1 Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Support wayland surface type
8 * Support HDS (Http Dynamic Streaming) from Adobe (f4m, f4v, etc.)
9 * New SMB access module using libdsm
10 * Rewrite MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support, including
11 MPEG2TS and ISOFF profiles
12 * Large rework of the Smooth Streaming module
13 * Screen capture plugin for Wayland display
14 * Support decompression and extraction through libarchive (tar, zip, rar...)
15 * Improvements of cookie handling (share cookies between playlist items,
16 domain / path matching, Secure cookies)
17 * Support DVB-T2 on Windows BDA
21 * OMX GPU-zerocopy support for decoding and display on Android using OpenMax IL
22 * Support 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 chroma samplings with VDPAU hw acceleration
23 * Support for ARIB STD-B24 subtitles
24 * Support for Daala video
25 * Important improvements for the MMAL decoder and output for rPI
26 * Support HEVC hardware decoding using OMX and MediaCodec
27 * Support VP9 and WMV3 decoding using OMX and performance improvements
28 * New MPEG-1 & 2 audio layer I, II, III + MPEG 2.5 decoder based on libmpg123
31 * Support HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS)
32 * Support Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
33 * Support Daala in Ogg
34 * Important rework of the MP4 demuxer
35 * Support EIA-608 subtitles in MP4/mov
36 * Support WMV and WMAV in MP4/mov, aka Flip4Mac files
37 * Support bitmap audio channel reordering in MP4/mov
38 * Support AlbumArtist and DiscNumber metadata
41 * Added ARIB STD-B25 TS streams decoder
44 * Linux/BSD default video output is now OpenGL, instead of Xvideo
45 * Wayland shell surface window provider
46 * Wayland shared memory video output
47 * Large rework of the Android video outputs: there is now Surface (2.1, 2.2)
48 NativeWindow (2.3+, supports hw rotation, subpicture blending, opaque)
49 * Support rotation in Android NativeWindow output and hardware decoders
52 * Hardware deinterlacing on the rPI, using MMAL
53 * New video filter to convert between fps rates
56 * Chromecast output module
59 * Support for Daala video in 4:2:0 and 4:4:4
62 * Added fragmented/streamable MP4 muxer
63 * Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
67 * New NetBios service discovery using libdsm
70 * new AppleScript API giving access to audio desynchronization
71 * Port to Yosemite X.10
74 * Batch convert support
77 * Support key accelerators
80 Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0:
81 --------------------------------
84 * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+,
85 notably most of the streaming output, muxers and access output modules
88 * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
89 * Add extensions manager and downloading from external repositories
90 * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies
91 * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
94 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access
95 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes
96 * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
97 * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
99 * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
100 * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs
103 * Support VDPAU acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
104 * Support MediaCodec acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
105 * Add Media Foundation Transform audio and video decoder
106 * Add video decoder module based on GStreamer plugins
107 * Add MMAL decoder for Broadcom VideoCore chips (like the RaspberryPi)
108 supporting MPEG-2 and H.264, supporting GPU-zerocopy display
109 * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
110 * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
111 * Support MSN Audio, Atrac3+, VP7, Bink, TAK, On2 AVC, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1,
112 Smacker, FIC, Auravision, Canopus Lossless, and numerous videogame codecs
113 * Teletext subtitles display improvements
114 * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
115 * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
116 * OpenMax IL improvements, notably for RaspberryPi
117 * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
118 * New jpeg image decoder
119 * Add tx3g subtitles decoder
120 * New SVG image decoder
121 * Fix Speex decoding over RTP and in flv
122 * Support more x264 and FFv1 RGB modes
123 * Improvements on ZVBI teletext decoder, notably for speed and alignments
126 * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
127 * Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
128 * Support for Opus encoding using libopus
129 * New jpeg image encoder using libjpeg
130 * New png image encoder using libpng
133 * Support for Core Audio Format (CAF) files
134 * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
135 streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
136 * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
137 synchronization and tracks exclusion
138 * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
139 * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
140 * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
141 and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
142 * Support Opus in MKV
144 * Basic support for WebVTT
145 * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 (AAC) Audio stream type in TS
146 * Support HDPR TS files
147 * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
148 * FLAC packets validation using CRC
149 * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
150 * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
151 * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
152 * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
153 * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
154 * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
155 * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
156 * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
157 * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
158 * Support for seeking Standard MIDI Files
161 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
162 * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
163 * New OpenGL ES 2.0 through EGL video output module for Android
164 * New Android native window provider module
165 * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
166 * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
167 * Add MMAL based video output for RaspberryPi
170 * New Oldmovie effect filter
171 * New VHS effect filter
172 * New Freeze effect filter
173 * Support I422 and J422 in transform
174 * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
175 * Fix audiobargraph activation and usage
178 * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
179 * Audio device notifications for WASAPI
180 * Fix replay of sound buffer in DirectSound
181 * Split of MMDevice and WinRT audio modules
182 * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
183 * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
186 * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
187 * Fixes for the AVI muxer to respect the specification
189 * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
192 * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
193 * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
194 vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
195 :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
196 * GSM, VP8, Opus and JPEG RTP packetization
197 * HLS: Allow setting the first segment number and numerous improvements
198 * new stats module to output block timing values and md5 sums
199 * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
200 * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
202 * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
203 --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
204 * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP
207 * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
208 * add libvlc_media_player_program_scrambled function
211 * Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
212 * Allow setting the FFT windowing style for 3D and normal spectrum
215 * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
216 * Add record button in Qt menus
217 * New module for core dialogs on iOS
218 * New layout for Qt buttons customization
219 * Support to continue media playback where it was left off for Qt and OS X
222 * Avoid grey bars in fullscreen when using Mavericks with multiple monitors
223 * Improve fullscreen behavior for the native and VLCs own mode
224 * Fixes for advanced preferences
225 * Added 'file size' column to playlist table
226 * in addition to iTunes, Spotify is automatically paused on playback start
227 * Option to increase playlist font size
228 * Improved crash log reporting
231 * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
232 * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
233 * Teletext navigation buttons support in Qt4 gui
236 * Numerous integer and heap overflow in Ogg, AVI, ASF, TTA and MP4 demuxers
239 * iOS video output: use ios2
240 * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
241 * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
244 * New translation in Urdu, Tatar, Silesian, Samoan, Kapampangan, N'ko,
245 Kurdish, Kabyle, Mexican Spanish, Catalan, Amharic
246 * Update of all translations:
247 Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Uzbek, Ukrainian,
248 Turkish, Thai, Swedish, Serbian, Albanian, Slovenian, Slovak, Russian,
249 Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Punjabi, Dutch, Nepali, Norwegian
250 Bokmål, Malay, Marathi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kannada, Khmer,
251 Japanese, Italian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Hebrew, Galician, Scottish
252 Gaelic, French, Finnish, Persian, Estonian, Spanish, Modern Greek, German,
253 Danish, Welsh, Czech, Bosnian, Bengali, Asturian
256 Changes between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5:
257 --------------------------------
260 * Fix compilation on OS/2
263 * Stability improvements for the QTSound capture module
265 Mac OS X audio output:
266 * Fix channel ordering
267 * Increase the buffersize
270 * Fix DxVA2 decoding of samples needing more surfaces
271 * Improve MAD resistance to broken mp3 streams
272 * Fix PGS alignment in MKV
275 * Don't rename mp3 converted files to .raw
278 * Correctly support video-on-top
279 * Fix video output event propagation on Macs with retina displays
280 * Stability improvements when using future VLC releases side by side
283 * Fix transcode when audio format changes
286 * Updated GnuTLS to 3.1.25 (CVE-2014-3466)
287 * Updated libpng to 1.6.10 (CVE-2014-0333)
290 * Update British English
293 Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
294 --------------------------------
297 * Fix issue in WMV with multiple compressed payload and empty payloads
300 * Fix subtitles size rendering on Windows
303 * Fix DVD playback regression
304 * Fix misleading error message during video playback on OS X 10.9
305 * Fix hardware acceleration memleaks
308 Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
309 --------------------------------
312 * Fix broken behaviour with SOCKSv5 proxies
313 * Fix integer overflow on error when using vlc_readdir
316 * Fix DVB-T2 tuning on Linux
317 * Fix encrypted DVD playback
318 * Fix v4l2 frequency conversion
321 * Fix numerous issues (M2TS, VC1 interlaced, Lagarith, FFv1.3, Xvid)
322 by updating codec libraries
323 * Bring fluidsynth back on Mac OS X
324 * Fix some Opus crashes with some filters
325 * Fix teletext crash on Windows
328 * Avoid an infinite recursion in MKV tags parsing
329 * Fix an issue with some Vobsub tracks
330 * Fix missing samples at the end of some wav files
331 * Fix divide by 0 on ASF/WMV parsing
334 * Fix audio device selection via command line on Mac OS X
335 * Fix audio crashes on Mac OS X
338 * Fix selection of DirectDraw as the default output for XP
339 * Fix transform off-by-one issue
340 * Fix screensaver disabling on Windows outputs
341 * Fix DirectDraw device enumeration and multi-display output
342 * Fix a potential crash when playing a fullscreen game at the same time as VLC
345 * Fix 24bits audio MTU alignment in RTP
346 * Fix record file names
349 * Fix minimal size possible on start
350 * Fix a crash with the simple volume widget
351 * Fix a crash in the audio menu building
352 * Fix multimedia keys issues on Windows
353 * Fix opening of DVD and BD folders on Windows
356 * Fix album art display on Windows
359 * Update of Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Modern Greek,
360 Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Hebrew,
361 Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Nepali,
362 Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,
363 Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
364 and Simplified Chinese translations
365 * Fix encoding for Windows installer translations
368 Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
369 --------------------------------
372 * Fix digital playback on OS X when more than one audio device is installed
373 * Fix digital playback (SPDIF/HDMI) on Windows
374 * Fix stuttering or silent playback when using sound enhancers or external
375 audio devices on OS X
376 * Improve responsiveness on OS X when playback starts or is being paused
377 * Improve responsiveness, silent playback intervals and reliability on iOS
380 * Fix Vimeo and DailyMotion parsing
381 * Various WMV playback improvements and fixes
384 * Fix LPCM 20/24-bit decoding and 16 bits with channel padding
385 * Fix playback of some HEVC samples
388 * Fix crash on deinterlace selection
391 * Fix some streaming profiles when copy existed
392 * Improve A-B loop control
393 * Fix album art update when changing media
396 * Add a language option in the interface
397 * Option to control VLC's iTunes pausing behavior is more easy to find
398 * Improved UI resetting when requested in the preferences
399 * Fix issue which prevented to enable more than one video filter on Mavericks
400 * Fix an issue which could prevent automatic UI language settings from working
401 * Fix opening subtitles files through drag & drop or double-clicking
402 * Fix crash when closing window without decorations
403 * Fix issue where extra video window was resized even if this was disabled
406 * Kill running VLC process on uninstall/update
409 * Update of Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian,
410 French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kannada, Khmer,
411 Lithuanian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Sinhala,
412 Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Uzbek, Welsh translations
415 Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
416 --------------------------------
419 * Fix random and reshuffling behaviour
421 * Fix some subtitles track selection
424 * VP9 support in WebM
425 * HEVC/H.265 support in MKV, MP4 and raw files
426 * Fix GPU decoding under Windows (DxVA2) crashes
429 * Fix crashes on wav, mlp and mkv and modplug files
430 * Support Speex in ogg files
431 * Fix some .mov playlists support
432 * Support Alac in mkv
433 * Fix WMV3 and palette in AVI
434 * Fix FLAC packetizer issues in some files
437 * Fix DVB options parsing
438 * Fix DeckLink HDMI input
439 * Fix HTTPS connectivity on OS X by loading root certificates from Keychain
442 * Fixes for DirectSound pass-through
443 * Fixes for OSS output, notably on BSD
446 * Fix HTTP interface infinite loop
447 * Fix D-Bus volume setting
450 * Reinstore right click subtitle menu to open a subtitle
451 * Fix saving the hotkeys in preferences
452 * Fix saving the audio volume on Win32, using DirectSound
453 * Fix play after drag'n drop
454 * Fix streaming options edition and scale parameter
457 * Fix transcoding audio drift issues
458 * Fix numerous audio encoding issues
461 * Important rewrite to fix numerous bugs, notably about updates
462 * Simplification of the upgrade mechanism
465 * Reintroduce the language selector known from pre-2.1 releases
466 * Fix fullscreen behaviour and various crashes
467 * Fix about dialog crash in Japanese
468 * Fix crashes on proxy lookups
469 * Fixes on the playlist and information behaviours
470 * Fixes on the streaming dialogs
471 * Improves interface resizings
474 * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
475 Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
476 Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
477 Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
478 Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
482 Changes between 2.0.9 and 2.1.0:
483 --------------------------------
486 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
487 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based Macs; VLC now requires Mac OS X 10.6+
488 Moreover, the official builds will be 64bit only
489 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed; to tune
490 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually
492 3rd party libraries (contrib):
493 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner build system in /contrib
496 * Audio core rewrite, supporting higher samplerates, better volume management,
497 better device selection, new channel layouts and new output capabilities
498 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
499 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
500 * Disable and mark obsolete --language selection
503 * Partial support for Windows Store App / WinRT
504 * Add an audio fingerprinter, using AcoustID!
508 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec
509 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec module
510 * Support for Ulead DV audio
511 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
512 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
513 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
514 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
515 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
516 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Linux using VDPAU
517 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
518 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
519 * X Window system raster image dump pseudo-decoder
520 * Support for Webinar GoToMeeting 4 (G2M4)
523 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
524 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
525 * New AAC encoder using the fdk-aac library (non-free)
528 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
529 remove support for previous OS X releases
530 * Major improvements in DASH support
531 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
532 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
533 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
534 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
535 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
536 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
537 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
538 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
539 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
540 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation, named AVcapture
541 * New shared memory framebuffer access module, named shm
544 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
545 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
546 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
547 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
548 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
549 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
550 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
551 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
552 * Support for more MJPEG streams
553 * Add support for liveleak streams
554 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
555 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV
556 * Add protection against several potential heap buffer overflow in libebml
559 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
560 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
561 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES audio output
562 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
563 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
564 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
565 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
566 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
567 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
568 * Rewrite of the AudioQueue output for iOS (and OS X)
569 * New, simplified AudioUnit output for iOS
572 * New remapping channel filter
573 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
574 * New VSXu visualization plugin
575 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
576 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
577 * New gain audio filter
580 * New output for Decklink Blackmagic cards
581 * New output using OpenMAX IL hardware acceleration API
582 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
583 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
584 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 outputs
585 * Support for subpictures in the OpenGL ES2 output
586 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
587 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
588 * Fix performance issue on Macs with multiple graphics cards
591 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
592 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images
593 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
594 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
595 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
596 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
597 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
600 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
601 * Options support for AVIO output module
602 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
603 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
604 * Livehttp stream encryption support
605 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
606 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
609 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
612 * configurable password for the HTTP server
613 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server
614 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows
615 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
616 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
617 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
618 * Improvements on motion sensing interface, fix orientation, move out
619 rotate mode into the rotate video filter
623 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
626 * Add support for multiple video outputs
627 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
629 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
630 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
631 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access input to process audio captured locally
632 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time
633 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
634 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
635 VLC's internal volume level
636 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
638 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
639 selection and to manage the list of presets
640 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
641 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
642 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
643 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
644 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
645 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
646 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
647 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
648 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
649 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
651 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
652 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
653 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
654 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
655 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
656 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
657 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
658 3rd party applications
659 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
660 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
661 (system-wide settings)
662 * Add support for the Video Title option
663 * Add support for the Boss Key
664 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
665 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release
668 * Partial support for Qt5.0
669 * Menus modifications and improvements
670 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
671 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
672 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
673 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
674 * EPG display fixes and improvements
675 * Add SD pixmap sources
676 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
677 * Display playlist total duration
678 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
679 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
680 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality
685 * Extend sliders, offsets options
686 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
687 * Numerous fixes and improvements
688 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
691 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
692 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
693 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
694 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
695 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
696 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
697 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
698 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
699 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
700 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
703 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
704 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
705 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
706 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
707 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
708 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
710 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
711 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
712 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
713 * Broken crop video filter
715 * OSD parser and menu
716 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
717 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
718 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
719 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
723 * Update of all translations
726 Changes between 2.0.8 and 2.0.9:
727 --------------------------------
730 * Improve handling of corrupt ASF files
731 * Fix buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer
734 * Fix modplug security issues
737 Changes between 2.0.7 and 2.0.8:
738 --------------------------------
742 * Fix crash in QTsound
743 * Fix screen mouse file location
744 * Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access
747 * Fix use after free in sgimb
748 * Improve resistance and checking against malformed MKV files
751 * Fix crash in the libavcodec module
754 * Fix interface crashes
755 * Fix autostart playback option
756 * Respect "playlist-autostart" option
759 * update Welsh translation
760 * New Kannada translation
763 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
764 --------------------------------
767 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
768 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
772 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
775 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
778 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
781 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
785 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
788 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
791 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
792 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
793 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
796 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
797 --------------------------------
800 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
803 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
806 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
807 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
808 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
809 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
810 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
811 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
814 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
815 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
816 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
817 * 3rd party codecs updates
820 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
821 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
822 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
823 in the advanced preferences panel
824 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
825 * Fix crash within the video output code
826 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
827 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
828 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
829 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
831 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
834 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
837 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
838 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
841 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
844 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
845 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
846 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
847 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
848 Dutch, Danish, translations
849 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
852 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
853 --------------------------------
856 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
859 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
860 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
861 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
864 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
865 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
866 * Fix koreus lua parser
867 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
868 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
869 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
870 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
873 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
874 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
877 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
880 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
881 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
882 * Fix Time counter UI look
883 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
886 * Fix https streaming
889 * Fix audio and video track selection:
890 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
891 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
894 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
895 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
896 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
897 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
898 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
901 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
902 --------------------------------
905 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
906 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
907 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
908 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
909 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
910 during playback on Mac OS X
913 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
914 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
915 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
918 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
919 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
920 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
921 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
922 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
925 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
926 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
927 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
928 * Support Youtube live streams
931 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
934 * Fix media info dialog update
935 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
936 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
937 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
938 * Fix album art display at start
941 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
942 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
943 * Fix menus display and behavior
944 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
945 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
946 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
947 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
948 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
949 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
950 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
953 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
954 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
955 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
956 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
957 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
958 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
959 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
960 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
961 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
964 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
965 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
966 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
967 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
968 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
971 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
972 --------------------------------
975 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
978 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
979 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
982 * Add GateKeeper support
983 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
984 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
985 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
988 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
991 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
992 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
993 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
994 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
995 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
998 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
999 --------------------------------
1002 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
1003 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
1004 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
1005 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
1006 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
1007 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
1008 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
1009 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
1010 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
1011 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
1012 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
1016 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
1017 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
1018 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
1019 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
1020 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
1021 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
1022 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
1023 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
1024 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
1025 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
1026 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
1027 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
1030 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
1031 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
1033 * Fix MP3 free format support
1036 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
1037 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
1038 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
1039 * Fix for DVB channels file support
1040 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
1043 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
1044 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
1046 Audio filters and output:
1047 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
1048 * Fix DirectSound device selection
1049 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
1050 * Do not apply volume in file output
1051 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
1052 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
1055 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
1056 the persistant media library
1057 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
1058 to the media library or the temporary playlist
1059 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
1060 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
1061 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
1062 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
1063 press on the Play/Pause button
1064 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
1065 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
1066 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
1067 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
1068 * Many Fullscreen fixes
1069 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
1070 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
1071 Synchronization panel
1072 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
1073 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
1074 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
1075 * Fix crashes on exit
1076 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
1078 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
1079 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
1080 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
1081 automatically reset on the first launch.
1082 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
1083 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
1084 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
1087 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
1088 * Fixes for icecast SD
1091 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
1092 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
1093 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
1094 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
1095 * Fix tags and file names display
1096 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
1099 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
1100 * Fix for key events and focus loss
1103 * Fix display of some buttons
1104 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
1105 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
1108 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
1109 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
1110 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
1113 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
1114 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
1115 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
1116 Thai translations update
1117 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
1120 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
1121 --------------------------------
1124 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
1125 * fix the samba module compilation
1126 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1127 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
1128 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
1129 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
1132 * Support for MXPEG files
1133 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
1134 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
1137 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
1138 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
1139 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
1142 * Fix ogm header creation
1145 * limit spatializer filter distortions
1146 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
1149 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
1150 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
1151 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
1152 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
1155 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
1158 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
1159 * allow to hide the sidebar
1160 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
1161 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
1162 * noticebly faster launch time
1163 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
1164 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
1165 * improve track synchronization panel
1166 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
1167 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
1170 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
1171 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
1172 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
1173 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
1176 * fix for menus display
1177 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
1178 * documentation update
1181 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
1182 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
1185 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
1186 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1187 * Update Jamendo selections
1191 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
1192 * fix a crash on VLM close
1195 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
1196 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
1197 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
1198 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
1201 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
1204 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
1205 ---------------------------------
1208 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
1209 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
1210 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
1211 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
1212 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
1213 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
1214 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
1215 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
1216 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
1217 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
1218 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
1219 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
1220 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
1221 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
1222 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
1223 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
1224 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
1225 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
1226 --http-crl (optional CRL).
1227 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
1228 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
1229 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
1230 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
1231 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
1232 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
1233 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
1235 Important changes for packagers:
1236 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
1237 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
1238 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
1239 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
1240 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
1241 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
1242 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
1243 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
1244 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
1245 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
1248 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
1249 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
1250 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
1251 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
1252 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
1253 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
1254 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
1257 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
1258 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
1259 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
1260 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
1261 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
1262 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
1263 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
1264 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
1265 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
1266 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
1267 * PulseAudio audio input support
1268 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
1269 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
1270 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
1271 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
1272 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
1273 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
1274 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
1275 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
1278 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
1279 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
1280 are notably concerned.
1281 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
1282 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
1283 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
1284 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
1285 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
1286 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
1287 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
1288 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
1289 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
1290 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
1291 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
1292 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
1293 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
1294 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
1295 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
1298 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
1299 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
1300 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
1301 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
1302 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
1303 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
1304 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
1305 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
1306 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
1307 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
1308 * Improved support of tracker files
1309 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
1312 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
1313 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
1314 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
1315 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
1316 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
1317 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
1318 and important cleanups and optimisations
1319 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
1320 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
1321 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
1322 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
1323 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
1324 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
1325 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
1326 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
1327 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
1328 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
1329 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
1330 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
1331 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
1332 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
1333 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
1334 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
1335 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
1336 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
1337 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
1338 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
1339 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
1342 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
1343 * New video output for iOS platform
1344 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
1345 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
1346 * Various vmem improvements
1347 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
1348 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
1349 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
1350 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
1351 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
1352 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
1354 Audio Output and Filters:
1355 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
1356 * New audio output in memory (amem)
1357 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
1358 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
1359 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
1360 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
1361 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
1362 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
1363 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
1364 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
1367 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
1368 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
1369 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
1370 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
1371 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
1372 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
1373 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
1374 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
1375 * New anti-flickering filter
1376 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
1377 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
1378 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
1379 blackbox and customizable shadow.
1380 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
1381 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
1382 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
1385 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
1386 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
1387 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
1388 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
1389 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
1390 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
1391 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
1392 * Major rework of VoD support
1393 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
1394 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
1395 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
1396 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
1397 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
1398 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
1399 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
1400 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
1401 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
1402 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
1405 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
1406 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
1409 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1410 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
1411 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
1412 list of available audio and video filters
1413 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
1414 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
1415 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
1418 * asademux, subsass: use libass
1419 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
1420 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
1421 * id3tag: use taglib
1422 * upnp: use upnp_intel
1423 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
1424 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
1425 * removal of the noise filter
1426 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
1427 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
1428 removed in Growl's next release, too.
1429 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
1432 * Update of translations for most languages.
1433 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
1436 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
1437 ----------------------------------
1440 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
1441 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
1444 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
1445 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
1448 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
1449 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
1450 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
1453 * Camtasia decoding fix.
1456 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
1457 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
1460 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
1463 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
1464 ----------------------------------
1467 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
1468 including support for OS X Lion
1469 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
1470 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
1473 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
1476 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
1477 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
1478 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
1481 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
1484 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
1485 ----------------------------------
1488 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
1489 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
1492 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
1493 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
1494 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
1495 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
1496 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
1498 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
1499 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
1500 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
1502 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
1503 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
1506 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
1509 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1512 * Fix quitting on Linux
1513 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1517 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1520 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1523 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1524 ---------------------------------
1526 Windows and Mac OS X:
1527 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1530 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1531 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1534 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1537 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1540 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1542 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1543 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1545 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1546 * RTP output and XML export
1547 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1551 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1552 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1553 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1554 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1557 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1558 --------------------------------
1560 Windows and Mac OS X:
1561 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1564 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1567 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1568 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1569 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1570 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1571 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1572 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1575 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1576 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1580 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1581 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1582 * New Luganda Translation
1585 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1586 --------------------------------
1589 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1592 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1593 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1594 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1595 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1598 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1600 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1601 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1602 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1603 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1604 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1605 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1606 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1607 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1609 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1610 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1611 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1612 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1613 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1614 * Configure and build system improvements
1615 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1618 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1619 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1620 * New icelandic translation
1623 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1624 --------------------------------
1627 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1628 #234484 and #260719.
1631 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1632 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1633 and stability reasons
1636 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1640 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1643 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1644 ----------------------------------
1647 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1650 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1651 ---------------------------------
1654 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1655 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1656 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1657 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1660 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1663 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1664 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1665 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1666 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1669 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1670 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1671 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1673 Subtitles and renderer:
1674 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1675 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1676 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1677 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1678 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1681 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1682 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1683 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1684 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1687 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1688 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1690 Miscellaneous fixes:
1691 * KDE device solid actions
1693 * Transcode integer overflow
1694 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1695 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1698 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1699 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1700 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1703 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1704 ----------------------------------
1707 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1711 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1714 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1717 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1718 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1719 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1720 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1723 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1727 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1730 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1733 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1734 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1736 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1740 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1741 * Miscellaneous fixes
1744 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1745 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1746 French and Ukrainian
1747 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1748 * New Asturian translation
1751 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1752 ----------------------------------
1755 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1757 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1760 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1763 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1764 * Various fixes for Windows
1767 * New Armenian translation
1768 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1769 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1772 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1773 --------------------------------
1776 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1777 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1778 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1781 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1782 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1785 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1786 --------------------------------
1788 Access and demuxers:
1789 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1790 * fix for podcasts parsing
1791 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1794 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1795 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1798 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1799 * fix m3u playlists exports
1802 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1805 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1808 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1811 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1814 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1817 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1818 --------------------------------
1821 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1822 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1825 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1826 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1829 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1830 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1831 * fix console output encoding
1833 Interface and extensions:
1834 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1835 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1838 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1839 --------------------------------
1842 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1843 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1844 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1845 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1846 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1847 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1848 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1849 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1850 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1851 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1852 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1853 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1854 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1855 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1856 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1857 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1861 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1862 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1863 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1864 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1865 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1868 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1871 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1872 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1873 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1877 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1880 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1881 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1882 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1885 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1886 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1887 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1888 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1891 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1892 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1895 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1896 --------------------------------
1898 Important changes for users:
1899 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1900 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1902 Important changes for packagers:
1903 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1904 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1905 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1906 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1907 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1909 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1911 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1912 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1913 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1914 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1915 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1918 * Support for the sftp protocol
1919 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1920 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1921 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1922 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1923 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1926 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1927 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1928 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1930 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1931 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1932 * Invmem module improvements
1933 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1934 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1935 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1936 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1937 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1938 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1939 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1940 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1941 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1942 * Support for VP8 codec
1943 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1946 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1947 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1948 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1949 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1950 * Various EGP improvements
1951 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1952 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1955 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1956 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1957 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1958 * Podcast images are now displayed
1961 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1962 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1963 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1964 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1965 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1966 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1967 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1968 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1969 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1970 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1971 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1974 * New content extensions lua framework
1977 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1978 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1979 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1980 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1981 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1982 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1983 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1986 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1987 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1988 * Service discovery based on libudev
1989 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1992 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1993 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1994 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1995 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1996 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1997 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1998 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
2001 * New smem module, streaming to memory
2002 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
2003 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
2006 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
2008 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
2009 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
2012 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
2015 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
2016 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
2017 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
2018 by Andy Matuschak et al.
2019 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
2020 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
2021 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
2024 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
2025 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
2028 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
2029 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
2030 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
2034 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
2035 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
2036 * Improved Solaris port
2039 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
2040 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
2043 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
2044 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
2045 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
2046 * transrate: broken since too long
2047 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
2048 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
2049 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
2050 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
2051 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
2052 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
2053 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
2054 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
2055 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
2056 * cddax: use cdda instead.
2057 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
2058 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
2059 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
2060 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
2063 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
2064 --------------------------------
2067 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
2069 Decoders/Packetizers:
2070 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
2073 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
2074 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
2075 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
2076 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
2077 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
2080 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
2081 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
2084 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
2085 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
2088 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
2089 and Walloon translations updated
2090 * Sinhala translation started
2093 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
2094 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
2097 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
2098 --------------------------------
2101 * SubRip extra styles improvements
2102 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
2105 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
2108 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
2109 increase performance and fix x264 issues
2112 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
2113 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
2114 Russian, Slovak translation updates
2115 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
2118 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
2119 --------------------------------
2122 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
2123 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
2126 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
2127 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
2130 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
2131 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
2134 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
2137 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
2138 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
2141 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
2142 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
2145 * New Walloon translation
2146 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
2149 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
2150 --------------------------------
2153 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
2154 regressions in most popular drivers
2155 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
2158 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
2159 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
2160 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
2163 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
2164 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
2167 * Update for appletrailers lua script
2168 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
2169 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
2170 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
2171 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
2174 * New udev module for linux
2177 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
2180 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
2183 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
2184 --------------------------------
2187 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
2188 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
2189 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
2192 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
2193 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
2196 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
2197 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
2200 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
2203 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
2204 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
2205 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
2206 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
2209 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
2210 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
2211 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
2212 - no support for Goom and SDL
2213 - limited text rendering support
2214 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
2217 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
2218 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
2219 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
2220 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
2221 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
2222 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
2223 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
2224 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
2225 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
2229 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
2232 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
2235 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
2236 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
2237 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
2238 Arabic and French translation updates
2241 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
2242 --------------------------------
2245 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
2246 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
2247 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
2248 * Fix Dailymotion access script
2249 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
2250 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
2253 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
2254 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2255 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2258 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
2259 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
2260 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
2263 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
2266 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
2267 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
2270 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
2271 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
2272 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2273 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
2274 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
2275 * Fix various crashes
2278 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
2280 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
2284 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
2285 ---------------------------------
2289 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
2290 See 'Access:' for more info.
2291 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
2294 * Instantaneous pausing
2295 * Frame-by-Frame playback
2296 * Finer speed control
2297 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
2298 * Timeshift for most medias
2299 * RTSP trickplay support
2300 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
2303 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
2304 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
2305 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
2306 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
2307 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
2308 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
2309 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
2310 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
2311 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
2312 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
2315 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
2316 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
2317 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
2318 * Metadata for mod files are supported
2319 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
2320 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
2321 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
2324 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
2325 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
2328 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
2329 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
2330 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
2331 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
2332 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
2333 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
2334 * DVB scanning on linux
2335 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
2336 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
2337 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
2338 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
2339 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
2340 * MTP device access on Unix
2341 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
2342 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
2345 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
2346 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
2347 Windows and Mac OS X.
2350 * Export the playlist in HTML
2351 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
2352 * Better metadata handling and reading
2354 Linux/Windows interface:
2355 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
2356 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
2357 * Recently played items list
2358 * Interface toolbar customizations
2359 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
2360 - More menus actions
2361 - Finer speed slider
2362 - Improvements on many dialogs
2363 - New dialog for plugins listing
2364 - Fixed-size mode for videos
2365 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
2366 * Better integration in GTK environments
2369 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
2370 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
2371 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
2372 * Additional usability improvements
2375 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
2376 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
2377 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
2378 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
2379 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
2382 * New Maemo port with:
2383 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
2384 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
2387 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
2390 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
2391 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
2392 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
2393 * Support for latest iSight models
2396 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
2397 * Surround support for PulseAudio
2400 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
2401 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
2402 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
2403 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
2404 The old image video output has been removed.
2405 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
2406 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
2409 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
2417 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
2418 --------------------------------------
2424 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
2425 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
2426 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
2427 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
2428 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
2429 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2430 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
2432 Various fixes to the following modules:
2435 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
2436 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2437 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2439 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
2444 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
2445 ---------------------------------
2448 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
2449 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
2452 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
2453 ---------------------------------
2456 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
2459 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
2462 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
2463 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
2464 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
2465 main controller window.
2466 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
2469 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
2474 * Updates of other localizations
2477 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
2478 * Lots of small bugfixes.
2479 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
2480 * Telnet fixes on Windows
2481 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
2484 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
2485 ---------------------------------
2488 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
2490 Bunch of small bugfixes.
2493 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
2494 --------------------------------
2499 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
2500 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
2503 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
2504 --------------------------------
2506 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
2507 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
2510 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2513 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2514 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2517 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2518 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2521 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2522 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2523 * Various fixed in playlist
2526 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2529 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2532 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2533 ------------------------------------
2535 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2536 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2539 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2540 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2541 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2544 * Stability fix for the video output.
2547 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2548 --------------------------------
2551 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2552 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2553 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2554 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2555 * Fixed update system bugs
2556 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2559 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2560 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2561 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2562 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2563 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2564 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2565 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2566 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2567 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2568 modern Mac OS X versions
2571 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2572 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2574 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2575 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2578 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2579 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2580 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2581 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2582 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2583 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2586 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2587 --------------------------------
2589 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2590 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2591 * Multiple bugfixes.
2594 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2595 --------------------------------
2597 * Multiple bug fixes.
2600 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2601 ---------------------------------
2605 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2606 recent to work correctly
2607 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2608 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2609 edit the ".hosts" file.
2610 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2611 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2612 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2613 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2614 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2615 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2616 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2617 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2618 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2619 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2620 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2621 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2622 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2623 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2624 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2625 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2626 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2627 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2628 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2629 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2630 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2631 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2632 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2633 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2634 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2635 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2636 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2637 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2638 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2639 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2640 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2641 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2642 and postproc modules.
2643 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2644 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2645 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2646 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2648 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2649 filter. For example:
2650 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2651 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2653 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2654 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2660 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2662 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2663 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2666 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2667 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2669 * Shoutcast TV listings
2670 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2672 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2673 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2675 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2678 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2679 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2680 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2681 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2682 * JACK audio input support
2683 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2684 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2685 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2686 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2687 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2688 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2689 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2690 (available as a separate download).
2691 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2692 * RTMP input support
2693 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2694 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2695 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2697 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2698 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2701 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2702 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2703 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2704 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2706 * APEv1/2 tags support
2707 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2708 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2710 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2711 * TiVo Series 2 support
2712 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2717 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2718 * Flash Screen Video support
2719 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2720 * DosBox Capture support
2721 * Karl Morton's Video support
2722 * limited atrac3 support
2724 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2725 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2726 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2727 * H.264 PAFF support
2728 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2729 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2730 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2731 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2732 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2735 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2736 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2737 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2738 * AQTitle subtitles support
2739 * MKV USF subtitles support
2740 * HTML-based subtitles support
2741 * MPSub subtitles support
2742 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2743 * MPL2 subtitles support
2744 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2745 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2746 * Realtext subtitle support
2747 * DKS subtitle support
2748 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2749 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2752 * Flash Screen Video support
2753 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2755 Video outputs and filters:
2756 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2757 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2758 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2759 * New puzzle video output filter
2760 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2761 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2763 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2764 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2765 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2766 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2767 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2768 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2769 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2770 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2771 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2772 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2773 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2774 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2775 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2776 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2778 Audio outputs and filters:
2779 * Replay gain support
2780 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2781 new scaletempo audio filter)
2782 * New spatializer audio filter
2783 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2786 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2787 * New RTP payload formats:
2788 * Speex voice audio codec
2789 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2790 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2791 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2792 * DCCP transport for RTP
2793 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2798 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2799 end-user suitable way.
2800 * Improved user interaction
2801 * Improved mouse gestures
2802 * Vastly improved Update checker
2803 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2805 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2806 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2808 * Improved video output features
2809 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2810 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2811 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2812 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2813 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2815 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2816 if libncursesw is available.
2817 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2818 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2819 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2821 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2822 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2823 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2824 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2825 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2826 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2827 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2828 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2831 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2832 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2833 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2836 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2837 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2838 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2839 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2840 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2841 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2844 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2845 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2855 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2856 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2857 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2860 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2861 ----------------------------------
2864 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2867 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2868 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2869 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2870 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2871 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2872 * Updated Polish translation
2875 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2876 ----------------------------------
2879 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2880 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2881 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2884 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2885 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2886 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2887 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2888 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2889 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2890 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2891 to an unexpected application termination
2892 * New Serbian translation
2893 * Updated Romanian translation
2896 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2897 ----------------------------------
2900 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2901 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2902 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2903 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2904 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2905 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2906 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2907 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2910 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2911 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2912 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2913 * Fixed AAC resampling
2914 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2915 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2918 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2919 ----------------------------------
2922 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2923 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2924 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2925 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2926 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2929 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2930 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2931 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2932 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2933 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2936 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2937 ----------------------------------
2940 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2941 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2944 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2945 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2946 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2947 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2949 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2953 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2956 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2959 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2962 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2965 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2966 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2967 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2968 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2969 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2971 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2972 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2973 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2974 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2977 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2980 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2981 ----------------------------------
2984 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2985 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2986 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2988 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2989 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2991 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2992 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2995 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2997 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2998 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2999 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
3000 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
3001 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
3002 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
3003 two different movies
3004 * Support for current Ogg file formats
3005 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
3006 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
3009 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
3012 * The automatic updating facility was removed
3013 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
3014 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
3015 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
3018 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
3019 ----------------------------------
3021 Various bugfixes, notably:
3022 * Windows Vista compatibility
3023 * Cropping in Direct3D
3024 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
3025 * RSS filter string overflow
3027 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
3029 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
3030 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
3033 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
3034 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
3037 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
3040 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
3043 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
3046 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
3047 ----------------------------------
3049 Various bugfixes, notably:
3050 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
3051 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
3052 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
3053 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
3054 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
3055 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
3058 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
3059 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
3062 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
3064 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
3065 * Diverse usability improvements
3066 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
3067 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
3068 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
3071 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
3072 ---------------------------------
3074 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
3075 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
3078 * Fullscreen controller improvements
3081 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
3082 --------------------------------
3085 * Shoutcast TV listings support
3088 * Support for RTSP authentication
3089 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
3090 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
3091 * ATSC support for DVB input
3092 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
3093 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
3094 * Improved support for Flash Video files
3097 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
3098 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
3099 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
3100 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
3101 * Matroska WavPack support
3102 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
3103 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
3104 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
3107 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
3108 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
3109 * Improved libcaca support
3113 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
3114 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
3116 * Systray support in skins
3118 * Support for Apple Remote control
3119 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
3120 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
3121 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
3122 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
3124 * Notifications using notification-daemon
3127 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
3128 Windows 9x/ME users:
3129 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
3130 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
3131 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
3132 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
3133 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
3135 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
3136 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
3145 * Updates to the libvlc API
3146 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
3149 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
3150 --------------------------------
3153 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
3154 * Support for downloading updates
3158 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
3159 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
3160 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
3161 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
3163 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
3164 * Improved subtitles encoding support
3165 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
3168 * Cook (Real audio) support
3170 Playlist / Services discovery:
3171 * XSPF playlist support
3173 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
3176 * New JACK audio output
3179 * New video filters:
3180 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
3181 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
3182 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
3183 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
3184 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
3185 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
3188 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
3191 * System to inform the user and request information
3192 - HTTP authentication
3196 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
3197 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3198 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
3201 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
3202 - Improved playlist handling
3203 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
3205 - Embedded Video output
3206 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
3207 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
3208 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3209 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
3210 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
3212 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
3213 - A bunch of new RPN functions
3216 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
3219 * Mac-Intel compatibility
3220 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
3221 * Growl "Now playing" support
3224 * Ability to log to syslog
3225 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
3228 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
3230 * A bit more automatic testing
3233 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
3234 ---------------------------------
3237 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
3238 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
3241 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
3242 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
3245 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
3248 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
3249 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
3255 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
3258 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
3259 --------------------------------
3262 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
3266 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
3267 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
3268 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
3271 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
3272 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
3273 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
3274 * GnomeVFS input module
3275 * Support for RTP packet reordering
3276 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
3279 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
3280 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
3281 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
3284 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
3285 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
3291 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
3292 Mixer and Dolby Surround
3295 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
3296 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
3297 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
3300 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
3302 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
3303 - New extended controls panel
3304 - New bookmarks window
3305 - Fixed playlist sorting
3306 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
3308 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
3309 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
3310 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
3311 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
3315 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
3316 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
3318 - Include macro to include other files
3322 * Should now work outside IE as well
3325 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
3328 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
3329 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
3332 The following languages were added:
3336 * Simplified Chinese
3337 The following languages were re-added:
3341 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
3342 --------------------------------
3345 * Rewrite of the playlist
3347 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
3348 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
3349 * Preferences improvements:
3350 - New organization, designed to improve usability
3351 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
3353 * Core image manipulation support
3354 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
3355 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
3356 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
3357 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
3358 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
3359 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
3360 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
3361 now separated by ':' instead of ','
3362 * Access filter architecture
3363 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
3364 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
3368 * Support for SOCKS proxy
3369 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
3370 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
3371 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
3372 * Better support for Kasenna streams
3373 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
3374 * Massive Matroska improvements
3375 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
3377 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
3378 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
3379 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
3380 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
3381 * Support for FTP over IPv6
3383 Decoders / Encoders:
3384 * Dirac decoder and encoder
3385 * PNG decoder/encoder
3386 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
3387 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
3390 * New Record and Timeshift filters
3393 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
3394 * Brand new SAP module
3395 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
3396 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
3397 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
3398 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
3399 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
3400 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
3404 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
3407 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
3408 * Image file video output (png)
3409 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
3410 * Improvements to wall video filter
3411 * Support for font color and opacity
3417 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
3418 - Seeking support in VoD streams
3419 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
3423 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
3424 - Improved preferences
3425 - Improvements to the wizard
3426 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
3428 - Redesigned playlist
3429 - Improved preferences
3431 - Support for multiple actions
3434 - Support for the new playlist system
3436 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
3439 * Screensaver disabling fix
3440 * DirectShow tuner configuration
3441 * Support for no-decoration windows
3444 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
3445 * The OpenGL video output is back
3446 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
3447 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
3448 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
3449 is not yet available in the new module
3450 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
3453 * Support for single-buffered overlay
3462 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
3465 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
3468 The following languages were added:
3474 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
3475 --------------------------------
3478 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
3479 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
3482 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
3483 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
3484 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
3487 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3490 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
3493 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
3496 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
3497 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
3498 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
3502 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
3504 * Support of playlist group announcement
3507 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
3508 --------------------------------
3511 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3512 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3513 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3514 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3515 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3516 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3519 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3520 (Stream your desktop)
3521 * Improved DVD support:
3522 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3523 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3524 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3525 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3526 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3527 (selection of titles/chapters).
3530 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3531 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3532 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3533 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3534 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3535 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3536 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3537 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3538 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3539 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3542 * G.726 audio support
3543 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3544 * MPEG-4 text support
3545 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3546 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3547 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3551 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3552 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3553 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3554 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3555 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3556 * DVB subtitles encoder
3557 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3558 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3560 * Text track muxing for mp4
3561 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3562 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3563 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3564 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3565 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3566 * Improved ASF muxer
3568 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3569 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3570 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3573 * New audio equalizer filter
3574 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3575 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3576 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3577 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3580 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3581 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3582 with support for effects.
3583 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3584 - New filters can be streamed.
3585 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3586 - Centralized scaling and blending
3588 - "time", to display current time
3589 - "marq", to display a marquee
3592 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3593 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3594 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3595 * A few skins2 improvements
3596 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3597 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3598 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3599 * Improved CORBA control module
3602 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3603 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3604 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3607 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3608 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3609 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3612 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3613 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3614 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3615 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3616 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3619 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3622 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3623 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3626 * Server/client network synchronization module
3627 * VBrick streams fully supported
3628 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3632 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3633 --------------------------------
3636 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3637 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3638 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3639 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3642 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3643 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3644 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3645 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3646 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3647 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3648 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3651 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3652 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3653 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3654 * Improved directory access module.
3655 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3656 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3657 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3658 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3659 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3662 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3663 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3664 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3667 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3668 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3669 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3672 * Improved session announcement system.
3673 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3674 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3675 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3676 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3677 * Improved transrater.
3678 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3679 * New configuration system.
3680 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3683 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3684 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3685 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3686 * Supports scheduling.
3687 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3688 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3691 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3692 - Ability to embed video output.
3693 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3694 - Lots of improvements.
3695 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3696 - New design and set of icons.
3697 - Ability to embed video output.
3698 - Support for hotkeys.
3699 - Support for bookmarks.
3701 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3702 - Better hotkeys handling.
3705 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3706 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3707 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3708 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3711 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3712 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3713 * Improved Windows installer.
3719 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3720 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3723 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3724 ---------------------------------
3727 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3728 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3731 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3732 --------------------------------
3735 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3736 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3739 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3740 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3741 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3742 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3745 * Internal improvments
3746 * Improved import/export
3749 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3751 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3752 small and strange formats.
3754 * New MOD audio demux.
3755 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3756 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3757 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3758 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3761 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3762 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3763 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3769 * New opengl video output plugin.
3772 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3773 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3776 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3777 --------------------------------
3780 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3781 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3782 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3783 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3784 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3785 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3786 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3787 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3790 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3795 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3796 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3797 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3798 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3799 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3800 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3801 * Better Icecast support.
3802 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3803 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3806 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3807 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3808 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3809 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3810 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3811 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3812 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3815 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3816 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3817 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3818 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3819 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3820 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3821 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3822 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3823 * Preliminary RTP support.
3824 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3829 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3830 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3832 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3833 - Improvements and help in preferences
3834 - New streaming wizard
3835 - Revised Disc Open menu
3837 - Improvements of the standard pages
3838 - Support for new commands
3839 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3842 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3843 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3846 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3847 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3848 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3849 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3850 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3851 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3852 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3853 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3854 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3857 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3859 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3860 * Support for Panther.
3861 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3862 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3865 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3866 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3867 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3868 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3869 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3870 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3871 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3872 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3875 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3876 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3877 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3880 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3883 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3884 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3885 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3886 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3889 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3890 --------------------------------
3893 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3896 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3897 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3900 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3901 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3904 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3907 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3908 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3911 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3914 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3917 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3918 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3922 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3923 --------------------------------
3926 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3927 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3931 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3932 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3933 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3935 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3936 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3939 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3942 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3945 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3946 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3950 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3951 --------------------------------
3954 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3955 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3959 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3960 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3961 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3962 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3963 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3966 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3967 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3968 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3971 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3972 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3973 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3976 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3977 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3978 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3979 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3980 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3983 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3984 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3985 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3988 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3991 * Improved build system.
3992 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3993 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3994 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3995 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3998 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3999 --------------------------------
4002 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
4005 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
4006 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
4007 * Fixed large file support on Windows
4008 * Video 4 Linux support
4009 * CD Digital Audio support
4010 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
4013 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
4014 * Support for OpenDML avi files
4015 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
4016 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
4019 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
4020 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
4021 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
4022 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
4023 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
4024 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
4025 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
4028 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
4029 * New HTTP remote control interface
4032 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
4033 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
4034 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
4035 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
4036 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
4039 * New reset option for the preferences
4040 * You can set your language in the prefences
4041 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
4042 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
4043 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
4044 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
4047 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
4048 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
4049 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
4052 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
4053 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
4054 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
4055 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
4056 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
4057 * New icons by Davor Orel.
4058 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
4059 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
4060 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
4061 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
4064 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
4065 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
4066 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
4067 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
4068 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
4069 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
4070 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
4073 * Interface localization
4074 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
4075 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
4076 * New full-featured Preferences window
4079 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
4080 --------------------------------
4083 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
4084 * support for skins at the interface level
4085 * new OSD module using Freetype2
4086 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
4087 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
4088 input level before dropping out of date frames.
4089 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
4092 * fixed HTTP redirects
4093 * support for opening an entire directory
4094 * EOF should be detected more reliably
4095 * new video4linux access plug-in
4096 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
4099 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
4100 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
4101 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
4104 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
4105 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
4106 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
4107 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
4108 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
4109 * new codec for raw I420 video
4110 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
4113 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
4114 (although it still misses some important features)
4115 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
4118 * new HTTP output support
4119 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
4120 * fixed AV synchronization issues
4123 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
4126 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
4129 * reorderable playlist
4130 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
4131 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
4132 * support for mono audio output devices
4133 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
4134 * fixed several cosmetic issues
4135 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
4136 * the messages window remembers more lines
4137 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
4138 * http and ogg stream output options
4139 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
4142 * new skinnable interface
4143 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
4145 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
4146 * support for FLAC audio format
4147 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
4149 * network tab in the interface
4150 * "apply" handling in preferences
4153 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
4154 ---------------------------------
4157 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
4158 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
4159 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
4160 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
4162 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
4163 * DTS S/PDIF support
4166 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
4167 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
4168 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
4169 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
4172 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
4173 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
4176 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
4179 * fixed the GNU-pth support
4182 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
4184 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
4185 * rc interface is now fully useable
4186 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
4189 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
4190 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
4191 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
4192 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
4193 * VLC now uses the default audio device
4195 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
4196 * support for mouse gestures
4197 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
4200 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
4201 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
4204 * improved ID3 tag detection
4205 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
4206 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
4207 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
4209 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
4212 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
4213 ---------------------------------
4216 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
4217 English was set as the preferred language
4220 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
4221 --------------------------------
4224 * new mouse gesture interface
4225 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
4229 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
4230 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
4231 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
4234 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
4235 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
4239 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
4242 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
4243 without the user consent
4246 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
4248 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
4249 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
4250 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
4253 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
4254 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
4255 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
4256 * playlist enhancements
4257 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
4258 * new step forward/step backward commands
4259 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
4260 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
4261 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
4264 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
4265 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
4266 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
4269 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
4270 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
4273 * native video output is working again
4274 * only commandline interface support
4275 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
4278 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
4279 --------------------------------
4282 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
4283 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
4284 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
4285 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
4286 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
4287 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
4288 and A/52 streams are supported)
4289 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
4294 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
4295 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
4296 * VCD entry points support
4297 * VCD image file support
4300 * support for *.asf format
4301 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
4302 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
4303 * support for ogg encapsulation
4304 * support for raw DV format
4305 * support for *.wav format
4306 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
4309 Stream discovery & playlists:
4310 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
4311 * support for .m3u file format
4312 * support for .asx file format
4313 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
4316 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
4317 (only available with the .avi demux)
4318 * support for ADPCM audio codec
4319 * support for raw PCM data
4320 * support for Cinepak video codec
4321 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
4322 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
4323 * support for Xvid codec
4324 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
4325 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
4326 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
4328 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
4330 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
4333 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
4336 * new WxWindows interface
4337 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
4338 device and the channels configuration
4339 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
4340 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
4341 format that VLC can play
4342 * new swedish translation
4343 * enhancements of the playlist window
4344 * new messages window to see debug info
4345 * fixed a few crashes
4348 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
4349 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
4350 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
4351 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working