1 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
6 * Support for the sftp protocol
7 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version
11 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support
12 * Invmem modules improvements
15 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
16 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
17 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
18 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) files
19 * Various EGP improvements
22 * WPL playlist support
23 * ZPL playlist support
24 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
25 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
26 * Podcast images are now displayed
29 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
30 * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter
31 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler,
32 linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and
33 A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
34 * NEON assembly audio converter module
37 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
38 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
39 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
40 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
41 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
42 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
45 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
46 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
47 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
48 * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB
49 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
52 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
55 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
56 * Service discovery based on libudev
59 * New smem module, streaming to memory
62 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
65 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
68 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
75 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo (use XCB instead)
76 * HAL (use libudev instead)
77 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
80 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
81 --------------------------------
84 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
85 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
86 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
89 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
90 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
93 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
94 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
97 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
100 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
101 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
102 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
103 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
106 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
107 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
108 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
109 - no support for Goom and SDL
110 - limited text rendering support
111 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
114 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
115 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
116 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
117 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
118 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
119 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
120 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
121 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
122 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
126 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
129 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
132 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
133 --------------------------------
136 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
137 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
138 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
139 * Fix Dailymotion access script
140 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
141 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
144 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
145 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
148 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
149 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
150 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
153 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
156 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
157 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
160 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
161 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
162 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
163 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
164 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
165 * Fix various crashes
168 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
170 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
173 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
174 ---------------------------------
178 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
179 See 'Access:' for more info.
180 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
183 * Instantaneous pausing
184 * Frame-by-Frame playback
185 * Finer speed control
186 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
187 * Timeshift for most medias
188 * RTSP trickplay support
189 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
192 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
193 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
194 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
195 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
196 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
197 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
198 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
199 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
200 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
201 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
204 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
205 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
206 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
207 * Metadata for mod files are supported
208 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
209 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
210 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
213 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
214 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
217 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
218 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
219 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
220 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
221 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
222 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
223 * DVB scanning on linux
224 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
225 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
226 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
227 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
228 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
229 * MTP device access on Unix
230 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
231 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
234 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
235 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
236 Windows and Mac OS X.
239 * Export the playlist in HTML
240 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
241 * Better metadata handling and reading
243 Linux/Windows interface:
244 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
245 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
246 * Recently played items list
247 * Interface toolbar customizations
248 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
251 - Improvements on many dialogs
252 - New dialog for plugins listing
253 - Fixed-size mode for videos
254 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
255 * Better integration in GTK environments
258 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
259 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
260 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
261 * Additional usability improvements
264 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
265 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
266 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
267 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
268 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
271 * New Maemo port with:
272 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
273 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
276 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
279 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
280 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
281 * Support for latest iSight models
284 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
285 * Surround support for PulseAudio
288 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
289 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
290 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
291 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
292 The old image video output has been removed.
293 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
294 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
297 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
302 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
303 ---------------------------------
306 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
307 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
310 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
311 ---------------------------------
314 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
317 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
320 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
321 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
322 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
323 main controller window.
324 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
327 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
332 * Updates of other localizations
335 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
336 * Lots of small bugfixes.
337 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
338 * Telnet fixes on Windows
339 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
341 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
342 ---------------------------------
345 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
347 Bunch of small bugfixes.
350 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
351 --------------------------------
356 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
357 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
360 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
361 --------------------------------
363 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
364 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
367 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
370 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
371 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
374 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
375 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
378 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
379 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
380 * Various fixed in playlist
383 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
386 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
389 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
390 ------------------------------------
392 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
393 * Fixes several memory leaks.
396 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
397 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
398 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
401 * Stability fix for the video output.
404 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
405 --------------------------------
408 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
409 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
410 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
411 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
412 * Fixed update system bugs
413 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
416 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
417 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
418 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
419 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
420 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
421 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
422 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
423 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
424 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
425 modern Mac OS X versions
428 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
429 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
431 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
432 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
435 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
436 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
437 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
438 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
439 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
440 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
443 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
444 --------------------------------
446 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
447 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
451 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
452 --------------------------------
454 * Multiple bug fixes.
457 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
458 ---------------------------------
462 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
463 recent to work correctly
464 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
465 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
466 edit the ".hosts" file.
467 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
468 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
469 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
470 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
471 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
472 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
473 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
474 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
475 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
476 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
477 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
478 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
479 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
480 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
481 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
482 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
483 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
484 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
485 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
486 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
487 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
488 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
489 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
490 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
491 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
492 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
493 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
494 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
495 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
496 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
497 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
498 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
499 and postproc modules.
500 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
501 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
502 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
503 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
505 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
507 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
508 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
510 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
511 * Glide video output module has been removed.
517 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
519 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
520 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
523 * Vastly improved playlist support:
524 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
526 * Shoutcast TV listings
527 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
529 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
530 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
532 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
535 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
536 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
537 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
538 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
539 * JACK audio input support
540 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
541 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
542 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
543 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
544 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
545 * Experimental EyeTV access module
546 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
547 (available as a separate download).
548 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
550 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
551 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
552 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
554 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
555 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
558 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
559 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
560 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
561 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
563 * APEv1/2 tags support
564 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
565 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
567 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
568 * TiVo Series 2 support
569 * CD+G karaoke Files support
574 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
575 * Flash Screen Video support
576 * CamStudio Screen Video support
577 * DosBox Capture support
578 * Karl Morton's Video support
579 * limited atrac3 support
581 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
582 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
583 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
585 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
586 * NellyMoser ASAO support
587 * APE (Monkey audio) support
588 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
589 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
592 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
593 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
594 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
595 * AQTitle subtitles support
596 * MKV USF subtitles support
597 * HTML-based subtitles support
598 * MPSub subtitles support
599 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
600 * MPL2 subtitles support
601 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
602 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
603 * Realtext subtitle support
604 * DKS subtitle support
605 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
606 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
609 * Flash Screen Video support
610 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
612 Video outputs and filters:
613 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
614 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
615 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
616 * New puzzle video output filter
617 * Re-written motion detection video filter
618 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
620 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
621 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
622 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
623 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
624 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
625 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
626 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
627 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
628 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
629 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
630 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
631 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
632 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
633 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
635 Audio outputs and filters:
636 * Replay gain support
637 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
638 new scaletempo audio filter)
639 * New spatializer audio filter
640 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
643 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
644 * New RTP payload formats:
645 * Speex voice audio codec
646 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
647 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
648 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
649 * DCCP transport for RTP
650 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
655 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
656 end-user suitable way.
657 * Improved user interaction
658 * Improved mouse gestures
659 * Vastly improved Update checker
660 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
662 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
663 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
665 * Improved video output features
666 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
667 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
668 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
669 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
670 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
672 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
673 if libncursesw is available.
674 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
675 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
676 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
678 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
679 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
680 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
681 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
682 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
683 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
684 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
685 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
688 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
689 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
690 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
693 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
694 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
695 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
696 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
697 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
698 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
701 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
702 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
712 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
713 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
714 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
717 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
718 ----------------------------------
721 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
724 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
725 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
726 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
727 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
728 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
729 * Updated Polish translation
732 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
733 ----------------------------------
736 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
737 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
738 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
741 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
742 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
743 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
744 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
745 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
746 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
747 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
748 to an unexpected application termination
749 * New Serbian translation
750 * Updated Romanian translation
753 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
754 ----------------------------------
757 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
758 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
759 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
760 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
761 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
762 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
763 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
764 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
767 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
768 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
769 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
770 * Fixed AAC resampling
771 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
772 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
775 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
776 ----------------------------------
779 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
780 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
781 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
782 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
783 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
786 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
787 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
788 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
789 * Close MMS access on network timeout
790 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
793 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
794 ----------------------------------
797 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
798 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
801 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
802 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
803 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
804 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
806 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
810 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
813 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
816 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
819 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
822 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
823 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
824 encoding on multi-cpu systems
825 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
826 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
828 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
829 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
830 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
831 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
834 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
837 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
838 ----------------------------------
841 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
842 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
843 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
845 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
846 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
848 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
849 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
852 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
854 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
855 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
856 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
857 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
858 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
859 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
861 * Support for current Ogg file formats
862 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
863 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
866 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
869 * The automatic updating facility was removed
870 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
871 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
872 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
875 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
876 ----------------------------------
878 Various bugfixes, notably:
879 * Windows Vista compatibility
880 * Cropping in Direct3D
881 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
882 * RSS filter string overflow
884 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
886 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
887 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
890 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
891 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
894 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
897 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
900 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
903 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
904 ----------------------------------
906 Various bugfixes, notably:
907 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
908 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
909 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
910 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
911 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
912 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
915 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
916 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
919 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
921 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
922 * Diverse usability improvements
923 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
924 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
925 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
928 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
929 ---------------------------------
932 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
935 * Fullscreen controller improvements
938 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
939 --------------------------------
942 * Shoutcast TV listings support
945 * Support for RTSP authentication
946 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
947 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
948 * ATSC support for DVB input
949 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
950 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
951 * Improved support for Flash Video files
954 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
955 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
956 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
957 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
958 * Matroska WavPack support
959 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
960 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
961 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
964 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
965 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
966 * Improved libcaca support
970 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
971 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
973 * Systray support in skins
975 * Support for Apple Remote control
976 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
977 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
978 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
979 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
981 * Notifications using notification-daemon
984 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
986 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
987 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
988 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
989 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
990 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
992 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
993 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1002 * Updates to the libvlc API
1003 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1006 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1007 --------------------------------
1010 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1011 * Support for downloading updates
1015 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1016 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1017 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1018 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1020 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1021 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1022 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1025 * Cook (Real audio) support
1027 Playlist / Services discovery:
1028 * XSPF playlist support
1030 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1033 * New JACK audio output
1036 * New video filters:
1037 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1038 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1039 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1040 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1041 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1042 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1045 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1048 * System to inform the user and request information
1049 - HTTP authentication
1053 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1054 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1055 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1058 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1059 - Improved playlist handling
1060 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1062 - Embedded Video output
1063 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1064 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1065 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1066 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1067 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1069 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1070 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1073 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1076 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1077 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1078 * Growl "Now playing" support
1081 * Ability to log to syslog
1082 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1085 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1087 * A bit more automatic testing
1090 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1091 ---------------------------------
1094 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1095 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1098 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1099 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1102 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1105 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1106 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1112 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1115 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1116 --------------------------------
1119 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1123 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1124 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1125 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1128 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1129 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1130 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1131 * GnomeVFS input module
1132 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1133 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1136 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1137 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1138 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1141 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1142 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1148 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1149 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1152 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1153 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1154 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1157 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1159 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1160 - New extended controls panel
1161 - New bookmarks window
1162 - Fixed playlist sorting
1163 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1165 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1166 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1167 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1168 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1172 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1173 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1175 - Include macro to include other files
1179 * Should now work outside IE as well
1182 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1185 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1186 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1189 The following languages were added:
1193 * Simplified Chinese
1194 The following languages were re-added:
1198 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1199 --------------------------------
1202 * Rewrite of the playlist
1204 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1205 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1206 * Preferences improvements:
1207 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1208 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1210 * Core image manipulation support
1211 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1212 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1213 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1214 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1215 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1216 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1217 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1218 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1219 * Access filter architecture
1220 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1221 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1225 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1226 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1227 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1228 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1229 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1230 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1231 * Massive Matroska improvements
1232 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1234 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1235 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1236 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1237 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1238 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1240 Decoders / Encoders:
1241 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1242 * PNG decoder/encoder
1243 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1244 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1247 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1250 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1251 * Brand new SAP module
1252 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1253 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1254 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1255 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1256 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1257 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1261 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1264 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1265 * Image file video output (png)
1266 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1267 * Improvements to wall video filter
1268 * Support for font color and opacity
1274 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1275 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1276 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1280 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1281 - Improved preferences
1282 - Improvements to the wizard
1283 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1285 - Redesigned playlist
1286 - Improved preferences
1288 - Support for multiple actions
1291 - Support for the new playlist system
1293 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1296 * Screensaver disabling fix
1297 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1298 * Support for no-decoration windows
1301 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1302 * The OpenGL video output is back
1303 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1304 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1305 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1306 is not yet available in the new module
1307 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1310 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1319 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1322 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1325 The following languages were added:
1331 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1332 --------------------------------
1335 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1336 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1339 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1340 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1341 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1344 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1347 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1350 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1353 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1354 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1355 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1359 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1361 * Support of playlist group announcement
1364 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1365 --------------------------------
1368 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1369 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1370 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1371 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1372 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1373 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1376 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1377 (Stream your desktop)
1378 * Improved DVD support:
1379 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1380 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1381 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1382 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1383 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1384 (selection of titles/chapters).
1387 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1388 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1389 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1390 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1391 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1392 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1393 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1394 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1395 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1396 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1399 * G.726 audio support
1400 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1401 * MPEG-4 text support
1402 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1403 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1404 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1408 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1409 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1410 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1411 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1412 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1413 * DVB subtitles encoder
1414 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1415 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1417 * Text track muxing for mp4
1418 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1419 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1420 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1421 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1422 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1423 * Improved ASF muxer
1425 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1426 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1427 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1430 * New audio equalizer filter
1431 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1432 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1433 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1434 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1437 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1438 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1439 with support for effects.
1440 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1441 - New filters can be streamed.
1442 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1443 - Centralized scaling and blending
1445 - "time", to display current time
1446 - "marq", to display a marquee
1449 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1450 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1451 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1452 * A few skins2 improvements
1453 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1454 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1455 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1456 * Improved CORBA control module
1459 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1460 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1461 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1464 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1465 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1466 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1469 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1470 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1471 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1472 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1473 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1476 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1479 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1480 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1483 * Server/client network synchronization module
1484 * VBrick streams fully supported
1485 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1489 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1490 --------------------------------
1493 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1494 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1495 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1496 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1499 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1500 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1501 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1502 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1503 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1504 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1505 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1508 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1509 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1510 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1511 * Improved directory access module.
1512 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1513 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1514 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1515 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1516 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1519 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1520 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1521 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1524 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1525 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1526 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1529 * Improved session announcement system.
1530 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1531 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1532 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1533 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1534 * Improved transrater.
1535 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1536 * New configuration system.
1537 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1540 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1541 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1542 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1543 * Supports scheduling.
1544 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1545 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1548 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1549 - Ability to embed video output.
1550 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1551 - Lots of improvements.
1552 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1553 - New design and set of icons.
1554 - Ability to embed video output.
1555 - Support for hotkeys.
1556 - Support for bookmarks.
1558 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1559 - Better hotkeys handling.
1562 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1563 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1564 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1565 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1568 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1569 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1570 * Improved Windows installer.
1576 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1577 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1580 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1581 ---------------------------------
1584 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1585 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1588 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1589 --------------------------------
1592 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1593 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1596 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1597 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1598 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1599 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1602 * Internal improvments
1603 * Improved import/export
1606 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1608 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1609 small and strange formats.
1611 * New MOD audio demux.
1612 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1613 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1614 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1615 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1618 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1619 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1620 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1626 * New opengl video output plugin.
1629 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1630 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1633 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1634 --------------------------------
1637 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1638 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1639 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1640 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1641 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1642 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1643 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1644 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1647 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1652 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1653 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1654 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1655 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1656 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1657 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1658 * Better Icecast support.
1659 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1660 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1663 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1664 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1665 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1666 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1667 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1668 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1669 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1672 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1673 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1674 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1675 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1676 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1677 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1678 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1679 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1680 * Preliminary RTP support.
1681 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1686 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1687 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1689 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1690 - Improvements and help in preferences
1691 - New streaming wizard
1692 - Revised Disc Open menu
1694 - Improvements of the standard pages
1695 - Support for new commands
1696 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1699 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1700 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1703 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1704 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1705 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1706 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1707 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1708 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1709 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1710 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1711 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1714 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1716 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1717 * Support for Panther.
1718 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1719 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1722 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1723 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1724 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1725 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1726 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1727 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1728 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1729 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1732 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1733 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1734 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1737 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1740 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1741 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1742 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1743 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1746 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1747 --------------------------------
1750 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1753 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1754 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1757 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1758 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1761 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1764 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1765 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1768 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1771 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1774 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1775 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1779 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1780 --------------------------------
1783 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1784 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1788 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1789 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1790 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1792 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1793 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1796 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1799 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1802 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1803 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1807 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1808 --------------------------------
1811 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1812 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1816 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1817 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1818 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1819 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1820 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1823 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1824 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1825 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1828 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1829 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1830 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1833 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1834 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1835 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1836 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1837 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1840 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1841 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1842 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1845 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1848 * Improved build system.
1849 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1850 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1851 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1852 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1855 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1856 --------------------------------
1859 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1862 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1863 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1864 * Video 4 Linux support
1865 * CD Digital Audio support
1866 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1869 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1870 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1871 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1872 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1875 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1876 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1877 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1878 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1879 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1880 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1881 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1884 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1885 * New HTTP remote control interface
1888 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
1889 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1890 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1891 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1894 * New reset option for the preferences
1895 * You can set your language in the prefences
1896 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1897 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1898 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1899 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1902 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1903 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1904 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1907 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1908 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1909 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1910 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1911 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1912 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1913 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1914 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1915 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1916 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1919 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1920 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1921 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1922 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1923 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1924 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1925 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1928 * Interface localization
1929 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1930 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1931 * New full-featured Preferences window
1934 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1935 --------------------------------
1938 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1939 * support for skins at the interface level
1940 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1941 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1942 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1943 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1944 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1947 * fixed HTTP redirects
1948 * support for opening an entire directory
1949 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1950 * new video4linux access plug-in
1951 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1954 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1955 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1956 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1959 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1960 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1961 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1962 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1963 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1964 * new codec for raw I420 video
1965 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1968 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1969 (although it still misses some important features)
1970 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1973 * new HTTP output support
1974 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1975 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1978 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1981 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1984 * reorderable playlist
1985 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1986 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1987 * support for mono audio output devices
1988 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1989 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1990 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1991 * the messages window remembers more lines
1992 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1993 * http and ogg stream output options
1994 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1997 * new skinnable interface
1998 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2000 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2001 * support for FLAC audio format
2002 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2004 * network tab in the interface
2005 * "apply" handling in preferences
2008 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2009 ---------------------------------
2012 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2013 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2014 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2015 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2017 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2018 * DTS S/PDIF support
2021 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2022 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2023 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2024 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2027 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2028 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2031 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2034 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2037 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2039 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2040 * rc interface is now fully useable
2041 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2044 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2045 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2046 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2047 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2048 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2050 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2051 * support for mouse gestures
2052 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2055 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2056 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2059 * improved ID3 tag detection
2060 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2061 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2062 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2064 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2067 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2068 ---------------------------------
2071 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2072 English was set as the preferred language
2075 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2076 --------------------------------
2079 * new mouse gesture interface
2080 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2084 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2085 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2086 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2089 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2090 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2094 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2097 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2098 without the user consent
2101 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2103 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2104 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2105 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2108 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2109 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2110 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2111 * playlist enhancements
2112 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2113 * new step forward/step backward commands
2114 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2115 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2116 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2119 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2120 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2121 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2124 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2125 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2128 * native video output is working again
2129 * only commandline interface support
2130 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2133 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2134 --------------------------------
2137 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2138 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2139 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2140 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2141 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2142 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2143 and A/52 streams are supported)
2144 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2149 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2150 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2151 * VCD entry points support
2152 * VCD image file support
2155 * support for *.asf format
2156 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2157 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2158 * support for ogg encapsulation
2159 * support for raw DV format
2160 * support for *.wav format
2161 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2164 Stream discovery & playlists:
2165 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2166 * support for .m3u file format
2167 * support for .asx file format
2168 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2171 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2172 (only available with the .avi demux)
2173 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2174 * support for raw PCM data
2175 * support for Cinepak video codec
2176 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2177 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2178 * support for Xvid codec
2179 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2180 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2181 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2183 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2185 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2188 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2191 * new WxWindows interface
2192 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2193 device and the channels configuration
2194 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2195 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2196 format that VLC can play
2197 * new swedish translation
2198 * enhancements of the playlist window
2199 * new messages window to see debug info
2200 * fixed a few crashes
2203 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2204 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2205 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2206 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working