3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * On Linux, localization will be disabled if you have glibc 2.6 or 2.7 due
9 to a major bug in libintl with these glibc versions.
10 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
11 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
12 edit the ".hosts" file.
13 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
14 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
15 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
16 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
17 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
18 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
19 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
20 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
21 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6:
22 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
23 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
24 features, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6
25 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
27 * The behavior of --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
28 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
29 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
30 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
31 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
32 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
33 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
34 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
35 Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
36 New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
37 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
38 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
39 of options is available to m3u playlists.
45 * Vastly improved playlist support:
46 * Media library support
48 * Shoutcast TV listings
49 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
51 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
52 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
53 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
54 share/luameta/README.txt
57 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
58 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
59 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
60 * JACK audio input support
61 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
62 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
63 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
64 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
65 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
67 * APEv1/2 tags support
68 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
69 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
71 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
72 * TiVo Series 2 support
73 * v4l2 access module support
74 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
75 * CD+G karaoke Files support
79 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
80 * MKV USF subtitles support
81 * HTML-based subtitles support
82 * Flash Screen Video support
83 * CamStudio Screen Video support
84 * DosBox Capture support
85 * Karl Morton's Video support
86 * limited atrac3 support
87 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
88 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
89 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
90 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
92 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
93 * NellyMoser ASAO support
94 * APE (Monkey audio) support
95 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
98 * Flash Screen Video support
100 Video output and filters:
101 * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
102 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
103 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
104 * New puzzle video output filter
105 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
106 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
108 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
109 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
110 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML
112 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
113 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
114 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
115 was previously part of the mosaic module.
116 * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
117 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
118 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
119 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
121 Audio output and filters
122 * Replay gain support
123 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
124 * New spatializer audio filter
125 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
128 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
129 * New RTP payload formats:
130 * Speex voice audio codec
131 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
132 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
133 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
134 * DCCP transport for RTP
135 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
139 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
141 * Improved user interaction
142 * Improved mouse gestures
143 * Fastly improved Update checker
144 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
146 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale, if libncursesw is available (not by default on MacOSX)
147 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
149 * Improved video output features
150 * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
151 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
153 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
154 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
155 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
156 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
157 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
158 * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
159 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
160 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
163 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
164 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
165 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
168 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
169 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project)
170 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
173 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
174 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
182 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
183 ----------------------------------
186 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
187 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
188 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input
189 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
190 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
192 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
193 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
196 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703)
198 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
199 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
200 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
201 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
202 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies
203 * Support for current Ogg file formats
204 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
207 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
210 * The automatic updating facility was removed
211 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
212 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
215 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
216 ----------------------------------
218 Various bugfixes, notably:
219 * Windows Vista compatibility
220 * Cropping in Direct3D
221 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
222 * RSS filter string overflow
224 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
226 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
227 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316)
230 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
233 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
236 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
239 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
242 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
243 ----------------------------------
245 Various bugfixes, notably:
246 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
247 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
248 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
249 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
250 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
251 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
254 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
255 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
258 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
260 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
261 * Diverse usability improvements
262 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
263 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
264 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
267 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
268 ---------------------------------
271 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
274 * Fullscreen controller improvements
277 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
278 --------------------------------
281 * Shoutcast TV listings support
284 * Support for RTSP authentication
285 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
286 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
287 * ATSC support for DVB input
288 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
289 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
290 * Improved support for Flash Video files
293 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
294 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
295 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
296 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
297 * Matroska WavPack support
298 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
299 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
300 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
303 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
304 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
305 * Improved libcaca support
309 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
310 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
312 * Systray support in skins
314 * Support for Apple Remote control
315 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
316 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
317 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
318 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
320 * Notifications using notification-daemon
323 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
325 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
326 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
327 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
328 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
329 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
331 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
332 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
341 * Updates to the libvlc API
342 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
345 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
346 --------------------------------
349 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
350 * Support for downloading updates
354 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
355 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
356 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
357 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
359 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
360 * Improved subtitles encoding support
361 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
364 * Cook (Real audio) support
366 Playlist / Services discovery:
367 * XSPF playlist support
369 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
372 * New JACK audio output
376 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
377 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
378 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
379 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
380 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
381 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
384 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
387 * System to inform the user and request information
388 - HTTP authentication
392 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
393 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
394 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
397 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
398 - Improved playlist handling
399 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
401 - Embedded Video output
402 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
403 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
404 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
405 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
406 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
408 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
409 - A bunch of new RPN functions
412 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
415 * Mac-Intel compatibility
416 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
417 * Growl "Now playing" support
420 * Ability to log to syslog
421 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
424 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
426 * A bit more automatic testing
429 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
430 ---------------------------------
433 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
434 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
437 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
438 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
441 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
444 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
445 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
451 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
454 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
455 --------------------------------
458 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
462 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
463 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
464 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
467 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
468 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
469 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
470 * GnomeVFS input module
471 * Support for RTP packet reordering
472 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
475 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
476 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
477 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
480 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
481 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
487 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
488 Mixer and Dolby Surround
491 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
492 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
493 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
496 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
498 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
499 - New extended controls panel
500 - New bookmarks window
501 - Fixed playlist sorting
502 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
504 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
505 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
506 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
507 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
511 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
512 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
514 - Include macro to include other files
518 * Should now work outside IE as well
521 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
524 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
525 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
528 The following languages were added:
533 The following languages were re-added:
537 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
538 --------------------------------
541 * Rewrite of the playlist
543 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
544 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
545 * Preferences improvements:
546 - New organization, designed to improve usability
547 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
549 * Core image manipulation support
550 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
551 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
552 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
553 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
554 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
555 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
556 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
557 now separated by ':' instead of ','
558 * Access filter architecture
559 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
560 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
564 * Support for SOCKS proxy
565 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
566 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
567 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
568 * Better support for Kasenna streams
569 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
570 * Massive Matroska improvements
571 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
573 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
574 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
575 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
576 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
577 * Support for FTP over IPv6
580 * Dirac decoder and encoder
581 * PNG decoder/encoder
582 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
583 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
586 * New Record and Timeshift filters
589 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
590 * Brand new SAP module
591 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
592 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
593 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
594 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
595 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
596 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
600 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
603 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
604 * Image file video output (png)
605 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
606 * Improvements to wall video filter
607 * Support for font color and opacity
613 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
614 - Seeking support in VoD streams
615 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
619 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
620 - Improved preferences
621 - Improvements to the wizard
622 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
624 - Redesigned playlist
625 - Improved preferences
627 - Support for multiple actions
630 - Support for the new playlist system
632 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
635 * Screensaver disabling fix
636 * DirectShow tuner configuration
637 * Support for no-decoration windows
640 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
641 * The OpenGL video output is back
642 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
643 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
644 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
645 is not yet available in the new module
646 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
649 * Support for single-buffered overlay
658 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
661 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
664 The following languages were added:
670 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
671 --------------------------------
674 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
675 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
678 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
679 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
680 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
683 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
686 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
689 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
692 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
693 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
694 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
698 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
700 * Support of playlist group announcement
703 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
704 --------------------------------
707 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
708 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
709 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
710 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
711 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
712 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
715 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
716 (Stream your desktop)
717 * Improved DVD support:
718 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
719 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
720 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
721 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
722 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
723 (selection of titles/chapters).
726 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
727 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
728 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
729 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
730 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
731 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
732 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
733 * Improved Ogg demuxer
734 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
735 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
738 * G.726 audio support
739 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
740 * MPEG-4 text support
741 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
742 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
743 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
747 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
748 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
749 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
750 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
751 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
752 * DVB subtitles encoder
753 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
754 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
756 * Text track muxing for mp4
757 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
758 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
759 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
760 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
761 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
764 * H.263 RTP streaming support
765 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
766 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
769 * New audio equalizer filter
770 * Very trivial volume normalizer
771 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
772 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
773 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
776 * Roku HD1000 Video output
777 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
778 with support for effects.
779 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
780 - New filters can be streamed.
781 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
782 - Centralized scaling and blending
784 - "time", to display current time
785 - "marq", to display a marquee
788 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
789 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
790 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
791 * A few skins2 improvements
792 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
793 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
794 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
795 * Improved CORBA control module
798 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
799 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
800 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
803 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
804 * Experimental SVG rendering module
805 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
808 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
809 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
810 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
811 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
812 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
815 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
818 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
819 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
822 * Server/client network synchronization module
823 * VBrick streams fully supported
824 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
828 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
829 --------------------------------
832 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
833 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
834 * Improved HTTP daemon.
835 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
838 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
839 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
840 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
841 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
842 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
843 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
844 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
847 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
848 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
849 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
850 * Improved directory access module.
851 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
852 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
853 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
854 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
855 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
858 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
859 * mmsh streaming fixes.
860 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
863 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
864 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
865 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
868 * Improved session announcement system.
869 * Minimize threads usage by default.
870 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
871 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
872 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
873 * Improved transrater.
874 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
875 * New configuration system.
876 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
879 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
880 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
881 * Supports live streams and VoD.
882 * Supports scheduling.
883 * Telnet interface for vlm.
884 * HTTP interface for vlm.
887 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
888 - Ability to embed video output.
889 - Support for bitmap fonts.
890 - Lots of improvements.
891 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
892 - New design and set of icons.
893 - Ability to embed video output.
894 - Support for hotkeys.
895 - Support for bookmarks.
897 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
898 - Better hotkeys handling.
901 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
902 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
903 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
904 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
907 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
908 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
909 * Improved Windows installer.
915 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
916 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
919 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
920 ---------------------------------
923 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
924 * Playing MOD files is working now.
927 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
928 --------------------------------
931 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
932 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
935 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
936 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
937 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
938 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
941 * Internal improvments
942 * Improved import/export
945 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
947 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
948 small and strange formats.
950 * New MOD audio demux.
951 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
952 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
953 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
954 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
957 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
958 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
959 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
965 * New opengl video output plugin.
968 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
969 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
972 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
973 --------------------------------
976 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
977 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
978 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
979 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
980 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
981 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
982 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
983 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
986 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
991 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
992 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
993 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
994 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
995 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
996 * Reworked DVB tuning.
997 * Better Icecast support.
998 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
999 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1002 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1003 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1004 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1005 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1006 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1007 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1008 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1011 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1012 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1013 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1014 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1015 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1016 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1017 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1018 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1019 * Preliminary RTP support.
1020 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1025 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1026 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1028 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1029 - Improvements and help in preferences
1030 - New streaming wizard
1031 - Revised Disc Open menu
1033 - Improvements of the standard pages
1034 - Support for new commands
1035 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1038 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1039 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1042 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1043 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1044 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1045 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1046 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1047 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1048 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1049 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1050 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1053 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1055 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1056 * Support for Panther.
1057 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1058 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1061 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1062 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1063 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1064 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1065 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1066 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1067 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1068 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1071 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1072 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1073 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1076 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1079 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1080 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1081 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1082 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1085 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1086 --------------------------------
1089 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1092 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1093 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1096 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1097 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1100 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1103 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1104 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1107 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1110 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1113 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1114 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1118 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1119 --------------------------------
1122 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1123 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1127 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1128 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1129 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1131 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1132 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1135 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1138 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1141 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1142 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1146 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1147 --------------------------------
1150 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1151 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1155 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1156 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1157 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1158 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1159 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1162 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1163 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1164 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1167 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1168 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1169 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1172 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1173 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1174 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1175 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1176 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1179 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1180 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1181 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1184 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1187 * Improved build system.
1188 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1189 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1190 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1191 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1194 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1195 --------------------------------
1198 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1201 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1202 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1203 * Video 4 Linux support
1204 * CD Digital Audio support
1205 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1208 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1209 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1210 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1211 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1214 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1215 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1216 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1217 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1218 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1219 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1220 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1223 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1224 * New HTTP remote control interface
1227 * 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.
1228 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1229 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1230 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1233 * New reset option for the preferences
1234 * You can set your language in the prefences
1235 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1236 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1237 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1238 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1241 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1242 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1243 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1246 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1247 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1248 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1249 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1250 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1251 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1252 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1253 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1254 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1255 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1258 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1259 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1260 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1261 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1262 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1263 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1264 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1267 * Interface localization
1268 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1269 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1270 * New full-featured Preferences window
1273 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1274 --------------------------------
1277 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1278 * support for skins at the interface level
1279 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1280 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1281 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1282 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1283 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1286 * fixed HTTP redirects
1287 * support for opening an entire directory
1288 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1289 * new video4linux access plug-in
1290 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1293 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1294 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1295 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1298 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1299 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1300 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1301 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1302 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1303 * new codec for raw I420 video
1304 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1307 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1308 (although it still misses some important features)
1309 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1312 * new HTTP output support
1313 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1314 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1317 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1320 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1323 * reorderable playlist
1324 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1325 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1326 * support for mono audio output devices
1327 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1328 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1329 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1330 * the messages window remembers more lines
1331 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1332 * http and ogg stream output options
1333 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1336 * new skinnable interface
1337 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1339 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1340 * support for FLAC audio format
1341 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1343 * network tab in the interface
1344 * "apply" handling in preferences
1347 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1348 ---------------------------------
1351 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1352 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1353 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1354 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1356 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1357 * DTS S/PDIF support
1360 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1361 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1362 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1363 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1366 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1367 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1370 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1373 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1376 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1378 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1379 * rc interface is now fully useable
1380 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1383 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1384 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1385 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1386 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1387 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1389 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1390 * support for mouse gestures
1391 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1394 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1395 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1398 * improved ID3 tag detection
1399 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1400 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1401 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1403 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1406 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1407 ---------------------------------
1410 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1411 English was set as the preferred language
1414 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1415 --------------------------------
1418 * new mouse gesture interface
1419 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1423 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1424 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1425 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1428 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1429 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1433 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1436 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1437 without the user consent
1440 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1442 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1443 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1444 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1447 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1448 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1449 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1450 * playlist enhancements
1451 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1452 * new step forward/step backward commands
1453 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1454 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1455 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1458 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1459 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1460 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1463 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1464 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1467 * native video output is working again
1468 * only commandline interface support
1469 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1472 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1473 --------------------------------
1476 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1477 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1478 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1479 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1480 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1481 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1482 and A/52 streams are supported)
1483 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1488 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1489 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1490 * VCD entry points support
1491 * VCD image file support
1494 * support for *.asf format
1495 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1496 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1497 * support for ogg encapsulation
1498 * support for raw DV format
1499 * support for *.wav format
1500 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1503 Stream discovery & playlists:
1504 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1505 * support for .m3u file format
1506 * support for .asx file format
1507 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1510 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1511 (only available with the .avi demux)
1512 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1513 * support for raw PCM data
1514 * support for Cinepak video codec
1515 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1516 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1517 * support for Xvid codec
1518 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1519 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1520 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1522 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1524 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1527 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1530 * new WxWindows interface
1531 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1532 device and the channels configuration
1533 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1534 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1535 format that VLC can play
1536 * new swedish translation
1537 * enhancements of the playlist window
1538 * new messages window to see debug info
1539 * fixed a few crashes
1542 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1543 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1544 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1545 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working