitle support
2260 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2261 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2264 * Flash Screen Video support
2265 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2267 Video outputs and filters:
2268 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2269 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2270 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2271 * New puzzle video output filter
2272 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2273 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2275 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2276 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2277 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2278 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2279 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2280 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2281 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2282 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2283 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2284 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2285 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2286 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2287 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2288 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2290 Audio outputs and filters:
2291 * Replay gain support
2292 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2293 new scaletempo audio filter)
2294 * New spatializer audio filter
2295 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2298 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2299 * New RTP payload formats:
2300 * Speex voice audio codec
2301 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2302 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2303 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2304 * DCCP transport for RTP
2305 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2310 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2311 end-user suitable way.
2312 * Improved user interaction
2313 * Improved mouse gestures
2314 * Vastly improved Update checker
2315 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2317 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2318 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2320 * Improved video output features
2321 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2322 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2323 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2324 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2325 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2327 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2328 if libncursesw is available.
2329 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2330 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2331 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2333 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2334 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2335 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2336 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2337 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2338 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2339 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2340 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2343 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2344 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2345 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2348 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2349 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2350 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2351 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2352 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2353 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2356 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2357 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2367 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2368 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2369 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2372 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2373 ----------------------------------
2376 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2379 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2380 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2381 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2382 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2383 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2384 * Updated Polish translation
2387 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2388 ----------------------------------
2391 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2392 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2393 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2396 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2397 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2398 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2399 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2400 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2401 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2402 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2403 to an unexpected application termination
2404 * New Serbian translation
2405 * Updated Romanian translation
2408 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2409 ----------------------------------
2412 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2413 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2414 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2415 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2416 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2417 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2418 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2419 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2422 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2423 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2424 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2425 * Fixed AAC resampling
2426 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2427 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2430 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2431 ----------------------------------
2434 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2435 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2436 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2437 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2438 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2441 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2442 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2443 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2444 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2445 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2448 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2449 ----------------------------------
2452 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2453 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2456 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2457 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2458 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2459 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2461 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2465 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2468 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2471 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2474 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2477 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2478 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2479 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2480 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2481 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2483 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2484 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2485 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2486 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2489 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2492 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2493 ----------------------------------
2496 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2497 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2498 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2500 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2501 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2503 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2504 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2507 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2509 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2510 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2511 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2512 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2513 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2514 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2515 two different movies
2516 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2517 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2518 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2521 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2524 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2525 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2526 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2527 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2530 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2531 ----------------------------------
2533 Various bugfixes, notably:
2534 * Windows Vista compatibility
2535 * Cropping in Direct3D
2536 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2537 * RSS filter string overflow
2539 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2541 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2542 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2545 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2546 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2549 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2552 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2555 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2558 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2559 ----------------------------------
2561 Various bugfixes, notably:
2562 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2563 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2564 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2565 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2566 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2567 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2570 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2571 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2574 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2576 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2577 * Diverse usability improvements
2578 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2579 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2580 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2583 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2584 ---------------------------------
2586 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2587 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2590 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2593 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2594 --------------------------------
2597 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2600 * Support for RTSP authentication
2601 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2602 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2603 * ATSC support for DVB input
2604 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2605 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2606 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2609 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2610 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2611 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2612 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2613 * Matroska WavPack support
2614 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2615 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2616 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2619 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2620 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2621 * Improved libcaca support
2625 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2626 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2628 * Systray support in skins
2630 * Support for Apple Remote control
2631 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2632 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2633 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2634 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2636 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2639 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2640 Windows 9x/ME users:
2641 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2642 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2643 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2644 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2645 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2647 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2648 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2657 * Updates to the libvlc API
2658 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2661 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2662 --------------------------------
2665 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2666 * Support for downloading updates
2670 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2671 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2672 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2673 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2675 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2676 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2677 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2680 * Cook (Real audio) support
2682 Playlist / Services discovery:
2683 * XSPF playlist support
2685 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2688 * New JACK audio output
2691 * New video filters:
2692 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2693 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2694 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2695 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2696 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2697 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2700 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2703 * System to inform the user and request information
2704 - HTTP authentication
2708 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2709 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2710 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2713 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2714 - Improved playlist handling
2715 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2717 - Embedded Video output
2718 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2719 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2720 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2721 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2722 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2724 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2725 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2728 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2731 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2732 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2733 * Growl "Now playing" support
2736 * Ability to log to syslog
2737 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2740 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2742 * A bit more automatic testing
2745 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2746 ---------------------------------
2749 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2750 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2753 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2754 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2757 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2760 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2761 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2767 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2770 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2771 --------------------------------
2774 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2778 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2779 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2780 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2783 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2784 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2785 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2786 * GnomeVFS input module
2787 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2788 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2791 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2792 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2793 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2796 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2797 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2803 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2804 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2807 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2808 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2809 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2812 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2814 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2815 - New extended controls panel
2816 - New bookmarks window
2817 - Fixed playlist sorting
2818 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2820 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2821 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2822 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2823 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2827 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2828 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2830 - Include macro to include other files
2834 * Should now work outside IE as well
2837 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2840 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2841 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2844 The following languages were added:
2848 * Simplified Chinese
2849 The following languages were re-added:
2853 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2854 --------------------------------
2857 * Rewrite of the playlist
2859 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2860 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2861 * Preferences improvements:
2862 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2863 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2865 * Core image manipulation support
2866 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2867 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2868 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2869 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2870 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2871 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2872 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2873 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2874 * Access filter architecture
2875 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2876 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2880 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2881 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2882 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2883 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2884 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2885 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2886 * Massive Matroska improvements
2887 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2889 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2890 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2891 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2892 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2893 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2895 Decoders / Encoders:
2896 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2897 * PNG decoder/encoder
2898 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2899 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2902 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2905 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2906 * Brand new SAP module
2907 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2908 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2909 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2910 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2911 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2912 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2916 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2919 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2920 * Image file video output (png)
2921 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2922 * Improvements to wall video filter
2923 * Support for font color and opacity
2929 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2930 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2931 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2935 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2936 - Improved preferences
2937 - Improvements to the wizard
2938 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2940 - Redesigned playlist
2941 - Improved preferences
2943 - Support for multiple actions
2946 - Support for the new playlist system
2948 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2951 * Screensaver disabling fix
2952 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2953 * Support for no-decoration windows
2956 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2957 * The OpenGL video output is back
2958 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2959 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2960 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2961 is not yet available in the new module
2962 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2965 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2974 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2977 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2980 The following languages were added:
2986 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2987 --------------------------------
2990 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2991 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2994 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2995 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2996 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2999 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3002 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
3005 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
3008 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
3009 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
3010 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
3014 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
3016 * Support of playlist group announcement
3019 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
3020 --------------------------------
3023 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3024 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3025 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3026 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3027 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3028 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3031 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3032 (Stream your desktop)
3033 * Improved DVD support:
3034 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3035 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3036 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3037 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3038 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3039 (selection of titles/chapters).
3042 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3043 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3044 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3045 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3046 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3047 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3048 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3049 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3050 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3051 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3054 * G.726 audio support
3055 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3056 * MPEG-4 text support
3057 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3058 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3059 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3063 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3064 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3065 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3066 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3067 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3068 * DVB subtitles encoder
3069 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3070 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3072 * Text track muxing for mp4
3073 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3074 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3075 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3076 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3077 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3078 * Improved ASF muxer
3080 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3081 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3082 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3085 * New audio equalizer filter
3086 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3087 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3088 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3089 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3092 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3093 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3094 with support for effects.
3095 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3096 - New filters can be streamed.
3097 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3098 - Centralized scaling and blending
3100 - "time", to display current time
3101 - "marq", to display a marquee
3104 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3105 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3106 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3107 * A few skins2 improvements
3108 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3109 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3110 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3111 * Improved CORBA control module
3114 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3115 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3116 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3119 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3120 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3121 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3124 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3125 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3126 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3127 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3128 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3131 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3134 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3135 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3138 * Server/client network synchronization module
3139 * VBrick streams fully supported
3140 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3144 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3145 --------------------------------
3148 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3149 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3150 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3151 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3154 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3155 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3156 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3157 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3158 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3159 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3160 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3163 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3164 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3165 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3166 * Improved directory access module.
3167 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3168 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3169 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3170 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3171 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3174 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3175 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3176 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3179 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3180 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3181 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3184 * Improved session announcement system.
3185 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3186 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3187 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3188 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3189 * Improved transrater.
3190 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3191 * New configuration system.
3192 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3195 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3196 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3197 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3198 * Supports scheduling.
3199 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3200 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3203 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3204 - Ability to embed video output.
3205 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3206 - Lots of improvements.
3207 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3208 - New design and set of icons.
3209 - Ability to embed video output.
3210 - Support for hotkeys.
3211 - Support for bookmarks.
3213 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3214 - Better hotkeys handling.
3217 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3218 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3219 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3220 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3223 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3224 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3225 * Improved Windows installer.
3231 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3232 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3235 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3236 ---------------------------------
3239 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3240 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3243 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3244 --------------------------------
3247 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3248 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3251 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3252 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3253 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3254 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3257 * Internal improvments
3258 * Improved import/export
3261 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3263 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3264 small and strange formats.
3266 * New MOD audio demux.
3267 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3268 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3269 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3270 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3273 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3274 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3275 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3281 * New opengl video output plugin.
3284 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3285 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3288 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3289 --------------------------------
3292 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3293 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3294 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3295 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3296 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3297 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3298 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3299 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3302 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3307 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3308 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3309 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3310 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3311 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3312 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3313 * Better Icecast support.
3314 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3315 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3318 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3319 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3320 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3321 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3322 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3323 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3324 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3327 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3328 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3329 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3330 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3331 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3332 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3333 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3334 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3335 * Preliminary RTP support.
3336 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3341 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3342 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3344 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3345 - Improvements and help in preferences
3346 - New streaming wizard
3347 - Revised Disc Open menu
3349 - Improvements of the standard pages
3350 - Support for new commands
3351 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3354 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3355 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3358 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3359 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3360 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3361 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3362 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3363 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3364 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3365 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3366 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3369 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3371 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3372 * Support for Panther.
3373 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3374 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3377 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3378 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3379 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3380 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3381 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3382 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3383 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3384 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3387 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3388 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3389 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3392 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3395 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3396 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3397 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3398 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3401 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3402 --------------------------------
3405 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3408 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3409 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3412 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3413 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3416 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3419 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3420 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3423 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3426 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3429 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3430 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3434 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3435 --------------------------------
3438 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3439 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3443 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3444 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3445 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3447 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3448 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3451 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3454 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3457 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3458 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3462 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3463 --------------------------------
3466 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3467 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3471 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3472 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3473 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3474 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3475 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3478 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3479 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3480 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3483 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3484 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3485 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3488 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3489 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3490 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3491 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3492 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3495 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3496 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3497 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3500 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3503 * Improved build system.
3504 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3505 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3506 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3507 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3510 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3511 --------------------------------
3514 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3517 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3518 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3519 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3520 * Video 4 Linux support
3521 * CD Digital Audio support
3522 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3525 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3526 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3527 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3528 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3531 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3532 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3533 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3534 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3535 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3536 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3537 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3540 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3541 * New HTTP remote control interface
3544 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3545 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3546 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3547 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3548 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3551 * New reset option for the preferences
3552 * You can set your language in the prefences
3553 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3554 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3555 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3556 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3559 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3560 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3561 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3564 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3565 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3566 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3567 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3568 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3569 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3570 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3571 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3572 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3573 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3576 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3577 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3578 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3579 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3580 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3581 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3582 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3585 * Interface localization
3586 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3587 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3588 * New full-featured Preferences window
3591 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3592 --------------------------------
3595 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3596 * support for skins at the interface level
3597 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3598 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3599 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3600 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3601 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3604 * fixed HTTP redirects
3605 * support for opening an entire directory
3606 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3607 * new video4linux access plug-in
3608 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3611 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3612 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3613 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3616 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3617 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3618 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3619 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3620 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3621 * new codec for raw I420 video
3622 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3625 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3626 (although it still misses some important features)
3627 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3630 * new HTTP output support
3631 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3632 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3635 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3638 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3641 * reorderable playlist
3642 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3643 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3644 * support for mono audio output devices
3645 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3646 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3647 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3648 * the messages window remembers more lines
3649 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3650 * http and ogg stream output options
3651 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3654 * new skinnable interface
3655 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3657 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3658 * support for FLAC audio format
3659 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3661 * network tab in the interface
3662 * "apply" handling in preferences
3665 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3666 ---------------------------------
3669 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3670 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3671 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3672 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3674 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3675 * DTS S/PDIF support
3678 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3679 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3680 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3681 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3684 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3685 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3688 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3691 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3694 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3696 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3697 * rc interface is now fully useable
3698 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3701 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3702 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3703 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3704 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3705 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3707 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3708 * support for mouse gestures
3709 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3712 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3713 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3716 * improved ID3 tag detection
3717 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3718 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3719 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3721 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3724 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3725 ---------------------------------
3728 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3729 English was set as the preferred language
3732 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3733 --------------------------------
3736 * new mouse gesture interface
3737 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3741 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3742 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3743 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3746 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3747 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3751 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3754 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3755 without the user consent
3758 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3760 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3761 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3762 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3765 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3766 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3767 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3768 * playlist enhancements
3769 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3770 * new step forward/step backward commands
3771 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3772 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3773 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3776 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3777 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3778 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3781 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3782 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3785 * native video output is working again
3786 * only commandline interface support
3787 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3790 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3791 --------------------------------
3794 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3795 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3796 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3797 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3798 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3799 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3800 and A/52 streams are supported)
3801 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3806 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3807 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3808 * VCD entry points support
3809 * VCD image file support
3812 * support for *.asf format
3813 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3814 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3815 * support for ogg encapsulation
3816 * support for raw DV format
3817 * support for *.wav format
3818 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3821 Stream discovery & playlists:
3822 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3823 * support for .m3u file format
3824 * support for .asx file format
3825 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3828 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3829 (only available with the .avi demux)
3830 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3831 * support for raw PCM data
3832 * support for Cinepak video codec
3833 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3834 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3835 * support for Xvid codec
3836 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3837 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3838 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3840 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3842 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3845 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3848 * new WxWindows interface
3849 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3850 device and the channels configuration
3851 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3852 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3853 format that VLC can play
3854 * new swedish translation
3855 * enhancements of the playlist window
3856 * new messages window to see debug info
3857 * fixed a few crashes
3860 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3861 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3862 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3863 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working