3 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
4 This version is in development and not yet released.
5 -----------------------------------------------------
8 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
9 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
10 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
11 * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
12 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
13 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
14 * Technical improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
17 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
19 * Improved DVD support:
20 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
21 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
22 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
23 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
24 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
25 (selection of titles/chapters).
28 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
29 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
30 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
31 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
32 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
33 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
34 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface)
35 * Improved Ogg demuxer
36 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
40 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
42 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
43 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
44 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
48 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
49 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
50 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
51 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
52 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
53 * DVB subtitles encoder
54 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
55 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
57 * Text track muxing for mp4
58 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
59 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
60 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
61 * Experimental WAV muxer
64 * H.263 RTP streaming support
65 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
66 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
69 * New audio equalizer filter
70 * Very trivial volume normalizer
73 * Roku HD1000 Video output
74 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
75 with support for effects.
76 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
77 - New filters can be streamed.
78 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
79 - Centralized scaling and blending
81 - "time", to display current time
82 - "marq", to display a marquee
85 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
86 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
87 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
88 * A few skins2 improvements
89 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
90 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
91 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
92 * Improved CORBA control module
95 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
96 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
97 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
100 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
101 * Experimental SVG rendering module
104 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
105 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
106 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
107 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
108 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
111 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
112 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
115 * Server/client network synchronization module
116 * VBrick streams fully supported
117 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
119 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
120 --------------------------------
123 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
124 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
125 * Improved HTTP daemon.
126 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
129 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
130 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
131 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
132 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
133 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
134 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
135 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
138 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
139 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
140 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
141 * Improved directory access module.
142 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
143 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
144 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
145 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
146 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
149 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
150 * mmsh streaming fixes.
151 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
154 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
155 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
156 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
159 * Improved session announcement system.
160 * Minimize threads usage by default.
161 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
162 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
163 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
164 * Improved transrater.
165 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
166 * New configuration system.
167 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
170 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
171 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
172 * Supports live streams and VoD.
173 * Supports scheduling.
174 * Telnet interface for vlm.
175 * HTTP interface for vlm.
178 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
179 - Ability to embed video output.
180 - Support for bitmap fonts.
181 - Lots of improvements.
182 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
183 - New design and set of icons.
184 - Ability to embed video output.
185 - Support for hotkeys.
186 - Support for bookmarks.
188 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
189 - Better hotkeys handling.
192 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
193 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
194 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
195 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
198 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
199 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
200 * Improved Windows installer.
206 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
207 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
209 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
210 ---------------------------------
213 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
214 * Playing MOD files is working now.
217 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
218 ---------------------------------
221 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
222 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
225 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
226 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
227 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
228 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
231 * Internal improvments
232 * Improved import/export
235 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
237 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
238 small and strange formats.
240 * New MOD audio demux.
241 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
242 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
243 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
244 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
247 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
248 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
249 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
255 * New opengl video output plugin.
258 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
259 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
261 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
262 ---------------------------------
265 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
266 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
267 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
268 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
269 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
270 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
271 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
272 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
275 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
280 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
281 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
282 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
283 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
284 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
285 * Reworked DVB tuning.
286 * Better Icecast support.
287 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
288 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
291 * Support for Theora video encoding.
292 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
293 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
294 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
295 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
296 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
297 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
300 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
301 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
302 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
303 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
304 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
305 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
306 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
307 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
308 * Preliminary RTP support.
309 * Fixes to SAP announces.
314 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
315 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
317 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
318 - Improvements and help in preferences
319 - New streaming wizard
320 - Revised Disc Open menu
322 - Improvements of the standard pages
323 - Support for new commands
324 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
327 * Many fixes to the SAP module
328 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
331 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
332 * Text subtitles autodetection.
333 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
334 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
335 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
336 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
337 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
338 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
339 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
342 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
344 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
345 * Support for Panther.
346 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
347 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
350 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
351 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
352 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
353 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
354 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
355 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
356 * Multimonitor support (untested).
357 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
360 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
361 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
362 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
365 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
368 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
369 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
370 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
371 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
373 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
374 ---------------------------------
377 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
380 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
381 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
384 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
385 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
388 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
391 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
392 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
395 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
398 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
401 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
402 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
405 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
406 ---------------------------------
409 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
410 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
414 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
415 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
416 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
418 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
419 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
422 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
425 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
428 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
429 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
432 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
433 ---------------------------------
436 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
437 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
441 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
442 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
443 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
444 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
445 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
448 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
449 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
450 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
453 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
454 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
455 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
458 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
459 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
460 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
461 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
462 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
465 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
466 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
467 * A new CORBA control plugin.
470 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
473 * Improved build system.
474 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
475 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
476 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
477 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
480 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
481 ---------------------------------
484 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
487 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
488 * Fixed large file support on Windows
489 * Video 4 Linux support
490 * CD Digital Audio support
491 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
494 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
495 * Support for OpenDML avi files
496 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
497 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
500 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
501 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
502 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
503 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
504 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
505 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
506 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
509 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
510 * New HTTP remote control interface
513 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
514 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
515 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
516 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
519 * New reset option for the preferences
520 * You can set your language in the prefences
521 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
522 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
523 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
524 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
527 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
528 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
529 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
532 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
533 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
534 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
535 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
536 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
537 * New icons by Davor Orel.
538 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
539 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
540 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
541 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
544 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
545 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
546 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
547 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
548 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
549 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
550 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
553 * Interface localization
554 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
555 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
556 * New full-featured Preferences window
558 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
559 ---------------------------------
562 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
563 * support for skins at the interface level
564 * new OSD module using Freetype2
565 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
566 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
567 input level before dropping out of date frames.
568 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
571 * fixed HTTP redirects
572 * support for opening an entire directory
573 * EOF should be detected more reliably
574 * new video4linux access plug-in
575 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
578 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
579 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
580 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
583 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
584 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
585 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
586 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
587 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
588 * new codec for raw I420 video
589 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
592 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
593 (although it still misses some important features)
594 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
597 * new HTTP output support
598 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
599 * fixed AV synchronization issues
602 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
605 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
608 * reorderable playlist
609 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
610 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
611 * support for mono audio output devices
612 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
613 * fixed several cosmetic issues
614 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
615 * the messages window remembers more lines
616 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
617 * http and ogg stream output options
618 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
621 * new skinnable interface
622 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
624 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
625 * support for FLAC audio format
626 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
628 * network tab in the interface
629 * "apply" handling in preferences
632 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
633 ---------------------------------
636 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
637 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
638 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
639 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
641 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
645 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
646 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
647 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
648 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
651 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
652 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
655 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
658 * fixed the GNU-pth support
661 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
663 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
664 * rc interface is now fully useable
665 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
668 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
669 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
670 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
671 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
672 * VLC now uses the default audio device
674 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
675 * support for mouse gestures
676 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
679 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
680 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
683 * improved ID3 tag detection
684 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
685 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
686 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
688 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
691 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
692 ---------------------------------
695 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
696 English was set as the preferred language
699 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
700 --------------------------------
703 * new mouse gesture interface
704 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
708 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
709 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
710 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
713 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
714 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
718 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
721 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
722 without the user consent
725 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
727 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
728 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
729 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
732 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
733 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
734 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
735 * playlist enhancements
736 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
737 * new step forward/step backward commands
738 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
739 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
740 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
743 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
744 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
745 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
748 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
749 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
752 * native video output is working again
753 * only commandline interface support
754 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
757 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
758 --------------------------------
761 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
762 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
763 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
764 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
765 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
766 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
767 and A/52 streams are supported)
768 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
773 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
774 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
775 * VCD entry points support
776 * VCD image file support
779 * support for *.asf format
780 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
781 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
782 * support for ogg encapsulation
783 * support for raw DV format
784 * support for *.wav format
785 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
788 Stream discovery & playlists:
789 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
790 * support for .m3u file format
791 * support for .asx file format
792 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
795 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
796 (only available with the .avi demux)
797 * support for ADPCM audio codec
798 * support for raw PCM data
799 * support for Cinepak video codec
800 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
801 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
802 * support for Xvid codec
803 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
804 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
805 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
807 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
809 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
812 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
815 * new WxWindows interface
816 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
817 device and the channels configuration
818 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
819 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
820 format that VLC can play
821 * new swedish translation
822 * enhancements of the playlist window
823 * new messages window to see debug info
824 * fixed a few crashes
827 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
828 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
829 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
830 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working