1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.59 2003/07/28 18:02:06 massiot Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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7 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
8 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
12 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
13 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
14 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
15 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
16 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
19 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
20 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
21 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
24 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
25 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
26 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
29 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
30 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
31 * A new CORBA control plugin.
34 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
37 * Improved build system.
38 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
39 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
40 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
41 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
44 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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48 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
51 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
52 * Fixed large file support on Windows
53 * Video 4 Linux support
54 * CD Digital Audio support
55 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
58 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
59 * Support for OpenDML avi files
60 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
61 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
64 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
65 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
66 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
67 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
68 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
69 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
70 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
73 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
74 * New HTTP remote control interface
77 * 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.
78 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
79 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
80 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
83 * New reset option for the preferences
84 * You can set your language in the prefences
85 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
86 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
87 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
88 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
91 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
92 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
93 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
96 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
97 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
98 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
99 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
100 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
101 * New icons by Davor Orel.
102 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
103 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
104 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
105 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
108 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
109 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
110 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
111 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
112 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
113 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
114 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
117 * Interface localization
118 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
119 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
120 * New full-featured Preferences window
122 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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126 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
127 * support for skins at the interface level
128 * new OSD module using Freetype2
129 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
130 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
131 input level before dropping out of date frames.
132 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
135 * fixed HTTP redirects
136 * support for opening an entire directory
137 * EOF should be detected more reliably
138 * new video4linux access plug-in
139 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
142 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
143 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
144 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
147 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
148 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
149 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
150 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
151 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
152 * new codec for raw I420 video
153 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
156 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
157 (although it still misses some important features)
158 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
161 * new HTTP output support
162 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
163 * fixed AV synchronization issues
166 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
169 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
172 * reorderable playlist
173 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
174 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
175 * support for mono audio output devices
176 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
177 * fixed several cosmetic issues
178 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
179 * the messages window remembers more lines
180 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
181 * http and ogg stream output options
182 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
185 * new skinnable interface
186 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
188 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
189 * support for FLAC audio format
190 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
192 * network tab in the interface
193 * "apply" handling in preferences
196 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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200 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
201 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
202 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
203 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
205 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
209 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
210 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
211 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
212 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
215 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
216 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
219 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
222 * fixed the GNU-pth support
225 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
227 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
228 * rc interface is now fully useable
229 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
232 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
233 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
234 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
235 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
236 * VLC now uses the default audio device
238 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
239 * support for mouse gestures
240 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
243 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
244 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
247 * improved ID3 tag detection
248 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
249 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
250 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
252 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
255 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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259 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
260 English was set as the preferred language
263 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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267 * new mouse gesture interface
268 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
272 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
273 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
274 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
277 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
278 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
282 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
285 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
286 without the user consent
289 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
291 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
292 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
293 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
296 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
297 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
298 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
299 * playlist enhancements
300 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
301 * new step forward/step backward commands
302 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
303 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
304 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
307 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
308 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
309 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
312 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
313 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
316 * native video output is working again
317 * only commandline interface support
318 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
321 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
322 --------------------------------
325 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
326 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
327 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
328 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
329 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
330 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
331 and A/52 streams are supported)
332 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
337 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
338 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
339 * VCD entry points support
340 * VCD image file support
343 * support for *.asf format
344 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
345 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
346 * support for ogg encapsulation
347 * support for raw DV format
348 * support for *.wav format
349 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
352 Stream discovery & playlists:
353 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
354 * support for .m3u file format
355 * support for .asx file format
356 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
359 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
360 (only available with the .avi demux)
361 * support for ADPCM audio codec
362 * support for raw PCM data
363 * support for Cinepak video codec
364 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
365 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
366 * support for Xvid codec
367 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
368 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
369 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
371 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
373 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
376 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
379 * new WxWindows interface
380 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
381 device and the channels configuration
382 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
383 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
384 format that VLC can play
385 * new swedish translation
386 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
388 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
389 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
390 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
393 * localization support via GNU gettext software
394 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
395 * new preferences panel
396 * new open panel with full features
397 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
398 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
399 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
402 * preferences dialog box redesigned
403 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
405 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
406 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
407 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
408 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
411 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
413 * enhancements of the playlist window
414 * new messages window to see debug info
415 * fixed a few crashes
418 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
419 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
420 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
421 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working