1 Changes between 0.9.6 and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
6 * Frame-By-Frame Support
10 * RTSP authentication with Darwing Streaming Server
13 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
14 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on
18 * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support
19 * E-AC3 (A/52b) support
22 * Dirac encoding support using libdirac (support in Ogg, in TS)
25 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
26 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
27 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
29 Linux/Windows interface:
30 * Recently played items list
33 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
36 * New Maemo port with:
37 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
38 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
41 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
44 * export the playlist in HTML
45 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
48 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
50 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
51 --------------------------------
56 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
57 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
59 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
60 --------------------------------
62 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
63 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
66 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
69 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
70 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
73 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
74 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
77 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
78 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
79 * Various fixed in playlist
82 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
85 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
87 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
88 ------------------------------------
90 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
91 * Fixes several memory leaks.
94 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
95 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
96 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
99 * Stability fix for the video output.
102 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
103 --------------------------------
106 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
107 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
108 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
109 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
110 * Fixed update system bugs
111 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
114 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
115 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
116 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
117 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
118 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
119 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
120 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
121 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
122 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
123 modern Mac OS X versions
126 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
127 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
129 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
130 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
133 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
134 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
135 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
136 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
137 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
138 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
141 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
142 --------------------------------
144 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
145 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
149 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
150 --------------------------------
152 * Multiple bug fixes.
155 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
156 ---------------------------------
160 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
161 recent to work correctly
162 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
163 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
164 edit the ".hosts" file.
165 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
166 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
167 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
168 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
169 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
170 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
171 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
172 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
173 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
174 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
175 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
176 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
177 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
178 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
179 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
180 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
181 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
182 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
183 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
184 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
185 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
186 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
187 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
188 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
189 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
190 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
191 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
192 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
193 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
194 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
195 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
196 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
197 and postproc modules.
198 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
199 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
200 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
201 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
203 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
205 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
206 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
208 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
209 * Glide video output module has been removed.
215 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
217 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
218 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
221 * Vastly improved playlist support:
222 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
224 * Shoutcast TV listings
225 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
227 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
228 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
230 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
233 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
234 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
235 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
236 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
237 * JACK audio input support
238 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
239 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
240 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
241 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
242 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
243 * Experimental EyeTV access module
244 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
245 (available as a separate download).
246 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
248 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
249 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
250 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
252 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
253 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
256 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
257 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
258 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
259 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
261 * APEv1/2 tags support
262 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
263 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
265 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
266 * TiVo Series 2 support
267 * CD+G karaoke Files support
272 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
273 * Flash Screen Video support
274 * CamStudio Screen Video support
275 * DosBox Capture support
276 * Karl Morton's Video support
277 * limited atrac3 support
279 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
280 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
281 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
283 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
284 * NellyMoser ASAO support
285 * APE (Monkey audio) support
286 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
287 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
290 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
291 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
292 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
293 * AQTitle subtitles support
294 * MKV USF subtitles support
295 * HTML-based subtitles support
296 * MPSub subtitles support
297 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
298 * MPL2 subtitles support
299 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
300 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
301 * Realtext subtitle support
302 * DKS subtitle support
303 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
304 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
307 * Flash Screen Video support
308 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
310 Video outputs and filters:
311 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
312 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
313 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
314 * New puzzle video output filter
315 * Re-written motion detection video filter
316 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
318 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
319 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
320 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
321 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
322 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
323 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
324 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
325 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
326 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
327 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
328 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
329 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
330 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
331 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
333 Audio outputs and filters:
334 * Replay gain support
335 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
336 new scaletempo audio filter)
337 * New spatializer audio filter
338 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
341 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
342 * New RTP payload formats:
343 * Speex voice audio codec
344 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
345 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
346 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
347 * DCCP transport for RTP
348 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
353 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
354 end-user suitable way.
355 * Improved user interaction
356 * Improved mouse gestures
357 * Vastly improved Update checker
358 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
360 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
361 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
363 * Improved video output features
364 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
365 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
366 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
367 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
368 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
370 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
371 if libncursesw is available.
372 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
373 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
374 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
376 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
377 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
378 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
379 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
380 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
381 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
382 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
383 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
386 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
387 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
388 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
391 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
392 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
393 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
394 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
395 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
396 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
399 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
400 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
410 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
411 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
412 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
415 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
416 ----------------------------------
419 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
422 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
423 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
424 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
425 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
426 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
427 * Updated Polish translation
430 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
431 ----------------------------------
434 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
435 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
436 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
439 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
440 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
441 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
442 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
443 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
444 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
445 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
446 to an unexpected application termination
447 * New Serbian translation
448 * Updated Romanian translation
451 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
452 ----------------------------------
455 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
456 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
457 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
458 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
459 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
460 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
461 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
462 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
465 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
466 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
467 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
468 * Fixed AAC resampling
469 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
470 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
473 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
474 ----------------------------------
477 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
478 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
479 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
480 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
481 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
484 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
485 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
486 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
487 * Close MMS access on network timeout
488 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
491 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
492 ----------------------------------
495 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
496 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
499 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
500 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
501 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
502 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
504 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
508 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
511 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
514 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
517 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
520 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
521 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
522 encoding on multi-cpu systems
523 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
524 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
526 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
527 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
528 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
529 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
532 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
535 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
536 ----------------------------------
539 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
540 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
541 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
543 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
544 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
546 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
547 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
550 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
552 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
553 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
554 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
555 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
556 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
557 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
559 * Support for current Ogg file formats
560 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
561 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
564 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
567 * The automatic updating facility was removed
568 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
569 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
570 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
573 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
574 ----------------------------------
576 Various bugfixes, notably:
577 * Windows Vista compatibility
578 * Cropping in Direct3D
579 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
580 * RSS filter string overflow
582 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
584 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
585 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
588 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
589 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
592 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
595 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
598 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
601 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
602 ----------------------------------
604 Various bugfixes, notably:
605 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
606 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
607 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
608 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
609 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
610 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
613 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
614 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
617 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
619 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
620 * Diverse usability improvements
621 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
622 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
623 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
626 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
627 ---------------------------------
630 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
633 * Fullscreen controller improvements
636 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
637 --------------------------------
640 * Shoutcast TV listings support
643 * Support for RTSP authentication
644 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
645 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
646 * ATSC support for DVB input
647 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
648 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
649 * Improved support for Flash Video files
652 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
653 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
654 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
655 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
656 * Matroska WavPack support
657 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
658 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
659 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
662 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
663 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
664 * Improved libcaca support
668 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
669 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
671 * Systray support in skins
673 * Support for Apple Remote control
674 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
675 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
676 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
677 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
679 * Notifications using notification-daemon
682 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
684 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
685 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
686 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
687 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
688 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
690 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
691 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
700 * Updates to the libvlc API
701 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
704 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
705 --------------------------------
708 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
709 * Support for downloading updates
713 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
714 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
715 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
716 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
718 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
719 * Improved subtitles encoding support
720 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
723 * Cook (Real audio) support
725 Playlist / Services discovery:
726 * XSPF playlist support
728 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
731 * New JACK audio output
735 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
736 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
737 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
738 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
739 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
740 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
743 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
746 * System to inform the user and request information
747 - HTTP authentication
751 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
752 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
753 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
756 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
757 - Improved playlist handling
758 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
760 - Embedded Video output
761 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
762 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
763 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
764 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
765 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
767 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
768 - A bunch of new RPN functions
771 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
774 * Mac-Intel compatibility
775 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
776 * Growl "Now playing" support
779 * Ability to log to syslog
780 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
783 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
785 * A bit more automatic testing
788 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
789 ---------------------------------
792 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
793 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
796 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
797 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
800 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
803 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
804 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
810 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
813 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
814 --------------------------------
817 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
821 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
822 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
823 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
826 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
827 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
828 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
829 * GnomeVFS input module
830 * Support for RTP packet reordering
831 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
834 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
835 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
836 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
839 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
840 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
846 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
847 Mixer and Dolby Surround
850 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
851 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
852 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
855 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
857 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
858 - New extended controls panel
859 - New bookmarks window
860 - Fixed playlist sorting
861 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
863 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
864 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
865 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
866 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
870 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
871 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
873 - Include macro to include other files
877 * Should now work outside IE as well
880 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
883 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
884 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
887 The following languages were added:
892 The following languages were re-added:
896 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
897 --------------------------------
900 * Rewrite of the playlist
902 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
903 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
904 * Preferences improvements:
905 - New organization, designed to improve usability
906 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
908 * Core image manipulation support
909 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
910 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
911 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
912 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
913 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
914 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
915 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
916 now separated by ':' instead of ','
917 * Access filter architecture
918 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
919 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
923 * Support for SOCKS proxy
924 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
925 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
926 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
927 * Better support for Kasenna streams
928 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
929 * Massive Matroska improvements
930 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
932 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
933 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
934 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
935 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
936 * Support for FTP over IPv6
939 * Dirac decoder and encoder
940 * PNG decoder/encoder
941 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
942 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
945 * New Record and Timeshift filters
948 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
949 * Brand new SAP module
950 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
951 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
952 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
953 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
954 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
955 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
959 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
962 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
963 * Image file video output (png)
964 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
965 * Improvements to wall video filter
966 * Support for font color and opacity
972 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
973 - Seeking support in VoD streams
974 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
978 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
979 - Improved preferences
980 - Improvements to the wizard
981 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
983 - Redesigned playlist
984 - Improved preferences
986 - Support for multiple actions
989 - Support for the new playlist system
991 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
994 * Screensaver disabling fix
995 * DirectShow tuner configuration
996 * Support for no-decoration windows
999 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1000 * The OpenGL video output is back
1001 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1002 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1003 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1004 is not yet available in the new module
1005 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1008 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1017 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1020 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1023 The following languages were added:
1029 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1030 --------------------------------
1033 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1034 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1037 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1038 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1039 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1042 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1045 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1048 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1051 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1052 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1053 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1057 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1059 * Support of playlist group announcement
1062 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1063 --------------------------------
1066 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1067 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1068 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1069 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1070 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1071 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1074 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1075 (Stream your desktop)
1076 * Improved DVD support:
1077 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1078 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1079 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1080 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1081 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1082 (selection of titles/chapters).
1085 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1086 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1087 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1088 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1089 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1090 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1091 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1092 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1093 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1094 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1097 * G.726 audio support
1098 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1099 * MPEG-4 text support
1100 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1101 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1102 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1106 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1107 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1108 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1109 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1110 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1111 * DVB subtitles encoder
1112 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1113 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1115 * Text track muxing for mp4
1116 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1117 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1118 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1119 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1120 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1121 * Improved ASF muxer
1123 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1124 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1125 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1128 * New audio equalizer filter
1129 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1130 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1131 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1132 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1135 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1136 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1137 with support for effects.
1138 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1139 - New filters can be streamed.
1140 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1141 - Centralized scaling and blending
1143 - "time", to display current time
1144 - "marq", to display a marquee
1147 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1148 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1149 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1150 * A few skins2 improvements
1151 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1152 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1153 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1154 * Improved CORBA control module
1157 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1158 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1159 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1162 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1163 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1164 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1167 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1168 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1169 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1170 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1171 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1174 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1177 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1178 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1181 * Server/client network synchronization module
1182 * VBrick streams fully supported
1183 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1187 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1188 --------------------------------
1191 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1192 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1193 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1194 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1197 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1198 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1199 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1200 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1201 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1202 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1203 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1206 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1207 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1208 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1209 * Improved directory access module.
1210 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1211 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1212 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1213 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1214 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1217 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1218 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1219 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1222 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1223 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1224 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1227 * Improved session announcement system.
1228 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1229 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1230 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1231 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1232 * Improved transrater.
1233 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1234 * New configuration system.
1235 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1238 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1239 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1240 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1241 * Supports scheduling.
1242 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1243 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1246 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1247 - Ability to embed video output.
1248 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1249 - Lots of improvements.
1250 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1251 - New design and set of icons.
1252 - Ability to embed video output.
1253 - Support for hotkeys.
1254 - Support for bookmarks.
1256 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1257 - Better hotkeys handling.
1260 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1261 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1262 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1263 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1266 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1267 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1268 * Improved Windows installer.
1274 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1275 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1278 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1279 ---------------------------------
1282 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1283 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1286 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1287 --------------------------------
1290 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1291 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1294 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1295 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1296 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1297 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1300 * Internal improvments
1301 * Improved import/export
1304 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1306 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1307 small and strange formats.
1309 * New MOD audio demux.
1310 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1311 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1312 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1313 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1316 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1317 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1318 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1324 * New opengl video output plugin.
1327 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1328 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1331 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1332 --------------------------------
1335 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1336 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1337 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1338 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1339 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1340 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1341 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1342 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1345 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1350 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1351 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1352 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1353 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1354 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1355 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1356 * Better Icecast support.
1357 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1358 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1361 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1362 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1363 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1364 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1365 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1366 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1367 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1370 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1371 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1372 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1373 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1374 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1375 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1376 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1377 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1378 * Preliminary RTP support.
1379 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1384 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1385 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1387 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1388 - Improvements and help in preferences
1389 - New streaming wizard
1390 - Revised Disc Open menu
1392 - Improvements of the standard pages
1393 - Support for new commands
1394 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1397 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1398 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1401 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1402 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1403 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1404 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1405 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1406 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1407 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1408 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1409 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1412 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1414 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1415 * Support for Panther.
1416 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1417 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1420 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1421 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1422 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1423 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1424 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1425 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1426 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1427 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1430 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1431 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1432 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1435 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1438 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1439 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1440 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1441 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1444 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1445 --------------------------------
1448 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1451 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1452 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1455 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1456 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1459 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1462 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1463 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1466 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1469 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1472 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1473 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1477 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1478 --------------------------------
1481 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1482 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1486 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1487 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1488 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1490 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1491 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1494 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1497 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1500 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1501 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1505 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1506 --------------------------------
1509 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1510 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1514 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1515 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1516 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1517 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1518 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1521 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1522 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1523 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1526 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1527 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1528 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1531 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1532 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1533 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1534 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1535 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1538 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1539 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1540 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1543 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1546 * Improved build system.
1547 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1548 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1549 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1550 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1553 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1554 --------------------------------
1557 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1560 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1561 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1562 * Video 4 Linux support
1563 * CD Digital Audio support
1564 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1567 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1568 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1569 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1570 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1573 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1574 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1575 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1576 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1577 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1578 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1579 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1582 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1583 * New HTTP remote control interface
1586 * 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.
1587 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1588 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1589 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1592 * New reset option for the preferences
1593 * You can set your language in the prefences
1594 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1595 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1596 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1597 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1600 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1601 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1602 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1605 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1606 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1607 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1608 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1609 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1610 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1611 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1612 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1613 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1614 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1617 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1618 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1619 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1620 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1621 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1622 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1623 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1626 * Interface localization
1627 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1628 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1629 * New full-featured Preferences window
1632 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1633 --------------------------------
1636 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1637 * support for skins at the interface level
1638 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1639 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1640 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1641 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1642 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1645 * fixed HTTP redirects
1646 * support for opening an entire directory
1647 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1648 * new video4linux access plug-in
1649 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1652 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1653 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1654 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1657 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1658 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1659 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1660 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1661 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1662 * new codec for raw I420 video
1663 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1666 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1667 (although it still misses some important features)
1668 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1671 * new HTTP output support
1672 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1673 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1676 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1679 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1682 * reorderable playlist
1683 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1684 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1685 * support for mono audio output devices
1686 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1687 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1688 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1689 * the messages window remembers more lines
1690 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1691 * http and ogg stream output options
1692 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1695 * new skinnable interface
1696 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1698 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1699 * support for FLAC audio format
1700 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1702 * network tab in the interface
1703 * "apply" handling in preferences
1706 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1707 ---------------------------------
1710 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1711 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1712 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1713 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1715 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1716 * DTS S/PDIF support
1719 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1720 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1721 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1722 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1725 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1726 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1729 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1732 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1735 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1737 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1738 * rc interface is now fully useable
1739 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1742 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1743 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1744 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1745 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1746 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1748 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1749 * support for mouse gestures
1750 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1753 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1754 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1757 * improved ID3 tag detection
1758 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1759 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1760 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1762 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1765 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1766 ---------------------------------
1769 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1770 English was set as the preferred language
1773 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1774 --------------------------------
1777 * new mouse gesture interface
1778 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1782 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1783 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1784 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1787 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1788 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1792 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1795 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1796 without the user consent
1799 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1801 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1802 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1803 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1806 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1807 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1808 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1809 * playlist enhancements
1810 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1811 * new step forward/step backward commands
1812 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1813 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1814 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1817 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1818 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1819 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1822 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1823 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1826 * native video output is working again
1827 * only commandline interface support
1828 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1831 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1832 --------------------------------
1835 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1836 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1837 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1838 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1839 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1840 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1841 and A/52 streams are supported)
1842 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1847 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1848 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1849 * VCD entry points support
1850 * VCD image file support
1853 * support for *.asf format
1854 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1855 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1856 * support for ogg encapsulation
1857 * support for raw DV format
1858 * support for *.wav format
1859 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1862 Stream discovery & playlists:
1863 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1864 * support for .m3u file format
1865 * support for .asx file format
1866 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1869 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1870 (only available with the .avi demux)
1871 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1872 * support for raw PCM data
1873 * support for Cinepak video codec
1874 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1875 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1876 * support for Xvid codec
1877 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1878 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1879 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1881 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1883 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1886 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1889 * new WxWindows interface
1890 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1891 device and the channels configuration
1892 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1893 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1894 format that VLC can play
1895 * new swedish translation
1896 * enhancements of the playlist window
1897 * new messages window to see debug info
1898 * fixed a few crashes
1901 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1902 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1903 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1904 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working