1 Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
6 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
7 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
9 3rd party libraries (contrib):
10 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
14 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
17 * Support for OPUS via libopus.
18 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
19 * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
20 * Support for Ulead DV audio
21 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
22 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1)
23 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
24 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
25 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
26 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
27 * Support for VDPAU hardware video decoding acceleration on Linux
30 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
33 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
34 remove support for previous OS X releases
35 * Major improvements in DASH support
36 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
37 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
38 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
39 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
40 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
41 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
42 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
45 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
46 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
47 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
48 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
49 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
50 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
51 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
52 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
53 * Support for more MJPEG streams
54 * Add support for liveleak streams
57 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
58 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
59 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
60 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
61 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1 and 7.1 playback and layouts
62 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
63 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
64 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
65 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
66 * Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
69 * new remapping channel filter
70 * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
71 * new VSXu visualization plugin
74 * DecklinkOutput: New module using Blackmagic cards
75 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
76 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
77 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
80 * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
81 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
82 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
83 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
84 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
85 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
88 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
89 * Options support for AVIO output module
90 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
91 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
92 * Livehttp stream encryption support
93 * Unmaintained switcher has been removed
96 * configurable password for the HTTP server.
97 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
98 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
99 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
100 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
101 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
105 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
108 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
109 * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
112 * add support for multiple video outputs
113 * add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
115 * add a GUI to manage podcasts
116 * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
117 * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
118 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
119 * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
120 * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
121 VLC's internal volume level
122 * add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
123 selection and to manage the list of presets
124 * add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
125 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
126 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
127 * add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
128 * add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
129 * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
130 * add an option to show next / previous buttons
131 * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
132 * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
134 * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
135 * add an option to play videos as a desktop background
136 * add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
137 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
138 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
139 * add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
140 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
141 3rd party applications
142 * add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
143 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
144 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
148 * Partial support for Qt5.0
149 * Menus modifications and improvements
150 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
151 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
155 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
156 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
157 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
158 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
159 * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
160 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
161 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
164 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
165 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
166 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
167 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
168 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
169 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
171 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
172 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
173 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
176 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
177 --------------------------------
180 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
183 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
184 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
185 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
188 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
189 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
190 * Fix koreus lua parser
191 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
192 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
193 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
194 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
197 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
198 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
201 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
204 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
205 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
206 * Fix Time counter UI look
207 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
210 * Fix https streaming
213 * Fix audio and video track selection:
214 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
215 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
218 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
219 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
220 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
221 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
222 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
225 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
226 --------------------------------
229 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
230 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
231 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
232 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
233 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
234 during playback on Mac OS X
237 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
238 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
239 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
242 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
243 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
244 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
245 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
246 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
249 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
250 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
251 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
252 * Support Youtube live streams
255 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
258 * Fix media info dialog update
259 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
260 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
261 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
262 * Fix album art display at start
265 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
266 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
267 * Fix menus display and behavior
268 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
269 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
270 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
271 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
272 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
273 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
274 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
277 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
278 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
279 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
280 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
281 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
282 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
283 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
284 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
285 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
288 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
289 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
290 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
291 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
292 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
295 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
296 --------------------------------
299 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
302 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
303 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
306 * Add GateKeeper support
307 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
308 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
309 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
312 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
315 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
316 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
317 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
318 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
319 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
322 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
323 --------------------------------
326 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
327 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
328 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
329 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
330 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
331 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
332 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
333 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
334 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
335 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
336 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
340 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
341 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
342 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
343 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
344 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
345 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
346 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
347 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
348 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
349 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
350 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
351 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
354 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
355 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
357 * Fix MP3 free format support
360 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
361 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
362 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
363 * Fix for DVB channels file support
364 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
367 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
368 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
370 Audio filters and output:
371 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
372 * Fix DirectSound device selection
373 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
374 * Do not apply volume in file output
375 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
376 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
379 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
380 the persistant media library
381 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
382 to the media library or the temporary playlist
383 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
384 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
385 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
386 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
387 press on the Play/Pause button
388 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
389 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
390 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
391 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
392 * Many Fullscreen fixes
393 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
394 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
395 Synchronization panel
396 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
397 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
398 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
399 * Fix crashes on exit
400 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
402 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
403 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
404 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
405 automatically reset on the first launch.
406 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
407 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
408 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
411 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
412 * Fixes for icecast SD
415 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
416 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
417 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
418 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
419 * Fix tags and file names display
420 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
423 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
424 * Fix for key events and focus loss
427 * Fix display of some buttons
428 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
429 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
432 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
433 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
434 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
437 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
438 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
439 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
440 Thai translations update
441 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
444 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
445 --------------------------------
448 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
449 * fix the samba module compilation
450 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
451 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
452 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
453 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
456 * Support for MXPEG files
457 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
458 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
461 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
462 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
463 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
466 * Fix ogm header creation
469 * limit spatializer filter distortions
470 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
473 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
474 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
475 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
476 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
479 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
482 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
483 * allow to hide the sidebar
484 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
485 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
486 * noticebly faster launch time
487 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
488 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
489 * improve track synchronization panel
490 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
491 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
494 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
495 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
496 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
497 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
500 * fix for menus display
501 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
502 * documentation update
505 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
506 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
509 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
510 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
511 * Update Jamendo selections
515 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
516 * fix a crash on VLM close
519 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
520 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
521 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
522 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
525 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
528 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
529 ---------------------------------
532 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
533 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
534 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
535 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
536 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
537 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
538 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
539 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
540 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
541 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
542 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
543 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
544 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
545 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
546 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
547 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
548 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
549 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
550 --http-crl (optional CRL).
551 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
552 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
553 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
554 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
555 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
556 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
557 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
559 Important changes for packagers:
560 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
561 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
562 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
563 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
564 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
565 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
566 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
567 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
568 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
569 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
572 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
573 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
574 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
575 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
576 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
577 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
578 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
581 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
582 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
583 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
584 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
585 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
586 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
587 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
588 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
589 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
590 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
591 * PulseAudio audio input support
592 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
593 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
594 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
595 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
596 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
597 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
598 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
599 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
602 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
603 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
604 are notably concerned.
605 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
606 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
607 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
608 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
609 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
610 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
611 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
612 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
613 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
614 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
615 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
616 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
617 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
618 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
619 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
622 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
623 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
624 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
625 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
626 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
627 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
628 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
629 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
630 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
631 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
632 * Improved support of tracker files
633 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
636 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
637 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
638 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
639 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
640 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
641 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
642 and important cleanups and optimisations
643 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
644 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
645 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
646 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
647 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
648 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
649 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
650 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
651 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
652 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
653 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
654 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
655 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
656 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
657 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
658 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
659 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
660 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
661 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
662 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
663 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
666 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
667 * New video output for iOS platform
668 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
669 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
670 * Various vmem improvements
671 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
672 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
673 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
674 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
675 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
676 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
678 Audio Output and Filters:
679 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
680 * New audio output in memory (amem)
681 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
682 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
683 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
684 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
685 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
686 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
687 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
688 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
691 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
692 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
693 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
694 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
695 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
696 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
697 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
698 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
699 * New anti-flickering filter
700 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
701 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
702 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
703 blackbox and customizable shadow.
704 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
705 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
706 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
709 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
710 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
711 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
712 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
713 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
714 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
715 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
716 * Major rework of VoD support
717 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
718 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
719 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
720 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
721 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
722 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
723 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
724 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
725 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
726 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
729 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
730 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
733 * New capabilities for libVLC:
734 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
735 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
736 list of available audio and video filters
737 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
738 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
739 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
742 * asademux, subsass: use libass
743 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
744 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
746 * upnp: use upnp_intel
747 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
748 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
749 * removal of the noise filter
750 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
751 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
752 removed in Growl's next release, too.
753 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
756 * Update of translations for most languages.
757 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
760 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
761 ----------------------------------
764 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
765 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
768 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
769 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
772 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
773 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
774 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
777 * Camtasia decoding fix.
780 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
781 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
784 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
787 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
788 ----------------------------------
791 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
792 including support for OS X Lion
793 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
794 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
797 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
800 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
801 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
802 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
805 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
808 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
809 ----------------------------------
812 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
813 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
816 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
817 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
818 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
819 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
820 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
822 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
823 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
824 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
826 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
827 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
830 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
833 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
836 * Fix quitting on Linux
837 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
841 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
844 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
847 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
848 ---------------------------------
850 Windows and Mac OS X:
851 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
854 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
855 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
858 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
861 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
864 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
866 Miscellaneous fixes in:
867 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
869 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
870 * RTP output and XML export
871 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
875 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
876 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
877 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
878 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
881 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
882 --------------------------------
884 Windows and Mac OS X:
885 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
888 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
891 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
892 * Improve Apple Remote handling
893 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
894 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
895 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
896 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
899 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
900 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
904 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
905 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
906 * New Luganda Translation
909 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
910 --------------------------------
913 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
916 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
917 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
918 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
919 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
922 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
924 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
925 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
926 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
927 * mp4 demuxer improvements
928 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
929 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
930 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
931 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
933 Miscellaneous fixes in:
934 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
935 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
936 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
937 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
938 * Configure and build system improvements
939 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
942 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
943 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
944 * New icelandic translation
947 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
948 --------------------------------
951 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
955 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
956 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
957 and stability reasons
960 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
964 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
967 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
968 ----------------------------------
971 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
974 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
975 ---------------------------------
978 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
979 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
980 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
981 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
984 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
987 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
988 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
989 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
990 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
993 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
994 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
995 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
997 Subtitles and renderer:
998 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
999 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1000 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1001 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1002 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1005 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1006 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1007 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1008 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1011 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1012 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1014 Miscellaneous fixes:
1015 * KDE device solid actions
1017 * Transcode integer overflow
1018 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1019 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1022 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1023 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1024 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1027 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1028 ----------------------------------
1031 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1035 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1038 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1041 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1042 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1043 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1044 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1047 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1051 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1054 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1057 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1058 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1060 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1064 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1065 * Miscellaneous fixes
1068 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1069 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1070 French and Ukrainian
1071 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1072 * New Asturian translation
1075 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1076 ----------------------------------
1079 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1081 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1084 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1087 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1088 * Various fixes for Windows
1091 * New Armenian translation
1092 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1093 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1096 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1097 --------------------------------
1100 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1101 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1102 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1105 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1106 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1109 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1110 --------------------------------
1112 Access and demuxers:
1113 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1114 * fix for podcasts parsing
1115 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1118 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1119 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1122 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1123 * fix m3u playlists exports
1126 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1129 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1132 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1135 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1138 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1141 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1142 --------------------------------
1145 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1146 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1149 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1150 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1153 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1154 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1155 * fix console output encoding
1157 Interface and extensions:
1158 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1159 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1162 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1163 --------------------------------
1166 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1167 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1168 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1169 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1170 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1171 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1172 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1173 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1174 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1175 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1176 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1177 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1178 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1179 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1180 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1181 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1185 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1186 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1187 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1188 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1189 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1192 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1195 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1196 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1197 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1201 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1204 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1205 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1206 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1209 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1210 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1211 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1212 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1215 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1216 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1219 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1220 --------------------------------
1222 Important changes for users:
1223 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1224 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1226 Important changes for packagers:
1227 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1228 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1229 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1230 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1231 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1233 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1235 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1236 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1237 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1238 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1239 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1242 * Support for the sftp protocol
1243 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1244 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1245 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1246 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1247 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1250 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1251 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1252 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1254 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1255 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1256 * Invmem module improvements
1257 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1258 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1259 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1260 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1261 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1262 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1263 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1264 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1265 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1266 * Support for VP8 codec
1267 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1270 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1271 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1272 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1273 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1274 * Various EGP improvements
1275 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1276 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1279 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1280 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1281 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1282 * Podcast images are now displayed
1285 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1286 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1287 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1288 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1289 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1290 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1291 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1292 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1293 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1294 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1295 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1298 * New content extensions lua framework
1301 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1302 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1303 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1304 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1305 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1306 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1307 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1310 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1311 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1312 * Service discovery based on libudev
1313 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1316 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1317 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1318 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1319 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1320 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1321 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1322 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1325 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1326 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1327 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1330 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1332 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1333 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1336 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1339 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1340 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1341 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1342 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1343 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1344 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1345 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1348 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1349 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1352 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1353 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1354 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1358 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1359 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1360 * Improved Solaris port
1363 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1364 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1367 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1368 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1369 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1370 * transrate: broken since too long
1371 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1372 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1373 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1374 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1375 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1376 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1377 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1378 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1379 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1380 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1381 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1382 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1383 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1384 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1387 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1388 --------------------------------
1391 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1393 Decoders/Packetizers:
1394 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1397 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1398 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1399 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1400 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1401 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1404 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1405 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1408 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1409 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1412 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1413 and Walloon translations updated
1414 * Sinhala translation started
1417 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1418 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1421 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1422 --------------------------------
1425 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1426 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1429 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1432 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1433 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1436 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1437 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1438 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1439 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1442 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1443 --------------------------------
1446 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1447 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1450 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1451 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1454 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1455 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1458 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1461 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1462 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1465 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1466 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1469 * New Walloon translation
1470 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1473 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1474 --------------------------------
1477 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1478 regressions in most popular drivers
1479 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1482 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1483 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1484 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1487 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1488 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1491 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1492 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1493 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1494 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1495 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1498 * New udev module for linux
1501 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1504 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1507 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1508 --------------------------------
1511 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1512 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1513 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1516 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1517 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1520 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1521 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1524 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1527 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1528 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1529 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1530 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1533 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1534 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1535 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1536 - no support for Goom and SDL
1537 - limited text rendering support
1538 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1541 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1542 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1543 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1544 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1545 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1546 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1547 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1548 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1549 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1553 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1556 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1559 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1560 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1561 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1562 Arabic and French translation updates
1565 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1566 --------------------------------
1569 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1570 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1571 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1572 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1573 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1574 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1577 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1578 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1579 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1582 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1583 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1584 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1587 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1590 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1591 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1594 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1595 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1596 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1597 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1598 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1599 * Fix various crashes
1602 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1604 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1608 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1609 ---------------------------------
1613 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1614 See 'Access:' for more info.
1615 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1618 * Instantaneous pausing
1619 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1620 * Finer speed control
1621 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1622 * Timeshift for most medias
1623 * RTSP trickplay support
1624 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1627 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1628 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1629 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1630 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1631 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1632 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1633 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1634 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1635 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1636 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1639 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1640 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1641 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1642 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1643 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1644 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1645 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1648 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1649 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1652 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1653 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1654 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1655 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1656 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1657 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1658 * DVB scanning on linux
1659 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1660 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1661 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1662 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1663 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1664 * MTP device access on Unix
1665 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1666 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1669 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1670 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1671 Windows and Mac OS X.
1674 * Export the playlist in HTML
1675 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1676 * Better metadata handling and reading
1678 Linux/Windows interface:
1679 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1680 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1681 * Recently played items list
1682 * Interface toolbar customizations
1683 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1684 - More menus actions
1685 - Finer speed slider
1686 - Improvements on many dialogs
1687 - New dialog for plugins listing
1688 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1689 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1690 * Better integration in GTK environments
1693 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1694 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1695 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1696 * Additional usability improvements
1699 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1700 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1701 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1702 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1703 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1706 * New Maemo port with:
1707 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1708 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1711 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1714 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1715 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1716 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1717 * Support for latest iSight models
1720 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1721 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1724 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1725 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1726 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1727 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1728 The old image video output has been removed.
1729 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1730 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1733 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1741 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1742 --------------------------------------
1748 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1749 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1750 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1751 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1752 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1753 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1754 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1756 Various fixes to the following modules:
1759 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1760 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1761 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1763 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1768 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1769 ---------------------------------
1772 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1773 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1776 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1777 ---------------------------------
1780 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1783 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1786 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1787 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1788 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1789 main controller window.
1790 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1793 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1798 * Updates of other localizations
1801 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1802 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1803 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1804 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1805 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1808 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1809 ---------------------------------
1812 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1814 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1817 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1818 --------------------------------
1823 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1824 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1827 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1828 --------------------------------
1830 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1831 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1834 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1837 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1838 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1841 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1842 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1845 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1846 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1847 * Various fixed in playlist
1850 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1853 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1856 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1857 ------------------------------------
1859 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1860 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1863 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1864 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1865 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1868 * Stability fix for the video output.
1871 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1872 --------------------------------
1875 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1876 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1877 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1878 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1879 * Fixed update system bugs
1880 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1883 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1884 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1885 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1886 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1887 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1888 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1889 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1890 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1891 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1892 modern Mac OS X versions
1895 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1896 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1898 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1899 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1902 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1903 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1904 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1905 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1906 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1907 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1910 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1911 --------------------------------
1913 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1914 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1915 * Multiple bugfixes.
1918 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1919 --------------------------------
1921 * Multiple bug fixes.
1924 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1925 ---------------------------------
1929 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1930 recent to work correctly
1931 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1932 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1933 edit the ".hosts" file.
1934 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1935 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1936 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1937 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1938 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1939 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1940 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1941 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1942 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1943 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1944 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1945 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1946 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1947 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1948 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1949 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1950 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1951 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1952 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1953 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1954 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1955 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1956 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1957 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1958 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1959 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1960 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1961 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1962 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1963 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1964 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1965 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1966 and postproc modules.
1967 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1968 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1969 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1970 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1972 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1973 filter. For example:
1974 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1975 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1977 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1978 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1984 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1986 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1987 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1990 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1991 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1993 * Shoutcast TV listings
1994 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1996 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1997 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1999 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2002 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2003 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2004 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2005 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2006 * JACK audio input support
2007 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2008 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2009 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2010 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2011 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2012 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2013 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2014 (available as a separate download).
2015 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2016 * RTMP input support
2017 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2018 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2019 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2021 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2022 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2025 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2026 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2027 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2028 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2030 * APEv1/2 tags support
2031 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2032 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2034 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2035 * TiVo Series 2 support
2036 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2041 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2042 * Flash Screen Video support
2043 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2044 * DosBox Capture support
2045 * Karl Morton's Video support
2046 * limited atrac3 support
2048 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2049 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2050 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2051 * H.264 PAFF support
2052 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2053 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2054 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2055 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2056 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2059 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2060 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2061 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2062 * AQTitle subtitles support
2063 * MKV USF subtitles support
2064 * HTML-based subtitles support
2065 * MPSub subtitles support
2066 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2067 * MPL2 subtitles support
2068 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2069 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2070 * Realtext subtitle support
2071 * DKS subtitle support
2072 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2073 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2076 * Flash Screen Video support
2077 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2079 Video outputs and filters:
2080 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2081 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2082 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2083 * New puzzle video output filter
2084 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2085 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2087 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2088 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2089 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2090 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2091 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2092 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2093 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2094 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2095 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2096 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2097 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2098 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2099 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2100 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2102 Audio outputs and filters:
2103 * Replay gain support
2104 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2105 new scaletempo audio filter)
2106 * New spatializer audio filter
2107 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2110 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2111 * New RTP payload formats:
2112 * Speex voice audio codec
2113 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2114 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2115 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2116 * DCCP transport for RTP
2117 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2122 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2123 end-user suitable way.
2124 * Improved user interaction
2125 * Improved mouse gestures
2126 * Vastly improved Update checker
2127 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2129 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2130 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2132 * Improved video output features
2133 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2134 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2135 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2136 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2137 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2139 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2140 if libncursesw is available.
2141 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2142 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2143 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2145 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2146 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2147 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2148 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2149 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2150 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2151 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2152 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2155 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2156 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2157 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2160 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2161 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2162 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2163 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2164 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2165 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2168 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2169 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2179 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2180 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2181 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2184 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2185 ----------------------------------
2188 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2191 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2192 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2193 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2194 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2195 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2196 * Updated Polish translation
2199 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2200 ----------------------------------
2203 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2204 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2205 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2208 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2209 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2210 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2211 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2212 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2213 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2214 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2215 to an unexpected application termination
2216 * New Serbian translation
2217 * Updated Romanian translation
2220 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2221 ----------------------------------
2224 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2225 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2226 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2227 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2228 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2229 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2230 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2231 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2234 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2235 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2236 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2237 * Fixed AAC resampling
2238 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2239 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2242 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2243 ----------------------------------
2246 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2247 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2248 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2249 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2250 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2253 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2254 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2255 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2256 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2257 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2260 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2261 ----------------------------------
2264 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2265 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2268 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2269 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2270 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2271 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2273 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2277 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2280 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2283 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2286 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2289 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2290 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2291 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2292 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2293 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2295 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2296 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2297 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2298 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2301 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2304 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2305 ----------------------------------
2308 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2309 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2310 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2312 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2313 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2315 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2316 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2319 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2321 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2322 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2323 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2324 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2325 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2326 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2327 two different movies
2328 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2329 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2330 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2333 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2336 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2337 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2338 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2339 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2342 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2343 ----------------------------------
2345 Various bugfixes, notably:
2346 * Windows Vista compatibility
2347 * Cropping in Direct3D
2348 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2349 * RSS filter string overflow
2351 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2353 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2354 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2357 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2358 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2361 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2364 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2367 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2370 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2371 ----------------------------------
2373 Various bugfixes, notably:
2374 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2375 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2376 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2377 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2378 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2379 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2382 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2383 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2386 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2388 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2389 * Diverse usability improvements
2390 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2391 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2392 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2395 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2396 ---------------------------------
2398 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2399 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2402 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2405 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2406 --------------------------------
2409 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2412 * Support for RTSP authentication
2413 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2414 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2415 * ATSC support for DVB input
2416 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2417 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2418 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2421 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2422 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2423 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2424 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2425 * Matroska WavPack support
2426 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2427 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2428 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2431 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2432 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2433 * Improved libcaca support
2437 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2438 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2440 * Systray support in skins
2442 * Support for Apple Remote control
2443 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2444 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2445 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2446 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2448 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2451 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2452 Windows 9x/ME users:
2453 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2454 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2455 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2456 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2457 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2459 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2460 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2469 * Updates to the libvlc API
2470 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2473 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2474 --------------------------------
2477 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2478 * Support for downloading updates
2482 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2483 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2484 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2485 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2487 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2488 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2489 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2492 * Cook (Real audio) support
2494 Playlist / Services discovery:
2495 * XSPF playlist support
2497 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2500 * New JACK audio output
2503 * New video filters:
2504 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2505 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2506 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2507 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2508 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2509 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2512 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2515 * System to inform the user and request information
2516 - HTTP authentication
2520 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2521 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2522 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2525 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2526 - Improved playlist handling
2527 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2529 - Embedded Video output
2530 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2531 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2532 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2533 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2534 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2536 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2537 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2540 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2543 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2544 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2545 * Growl "Now playing" support
2548 * Ability to log to syslog
2549 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2552 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2554 * A bit more automatic testing
2557 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2558 ---------------------------------
2561 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2562 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2565 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2566 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2569 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2572 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2573 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2579 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2582 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2583 --------------------------------
2586 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2590 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2591 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2592 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2595 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2596 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2597 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2598 * GnomeVFS input module
2599 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2600 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2603 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2604 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2605 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2608 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2609 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2615 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2616 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2619 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2620 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2621 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2624 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2626 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2627 - New extended controls panel
2628 - New bookmarks window
2629 - Fixed playlist sorting
2630 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2632 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2633 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2634 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2635 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2639 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2640 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2642 - Include macro to include other files
2646 * Should now work outside IE as well
2649 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2652 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2653 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2656 The following languages were added:
2660 * Simplified Chinese
2661 The following languages were re-added:
2665 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2666 --------------------------------
2669 * Rewrite of the playlist
2671 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2672 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2673 * Preferences improvements:
2674 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2675 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2677 * Core image manipulation support
2678 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2679 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2680 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2681 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2682 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2683 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2684 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2685 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2686 * Access filter architecture
2687 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2688 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2692 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2693 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2694 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2695 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2696 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2697 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2698 * Massive Matroska improvements
2699 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2701 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2702 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2703 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2704 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2705 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2707 Decoders / Encoders:
2708 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2709 * PNG decoder/encoder
2710 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2711 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2714 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2717 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2718 * Brand new SAP module
2719 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2720 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2721 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2722 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2723 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2724 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2728 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2731 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2732 * Image file video output (png)
2733 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2734 * Improvements to wall video filter
2735 * Support for font color and opacity
2741 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2742 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2743 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2747 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2748 - Improved preferences
2749 - Improvements to the wizard
2750 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2752 - Redesigned playlist
2753 - Improved preferences
2755 - Support for multiple actions
2758 - Support for the new playlist system
2760 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2763 * Screensaver disabling fix
2764 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2765 * Support for no-decoration windows
2768 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2769 * The OpenGL video output is back
2770 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2771 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2772 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2773 is not yet available in the new module
2774 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2777 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2786 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2789 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2792 The following languages were added:
2798 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2799 --------------------------------
2802 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2803 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2806 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2807 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2808 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2811 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2814 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2817 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2820 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2821 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2822 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2826 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2828 * Support of playlist group announcement
2831 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2832 --------------------------------
2835 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2836 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2837 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2838 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2839 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2840 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2843 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2844 (Stream your desktop)
2845 * Improved DVD support:
2846 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2847 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2848 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2849 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2850 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2851 (selection of titles/chapters).
2854 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2855 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2856 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2857 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2858 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2859 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2860 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2861 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2862 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2863 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2866 * G.726 audio support
2867 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2868 * MPEG-4 text support
2869 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2870 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2871 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2875 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2876 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2877 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2878 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2879 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2880 * DVB subtitles encoder
2881 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2882 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2884 * Text track muxing for mp4
2885 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2886 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2887 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2888 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2889 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2890 * Improved ASF muxer
2892 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2893 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2894 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2897 * New audio equalizer filter
2898 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2899 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2900 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2901 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2904 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2905 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2906 with support for effects.
2907 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2908 - New filters can be streamed.
2909 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2910 - Centralized scaling and blending
2912 - "time", to display current time
2913 - "marq", to display a marquee
2916 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2917 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2918 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2919 * A few skins2 improvements
2920 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2921 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2922 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2923 * Improved CORBA control module
2926 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2927 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2928 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2931 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2932 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2933 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2936 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2937 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2938 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2939 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2940 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2943 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2946 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2947 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2950 * Server/client network synchronization module
2951 * VBrick streams fully supported
2952 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2956 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2957 --------------------------------
2960 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2961 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2962 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2963 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2966 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2967 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2968 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2969 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2970 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2971 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2972 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2975 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2976 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2977 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2978 * Improved directory access module.
2979 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2980 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2981 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2982 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2983 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2986 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2987 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2988 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2991 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2992 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2993 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2996 * Improved session announcement system.
2997 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2998 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2999 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3000 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3001 * Improved transrater.
3002 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3003 * New configuration system.
3004 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3007 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3008 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3009 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3010 * Supports scheduling.
3011 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3012 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3015 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3016 - Ability to embed video output.
3017 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3018 - Lots of improvements.
3019 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3020 - New design and set of icons.
3021 - Ability to embed video output.
3022 - Support for hotkeys.
3023 - Support for bookmarks.
3025 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3026 - Better hotkeys handling.
3029 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3030 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3031 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3032 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3035 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3036 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3037 * Improved Windows installer.
3043 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3044 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3047 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3048 ---------------------------------
3051 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3052 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3055 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3056 --------------------------------
3059 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3060 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3063 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3064 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3065 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3066 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3069 * Internal improvments
3070 * Improved import/export
3073 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3075 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3076 small and strange formats.
3078 * New MOD audio demux.
3079 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3080 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3081 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3082 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3085 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3086 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3087 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3093 * New opengl video output plugin.
3096 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3097 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3100 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3101 --------------------------------
3104 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3105 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3106 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3107 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3108 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3109 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3110 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3111 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3114 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3119 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3120 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3121 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3122 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3123 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3124 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3125 * Better Icecast support.
3126 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3127 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3130 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3131 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3132 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3133 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3134 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3135 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3136 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3139 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3140 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3141 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3142 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3143 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3144 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3145 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3146 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3147 * Preliminary RTP support.
3148 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3153 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3154 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3156 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3157 - Improvements and help in preferences
3158 - New streaming wizard
3159 - Revised Disc Open menu
3161 - Improvements of the standard pages
3162 - Support for new commands
3163 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3166 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3167 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3170 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3171 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3172 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3173 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3174 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3175 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3176 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3177 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3178 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3181 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3183 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3184 * Support for Panther.
3185 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3186 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3189 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3190 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3191 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3192 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3193 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3194 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3195 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3196 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3199 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3200 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3201 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3204 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3207 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3208 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3209 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3210 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3213 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3214 --------------------------------
3217 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3220 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3221 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3224 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3225 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3228 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3231 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3232 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3235 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3238 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3241 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3242 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3246 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3247 --------------------------------
3250 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3251 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3255 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3256 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3257 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3259 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3260 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3263 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3266 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3269 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3270 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3274 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3275 --------------------------------
3278 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3279 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3283 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3284 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3285 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3286 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3287 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3290 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3291 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3292 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3295 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3296 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3297 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3300 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3301 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3302 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3303 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3304 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3307 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3308 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3309 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3312 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3315 * Improved build system.
3316 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3317 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3318 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3319 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3322 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3323 --------------------------------
3326 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3329 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3330 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3331 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3332 * Video 4 Linux support
3333 * CD Digital Audio support
3334 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3337 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3338 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3339 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3340 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3343 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3344 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3345 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3346 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3347 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3348 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3349 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3352 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3353 * New HTTP remote control interface
3356 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3357 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3358 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3359 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3360 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3363 * New reset option for the preferences
3364 * You can set your language in the prefences
3365 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3366 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3367 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3368 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3371 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3372 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3373 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3376 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3377 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3378 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3379 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3380 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3381 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3382 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3383 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3384 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3385 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3388 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3389 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3390 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3391 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3392 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3393 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3394 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3397 * Interface localization
3398 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3399 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3400 * New full-featured Preferences window
3403 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3404 --------------------------------
3407 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3408 * support for skins at the interface level
3409 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3410 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3411 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3412 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3413 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3416 * fixed HTTP redirects
3417 * support for opening an entire directory
3418 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3419 * new video4linux access plug-in
3420 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3423 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3424 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3425 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3428 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3429 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3430 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3431 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3432 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3433 * new codec for raw I420 video
3434 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3437 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3438 (although it still misses some important features)
3439 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3442 * new HTTP output support
3443 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3444 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3447 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3450 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3453 * reorderable playlist
3454 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3455 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3456 * support for mono audio output devices
3457 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3458 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3459 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3460 * the messages window remembers more lines
3461 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3462 * http and ogg stream output options
3463 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3466 * new skinnable interface
3467 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3469 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3470 * support for FLAC audio format
3471 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3473 * network tab in the interface
3474 * "apply" handling in preferences
3477 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3478 ---------------------------------
3481 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3482 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3483 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3484 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3486 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3487 * DTS S/PDIF support
3490 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3491 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3492 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3493 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3496 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3497 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3500 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3503 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3506 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3508 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3509 * rc interface is now fully useable
3510 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3513 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3514 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3515 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3516 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3517 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3519 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3520 * support for mouse gestures
3521 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3524 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3525 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3528 * improved ID3 tag detection
3529 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3530 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3531 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3533 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3536 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3537 ---------------------------------
3540 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3541 English was set as the preferred language
3544 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3545 --------------------------------
3548 * new mouse gesture interface
3549 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3553 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3554 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3555 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3558 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3559 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3563 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3566 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3567 without the user consent
3570 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3572 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3573 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3574 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3577 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3578 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3579 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3580 * playlist enhancements
3581 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3582 * new step forward/step backward commands
3583 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3584 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3585 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3588 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3589 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3590 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3593 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3594 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3597 * native video output is working again
3598 * only commandline interface support
3599 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3602 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3603 --------------------------------
3606 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3607 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3608 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3609 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3610 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3611 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3612 and A/52 streams are supported)
3613 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3618 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3619 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3620 * VCD entry points support
3621 * VCD image file support
3624 * support for *.asf format
3625 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3626 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3627 * support for ogg encapsulation
3628 * support for raw DV format
3629 * support for *.wav format
3630 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3633 Stream discovery & playlists:
3634 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3635 * support for .m3u file format
3636 * support for .asx file format
3637 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3640 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3641 (only available with the .avi demux)
3642 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3643 * support for raw PCM data
3644 * support for Cinepak video codec
3645 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3646 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3647 * support for Xvid codec
3648 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3649 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3650 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3652 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3654 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3657 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3660 * new WxWindows interface
3661 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3662 device and the channels configuration
3663 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3664 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3665 format that VLC can play
3666 * new swedish translation
3667 * enhancements of the playlist window
3668 * new messages window to see debug info
3669 * fixed a few crashes
3672 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3673 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3674 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3675 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working