1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.81 2004/01/31 18:02:31 alexis Exp $
2 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
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6 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
7 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
8 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
11 * Internal improvments
12 * Improved import/export
15 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
17 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
18 small and strange formats.
23 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
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27 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
28 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
29 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
30 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
31 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
32 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
33 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
34 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
37 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
42 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
43 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
44 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
45 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
46 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
47 * Reworked DVB tuning.
48 * Better Icecast support.
49 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
50 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
53 * Support for Theora video encoding.
54 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
55 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
56 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
57 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
58 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
59 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
62 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
63 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
64 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
65 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
66 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
67 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
68 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
69 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
70 * Preliminary RTP support.
71 * Fixes to SAP announces.
76 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
77 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
79 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
80 - Improvements and help in preferences
81 - New streaming wizard
82 - Revised Disc Open menu
84 - Improvements of the standard pages
85 - Support for new commands
86 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
89 * Many fixes to the SAP module
90 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
93 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
94 * Text subtitles autodetection.
95 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
96 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
97 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
98 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
99 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
100 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
101 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
104 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
106 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
107 * Support for Panther.
108 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
109 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
112 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
113 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
114 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
115 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
116 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
117 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
118 * Multimonitor support (untested).
119 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
122 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
123 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
124 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
127 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
130 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
131 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
132 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
133 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
135 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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139 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
142 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
143 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
146 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
147 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
150 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
153 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
154 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
157 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
160 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
163 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
164 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
167 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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171 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
172 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
176 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
177 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
178 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
180 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
181 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
184 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
187 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
190 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
191 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
194 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
195 ---------------------------------
198 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
199 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
203 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
204 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
205 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
206 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
207 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
210 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
211 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
212 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
215 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
216 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
217 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
220 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
221 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
222 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
223 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
224 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
227 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
228 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
229 * A new CORBA control plugin.
232 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
235 * Improved build system.
236 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
237 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
238 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
239 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
242 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
243 ---------------------------------
246 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
249 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
250 * Fixed large file support on Windows
251 * Video 4 Linux support
252 * CD Digital Audio support
253 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
256 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
257 * Support for OpenDML avi files
258 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
259 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
262 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
263 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
264 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
265 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
266 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
267 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
268 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
271 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
272 * New HTTP remote control interface
275 * 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.
276 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
277 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
278 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
281 * New reset option for the preferences
282 * You can set your language in the prefences
283 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
284 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
285 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
286 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
289 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
290 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
291 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
294 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
295 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
296 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
297 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
298 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
299 * New icons by Davor Orel.
300 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
301 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
302 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
303 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
306 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
307 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
308 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
309 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
310 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
311 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
312 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
315 * Interface localization
316 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
317 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
318 * New full-featured Preferences window
320 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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324 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
325 * support for skins at the interface level
326 * new OSD module using Freetype2
327 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
328 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
329 input level before dropping out of date frames.
330 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
333 * fixed HTTP redirects
334 * support for opening an entire directory
335 * EOF should be detected more reliably
336 * new video4linux access plug-in
337 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
340 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
341 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
342 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
345 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
346 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
347 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
348 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
349 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
350 * new codec for raw I420 video
351 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
354 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
355 (although it still misses some important features)
356 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
359 * new HTTP output support
360 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
361 * fixed AV synchronization issues
364 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
367 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
370 * reorderable playlist
371 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
372 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
373 * support for mono audio output devices
374 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
375 * fixed several cosmetic issues
376 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
377 * the messages window remembers more lines
378 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
379 * http and ogg stream output options
380 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
383 * new skinnable interface
384 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
386 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
387 * support for FLAC audio format
388 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
390 * network tab in the interface
391 * "apply" handling in preferences
394 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
395 ---------------------------------
398 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
399 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
400 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
401 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
403 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
407 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
408 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
409 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
410 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
413 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
414 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
417 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
420 * fixed the GNU-pth support
423 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
425 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
426 * rc interface is now fully useable
427 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
430 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
431 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
432 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
433 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
434 * VLC now uses the default audio device
436 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
437 * support for mouse gestures
438 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
441 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
442 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
445 * improved ID3 tag detection
446 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
447 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
448 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
450 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
453 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
454 ---------------------------------
457 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
458 English was set as the preferred language
461 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
462 --------------------------------
465 * new mouse gesture interface
466 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
470 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
471 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
472 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
475 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
476 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
480 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
483 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
484 without the user consent
487 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
489 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
490 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
491 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
494 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
495 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
496 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
497 * playlist enhancements
498 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
499 * new step forward/step backward commands
500 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
501 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
502 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
505 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
506 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
507 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
510 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
511 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
514 * native video output is working again
515 * only commandline interface support
516 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
519 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
520 --------------------------------
523 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
524 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
525 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
526 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
527 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
528 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
529 and A/52 streams are supported)
530 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
535 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
536 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
537 * VCD entry points support
538 * VCD image file support
541 * support for *.asf format
542 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
543 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
544 * support for ogg encapsulation
545 * support for raw DV format
546 * support for *.wav format
547 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
550 Stream discovery & playlists:
551 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
552 * support for .m3u file format
553 * support for .asx file format
554 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
557 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
558 (only available with the .avi demux)
559 * support for ADPCM audio codec
560 * support for raw PCM data
561 * support for Cinepak video codec
562 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
563 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
564 * support for Xvid codec
565 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
566 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
567 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
569 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
571 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
574 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
577 * new WxWindows interface
578 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
579 device and the channels configuration
580 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
581 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
582 format that VLC can play
583 * new swedish translation
584 * enhancements of the playlist window
585 * new messages window to see debug info
586 * fixed a few crashes
589 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
590 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
591 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
592 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working