7 * Fixed build process when no plugins or no builtins were chosen.
8 * Makefile changes to get around MacOS X's brain-damaged gcc.
9 * FreeBSD configure and Makefile patches, courtesy of Espen
10 Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de>.
11 * Cosmetic change in css decryption.
12 * Added basic angle support.
13 * Corrected some bugs in gnome interface: language menu are now
14 synchronized and menus have less chances to change when opened.
15 * Network channel change is now available again.
16 * Fixed optional PES size bug, courtesy of Steve Brown <sbrown@cortland.com>.
17 * MacOS X icon is now correctly added to the app.
18 * Fixed a compilation issue in the DVDioctl driver.
19 * Added a call to ranlib after a built-in module compilation.
22 Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:33:53 +0200
24 * New improved packet allocator.
25 * Additional Makefile cleaning for built-in modules.
26 * Fixed Makefile for Solaris target.
27 * Fixed the 0.2.71 IFO parsing bug.
28 * All Debian packages are now lintian-clean.
29 * Fixed XVideo plugin linking.
31 * Built-in modules support almost finished.
32 * A few Makefile fixes for BeOS.
33 * XVideo patches by Shane Harper <shanegh@optusnet.com.au>.
34 * Beginning of the built-in modules support.
35 * Got rid of the sleep() hack in beos_specific.cpp.
36 * Fixed a segfault when launched without argument under Darwin.
37 * Fix for Darwin program path handling.
40 Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:13:26 +0200
42 * Merged 6 months of CVS logs to the ChangeLog file.
43 * Fixed a lintian error in debian/rules.
44 * XVideo resize patch by Shane Harper <shanegh@optusnet.com.au>.
45 * Added udf fix by Billy Biggs.
46 * Added checks in dvd_ifo.
47 * Cleanings in gnome interface : the interface should depend on the
49 * Intf: TS streams in menu
50 * TS input: only one audio & spu ES selected at a time
51 * Removed the build of the vlc app from the install target.
52 * Added an icon to the MacOS X vlc.
53 * "make vlc.app" now correctly updates vlc.app
54 * Fixed BeOS menu problem.
55 * Added a field to p_input->stream to inform the interface of a stream.
56 change (useful in network mode).
57 * Added error checks in dvd input.
58 * Changed the way ifo are read.
59 * Fixed a bug in area management.
60 * Fixed a warning in netutils.c.
61 * Created darwin_specific.c to store the program path at boot time.
62 (XXX: check that it didn't break the OS X port)
63 * Removed redefinition of NULL in src/audio_decoder/adec_layer?.c.
65 * BeOS icon and MIME resources courtesy of Wade Majors <guru@startrek.com>.
66 * Updated Makefile.in to make vlc.app by default on Mac OS X & Darwin, added
67 clean code for it as well.
68 * Hacked main.c to disregard argv[1] when compiled for OSX & run as a full
69 app (ie., double clicked and not launched from command line).
70 * Cleaned up debug spew left in modules.c and video_text.c.
71 * Created macosx_common.h in plugins/macosx/ to hold common stuff.
72 * Updated & cleaned up intf_macosx.c and vout_macosx.c - added Open menu
73 function support and a no-frills About box.
74 * Fixed icons location and Debian desktop menus.
75 * Fixed a memory leak in gtk_callbacks.c (thanks to Dae).
76 * Disabled message queue by default.
77 * A few other changes in the CSS code, the BeOS issues should be fixed.
78 * Corrected an awful typo in the version name.
79 * Removed deprecated stuff from config.h.
80 * Fixed the whitespace/tab issues in the Makefile.
81 * X and Xv output: added autohide cursor as in SDL.
82 * X and Xv: keys 1 to 0 change channel.
83 * SDL: keys F1 to F10 change channel.
84 * Ported the 0.2.0's channel changing functions.
85 * Fixed the lock segfault bug with some compilers.
88 Sat, 7 Apr 2001 05:52:00 +0200
90 * Fixed headers for FreeBSD compilation.
91 * Fixed debian/rules for non-x86 packages (Closes: Debian bug #88583).
92 * Deleted BBitmap[0] directly after overlay creation as no longer needed
93 as overlay now owns Bits()
94 * Fixed MPEG-1 mux_rate parsing.
95 * Fixed MPEG-1 stuffing.
96 * Don't create BBitmap drawing thread if using overlays
97 * Changes to BeOS interface with file selection support
98 * Fixed a boolean_t/int mix.
99 * Increased FIFO_SIZE.
100 * Fixed all alignment issues
102 * Working menus for run-time audio/spu/title/chapter selection with gtk
104 * Port of the interface menus to gnome plugin.
106 * Tried to fix the "stream jumps at will" bug.
107 * Fixed most of the bugs in gnome interface menus
108 * Added radio checks in menu items.
109 * Bug fixes and enhancements in the Gtk+/Gnome interfaces.
110 * Borrowed config.guess and config.sub from SDL [MacOS X port] ;
111 * Changed files so that the MacOS X port compiles & runs [MacOS X port] ;
112 * If SDL/GTK/DSP is not available, don't compile the associated module.
113 * Gtk+ interface: fixed a precision issue in the scale.
114 * Qt interface: somebody pop up us the menu!!
115 * Fixed Debian sparc build for real (Closes: Debian bug #89285).
116 * vlc core compiles under QNX RTOS. Now if anyone feels like tidying
117 it and writing output and interface plugins...
118 * Split audio output into several separate files to make it easier
119 to debug. Removed a few redundancies as well.
120 * Support for Darwin CoreAudio, courtesy of Colin Delacroix [MacOS X port] ;
121 * Added warnings for ac3 mantissa (we still have problems with AC3 on
123 * Renamed WriteResource to avoid a namespace clash with Darwin's
125 * Compile Darwin module by default on Darwin system. [MacOS X port]
126 * Use $QTDIR for the qt module ;
127 * SDL fixes and enhancements by Shane Harper <shanegh@optusnet.com.au>
128 * Header cleaning: filled all empty authors fields, added CVS $Id stuff.
129 * Fixes to aout_darwin.c by Colin Delacroix <colin@zoy.org>.
130 * Fixes to configure.in, Makefile.in and main.c (Altivec detection)
131 by Eugenio Jarosiewicz <ej0@cise.ufl.edu>.
132 * Added a SYNCHRO_START in DVDRead for each cell change to fix
134 * Changed seek function to prevent jump-at-will and to remove two bugs in
136 * Initialize some values in netlist (payload_discard wasn't which caused
138 * Come back of multi-sector read which should make reading faster
139 * Language & Inteface support for BeOS interface
140 * XVideo plugin courtesy of Shane Harper <shanegh@optusnet.com.au>
141 * Makefile.in and configure.in fixes by Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>
142 * A few syntax fixes in the plain X11 plugin
143 * Various bug fixes in dvd_netlist. Some bugs seem to remain though.
144 * New function input_ToggleES for interaction with interface.
145 * Changes in gnome interface : navigation menus are now splited, there
146 are radio item in menus and the code should be better.
147 * First step for dvd_ifo rewritting. Now allocation/disallocation is
148 being done as it has to be.
149 * Fixed a bug in title management that make dvd like Seven work.
150 * vout_beos now uses double buffering for YCbCr overlay.
151 This (for some reason) improves audio/video sync
152 * Fixes for the Qt plugin compilation under Debian
153 * Heavy butchering in the CSS and DVD ioctl code to put all architecture-
154 dependent code in dvd_ioctl.c
155 * Added almost fully-functional /dev/dvd driver for MacOS X in
157 * Fall back to one-packet-once reading in dvd input since multi-block
158 seems to have a bug that make the vlc crash on title/audio/spu change. I
159 hope that this bug will be fixed soon for the performance is poorer now
160 * Add-ons and changes in gnome interface:
161 o menu subdivision is done only if there are over 20 items,
162 o in DVD mode next/prev apply to title,
163 o in DVD mode, added a box with button to navigate through chapters.
164 * Additional enhancements to the OS X DVD ioctl module
165 * Big cleaning of the BeOS DVD ioctl code, got rid of all Linuxisms
166 * Compilation fixes for the BeOS DVD ioctls
167 * XVideo plugin enhancements by Shane Harper <shanegh@optusnet.com.au>
168 * Added the GNU getopt library, which gets compiled in when getopt_long
169 isn't available on the desired platform.
170 * Replaced the `--warning' flag with the standard cumulative `-v' flag.
171 `-v' is like `--warning 3', and `-vvvv' is like `--warning 0'
172 (`--warning' is still valid for those used to it)
173 * Cleaning in configure.in and Makefile.in, the Solaris port now
174 builds and runs properly.
175 * Code cleanup: removed a few tabulations.
176 * Fixed inline asm routines to remove all read/write operands.
177 * Added <string.h> to most files to prevent warnings under FreeBSD.
178 * Added "break;" after "default:" in case switches to prevent
179 warnings when compiling with GCC 3.0pre.
180 * Sync MOSX dev/CVS tree : code support for MacOS X audio, video and
181 interface (courtesy of Eugenio Jarosiewicz & Colin Delacroix) ;
182 * Cleaning code and a small fix to make quit work on OSX
183 * Disable x11 plugin if X11 headers are not found.
184 * Misc fixes in the DVD input.
185 * Fixed CSS authentication under Linux.
186 * Playlist now refreshes when a file is opened.
187 * XVideo plugin background is now black instead of white.
190 Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:41:16 +0100
192 * Got rid of the CONTRIBUTORS list, and switched AUTHORS to a
193 linux-kernel like author list.
195 * Fixed a segfault in the BeOS interface when --noaudio was specified.
196 * Title and Chapter selection in the Gnome and Gtk+ interfaces.
197 * Fixed a bug in audio selection
198 * Tried to fix an issue in size computing.
199 * Commited BeOS changes by Richard Shepherd and Tony Castley.
200 * Added boolean_t b_YCbr to vout_thread_s structure to flag YUV-YCbCr
201 decoding needed instead of YUV-RGB
202 * Will be removed later when video_output.c rewritten
203 * vout_CreateThread() initialises b_YCbr to zero
204 * New BeOS video plugin that supports hardware overlays and new
205 MediaPlayer compatible interface
206 * Added YUV-YCbCr transforms
207 * Fixed bugs in title/chapter handling once more, especially for size
208 detection and location of main movie.
209 * Support for multitrack DVD : now the stream is given to input as it has
210 to be ; however, all the tracks are displayed one after the other ; I
211 think we need to decode navigation ES to choose the track
212 * Fixed behaviour at end of device.
213 * Added DVD/VCD button and menu for quick DVD device selection to the
214 Gnome and Gtk+ interfaces, so that vlc can play a DVD even when
216 * Added debian/* files to help generating CSS-enabled non-US packages,
217 and changed plugins/dvd/* to reflect this change.
218 * Added .xpm icons (fixes lintian warnings).
219 * --help output and manpage are now in sync (Closes Debian bug #87478).
220 * Fixed Build-dpends entry in debian/control (Closes Debian bug #83707).
221 * Completely changed title and chapter initialization. Now we have real
223 * Fixed size for a majority of DVD.
224 * More consistency in the p_input->stream management.
225 * Made input_SelectES() and input_UnselectES() not block the input thread
227 * Changed debian/control to fix Debian bug #83707
228 * Added a --disable-css configure option
229 * Moved some code here and there in the DVD plugin to make it easier
230 for me to build the Debian CSS-free packages.
231 * Fixed miscellaneous alignment problems (alpha/sparc ports) ;
232 * Added a fps display when toggling 'i' ;
233 * Fixed a bug in the video parser where one picture buffer was not
234 released at quit time ;
235 * Broke the mux_rate calculation, but hey guys ! it was already broken and
237 * New function for DVD reading, that is able to read multiple blocks
238 (I've chosen 32 now), that doesn't use any memcpy anymore and is also much
239 faster. It is ready now for cell positioning in multi-angle DVD (to come
241 * DVD specific netlist adapted to 2048 bytes long blocks that contain
242 several data_packets.
243 * Modification in mpeg_system.c to use p_payload_start instead of
244 p_buffer (necessary for DVD plugin). It does not break other plugins
245 since they set p_payload_start to p_buffer
246 * New field i_read_once in input_thread_s to be able to read more than
247 the TS related 7 packets ; i_read_once is set to INPUT_READ_ONCE by
248 defaults but plugins can change it during initialisation.
249 * Bug fix with frequential downmix
250 * Additional optimizations to the subtitle decoder
251 * The GGI video output should now be faster. Also, right-mouse-clicking
252 works in GGI mode as well.
253 * Optimizations done to the SPU decoder. Now the RLE is expanded at
254 decoding time, not rendering time. The main loop in vout_RenderSPU
255 is now 20 lines long.
256 * The Gtk+ interface is now built as a Debian package as well. The Gnome
257 package depends on it because of the icon and menu entry.
258 * Added an intf_WarnHexDump() function to do raw hexadecimal dumps of
259 memory areas. For debugging purposes or for real men, as you wish.
260 * Lots of tidying in dvd_ioctl.c, a few comments added.
261 * Better error handling in the subpicture decoder.
262 * Tidied video_spu.c. More to come later.
263 * Fixed subtitle displaying. Will soon work in overlay mode as well.
264 * Disabled slice-level resynchro since it's probably buggy.
265 * Fixed a structural major bug in the macroblock structure management.
266 * Added debug messages.
267 * Fixed a compile problem in debug mode.
268 * Added functions and hooks to display dates instead of off_t.
269 * Added a 'd' keystroke to dump the stream contents (for debugging
271 * New ES detection based on .ifo for DVD module. It might fail (I have
272 found one DVD for which ifo seems false).
273 * Title and chapter selection on the command line (see -t and -T options)
274 It will allow to watch some DVD that went through menus by default.
275 * Beginning of menus in gnome interface.
276 * Fix bug in ac3dec for mono streams
277 * BeOS: bew video output method, the vlc now uses BBitmap instead of
278 BDirectWindow (better performances)
279 * BeOS: added resizing
280 * BeOS: added beta support for overlay
281 * Added a plain Gtk+ port of the Gnome interface, for the gnome-impaired
282 people. Gtk+ is now compiled by default, while Gnome isn't (you will
283 have to add --enable-gnome when running configure)
284 * Replaced -lcurses with -lncurses in configure.in.
285 * Added DemuxPSI, DecodePAT and DecodePMT. Never tested which streams
286 where PAT or PMT are splitted in more than one section.
289 Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:32:24 +0100
291 * DVD plugin is still non-functional when you don't have DVD ioctls,
292 but at least it compiles under BeOS as well.
293 * Minor cosmetic changes here and there.
294 * Added the BeOS code for vlc_mutex_destroy() and vlc_cond_destroy()
295 * Minor optimizations in the video decoder.
296 * Move ac3 globals variables into structures
297 * Fixed a bash-ism in configure.in
298 * Fixed a segfault in input.c when no input plugin was found for
300 * Fixed a deadlock in the Gnome interface. Next time I'll initialize
301 my mutexes, I promise.
302 * Added Oct to the authors list in intf_gnome.glade :)
303 * Second step in area management ; everything is in place now to have
304 title handling; it is coming :)
305 * Ported Glide and MGA plugins to the new module API. MGA never worked,
306 so this didn't make it work better.
307 * Started thinking about built-in modules, and added some code to
308 make it easier eventually.
309 * Added Oct in the AUTHORS file.
310 * Fixed a mistake in configure.in.
311 * All your base are belong to us.
312 * Fixed a bug in src/misc/modules which prevented loading modules
313 when launched from the Tracker.
314 * Fixed a similar bug in src/video_output/video_text.c.
315 * BeOS CSS support, thanks to Markus Kuespert <ltlBeBoy@beosmail.com>
316 who ported the Linux DVD ioctls. We can now read encrypted DVDs
318 * First serie of changes in DVD module for the forthcoming interface menus.
319 There is a new capability in input type modules for setting the
320 attributes of a new area. It is set to NULL for PS and TS plugins.
321 It should be called for every title change, chapter change,
322 audio mode change or spu channel change.
323 * Kludge of the kludge, removing an oddity in YUV initialisation, and
324 activating YUV overlay on startup whenever hardware acceleration is
325 available. Thanks for bearing with us, stay tuned.
327 * Changed video decoder's error messages into warnings.
329 * Drag and drop support under BeOS.
330 * Change in the code to detect beginning of movie. It is much better now
331 but still fails with some DVD for which the movie is not the first
333 * Beginning of ideas to handle chapters and ES selection
334 * configure.in and Makefile.in patches for better SDL support and
335 support for $(bindir) $(datadir) and $(libdir) stuff, courtesy
336 of Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.ORG.PL>
337 * Ported ggi.so to the new modules API. As for the other modules, only
338 the "q" key works. Moreover, VLC doesn't exit cleanly if you close the
340 * Deactivated non-working widgets in the Gnome interface.
341 * Added CONTRIBUTORS file.
342 * Ported the framebuffer plugin to the new module API. As for most of the
343 other video output modules, keyboard doesn't work. Except ^C to quit.
344 * UDF filesystem support so that we know the location of the first video
345 related file with 100% reliability (great change that should make DVDs
346 with binaries and extra stuff work with vlc).
347 * Correction of a bug in ifo reading that falsified the adress of
349 * Changed the method for selecting title at start. It is _not_ reliable
350 though, but it is better than the preceding one.
351 * Tried to fix the BeOS interface and video output. Any BeOS developers
352 listening ? I can't even test that code, it probably wants additional
354 * Added a workaround in modules.c for broken libc's which happen to truncate
355 filenames in dentry structures when using 64bits offsets. The kind of
356 stuff you only see in RedHats <g>.
357 * Made the SDL error messages a bit more useful.
358 * The Gnome menu is now created when mouse is released, not when it
359 is pressed. It may sound stupid, but it really makes a difference.
362 Fri, 16 Feb 2001 08:09:59 +0100
364 * Fixed package building (both RPMs and .debs).
365 * Fixed `make snapshot' rule.
366 * Added some magic to filename detection. To read a DVD you now just
367 need to run 'vlc dvd:/dev/hdc' for instance. Same for file:// URIs.
368 * Fixed a segfault in the slider when no stream was playing.
369 * Made the slider go from 0 to 100 (instead of 99 :)
370 * The vlc now doesn't exit when finished playing. As a side effect of
371 the playlist code being very recent, it continuously loops.
372 * Fixed a segfault in the input thread creation, as well as a possible
373 deadlock. This happened mostly when opening non-existing files.
374 * Created input_SetStatus to do input_SetRate's job. input_SetRate will
375 be used to set an arbitrary rate, for people who want to read DVDs at
376 1/2.71828 times the actual speed.
377 * Stubs for the ncurses control interface. No working code yet, but the
378 holes just need to be filled.
379 * Improved X11 support. Still not as functional as before.
380 * The output window now states the method name, so that people know whether
381 they are using X11 or SDL.
382 * The Gnome interface is now drag'n'drop aware, you can drop a file
383 on it just like Xine does (or so I guess).
384 * New more recent css authentication code.
385 * Beginning of udf support (not in Makefile)
386 * Removed useless includes in intf_gnome.c
387 * Made the vout_sdl.c functions static
388 * Ported vout_x11.c to the modules API; code isn't very nice yet though
389 * X11 output works again. It's just the output, but it works; I now need
390 to clean the code and add event handling.
391 * Should have fixed the dependency generater for some plugins.
394 Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:33:46 +0100
396 * Started porting the X11 vout (still disabled)
397 * A few unnoticeable changes in the Gnome intf
398 * Changes in the way stream size in DVD mode is calculated. It is no
399 longer such an ugly kludge and is much more accurate.
400 * Changes in DVDSeek so that the interface slider is in 0 when we are at
401 the beginning of the strem.
402 * Try to detect the beginning of the movie in the middle of the title. It
403 works for most of the DVDs but will begin in the middle of the movie
405 * Calculate only the first title key in css mode because it might take a
406 long time with some title. The search stops now when we have a key once
407 whereas it did stop only when we had it twice before. It should not
409 * Really fixed MC segfault bug.
410 * Adaptation of DVD module to navigation slider. The seek has to be
411 done on a multiple of 2048, and shopuld take care of the offset to the
412 beginning of the stream. It works with most of my DVDs by fails to
413 detect size of some streams.
414 * Change of the order of call to ifo and css functions in input_dvd.c,
415 because we can't read ifo files before authentification on some DVDs.
416 * Changed location of some css tables.
417 * We read ifo date and decrypt css keys for all titles now. It takes quite a
418 long time to initialize with some DVDs (if you have 42 titles for
419 instance). The key decryption might give a false value if the title is
420 less than 10 Mb ; I'm working on that :)
421 * Quick patch to avoid a segfault when arbitrarily seeking the stream.
422 * Added --intf option to vlc
423 * Started cleaning vout_sdl.c
424 * The dummy plugin works again
425 * Added a slider to the Gnome interface so that we can browse through streams
426 * Removed enhancement because of an incompatibility with slow motion.
427 * We can now seek at position 0 :p ;
428 * Tried to enhance picture dating on timebase discontinuities.
430 * Much cleaning in css code. It should work fine now.
431 * Fixed my old stupid bug that disabled sound after having played the
433 * Added `Prev' and `Next' buttons to the interface, with the beginning of
434 a playlist window (still empty).
435 * Added `Slow' and `Fast' buttons to the interface and popup menu.
436 * Removed tests against i_rate and i_new_rate calculation from the
437 plugins and hid this complexity into input_ext-intf.c
438 * The pure Gnome part of the Gnome interface has been rewritten from
439 scratch, and the .glade file included as well. You can edit it by
440 installing glade-gnome and doing `glade plugins/gnome/intf_gnome.glade',
441 or directly by hand if you grok XML.
442 * Files can now be loaded into vlc using the `Open' buttons. But for the
443 moment you still have to launch vlc with at least one file, because it
444 quits when the end of the playlist is reached.
445 * Idle screen was disabled because it eats a lot of CPU and is mostly
446 useless for the moment. And it gets activated when pause lasts for too
448 * Plugins have completely disappeared, we now only use the new module API.
449 * All intf and vout modules are now independant. So far, only the Gnome
450 intf module and the SDL vout module have been ported. configure.in has
451 been modified to reflect the changes (x11 and dummy aren't compiled by
452 default anymore, while SDL and Gnome are).
453 * Right-clicking on the SDL video output window brings the Gnome menu.
454 * Pause, Play, Exit, About work from the menu or from the interface window.
455 * The old SDL keys still work.
456 * Fixed a bug in #define that prevented from using ioctls
457 * Some functions to prepare ifo commands utilisation to move in the
459 * Change in configure to avoid compiling css functions on BSD.
460 * Added comments to src/interface/intf_plst.c and include/intf_plst.h
461 so that people understand how the playlist works.
462 * Updated the TODO list (34 items to do, 41 done !)
463 * Portability : changed off64_t to off_t and activated appropriate
465 * Changed fseek() to fseeko() for 64-bit offsets ;
466 * Reset frame predictors on a stream discontinuity.
467 * Implemented basic stream navigation function, and bound Jump forward
468 and jump Backward in the SDL intf. Enjoy !
469 * Pause function implemented ('p' key).
470 * Fixed a compile probleme on machine without a dvd player :ppppp
471 * Fixed two bugs in ifo and css that caused memory corruption and
472 segfault when using sdl in dvd mode.
473 * Moved the playlist handling from input/input.c to interface/interface.c
474 * Fixed a few warnings at compile-time.
475 * Fixed sound channel selection in playlist mode.
476 * Added a color message in the plugin bank because on peut bien déconner
477 cinq minutes, quand-même.
478 * We now spawn a new input thread for each file.
479 * Added a missing pf_close() because it's always cool to close files
481 * Solved bug with cssdescrambling. The vlc might segfault with dvd
482 plugins. I will fix that soon.
483 * Minor modification in pluginification.
484 * Playlist works again (still the old wrong way like Meuuh doesn't
485 like, but this is going to change within a few hours)
486 * Input_ps, input_ts and input_dvd are now plugins, located in
487 plugins/mpeg/ and plugins/dvd/
488 * Fast/slow keys are now A/Z instead of A/S since S was already
489 linked to the scale/noscale toggle.
490 * `--dvd' doesn't work anymore, for the moment try to use :
491 vlc --input dvd /dev/dvd
492 * Module bank is now less verbose ; use `--warn 1' to turn back
494 * New method using netlist to read packets on DVD device by sectors of
496 * Some modifications in netlist to make it work with DVD.
497 * Fixed à bug in mpeg_system.c
498 * We can now choose the speed of forward (between 32/1 and 1/8)
499 * Functional fast forward and slow motion API ;
500 * Dirty hack in the SDL intf to bind "a" (fAst forward), "s" (Slow motion)
502 * Centralized clock management, preparing for stream navigation ;
503 * Fixed a bug in the management of the first video PTS.
504 * Fixed a bug in period calculation for progressive sequences.
505 * Fixed a FIXME in SDL: p_vout->p_sys is no more used in intf_sdl.c
506 * Used instead p_vout->i_changes like in x11
507 * Disabled SDL parachute to let the vlc dump a core instead of staying stuck
508 * Patched 2 debian bugs
509 (see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=vlc)
510 * Improved the snapshot generation
511 * Mouse pointer hidden/shown with middle button in SDL output
512 * Removed obsolete video_yuv_mmx.S
513 * Updated the TODO list and wrote a small todo.pl parser to make it
514 easier to see which items remain to be done
515 * `make snapshot' now creates vlc-*.tar.gz and vlc-*-nocss.tar.gz
518 Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:30:37 +0100
520 * Version 0.2.50 for the Linux Expo
521 * --overlay and --fulscreen options (only work with --vout sdl)
522 * The vlc exits after the end of the stream, which prevents from having
523 to kill it and relaunch it during a presentation.
524 * Not a very nice hack, but will probably spare us a few user complaints: if
525 no -a option is specified, the vlc will play the first audio type it finds,
526 so there is no need to specify "-a ac3" for a DVD anymore.
527 * CSS support kludged for current DVD input.
528 It is very slow now but will be more adapted to the forthcoming DVD
530 It should read the first title of many DVDs but has been tested with few.
531 * Beginning of ifo commands to implement DVD navigation.
532 * Fix for field pictures.
533 * Hooks for fast forward and slow motion support.
534 * Fixed backwards moves.
535 * Tuned up optimizations.
536 * Completely removed BIZARRE_OPTIMS.
537 * Check for the needed headers for DVD ioctls
538 * Some cleaning in the dvd authentification code
539 * Various miscellaneous minor optimizations of the video parser.
540 * Beginning of support for encrypted DVDs.
541 * It only tests encryption and authenticates disc.
542 * Really fixed GetChunk now.
543 * 32-bit aligned bitstream (not that fast).
544 * The motion compensation routines are now modules as well ; choose your
545 implementation with `--motion motion', `--motion motionmmx' or
546 `--motion motionmmxext'. Of course, the best implementation is chosen
547 if you don't ask for any. There doesn't seem to be any performance hit
548 due to the move to shared libs, which is a good thing. Please test
549 actively if you have time, though.
550 * Updated --help result, manpage, INSTALL document, and a few files.
551 * Borrowed LiViD's MMX and MMX EXT IDCT. This might break things. Expect
552 a performance increase.
553 * Removed a few useless malloc() and unused variables in the audio SDL stuff
554 * Prepared the work for built-in modules (not yet finished)
555 * Small tweak in the copy handling, reduce CPU usage.
556 * --aout sdl now works
557 * Added SDL sound support. Sounds a bit laggy sometimes but my streams
559 * Modified configure.in and all that stuff. Re-run configure
560 * SDL audio, video and interface are all part of the same .so now.
561 * Removed YUV old files :->
562 * Reverted something that wasn't supposed to go into the cvs :p
563 * Removed -fargument-noalias-global which causes problems with as (???).
564 * Borrowed livid's latest libmmx and MMXEXT MC. Not in the Makefile => to
565 test it, replace vdec_motion_inner_mmx.c by vdec_motion_inner_mmxext.c.
566 * A few changes in the CPU extensions detection code, borrowed from the
567 kernel and from mpeg2dec. I still don't know how to detect if code
568 compiled with -mcpu=pentiumpro will run, since the cpuid arcanes are
569 quite obtuse to me. Perhaps we should also have a way not to load modules
570 if they have been compiled with a different CPU to avoid segfaults.
571 * Add check for MMX EXT extensions, which doesn't work, which is a good
572 thing since there is no MMX EXT IDCT yet :)
573 * Change for the forthcoming fast forward and slow motion support.
574 * Fixed the --aout, --idct and --yuv flags
575 * Updated manpage and --(long)help output to reflect that change
576 * Removed a few unneeded #includes here and there
577 * Cosmetic changes in error messages in input.c
578 * Now use of 64 bits offsets to parse the whole DVD. So we have all the
579 available information
580 * Fixed a bug in parsing of VTS attributes
581 * Fixed a bug in input.c that made input plugin initialize even though
582 no stream is reachable (thanks Sam)
583 * Merged the YUV plugins in the same directory to avoid too much code
585 * YUV transformations now use the new module API ; now only the vout
586 and interface still depend on the old plugin API
587 * Changed TestMMX to TestCPU because we will be able to test for other
588 specific extensions (3DNow, SSE) for the forthcoming IDCT we'll
589 borrow to mpeg2dec (as usual :P)
590 * Don't show "hiding module" messages anymore except in debug mode
591 * Swapped C IDCT and Classic IDCT scores since the classic one seems
592 to be faster ; anyway you should use the MMX one
593 * Fixed a Makefile bug under BeOS
594 * Tried to fix the cpuid code so that it compiles under BeOS (Polux, can
595 you test it when you have time ?)
596 * Fixed a bug in the frame rate handling ;
597 * Fixed a bug in the DTS/PTS ordering. Our pts are _at last_ accurate.
598 * Finally fixed repeat_first_field and co. (pas encore tout compris...)
599 * Implemented video_parser bitstream callback for PTS/DTS.
600 * Fixed close button support in SDL
601 * Fixed --width and --height support in SDL
602 * Fixed the bug-that-made-the-vlc-segfault-on-exit, which means that
603 more than ever, « le client ne segfaulte pas ».
604 * There was still a problem upon quitting: sometimes the null packet
605 wasn't big enough to reach a decoder breakpoint, so I now create 10
606 of them (since I can't make it bigger) to be sure. Meuuh, what do
608 * Fixed the Makefile to spare a few variables here and there.
609 * Reduced module hide delay, removed loading of the audio output
610 plugins since they are now modules.
611 * Changed a few intf_Msg to intf_DbgMsg, and added "vout:", "intf:",
612 and so on in a few other messages.
613 * Removed unused includes in the idct modules.
614 * Correction of bugs in ifo parsing. Now the structures should be well
615 initialized. It remains some segfaults but it globally works.
616 * DVD mode is enabled with option --dvd. For the moment, it only read
617 the first vts and find the movie if it is at the beginning of the title
619 * Beginning of dvd_input. Parsing of ifo file almost completed.
620 * The IDCT functions are now located in modules : the classic IDCT,
621 our optimized IDCT, and MMX IDCT.
622 * Cosmetic changes for modules (pf_* instead of p_*)
623 * Fixes to the BeOS and dummy modules
624 * Changed default values :
625 INPUT_PTS_DELAY down to 200 ms ;
626 video heap down from 10 to 5 pictures ;
627 decoder fifo size from 1023 to 511 PES ;
628 * Fixed various bugs in 32 bit-versions of input_ext-dec.h ;
629 * Fixed a bug in GetChunk() ;
630 * Renamed GetByte, GetWord, ShowWord to _GetByte, _GetWord, _ShowWord ;
631 * Moved decoder_fifo-specific code from programs.c to dec.c ;
632 * Fixed bugs in program.c that prevented vlc to close all decoders ;
633 * Gave sam a lesson for the use of the bitstream in spu_decoder.c :ppp ;
634 * Made the video parser unlock the reference pictures before quitting
635 (still one left, yaknow why ?)
636 * Destroy fifo mutex and cond variables _after_ they are used for
637 the last time. henri, that'll be one binouze.
638 * Attempt to port the BeOS audio plugin to the new module API. Will
639 probably need a few fixes to work or even compile.
640 * Ported the alsa plugin to the news vlc module API
641 * Fixed 32 bits bitstream bugs.
642 * Moved the MPEG audio decoder to the new bitstream
643 * Cleaning in the SPU decoder.
644 * Moved swab32 from input_ext-dec.h to common.h. We probably won't need
645 it anymore really soon, since ntohl() and htonl() seem to be properly
646 optimized when gcc is passed the right optimization flags.
647 * Fixed GetBits32 and RemoveBits32. I know the #ifdefs are useless since
648 we only support u32 words, but it's a safe reminder. Comments appreciated
649 on this fix since I may have b0rked something -- it runs well here though.
650 * Changed code for handling b_die in bitstream ;
651 * Moved input_ext-dec.h to input.h ;
652 * New input_NullPacket function ;
653 * Fixed init bugs in input and vpar ;
654 * Placed a callback to the decoder in the bitstream structure ;
655 * Fixed a purify bug in input_ps.c ;
656 * Added -mcpu=pentiumpro in the Makefile.
657 * Complete commenting of modules_core.h and small modifications
658 * Separated MODULE_CONFIG_START and ADD_WINDOW (Henri, beware)
659 * Fixed a very, very old bug that caused namespace collision between
660 plugins (Henri, beware: call your aout_getplugin function like this,
661 not alsa_aout_getplugin)
662 * Removed the Debian specific clean rules from the Makefile, since they
663 are already handled by the debian/rules script.
664 * Tidied a few compilation rules (-lfoo should always be at the end)
665 * Added 8bits palette SDL support.
666 * Fixed a warning under FreeBSD (dlerror() is a const char*, not a char*).
667 * Made configure script look for the bswap assembly instruction (using
668 AC_TRY_COMPILE makes sure the compiler will really accept it).
669 * Fixed colors' bug (TODO: write a function in vout that recalculate colors
671 * Cleaning of the fullscreen switch, still sucks but the surface is not
672 reallocated and that's good (thanks to the magic function
673 SDL_WM_ToggleFullScreen provided by sdl library :).
674 * Added a missing mutex_unlock in video_output.c
675 * Moved a mutex_destroy after the thread cancellation to prevent
677 * Added a missing #ifdef in intf_msg.c which prevented compilation
679 * Fixed a bug in the input that prevented to quit properly in certain
680 cases (some ES were not deleted because their index was skipped when
681 the former one was deleted, well Meuuh should know what I mean)
682 * Cleaning of SDL Lock/Unlock Surface.
683 * All plugins now compile with -fPIC.
684 * Made the audio_output API a bit simpler.
685 * Got rid of modules_config.h.
686 * Fixed `make install' rule.
687 * Fixed warnings in the MMX YUV compilation.
688 * Probably fixed a bug in the input : pp_foo structures were free()d at
689 the end, but this was useless since the last call to realloc() is
690 equivalent to free(), and two consecutive calls to free() aren't a
692 * We check that the version number match and that we don't already have
693 a module by that name when loading a new module.
694 * All public module_* functions now properly lock the module bank.
695 * The audio_output now uses the new module API ; EsounD and DSP modules
696 have been ported, which should be enough for Henri to port the ALSA one.
697 * Added vlc_mutex_destroy and vlc_cond_destroy function, for pthreads.
698 Used them before quitting, every lock and cond is destroyed
699 * Checked the return value of malloc and realloc in input_programs
700 * Fixed compilation pb under solaris 2.6
701 * Should compile & run on Solaris with ./configure --disable-dsp
703 * Removed most SYS_SOLARIS #ifdef's in favour of more generic tests
704 * Updated example ./configure line in INSTALL file
705 * Now we only load modules that end with ".so"
706 * null module is compiled by default
707 * Fixed initialization of payload_start and payload_end
708 * --enable-sdl and some others are now --with-sdl[=name] to supply an
709 optional library name ;
710 * Deleted all unnecessary #include <sys/uio.h> ;
711 * /usr/include is now searched when looking for libraries and headers.
712 * src/misc/modules.c is in a workable state now.
713 * Splitted modules.h into modules.h and modules_core.h to enable
714 clean compilation of the Null Module.
715 * Added the Null Module, the module that does nothing but that is going
716 to be of great help for debugging my module code.
717 * Plugins are now called modules, because we will be able to compile
718 them either as a dynamic plugin, or within the program. And, more
719 important, I can commit this without having to break the vlc :)
721 * video_output.c : compute picture size even if b_need_render == 0;
722 * Fixed a deadlock (the vout unlocked a mutex locked by another thread,
723 grrrr, I'll kill someone) ;
724 * Put config.h in front of others in audio_decoder.c.
725 * Better display of the fps.
726 * Removed i_iovec_start and i_iovec_end. Used i_data instead
727 * Fixed THX Cimmarron bug (it was _not_ a synchro bug).
728 * Fixed a bug in the DTS/PTS parsing ;
729 * Fixed a bug in vpar_headers.c synchro handling introduced before ;
730 * Enhanced synchro's handling of dates and frame structure changes.
731 * Fixed a bug in the PSM decoder.
732 * We now read the DTS (but we don't use it for the moment).
733 NB : b_has_pts has disappeared for brevity reasons, use i_pts != 0 instead.
734 * New synchro statistics and warnings.
735 * Avoid calling SafeRead() with a null packet size.
736 * Use of ptrdiff_t whenever necessary (IA-64 port) ;
737 * Changed behaviour of preparsing code, faster startup ;
738 * Fixed DecodePSM(), cannot test ;
739 * Cleaned up ParsePES(), fixed a bug which could reject very small but
741 * Fixed cosmetic bugs in vpar_synchro frame_rate display.
742 * Changed subtitles palette.
743 * SPU decoder now uses Meuuh's GetChunk() code.
744 * Lots of cleaning in the SPU decoder.
745 * Message queue is flushed before we spawn input.
746 * Fixed so that it compiles with VDEC_SMP (no good sync yet though).
747 * Using i_id instead of i_stream_id whenever possible ;
748 * Fixed a bug in -c and -s options.
749 * Fixed a compile pbm in debug mode (f34r d4 1-line fix)
750 * Fixed AC3 and SPU PES reading (ph34r da one-byte patch)
752 * No need to add "\n" at the end of intf_*Msg() messages anymore.
753 * Moved input_DecodePES() to input_dec.c ;
754 * Fixed an segfault in input_programs.c ;
755 * Added -fomit-frame-pointer optimization.
756 * Fixed a *major* memory leak in the pre-parsing code. Hopefully it should
758 * New decoder spawning API input_dec.c ;
759 * Moved p_input->pp_es -> p_input->stream.pp_es and clean up of
760 input_programs.c & co ;
761 * Fixed memory leaks.
762 * Moved video_decoder's headers from include/ to src/video_decoder.
763 * Temporarily removed b&w kludge.
764 * Splitted up p_method_data/p_plugin_data ;
765 * Cleaned up input_ts.c, added it into the Makefile.
766 * Fixed various memory leaks.
767 * Removed all arbitrary limits on the number of elementary streams.
768 * Removed b_die and b_error from all decoders (obsoleted by decoder_fifo_t).
769 All decoders should now exit cleanly (if it's not the case, it should be
770 referenced as a bug).
771 * Fixed a bug which prevented the input to exit normally (non-selected
772 ES in the pp_selected_es array).
773 * Added netlist support.
774 * Added U8_Mono audio output
775 * Fixed "-a [ mpeg | ac3 | lpcm | off ]" option
776 * Only pre-parse the first 32 MB of data.
777 * Added -a, -c and -s options. (-a doesn't work but I will let the people
778 who thought it would be cleaner to put config in environment variables
779 correct what's wrong in my code).
780 * Now we only try to open plugins which are existing files
781 * Big cleanup of the PS input plugin ;
782 * Fixed a bug in AC3 initialization ;
783 * PS streams are now pre-parsed (this can take a while) if possible ;
784 * Move #define from audio_output.h to config.h
785 * Change vlan_server_ip to vishnou's ip (but vlans not working yet)
786 * GetChunk() : reads n bytes from the elementary stream and places them
787 in a big buffer (a gift for Sam).
788 * Quantic start in fullscreen fixed.
789 * Input-II now correctly handles private stream 1 (AC3, DVDSPU).
790 * Split the audio decoder into adec_generic, adec_layer1 and adec_layer2
792 * Added SDLYUV support,
793 * Fixed the ratio/position problem in YUV,
794 * We now display CPU usage statistics for each thread.
795 * Additional fix for Layer 1 mono
797 * Fixed audio syncword detection for mpeg 1 streams (hopefully)
798 * Fixed Layer 2 Mono decoding.
799 * Hardware YUV overlay (SDL) with real colors ;p It may suck for non
801 * Removed vout code found in intf file to support fullscreen switching.
802 Now only vout_SDL updates SDL data and intf only switch flags such as
803 b_reopen_display and b_fullscreen in p_vout->p_sys.
804 * Fixed a var name typo in input_programs.c which prevents vlc from
805 compiling with --enable-debug option. (i_es_pid -> i_es_id :)
806 * Autodetection of Overlay support
807 * Fixed support for broken MPEG-1 files.
808 * Cleaned up program and ES management by using input_programs.c whenever
810 * Cleaned up decoder spawning.
811 * Enhanced handling of stream discontinuities.
812 * Fixed two typos in the Makefile (sam you owe me at least one beer)
813 * Moved b_discontinuity to pgrm_descriptor_t, cleaned up CRDecode
814 (needs some more cleaning for discontinuities)
815 * Added pf_new_pes in plugins
816 * Fix in the SCR parser for high values.
817 * Fixed a bug with DVD's SCR (too close from the PTS).
818 * Generation d'un makefile presque correct pour les vieilles versions de make
819 Nettoyage: gestion des dependances pour les plugins, suppressions de pas
820 mal de redondances, options de compilations coherentes, etc...
821 * Code to manage es_descriptors and program_descriptors, from benny's
823 * VLAN support modified.
824 * We now correctly parse MPEG-1 SCR and there is no need to kludge to read
825 the stream at the right pace.
826 * Fixed a bug in the synchro with non-P5/B1 streams.
827 * Support for MPEG-1 .mpg files.
828 * Fixed a bug in the synchro with non-P5/B1 streams.
832 Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:30:37 +0100
834 * Version 0.2.0 pour la Linux Expo
835 * Backport of the sdl plugin (minor correction in video_output as I made
837 * Ajout des options --fullscreen et --overlay
838 * Added hardware YUV overlay support (SDL). Huge performance
840 * Fixed MPEG audio decoding for streams without b_data_alignment flags.
841 * Fixed a bug in the SPU decoder which caused a segfault.
842 * Support for 8bit soundcards.
843 * YUV support for SDL.
844 * We now open /dev/dsp in non-blocking mode.
845 * Frame dropping enhancements for very slow machines.
846 * Fixed a buffer overflow under BeOS.
847 * Miscellaneous framebuffer fixes.
848 * Miscellaneous SDL fixes.
849 * MMX Y4Gray16 colorspace transformation.
850 * Optimized grayscale mode.
851 * Fixed volume control.
853 * Minor changes in the Debian files.
855 * Fixed MPEG1 video decoding. We don't read MPEG 1 PS files for the
857 * Fixed a 100% cpu usage bug, in the dummy aout.
858 * Added a 'f' shortcut to switch between Windowed and Fullscreen
860 * Added --broadcast option for network input.
861 * Screen is now emptied when framebuffer output exits.
862 * Totally new frame dropping algorithm.
863 * Fixed a bug in video_ouput.c which trashed more late pictures than
865 * Fixed the DEBUG mode in the Makefile.
866 * Fixed a bug in mwait() which made us wait too long.
867 * The video_decoder can now be split into several threads to take
868 advantage of the SMP machines.
869 * Added --enable-debug, --enable-stats, and --disable-optims in the
871 * Added alsa audio support (plugin)
872 * vlc is now compiled without the STATS mode by default.
873 * Fixed a bug which made frames go backwards with some displays (the
874 video_decoder thread is now niced).
875 * Added intf_WarnMsg(), and made use of it in the most needed places.
878 Mon, 28 Aug 2000 02:34:18 +0200
880 * fixed the support for field pictures, which involved a few dozens
881 bugs in the video parser and video decoder.
882 * put names of authors under a lot of source files, for historical
884 * fixed another input_file exit bug for the beos version.
885 * fixed the aliases install.
886 * renamed an inconsistent variable in src/input/input_file.c.
887 * added support for I+ synchro (all Is and the first P).
888 * fixed a motion compensation bug which generated some distortion
890 * fixed a motion compensation bug for skipped macroblocks.
891 * fixed a synchro bug for field images.
892 * cleaned Octplane's crappy indentation.
893 * fixed the --server option which didn't work if a ~/.vlcrc existed.
896 Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:31:58 +0200
898 * fixed the sound issue under beos.
899 * fixed a bug that was making the crash randomly under beos.
900 * fixed a bug that was exhausting system ressources under beos.
901 * improved the cond_var for beos.
902 * added support for the SDL vout : the --display fullscreen allows
903 fullscreen when possible. Disabled by default.
904 * added sdlvlc (which probably should start in fullscreen, no ?)
906 * updated debian directory to build vlc-sdl.
907 * removed CCFLAGS flags which were improperly used.
908 * added hints for powerpc build.
909 * fixed the input_file exit bug.
910 * fixed a Makefile bug which removed the CVS directory.
911 * removed the frame statistics output.
912 * removed a verbose message in intf_sdl.c.
913 * added a few sanity checks in the audio mpeg and ac3 decoders.
914 * temporarily got rid of vlc.channels.
915 * added notice in debian/control about unencrypted DVDs.
916 * fixed PowerPC .deb build.
919 Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:07:14 +0200
921 * removed all "*vlc" aliases except "gvlc" and "fbvlc". The other sucked.
922 * new --synchro flag which lets you force which images are decoded.
923 * removed an unused variable in the MMX YUVs.
924 * fixed 32bpp MMX YUV, made the comments clearer, removed an emms.
925 * now scaling is on by default, so that people won't tell that the vlc
926 cannot do scaling :-)
927 * fixed a few long lines.
929 * fixed the fscked up Bresenham algorithm in all YUV functions.
930 * fixed a dumb bug in the Makefile that prevented inclusion of the
931 -march=pentium directive. thanks Meuuh, blame sam.
932 * fixed a warning in main.c.
933 * separate Debian packages.
934 * added request for ALSA support in the TODO list.
935 * changed "pentiumpro" to "ppro" in the ./configure, it was misleading.
938 Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:24:01 +0200
940 * plugin detection now works
941 * "gvlc", "fbvlc", "ggivlc" aliases now work
942 * fixed functions that weren't properly inlined
943 * removed bloat from the MMX YUV plugin
944 * vlc.init becomes ~/.vlcrc
945 * removed float operations in the video decoder, and all emms asm functions
946 * borrowed linuxvideo's MMX motion compensation
947 * fixed an undefined symbol in the MMX YUV plugin
950 Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:14:06 +0200
952 * new bitstream syntax and slight performance increase
954 * removed the sample code from the reference decoder
957 Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:24:40 +0200
960 * .deb is now more lintian-friendly
961 * fixed vlc.spec to install nicely
962 * PLUGIN_PATH and DATA_PATH now in include/*.h
963 * removed a few useless warning messages
964 * removed remaining header stuff related to the old non-free decoder
965 * fixed the MGA build (doesn't work yet, though)
967 * updated the INSTALL document
968 * plugin auto-detection
969 * fixed a few misspellings in the code
970 * removed the default --enable-ppro option because it didn't work on K6-2
971 * the framebuffer client now leaves the console in a working state
972 * the dithered 8 bpp YUV transformation works again (blame bbp !)
973 * the YUV transformations are now plugins as well
974 * alternative symlinks like gvlc, fbvlc are now created at compile time
975 * borrowed libmpeg2's GPLed MMX YUV transformations (16 and 32 bits)
976 * fixed an endianness problem which occured on iMacs
977 * fixed the build for the Mandrake distribution
980 Sun, 18 Jun 2000 18:54:48 +0200
982 * fixed Makefile.in for debug version
983 * caught Delete Window event in Gnome and X11 modes
985 * GGI output now works
986 * fixed a segfault on exit for the Gnome plugin
987 * fixed compile problems for BeOS
988 * sound support almost works under BeOS
989 * fixed a warning in ac3_exponent.c
990 * automatic support for .rpm and .deb building
993 Sat, 17 Jun 2000 03:35:02 +0200
995 * fixed a bug preventing to quit when run with no arguments
996 * new VLAN changing code
997 * created the ChangeLog file :)
1000 Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:48:54 +0200
1002 * first public release