3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
13 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
16 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
17 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
18 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
19 * GnomeVFS input module
20 * Support for RTP packet reordering
21 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
24 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
25 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
26 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
29 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
30 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
36 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
37 Mixer and Dolby Surround
40 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
41 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
42 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
45 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
47 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
48 - New extended controls panel
49 - New bookmarks window
50 - Fixed playlist sorting
51 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
53 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
54 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
55 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
56 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
60 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
61 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
63 - Include macro to include other files
67 * Should now work outside IE as well
70 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
73 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
74 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
77 The following languages were added:
82 The following languages were re-added:
85 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
86 --------------------------------
89 * Rewrite of the playlist
91 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
92 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
93 * Preferences improvements:
94 - New organization, designed to improve usability
95 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
97 * Core image manipulation support
98 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
99 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
100 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
101 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
102 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
103 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
104 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
105 now separated by ':' instead of ','
106 * Access filter architecture
107 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
108 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
112 * Support for SOCKS proxy
113 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
114 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
115 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
116 * Better support for Kasenna streams
117 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
118 * Massive Matroska improvements
119 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
121 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
122 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
123 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
124 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
125 * Support for FTP over IPv6
128 * Dirac decoder and encoder
129 * PNG decoder/encoder
130 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
131 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
134 * New Record and Timeshift filters
137 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
138 * Brand new SAP module
139 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
140 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
141 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
142 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
143 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
144 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
148 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
151 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
152 * Image file video output (png)
153 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
154 * Improvements to wall video filter
155 * Support for font color and opacity
161 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
162 - Seeking support in VoD streams
163 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
167 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
168 - Improved preferences
169 - Improvements to the wizard
170 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
172 - Redesigned playlist
173 - Improved preferences
175 - Support for multiple actions
178 - Support for the new playlist system
180 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
183 * Screensaver disabling fix
184 * DirectShow tuner configuration
185 * Support for no-decoration windows
188 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
189 * The OpenGL video output is back
190 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
191 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
192 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
193 is not yet available in the new module
194 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
197 * Support for single-buffered overlay
206 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
209 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
212 The following languages were added:
218 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
219 -----------------------------------------------------
222 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
223 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
226 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
227 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
228 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
231 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
234 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
237 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
240 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
241 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
242 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
246 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
248 * Support of playlist group announcement
250 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
251 -----------------------------------------------------
254 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
255 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
256 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
257 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
258 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
259 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
262 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
263 (Stream your desktop)
264 * Improved DVD support:
265 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
266 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
267 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
268 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
269 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
270 (selection of titles/chapters).
273 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
274 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
275 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
276 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
277 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
278 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
279 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
280 * Improved Ogg demuxer
281 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
282 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
285 * G.726 audio support
286 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
287 * MPEG-4 text support
288 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
289 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
290 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
294 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
295 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
296 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
297 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
298 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
299 * DVB subtitles encoder
300 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
301 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
303 * Text track muxing for mp4
304 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
305 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
306 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
307 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
308 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
311 * H.263 RTP streaming support
312 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
313 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
316 * New audio equalizer filter
317 * Very trivial volume normalizer
318 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
319 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
320 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
323 * Roku HD1000 Video output
324 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
325 with support for effects.
326 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
327 - New filters can be streamed.
328 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
329 - Centralized scaling and blending
331 - "time", to display current time
332 - "marq", to display a marquee
335 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
336 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
337 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
338 * A few skins2 improvements
339 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
340 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
341 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
342 * Improved CORBA control module
345 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
346 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
347 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
350 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
351 * Experimental SVG rendering module
352 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
355 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
356 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
357 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
358 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
359 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
362 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
365 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
366 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
369 * Server/client network synchronization module
370 * VBrick streams fully supported
371 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
374 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
375 --------------------------------
378 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
379 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
380 * Improved HTTP daemon.
381 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
384 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
385 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
386 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
387 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
388 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
389 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
390 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
393 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
394 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
395 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
396 * Improved directory access module.
397 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
398 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
399 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
400 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
401 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
404 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
405 * mmsh streaming fixes.
406 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
409 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
410 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
411 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
414 * Improved session announcement system.
415 * Minimize threads usage by default.
416 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
417 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
418 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
419 * Improved transrater.
420 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
421 * New configuration system.
422 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
425 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
426 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
427 * Supports live streams and VoD.
428 * Supports scheduling.
429 * Telnet interface for vlm.
430 * HTTP interface for vlm.
433 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
434 - Ability to embed video output.
435 - Support for bitmap fonts.
436 - Lots of improvements.
437 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
438 - New design and set of icons.
439 - Ability to embed video output.
440 - Support for hotkeys.
441 - Support for bookmarks.
443 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
444 - Better hotkeys handling.
447 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
448 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
449 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
450 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
453 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
454 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
455 * Improved Windows installer.
461 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
462 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
464 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
465 ---------------------------------
468 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
469 * Playing MOD files is working now.
472 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
473 ---------------------------------
476 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
477 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
480 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
481 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
482 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
483 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
486 * Internal improvments
487 * Improved import/export
490 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
492 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
493 small and strange formats.
495 * New MOD audio demux.
496 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
497 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
498 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
499 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
502 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
503 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
504 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
510 * New opengl video output plugin.
513 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
514 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
516 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
517 ---------------------------------
520 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
521 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
522 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
523 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
524 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
525 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
526 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
527 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
530 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
535 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
536 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
537 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
538 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
539 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
540 * Reworked DVB tuning.
541 * Better Icecast support.
542 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
543 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
546 * Support for Theora video encoding.
547 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
548 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
549 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
550 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
551 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
552 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
555 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
556 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
557 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
558 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
559 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
560 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
561 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
562 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
563 * Preliminary RTP support.
564 * Fixes to SAP announces.
569 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
570 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
572 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
573 - Improvements and help in preferences
574 - New streaming wizard
575 - Revised Disc Open menu
577 - Improvements of the standard pages
578 - Support for new commands
579 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
582 * Many fixes to the SAP module
583 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
586 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
587 * Text subtitles autodetection.
588 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
589 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
590 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
591 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
592 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
593 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
594 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
597 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
599 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
600 * Support for Panther.
601 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
602 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
605 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
606 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
607 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
608 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
609 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
610 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
611 * Multimonitor support (untested).
612 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
615 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
616 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
617 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
620 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
623 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
624 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
625 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
626 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
628 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
629 ---------------------------------
632 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
635 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
636 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
639 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
640 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
643 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
646 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
647 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
650 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
653 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
656 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
657 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
660 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
661 ---------------------------------
664 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
665 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
669 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
670 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
671 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
673 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
674 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
677 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
680 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
683 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
684 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
687 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
688 ---------------------------------
691 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
692 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
696 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
697 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
698 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
699 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
700 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
703 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
704 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
705 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
708 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
709 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
710 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
713 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
714 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
715 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
716 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
717 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
720 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
721 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
722 * A new CORBA control plugin.
725 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
728 * Improved build system.
729 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
730 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
731 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
732 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
735 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
736 ---------------------------------
739 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
742 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
743 * Fixed large file support on Windows
744 * Video 4 Linux support
745 * CD Digital Audio support
746 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
749 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
750 * Support for OpenDML avi files
751 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
752 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
755 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
756 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
757 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
758 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
759 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
760 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
761 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
764 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
765 * New HTTP remote control interface
768 * 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.
769 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
770 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
771 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
774 * New reset option for the preferences
775 * You can set your language in the prefences
776 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
777 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
778 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
779 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
782 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
783 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
784 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
787 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
788 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
789 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
790 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
791 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
792 * New icons by Davor Orel.
793 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
794 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
795 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
796 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
799 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
800 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
801 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
802 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
803 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
804 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
805 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
808 * Interface localization
809 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
810 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
811 * New full-featured Preferences window
813 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
814 ---------------------------------
817 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
818 * support for skins at the interface level
819 * new OSD module using Freetype2
820 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
821 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
822 input level before dropping out of date frames.
823 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
826 * fixed HTTP redirects
827 * support for opening an entire directory
828 * EOF should be detected more reliably
829 * new video4linux access plug-in
830 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
833 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
834 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
835 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
838 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
839 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
840 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
841 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
842 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
843 * new codec for raw I420 video
844 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
847 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
848 (although it still misses some important features)
849 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
852 * new HTTP output support
853 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
854 * fixed AV synchronization issues
857 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
860 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
863 * reorderable playlist
864 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
865 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
866 * support for mono audio output devices
867 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
868 * fixed several cosmetic issues
869 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
870 * the messages window remembers more lines
871 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
872 * http and ogg stream output options
873 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
876 * new skinnable interface
877 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
879 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
880 * support for FLAC audio format
881 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
883 * network tab in the interface
884 * "apply" handling in preferences
887 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
888 ---------------------------------
891 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
892 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
893 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
894 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
896 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
900 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
901 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
902 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
903 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
906 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
907 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
910 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
913 * fixed the GNU-pth support
916 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
918 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
919 * rc interface is now fully useable
920 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
923 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
924 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
925 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
926 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
927 * VLC now uses the default audio device
929 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
930 * support for mouse gestures
931 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
934 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
935 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
938 * improved ID3 tag detection
939 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
940 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
941 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
943 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
946 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
947 ---------------------------------
950 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
951 English was set as the preferred language
954 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
955 --------------------------------
958 * new mouse gesture interface
959 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
963 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
964 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
965 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
968 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
969 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
973 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
976 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
977 without the user consent
980 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
982 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
983 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
984 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
987 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
988 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
989 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
990 * playlist enhancements
991 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
992 * new step forward/step backward commands
993 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
994 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
995 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
998 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
999 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1000 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1003 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1004 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1007 * native video output is working again
1008 * only commandline interface support
1009 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1012 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1013 --------------------------------
1016 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1017 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1018 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1019 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1020 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1021 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1022 and A/52 streams are supported)
1023 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1028 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1029 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1030 * VCD entry points support
1031 * VCD image file support
1034 * support for *.asf format
1035 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1036 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1037 * support for ogg encapsulation
1038 * support for raw DV format
1039 * support for *.wav format
1040 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1043 Stream discovery & playlists:
1044 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1045 * support for .m3u file format
1046 * support for .asx file format
1047 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1050 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1051 (only available with the .avi demux)
1052 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1053 * support for raw PCM data
1054 * support for Cinepak video codec
1055 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1056 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1057 * support for Xvid codec
1058 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1059 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1060 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1062 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1064 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1067 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1070 * new WxWindows interface
1071 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1072 device and the channels configuration
1073 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1074 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1075 format that VLC can play
1076 * new swedish translation
1077 * enhancements of the playlist window
1078 * new messages window to see debug info
1079 * fixed a few crashes
1082 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1083 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1084 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1085 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working