1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.68 2003/10/13 05:48:08 zorglub Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
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7 * Video outputs are recycled if possible. This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
8 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
9 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
10 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
13 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
16 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
17 * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
20 * Better Icecast support
23 * Support for AAC + SBR.
25 * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now.
28 * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist
29 (Sort,Search, mode buttons)
30 * Help in the preferences window
33 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
35 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
38 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
39 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
40 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
41 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
44 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
45 * Text subtitles autodetection.
46 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
47 * Text subtitles for videofiles. Result may vary.
48 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
51 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
52 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
53 * Spanish and Portugese Brazilian translations.
54 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
56 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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60 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
63 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
64 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
67 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
68 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
71 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
74 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
75 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
78 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
81 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
84 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
85 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
88 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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92 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
93 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
97 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
98 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
99 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
100 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
101 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
104 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
105 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
106 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
109 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
110 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
111 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
114 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
115 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
116 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
117 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
118 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
121 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
122 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
123 * A new CORBA control plugin.
126 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
129 * Improved build system.
130 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
131 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
132 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
133 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
136 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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140 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
143 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
144 * Fixed large file support on Windows
145 * Video 4 Linux support
146 * CD Digital Audio support
147 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
150 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
151 * Support for OpenDML avi files
152 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
153 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
156 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
157 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
158 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
159 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
160 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
161 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
162 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
165 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
166 * New HTTP remote control interface
169 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
170 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
171 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
172 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
175 * New reset option for the preferences
176 * You can set your language in the prefences
177 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
178 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
179 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
180 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
183 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
184 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
185 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
188 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
189 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
190 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
191 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
192 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
193 * New icons by Davor Orel.
194 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
195 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
196 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
197 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
200 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
201 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
202 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
203 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
204 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
205 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
206 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
209 * Interface localization
210 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
211 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
212 * New full-featured Preferences window
214 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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218 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
219 * support for skins at the interface level
220 * new OSD module using Freetype2
221 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
222 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
223 input level before dropping out of date frames.
224 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
227 * fixed HTTP redirects
228 * support for opening an entire directory
229 * EOF should be detected more reliably
230 * new video4linux access plug-in
231 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
234 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
235 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
236 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
239 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
240 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
241 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
242 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
243 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
244 * new codec for raw I420 video
245 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
248 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
249 (although it still misses some important features)
250 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
253 * new HTTP output support
254 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
255 * fixed AV synchronization issues
258 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
261 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
264 * reorderable playlist
265 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
266 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
267 * support for mono audio output devices
268 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
269 * fixed several cosmetic issues
270 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
271 * the messages window remembers more lines
272 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
273 * http and ogg stream output options
274 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
277 * new skinnable interface
278 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
280 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
281 * support for FLAC audio format
282 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
284 * network tab in the interface
285 * "apply" handling in preferences
288 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
289 ---------------------------------
292 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
293 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
294 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
295 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
297 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
301 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
302 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
303 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
304 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
307 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
308 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
311 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
314 * fixed the GNU-pth support
317 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
319 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
320 * rc interface is now fully useable
321 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
324 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
325 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
326 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
327 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
328 * VLC now uses the default audio device
330 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
331 * support for mouse gestures
332 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
335 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
336 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
339 * improved ID3 tag detection
340 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
341 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
342 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
344 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
347 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
348 ---------------------------------
351 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
352 English was set as the preferred language
355 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
356 --------------------------------
359 * new mouse gesture interface
360 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
364 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
365 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
366 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
369 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
370 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
374 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
377 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
378 without the user consent
381 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
383 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
384 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
385 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
388 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
389 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
390 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
391 * playlist enhancements
392 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
393 * new step forward/step backward commands
394 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
395 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
396 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
399 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
400 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
401 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
404 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
405 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
408 * native video output is working again
409 * only commandline interface support
410 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
413 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
414 --------------------------------
417 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
418 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
419 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
420 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
421 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
422 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
423 and A/52 streams are supported)
424 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
429 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
430 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
431 * VCD entry points support
432 * VCD image file support
435 * support for *.asf format
436 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
437 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
438 * support for ogg encapsulation
439 * support for raw DV format
440 * support for *.wav format
441 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
444 Stream discovery & playlists:
445 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
446 * support for .m3u file format
447 * support for .asx file format
448 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
451 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
452 (only available with the .avi demux)
453 * support for ADPCM audio codec
454 * support for raw PCM data
455 * support for Cinepak video codec
456 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
457 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
458 * support for Xvid codec
459 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
460 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
461 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
463 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
465 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
468 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
471 * new WxWindows interface
472 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
473 device and the channels configuration
474 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
475 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
476 format that VLC can play
477 * new swedish translation
478 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
480 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
481 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
482 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
485 * localization support via GNU gettext software
486 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
487 * new preferences panel
488 * new open panel with full features
489 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
490 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
491 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
494 * preferences dialog box redesigned
495 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
497 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
498 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
499 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
500 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
503 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
505 * enhancements of the playlist window
506 * new messages window to see debug info
507 * fixed a few crashes
510 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
511 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
512 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
513 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working