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 $Id$
 
-Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-test1:
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+Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
+ * New OSD system
+
+Video output:
+ * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
+ * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
+ * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
+
+Input:
+ * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
+ * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
+ * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
+ * GnomeVFS input module
+ * Support for RTP packet reordering
+ * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
+
+Decoders:
+ * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
+ * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
+ * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
+
+Services discovery:
+ * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
+ * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
+
+Video filters:
+ * RSS feed overlay
+
+Audio filters:
+* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
+  Mixer and Dolby Surround
+
+Stream output:
+ * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
+ * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
+ * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
+ 
+Interfaces:
+ * Mac OS X
+    - New streaming and transcoding wizard
+    - New extended controls panel
+    - New bookmarks window
+    - Fixed playlist sorting
+    - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
+ * wxWidgets
+    - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
+    - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
+    - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
+    - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
+ * Skins2
+    - Tree playlist
+ * HTTP
+    - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
+    - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
+      the names of files
+    - Include macro to include other files
+    - CGI 1.0 support
+
+ActiveX plugin:
+* Should now work outside IE as well
+
+Mac OS X port:
+* New script to delete the preferences automatically
+
+Windows port:
+* Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
+* Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
+
+Translations:
+ The following languages were added:
+ * Galician
+ * Korean
+ * Romanian
+ * Simplified Chinese
+ The following language was re-added:
+ * Swedish
+
+Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
+--------------------------------
 
 Core support:
  * Rewrite of the playlist
@@ -20,10 +101,10 @@ Core support:
  * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
  * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
  * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
-   now seperated by ':' instead of ','
+   now separated by ':' instead of ','
  * Access filter architecture
  * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
- * Zsh autocompletion for vlc's arguments
+ * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
  * Many bugfixes...
 
 Input/Demuxers:
@@ -40,6 +121,7 @@ Input/Demuxers:
  * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
  * Fixes to Linux DVB support
  * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
+ * Support for FTP over IPv6
 
 Decoders / Encoders:
  * Dirac decoder and encoder
@@ -70,7 +152,6 @@ Video output:
  * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
  * Improvements to wall video filter
  * Support for font color and opacity
- * Fixed Mac OS X OpenGL output
 
 Stream output:
  * Muxers
@@ -103,7 +184,13 @@ Windows port:
  * Support for no-decoration windows
 
 MacOS X port:
- * Many Tiger related fixes
+ * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
+ * The OpenGL video output is back
+ * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
+   - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
+   - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
+     is not yet available in the new module
+   - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
 
 BeOS port:
  * Support for single-buffered overlay
@@ -115,22 +202,17 @@ Pocket PC port:
 
 Mozilla Plugin:
  * Javascript fixes
- * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back
+ * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
 
 IE Plugin:
  * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
 
 Translations:
- The following languages were added
+ The following languages were added:
  * Catalan
  * Danish
- * Greek
- * Hindi
- * Pashto
- * Burmese
- * Tetum
- * Tagalog
- * Bengali
+ * Turkish
+
 
 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
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