1 Changes between 1.2.x and 1.3.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
8 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.2.0:
9 ---------------------------------
12 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
13 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
14 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
15 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
16 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
17 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
18 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
19 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
20 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
21 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
22 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
23 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
24 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
25 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
26 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
27 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
28 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
29 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
30 --http-crl (optional CRL).
31 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
32 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
33 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
34 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
35 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
36 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
38 Important changes for packagers:
39 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
40 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
41 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
42 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
43 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
44 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
45 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
46 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
47 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
49 * The webplugins has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
52 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
53 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
54 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
55 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
56 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
57 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
58 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64
61 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
62 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
63 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
64 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
65 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
66 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
67 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
68 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
69 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
70 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
71 * PulseAudio audio input support
72 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
73 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
74 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
75 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
76 * QTSound: added support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices
77 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
78 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
81 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
82 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
83 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
84 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
85 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
86 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
87 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
88 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
89 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
90 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
91 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
92 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
93 * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
94 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
95 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
98 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
99 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
100 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
101 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
102 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
103 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
104 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
105 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
106 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
107 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
108 * Improved support of tracker files
111 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
112 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
113 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
114 * Qt: small look improvements
115 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
116 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
117 and important cleanups and optimisations
118 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
119 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
120 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
121 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
122 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
123 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
124 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
125 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
126 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
127 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
128 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
129 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
130 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
131 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
132 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
133 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
134 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
135 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
138 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
139 * New video output for iOS platform
140 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
141 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
142 * Various vmem improvements
143 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
145 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
146 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
147 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
148 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
150 Audio Output and Filters:
151 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
152 * New audio output in memory (amem)
153 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
154 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
155 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
156 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
157 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
158 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
159 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
160 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
163 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
164 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
165 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
166 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
167 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
168 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
169 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
170 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
171 * New anti-flickering filter
172 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
173 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
174 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
175 blackbox and customizable shadow.
176 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
177 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
178 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
181 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
182 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
183 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
184 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
185 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
186 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
187 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
188 * Major rework of VoD support
189 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
190 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
191 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
192 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
193 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
194 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
195 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
196 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
197 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
198 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
201 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
202 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
205 * New capabilities for libVLC:
206 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
207 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
208 list of available audio and video filters
209 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
210 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
211 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
214 * asademux: use libass only
215 * subsass: use libass
216 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
217 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
219 * upnp: use upnp_intel
220 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
221 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
222 * removal of the noise filter
223 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
224 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
225 removed in Growl's next release, too.
226 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
229 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
230 ----------------------------------
233 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
234 including support for OS X Lion
235 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
236 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
239 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
242 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
243 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
244 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
247 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
250 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
251 ----------------------------------
254 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
255 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
258 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
259 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
260 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
261 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
262 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
264 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
265 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
266 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
268 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
269 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
272 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
275 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
278 * Fix quitting on Linux
279 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
283 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
286 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
289 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
290 ---------------------------------
292 Windows and Mac OS X:
293 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
296 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
297 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
300 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
303 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
306 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
308 Miscellaneous fixes in:
309 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
311 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
312 * RTP output and XML export
313 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
317 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
318 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
319 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
320 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
323 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
324 --------------------------------
326 Windows and Mac OS X:
327 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
330 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
333 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
334 * Improve Apple Remote handling
335 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
336 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
337 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
338 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
341 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
342 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
346 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
347 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
348 * New Luganda Translation
351 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
352 --------------------------------
355 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
358 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
359 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
360 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
361 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
364 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
366 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
367 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
368 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
369 * mp4 demuxer improvements
370 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
371 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
372 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
373 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
375 Miscellaneous fixes in:
376 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
377 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
378 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
379 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
380 * Configure and build system improvements
381 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
384 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
385 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
386 * New icelandic translation
389 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
390 --------------------------------
393 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
397 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
398 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
399 and stability reasons
402 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
406 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
409 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
410 ----------------------------------
413 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
416 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
417 ---------------------------------
420 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
421 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
422 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
423 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
426 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
429 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
430 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
431 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
432 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
435 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
436 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
437 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
439 Subtitles and renderer:
440 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
441 * Mark more freetype options as safe
442 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
443 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
444 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
447 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
448 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
449 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
450 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
453 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
454 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
457 * KDE device solid actions
459 * Transcode integer overflow
460 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
461 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
464 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
465 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
466 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
469 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
470 ----------------------------------
473 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
477 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
480 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
483 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
484 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
485 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
486 * Taglib thread-safety fix
489 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
493 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
496 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
499 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
500 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
502 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
506 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
507 * Miscellaneous fixes
510 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
511 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
513 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
514 * New Asturian translation
517 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
518 ----------------------------------
521 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
523 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
526 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
529 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
530 * Various fixes for Windows
533 * New Armenian translation
534 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
535 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
538 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
539 --------------------------------
542 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
544 * Fix folders opening from the interface
547 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
548 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
551 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
552 --------------------------------
555 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
556 * fix for podcasts parsing
557 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
560 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
561 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
564 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
565 * fix m3u playlists exports
568 * fix video autoresize behaviour
571 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
574 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
577 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
580 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
583 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
584 --------------------------------
587 * Avformat fps displaying fix
588 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
591 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
592 of mono streams, especially on Windows
595 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
596 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
597 * fix console output encoding
599 Interface and extensions:
600 * Youtube and other scripts updates
601 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
604 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
605 --------------------------------
608 * New capabilities for libVLC:
609 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
610 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
611 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
612 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
613 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
614 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
615 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
616 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
617 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
618 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
619 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
620 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
621 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
622 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
623 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
627 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
628 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
629 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
630 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
631 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
634 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
637 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
638 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
639 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
643 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
646 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
647 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
648 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
651 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
652 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
653 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
654 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
657 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
658 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
661 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
662 --------------------------------
664 Important changes for users:
665 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
666 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
668 Important changes for packagers:
669 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
670 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
671 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
672 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
673 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
675 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
677 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
678 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
679 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
680 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
681 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
684 * Support for the sftp protocol
685 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
686 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
687 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
688 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
689 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
692 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
693 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
694 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
696 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
697 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
698 * Invmem module improvements
699 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
700 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
701 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
702 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
703 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
704 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
705 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
706 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
707 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
708 * Support for VP8 codec
709 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
712 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
713 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
714 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
715 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
716 * Various EGP improvements
717 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
718 * Metadata and cover art improvements
721 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
722 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
723 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
724 * Podcast images are now displayed
727 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
728 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
729 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
730 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
731 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
732 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
733 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
734 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
735 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
736 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
737 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
740 * New content extensions lua framework
743 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
744 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
745 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
746 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
747 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
748 * NEON assembly audio converter module
749 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
752 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
753 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
754 * Service discovery based on libudev
755 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
758 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
759 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
760 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
761 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
762 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
763 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
764 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
767 * New smem module, streaming to memory
768 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
769 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
772 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
774 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
775 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
778 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
781 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
782 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
783 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
784 by Andy Matuschak et al.
785 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
786 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
787 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
790 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
791 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
794 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
795 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
796 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
800 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
801 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
802 * Improved Solaris port
805 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
806 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
809 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
810 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
811 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
812 * transrate: broken since too long
813 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
814 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
815 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
816 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
817 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
818 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
819 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
820 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
821 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
822 * cddax: use cdda instead.
823 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
824 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
825 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
826 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
829 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
830 --------------------------------
833 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
835 Decoders/Packetizers:
836 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
839 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
840 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
841 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
842 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
843 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
846 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
847 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
850 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
851 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
854 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
855 and Walloon translations updated
856 * Sinhala translation started
859 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
860 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
863 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
864 --------------------------------
867 * SubRip extra styles improvements
868 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
871 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
874 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
875 increase performance and fix x264 issues
878 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
879 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
880 Russian, Slovak translation updates
881 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
884 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
885 --------------------------------
888 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
889 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
892 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
893 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
896 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
897 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
900 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
903 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
904 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
907 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
908 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
911 * New Walloon translation
912 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
915 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
916 --------------------------------
919 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
920 regressions in most popular drivers
921 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
924 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
925 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
926 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
929 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
930 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
933 * Update for appletrailers lua script
934 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
935 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
936 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
937 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
940 * New udev module for linux
943 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
946 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
949 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
950 --------------------------------
953 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
954 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
955 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
958 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
959 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
962 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
963 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
966 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
969 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
970 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
971 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
972 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
975 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
976 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
977 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
978 - no support for Goom and SDL
979 - limited text rendering support
980 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
983 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
984 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
985 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
986 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
987 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
988 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
989 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
990 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
991 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
995 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
998 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1001 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1002 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1003 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1004 Arabic and French translation updates
1007 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1008 --------------------------------
1011 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1012 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1013 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1014 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1015 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1016 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1019 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1020 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1021 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1024 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1025 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1026 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1029 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1032 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1033 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1036 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1037 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1038 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1039 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1040 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1041 * Fix various crashes
1044 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1046 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1050 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1051 ---------------------------------
1055 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1056 See 'Access:' for more info.
1057 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1060 * Instantaneous pausing
1061 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1062 * Finer speed control
1063 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1064 * Timeshift for most medias
1065 * RTSP trickplay support
1066 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1069 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1070 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1071 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1072 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1073 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1074 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1075 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1076 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1077 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1078 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1081 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1082 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1083 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1084 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1085 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1086 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1087 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1090 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1091 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1094 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1095 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1096 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1097 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1098 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1099 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1100 * DVB scanning on linux
1101 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1102 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1103 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1104 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1105 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1106 * MTP device access on Unix
1107 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1108 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1111 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1112 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1113 Windows and Mac OS X.
1116 * Export the playlist in HTML
1117 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1118 * Better metadata handling and reading
1120 Linux/Windows interface:
1121 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1122 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1123 * Recently played items list
1124 * Interface toolbar customizations
1125 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1126 - More menus actions
1127 - Finer speed slider
1128 - Improvements on many dialogs
1129 - New dialog for plugins listing
1130 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1131 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1132 * Better integration in GTK environments
1135 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1136 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1137 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1138 * Additional usability improvements
1141 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1142 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1143 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1144 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1145 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1148 * New Maemo port with:
1149 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1150 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1153 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1156 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1157 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1158 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1159 * Support for latest iSight models
1162 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1163 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1166 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1167 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1168 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1169 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1170 The old image video output has been removed.
1171 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1172 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1175 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1183 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1184 --------------------------------------
1190 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1191 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1192 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1193 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1194 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1195 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1196 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1198 Various fixes to the following modules:
1201 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1202 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1203 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1205 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1210 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1211 ---------------------------------
1214 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1215 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1218 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1219 ---------------------------------
1222 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1225 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1228 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1229 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1230 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1231 main controller window.
1232 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1235 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1240 * Updates of other localizations
1243 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1244 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1245 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1246 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1247 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1250 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1251 ---------------------------------
1254 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1256 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1259 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1260 --------------------------------
1265 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1266 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1269 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1270 --------------------------------
1272 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1273 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1276 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1279 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1280 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1283 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1284 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1287 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1288 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1289 * Various fixed in playlist
1292 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1295 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1298 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1299 ------------------------------------
1301 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1302 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1305 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1306 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1307 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1310 * Stability fix for the video output.
1313 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1314 --------------------------------
1317 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1318 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1319 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1320 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1321 * Fixed update system bugs
1322 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1325 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1326 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1327 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1328 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1329 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1330 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1331 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1332 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1333 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1334 modern Mac OS X versions
1337 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1338 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1340 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1341 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1344 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1345 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1346 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1347 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1348 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1349 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1352 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1353 --------------------------------
1355 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1356 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1357 * Multiple bugfixes.
1360 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1361 --------------------------------
1363 * Multiple bug fixes.
1366 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1367 ---------------------------------
1371 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1372 recent to work correctly
1373 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1374 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1375 edit the ".hosts" file.
1376 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1377 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1378 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1379 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1380 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1381 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1382 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1383 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1384 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1385 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1386 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1387 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1388 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1389 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1390 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1391 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1392 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1393 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1394 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1395 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1396 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1397 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1398 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1399 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1400 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1401 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1402 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1403 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1404 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1405 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1406 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1407 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1408 and postproc modules.
1409 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1410 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1411 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1412 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1414 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1415 filter. For example:
1416 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1417 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1419 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1420 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1426 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1428 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1429 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1432 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1433 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1435 * Shoutcast TV listings
1436 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1438 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1439 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1441 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1444 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1445 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1446 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1447 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1448 * JACK audio input support
1449 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1450 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1451 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1452 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1453 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1454 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1455 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1456 (available as a separate download).
1457 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1458 * RTMP input support
1459 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1460 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1461 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1463 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1464 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1467 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1468 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1469 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1470 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1472 * APEv1/2 tags support
1473 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1474 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1476 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1477 * TiVo Series 2 support
1478 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1483 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1484 * Flash Screen Video support
1485 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1486 * DosBox Capture support
1487 * Karl Morton's Video support
1488 * limited atrac3 support
1490 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1491 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1492 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1493 * H.264 PAFF support
1494 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1495 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1496 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1497 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1498 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1501 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1502 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1503 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1504 * AQTitle subtitles support
1505 * MKV USF subtitles support
1506 * HTML-based subtitles support
1507 * MPSub subtitles support
1508 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1509 * MPL2 subtitles support
1510 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1511 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1512 * Realtext subtitle support
1513 * DKS subtitle support
1514 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1515 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1518 * Flash Screen Video support
1519 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1521 Video outputs and filters:
1522 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1523 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1524 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1525 * New puzzle video output filter
1526 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1527 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1529 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1530 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1531 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1532 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1533 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1534 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1535 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1536 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1537 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1538 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1539 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1540 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1541 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1542 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1544 Audio outputs and filters:
1545 * Replay gain support
1546 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1547 new scaletempo audio filter)
1548 * New spatializer audio filter
1549 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1552 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1553 * New RTP payload formats:
1554 * Speex voice audio codec
1555 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1556 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1557 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1558 * DCCP transport for RTP
1559 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1564 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1565 end-user suitable way.
1566 * Improved user interaction
1567 * Improved mouse gestures
1568 * Vastly improved Update checker
1569 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1571 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1572 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1574 * Improved video output features
1575 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1576 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1577 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1578 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1579 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1581 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1582 if libncursesw is available.
1583 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1584 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1585 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1587 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1588 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1589 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1590 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1591 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1592 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1593 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1594 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1597 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1598 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1599 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1602 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1603 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1604 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1605 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1606 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1607 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1610 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1611 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1621 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1622 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1623 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1626 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1627 ----------------------------------
1630 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1633 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1634 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1635 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1636 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1637 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1638 * Updated Polish translation
1641 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1642 ----------------------------------
1645 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1646 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1647 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1650 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1651 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1652 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1653 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1654 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1655 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1656 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1657 to an unexpected application termination
1658 * New Serbian translation
1659 * Updated Romanian translation
1662 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1663 ----------------------------------
1666 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1667 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1668 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1669 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1670 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1671 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1672 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1673 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1676 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1677 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1678 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1679 * Fixed AAC resampling
1680 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1681 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1684 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1685 ----------------------------------
1688 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1689 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1690 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1691 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1692 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1695 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1696 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1697 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1698 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1699 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1702 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1703 ----------------------------------
1706 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1707 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1710 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1711 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1712 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1713 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1715 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1719 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1722 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1725 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1728 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1731 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1732 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1733 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1734 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1735 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1737 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1738 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1739 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1740 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1743 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1746 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1747 ----------------------------------
1750 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1751 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1752 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1754 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1755 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1757 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1758 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1761 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1763 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1764 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1765 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1766 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1767 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1768 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1769 two different movies
1770 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1771 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1772 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1775 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1778 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1779 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1780 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1781 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1784 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1785 ----------------------------------
1787 Various bugfixes, notably:
1788 * Windows Vista compatibility
1789 * Cropping in Direct3D
1790 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1791 * RSS filter string overflow
1793 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1795 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1796 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1799 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1800 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1803 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1806 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1809 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1812 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1813 ----------------------------------
1815 Various bugfixes, notably:
1816 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1817 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1818 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1819 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1820 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1821 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1824 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1825 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1828 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1830 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1831 * Diverse usability improvements
1832 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1833 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1834 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1837 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1838 ---------------------------------
1840 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1841 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1844 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1847 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1848 --------------------------------
1851 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1854 * Support for RTSP authentication
1855 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1856 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1857 * ATSC support for DVB input
1858 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1859 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1860 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1863 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1864 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1865 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1866 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1867 * Matroska WavPack support
1868 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1869 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1870 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1873 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1874 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1875 * Improved libcaca support
1879 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1880 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1882 * Systray support in skins
1884 * Support for Apple Remote control
1885 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1886 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1887 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1888 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1890 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1893 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1894 Windows 9x/ME users:
1895 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1896 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1897 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1898 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1899 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1901 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1902 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1911 * Updates to the libvlc API
1912 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1915 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1916 --------------------------------
1919 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1920 * Support for downloading updates
1924 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1925 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1926 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1927 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1929 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1930 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1931 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1934 * Cook (Real audio) support
1936 Playlist / Services discovery:
1937 * XSPF playlist support
1939 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1942 * New JACK audio output
1945 * New video filters:
1946 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1947 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1948 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1949 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1950 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1951 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1954 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1957 * System to inform the user and request information
1958 - HTTP authentication
1962 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1963 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1964 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1967 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1968 - Improved playlist handling
1969 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1971 - Embedded Video output
1972 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1973 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1974 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1975 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1976 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1978 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1979 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1982 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1985 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1986 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1987 * Growl "Now playing" support
1990 * Ability to log to syslog
1991 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1994 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1996 * A bit more automatic testing
1999 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2000 ---------------------------------
2003 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2004 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2007 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2008 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2011 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2014 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2015 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2021 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2024 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2025 --------------------------------
2028 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2032 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2033 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2034 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2037 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2038 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2039 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2040 * GnomeVFS input module
2041 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2042 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2045 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2046 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2047 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2050 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2051 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2057 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2058 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2061 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2062 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2063 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2066 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2068 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2069 - New extended controls panel
2070 - New bookmarks window
2071 - Fixed playlist sorting
2072 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2074 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2075 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2076 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2077 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2081 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2082 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2084 - Include macro to include other files
2088 * Should now work outside IE as well
2091 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2094 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2095 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2098 The following languages were added:
2102 * Simplified Chinese
2103 The following languages were re-added:
2107 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2108 --------------------------------
2111 * Rewrite of the playlist
2113 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2114 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2115 * Preferences improvements:
2116 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2117 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2119 * Core image manipulation support
2120 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2121 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2122 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2123 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2124 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2125 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2126 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2127 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2128 * Access filter architecture
2129 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2130 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2134 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2135 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2136 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2137 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2138 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2139 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2140 * Massive Matroska improvements
2141 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2143 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2144 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2145 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2146 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2147 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2149 Decoders / Encoders:
2150 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2151 * PNG decoder/encoder
2152 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2153 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2156 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2159 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2160 * Brand new SAP module
2161 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2162 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2163 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2164 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2165 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2166 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2170 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2173 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2174 * Image file video output (png)
2175 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2176 * Improvements to wall video filter
2177 * Support for font color and opacity
2183 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2184 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2185 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2189 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2190 - Improved preferences
2191 - Improvements to the wizard
2192 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2194 - Redesigned playlist
2195 - Improved preferences
2197 - Support for multiple actions
2200 - Support for the new playlist system
2202 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2205 * Screensaver disabling fix
2206 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2207 * Support for no-decoration windows
2210 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2211 * The OpenGL video output is back
2212 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2213 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2214 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2215 is not yet available in the new module
2216 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2219 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2228 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2231 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2234 The following languages were added:
2240 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2241 --------------------------------
2244 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2245 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2248 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2249 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2250 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2253 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2256 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2259 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2262 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2263 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2264 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2268 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2270 * Support of playlist group announcement
2273 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2274 --------------------------------
2277 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2278 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2279 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2280 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2281 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2282 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2285 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2286 (Stream your desktop)
2287 * Improved DVD support:
2288 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2289 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2290 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2291 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2292 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2293 (selection of titles/chapters).
2296 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2297 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2298 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2299 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2300 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2301 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2302 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2303 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2304 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2305 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2308 * G.726 audio support
2309 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2310 * MPEG-4 text support
2311 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2312 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2313 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2317 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2318 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2319 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2320 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2321 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2322 * DVB subtitles encoder
2323 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2324 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2326 * Text track muxing for mp4
2327 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2328 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2329 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2330 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2331 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2332 * Improved ASF muxer
2334 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2335 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2336 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2339 * New audio equalizer filter
2340 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2341 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2342 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2343 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2346 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2347 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2348 with support for effects.
2349 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2350 - New filters can be streamed.
2351 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2352 - Centralized scaling and blending
2354 - "time", to display current time
2355 - "marq", to display a marquee
2358 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2359 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2360 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2361 * A few skins2 improvements
2362 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2363 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2364 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2365 * Improved CORBA control module
2368 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2369 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2370 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2373 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2374 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2375 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2378 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2379 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2380 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2381 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2382 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2385 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2388 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2389 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2392 * Server/client network synchronization module
2393 * VBrick streams fully supported
2394 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2398 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2399 --------------------------------
2402 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2403 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2404 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2405 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2408 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2409 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2410 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2411 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2412 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2413 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2414 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2417 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2418 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2419 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2420 * Improved directory access module.
2421 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2422 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2423 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2424 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2425 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2428 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2429 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2430 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2433 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2434 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2435 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2438 * Improved session announcement system.
2439 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2440 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2441 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2442 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2443 * Improved transrater.
2444 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2445 * New configuration system.
2446 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2449 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2450 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2451 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2452 * Supports scheduling.
2453 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2454 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2457 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2458 - Ability to embed video output.
2459 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2460 - Lots of improvements.
2461 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2462 - New design and set of icons.
2463 - Ability to embed video output.
2464 - Support for hotkeys.
2465 - Support for bookmarks.
2467 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2468 - Better hotkeys handling.
2471 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2472 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2473 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2474 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2477 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2478 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2479 * Improved Windows installer.
2485 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2486 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2489 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2490 ---------------------------------
2493 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2494 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2497 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2498 --------------------------------
2501 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2502 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2505 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2506 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2507 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2508 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2511 * Internal improvments
2512 * Improved import/export
2515 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2517 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2518 small and strange formats.
2520 * New MOD audio demux.
2521 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2522 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2523 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2524 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2527 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2528 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2529 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2535 * New opengl video output plugin.
2538 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2539 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2542 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2543 --------------------------------
2546 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2547 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2548 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2549 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2550 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2551 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2552 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2553 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2556 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2561 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2562 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2563 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2564 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2565 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2566 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2567 * Better Icecast support.
2568 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2569 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2572 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2573 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2574 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2575 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2576 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2577 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2578 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2581 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2582 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2583 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2584 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2585 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2586 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2587 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2588 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2589 * Preliminary RTP support.
2590 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2595 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2596 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2598 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2599 - Improvements and help in preferences
2600 - New streaming wizard
2601 - Revised Disc Open menu
2603 - Improvements of the standard pages
2604 - Support for new commands
2605 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2608 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2609 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2612 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2613 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2614 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2615 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2616 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2617 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2618 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2619 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2620 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2623 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2625 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2626 * Support for Panther.
2627 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2628 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2631 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2632 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2633 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2634 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2635 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2636 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2637 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2638 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2641 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2642 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2643 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2646 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2649 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2650 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2651 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2652 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2655 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2656 --------------------------------
2659 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2662 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2663 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2666 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2667 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2670 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2673 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2674 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2677 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2680 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2683 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2684 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2688 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2689 --------------------------------
2692 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2693 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2697 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2698 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2699 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2701 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2702 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2705 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2708 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2711 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2712 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2716 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2717 --------------------------------
2720 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2721 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2725 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2726 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2727 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2728 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2729 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2732 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2733 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2734 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2737 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2738 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2739 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2742 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2743 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2744 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2745 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2746 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2749 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2750 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2751 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2754 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2757 * Improved build system.
2758 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2759 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2760 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2761 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2764 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2765 --------------------------------
2768 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2771 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
2772 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2773 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2774 * Video 4 Linux support
2775 * CD Digital Audio support
2776 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2779 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2780 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2781 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2782 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2785 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2786 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2787 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2788 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2789 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2790 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2791 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2794 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2795 * New HTTP remote control interface
2798 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
2799 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
2800 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2801 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2802 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2805 * New reset option for the preferences
2806 * You can set your language in the prefences
2807 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2808 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2809 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2810 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2813 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2814 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2815 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2818 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2819 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2820 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2821 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2822 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2823 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2824 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2825 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2826 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2827 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2830 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2831 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2832 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2833 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2834 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2835 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2836 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2839 * Interface localization
2840 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2841 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2842 * New full-featured Preferences window
2845 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2846 --------------------------------
2849 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2850 * support for skins at the interface level
2851 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2852 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2853 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2854 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2855 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2858 * fixed HTTP redirects
2859 * support for opening an entire directory
2860 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2861 * new video4linux access plug-in
2862 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2865 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2866 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2867 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2870 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2871 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2872 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2873 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2874 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2875 * new codec for raw I420 video
2876 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2879 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2880 (although it still misses some important features)
2881 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2884 * new HTTP output support
2885 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2886 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2889 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2892 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2895 * reorderable playlist
2896 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2897 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2898 * support for mono audio output devices
2899 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2900 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2901 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2902 * the messages window remembers more lines
2903 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2904 * http and ogg stream output options
2905 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2908 * new skinnable interface
2909 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2911 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2912 * support for FLAC audio format
2913 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2915 * network tab in the interface
2916 * "apply" handling in preferences
2919 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2920 ---------------------------------
2923 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2924 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2925 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2926 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2928 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2929 * DTS S/PDIF support
2932 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2933 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2934 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2935 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2938 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2939 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2942 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2945 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2948 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2950 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2951 * rc interface is now fully useable
2952 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2955 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2956 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2957 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2958 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2959 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2961 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2962 * support for mouse gestures
2963 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2966 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2967 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2970 * improved ID3 tag detection
2971 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2972 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2973 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2975 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2978 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2979 ---------------------------------
2982 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2983 English was set as the preferred language
2986 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2987 --------------------------------
2990 * new mouse gesture interface
2991 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2995 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2996 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2997 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3000 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3001 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3005 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3008 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3009 without the user consent
3012 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3014 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3015 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3016 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3019 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3020 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3021 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3022 * playlist enhancements
3023 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3024 * new step forward/step backward commands
3025 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3026 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3027 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3030 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3031 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3032 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3035 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3036 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3039 * native video output is working again
3040 * only commandline interface support
3041 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3044 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3045 --------------------------------
3048 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3049 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3050 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3051 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3052 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3053 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3054 and A/52 streams are supported)
3055 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3060 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3061 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3062 * VCD entry points support
3063 * VCD image file support
3066 * support for *.asf format
3067 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3068 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3069 * support for ogg encapsulation
3070 * support for raw DV format
3071 * support for *.wav format
3072 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3075 Stream discovery & playlists:
3076 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3077 * support for .m3u file format
3078 * support for .asx file format
3079 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3082 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3083 (only available with the .avi demux)
3084 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3085 * support for raw PCM data
3086 * support for Cinepak video codec
3087 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3088 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3089 * support for Xvid codec
3090 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3091 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3092 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3094 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3096 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3099 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3102 * new WxWindows interface
3103 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3104 device and the channels configuration
3105 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3106 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3107 format that VLC can play
3108 * new swedish translation
3109 * enhancements of the playlist window
3110 * new messages window to see debug info
3111 * fixed a few crashes
3114 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3115 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3116 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3117 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working