1 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
11 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
12 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
13 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
14 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) files
17 * WPL playlist support
18 * ZPL playlist support
19 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
22 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
25 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
26 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
27 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
28 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
29 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
30 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
33 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
34 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
35 * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB
38 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
41 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
44 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
47 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
55 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interface
58 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
59 --------------------------------
62 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
63 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
64 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
67 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
68 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
71 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
72 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
75 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
78 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
79 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
80 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
81 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
84 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
85 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
86 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
87 - no support for Goom and SDL
88 - limited text rendering support
89 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
92 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
93 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
94 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
95 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
96 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
97 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
98 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
99 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
100 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
104 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
107 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
110 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
111 --------------------------------
114 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
115 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
116 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
117 * Fix Dailymotion access script
118 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
119 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
122 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
123 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
126 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
127 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
128 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
131 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
134 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
135 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
138 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
139 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
140 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
141 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
142 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
143 * Fix various crashes
146 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
148 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
151 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
152 ---------------------------------
156 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
157 See 'Access:' for more info.
158 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
161 * Instantaneous pausing
162 * Frame-by-Frame playback
163 * Finer speed control
164 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
165 * Timeshift for most medias
166 * RTSP trickplay support
167 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
170 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
171 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
172 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
173 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
174 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
175 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
176 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
177 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
178 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
179 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
182 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
183 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
184 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
185 * Metadata for mod files are supported
186 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
187 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
188 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
191 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
192 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
195 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
196 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
197 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
198 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
199 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
200 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
201 * DVB scanning on linux
202 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
203 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
204 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
205 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
206 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
207 * MTP device access on Unix
208 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
209 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
212 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
213 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
214 Windows and Mac OS X.
217 * Export the playlist in HTML
218 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
219 * Better metadata handling and reading
221 Linux/Windows interface:
222 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
223 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
224 * Recently played items list
225 * Interface toolbar customizations
226 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
229 - Improvements on many dialogs
230 - New dialog for plugins listing
231 - Fixed-size mode for videos
232 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
233 * Better integration in GTK environments
236 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
237 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
238 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
239 * Additional usability improvements
242 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
243 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
244 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
245 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
246 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
249 * New Maemo port with:
250 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
251 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
254 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
257 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
258 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
259 * Support for latest iSight models
262 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
263 * Surround support for PulseAudio
266 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
267 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
268 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
269 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
270 The old image video output has been removed.
271 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
272 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
275 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
278 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
279 ---------------------------------
282 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
283 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
286 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
287 ---------------------------------
290 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
293 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
296 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
297 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
298 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
299 main controller window.
300 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
303 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
308 * Updates of other localizations
311 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
312 * Lots of small bugfixes.
313 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
314 * Telnet fixes on Windows
315 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
317 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
318 ---------------------------------
321 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
323 Bunch of small bugfixes.
326 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
327 --------------------------------
332 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
333 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
336 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
337 --------------------------------
339 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
340 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
343 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
346 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
347 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
350 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
351 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
354 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
355 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
356 * Various fixed in playlist
359 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
362 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
365 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
366 ------------------------------------
368 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
369 * Fixes several memory leaks.
372 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
373 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
374 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
377 * Stability fix for the video output.
380 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
381 --------------------------------
384 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
385 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
386 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
387 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
388 * Fixed update system bugs
389 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
392 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
393 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
394 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
395 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
396 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
397 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
398 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
399 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
400 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
401 modern Mac OS X versions
404 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
405 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
407 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
408 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
411 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
412 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
413 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
414 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
415 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
416 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
419 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
420 --------------------------------
422 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
423 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
427 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
428 --------------------------------
430 * Multiple bug fixes.
433 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
434 ---------------------------------
438 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
439 recent to work correctly
440 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
441 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
442 edit the ".hosts" file.
443 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
444 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
445 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
446 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
447 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
448 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
449 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
450 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
451 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
452 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
453 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
454 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
455 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
456 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
457 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
458 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
459 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
460 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
461 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
462 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
463 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
464 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
465 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
466 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
467 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
468 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
469 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
470 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
471 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
472 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
473 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
474 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
475 and postproc modules.
476 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
477 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
478 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
479 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
481 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
483 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
484 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
486 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
487 * Glide video output module has been removed.
493 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
495 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
496 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
499 * Vastly improved playlist support:
500 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
502 * Shoutcast TV listings
503 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
505 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
506 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
508 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
511 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
512 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
513 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
514 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
515 * JACK audio input support
516 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
517 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
518 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
519 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
520 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
521 * Experimental EyeTV access module
522 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
523 (available as a separate download).
524 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
526 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
527 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
528 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
530 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
531 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
534 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
535 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
536 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
537 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
539 * APEv1/2 tags support
540 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
541 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
543 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
544 * TiVo Series 2 support
545 * CD+G karaoke Files support
550 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
551 * Flash Screen Video support
552 * CamStudio Screen Video support
553 * DosBox Capture support
554 * Karl Morton's Video support
555 * limited atrac3 support
557 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
558 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
559 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
561 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
562 * NellyMoser ASAO support
563 * APE (Monkey audio) support
564 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
565 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
568 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
569 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
570 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
571 * AQTitle subtitles support
572 * MKV USF subtitles support
573 * HTML-based subtitles support
574 * MPSub subtitles support
575 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
576 * MPL2 subtitles support
577 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
578 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
579 * Realtext subtitle support
580 * DKS subtitle support
581 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
582 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
585 * Flash Screen Video support
586 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
588 Video outputs and filters:
589 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
590 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
591 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
592 * New puzzle video output filter
593 * Re-written motion detection video filter
594 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
596 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
597 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
598 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
599 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
600 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
601 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
602 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
603 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
604 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
605 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
606 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
607 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
608 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
609 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
611 Audio outputs and filters:
612 * Replay gain support
613 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
614 new scaletempo audio filter)
615 * New spatializer audio filter
616 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
619 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
620 * New RTP payload formats:
621 * Speex voice audio codec
622 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
623 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
624 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
625 * DCCP transport for RTP
626 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
631 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
632 end-user suitable way.
633 * Improved user interaction
634 * Improved mouse gestures
635 * Vastly improved Update checker
636 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
638 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
639 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
641 * Improved video output features
642 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
643 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
644 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
645 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
646 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
648 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
649 if libncursesw is available.
650 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
651 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
652 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
654 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
655 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
656 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
657 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
658 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
659 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
660 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
661 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
664 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
665 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
666 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
669 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
670 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
671 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
672 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
673 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
674 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
677 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
678 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
688 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
689 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
690 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
693 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
694 ----------------------------------
697 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
700 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
701 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
702 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
703 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
704 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
705 * Updated Polish translation
708 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
709 ----------------------------------
712 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
713 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
714 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
717 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
718 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
719 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
720 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
721 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
722 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
723 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
724 to an unexpected application termination
725 * New Serbian translation
726 * Updated Romanian translation
729 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
730 ----------------------------------
733 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
734 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
735 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
736 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
737 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
738 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
739 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
740 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
743 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
744 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
745 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
746 * Fixed AAC resampling
747 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
748 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
751 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
752 ----------------------------------
755 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
756 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
757 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
758 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
759 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
762 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
763 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
764 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
765 * Close MMS access on network timeout
766 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
769 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
770 ----------------------------------
773 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
774 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
777 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
778 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
779 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
780 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
782 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
786 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
789 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
792 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
795 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
798 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
799 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
800 encoding on multi-cpu systems
801 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
802 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
804 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
805 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
806 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
807 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
810 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
813 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
814 ----------------------------------
817 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
818 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
819 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
821 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
822 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
824 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
825 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
828 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
830 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
831 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
832 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
833 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
834 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
835 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
837 * Support for current Ogg file formats
838 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
839 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
842 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
845 * The automatic updating facility was removed
846 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
847 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
848 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
851 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
852 ----------------------------------
854 Various bugfixes, notably:
855 * Windows Vista compatibility
856 * Cropping in Direct3D
857 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
858 * RSS filter string overflow
860 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
862 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
863 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
866 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
867 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
870 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
873 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
876 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
879 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
880 ----------------------------------
882 Various bugfixes, notably:
883 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
884 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
885 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
886 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
887 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
888 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
891 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
892 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
895 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
897 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
898 * Diverse usability improvements
899 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
900 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
901 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
904 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
905 ---------------------------------
908 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
911 * Fullscreen controller improvements
914 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
915 --------------------------------
918 * Shoutcast TV listings support
921 * Support for RTSP authentication
922 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
923 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
924 * ATSC support for DVB input
925 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
926 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
927 * Improved support for Flash Video files
930 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
931 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
932 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
933 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
934 * Matroska WavPack support
935 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
936 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
937 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
940 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
941 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
942 * Improved libcaca support
946 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
947 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
949 * Systray support in skins
951 * Support for Apple Remote control
952 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
953 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
954 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
955 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
957 * Notifications using notification-daemon
960 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
962 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
963 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
964 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
965 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
966 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
968 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
969 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
978 * Updates to the libvlc API
979 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
982 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
983 --------------------------------
986 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
987 * Support for downloading updates
991 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
992 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
993 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
994 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
996 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
997 * Improved subtitles encoding support
998 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1001 * Cook (Real audio) support
1003 Playlist / Services discovery:
1004 * XSPF playlist support
1006 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1009 * New JACK audio output
1012 * New video filters:
1013 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1014 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1015 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1016 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1017 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1018 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1021 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1024 * System to inform the user and request information
1025 - HTTP authentication
1029 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1030 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1031 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1034 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1035 - Improved playlist handling
1036 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1038 - Embedded Video output
1039 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1040 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1041 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1042 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1043 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1045 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1046 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1049 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1052 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1053 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1054 * Growl "Now playing" support
1057 * Ability to log to syslog
1058 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1061 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1063 * A bit more automatic testing
1066 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1067 ---------------------------------
1070 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1071 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1074 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1075 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1078 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1081 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1082 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1088 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1091 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1092 --------------------------------
1095 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1099 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1100 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1101 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1104 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1105 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1106 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1107 * GnomeVFS input module
1108 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1109 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1112 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1113 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1114 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1117 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1118 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1124 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1125 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1128 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1129 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1130 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1133 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1135 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1136 - New extended controls panel
1137 - New bookmarks window
1138 - Fixed playlist sorting
1139 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1141 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1142 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1143 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1144 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1148 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1149 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1151 - Include macro to include other files
1155 * Should now work outside IE as well
1158 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1161 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1162 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1165 The following languages were added:
1169 * Simplified Chinese
1170 The following languages were re-added:
1174 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1175 --------------------------------
1178 * Rewrite of the playlist
1180 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1181 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1182 * Preferences improvements:
1183 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1184 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1186 * Core image manipulation support
1187 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1188 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1189 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1190 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1191 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1192 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1193 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1194 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1195 * Access filter architecture
1196 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1197 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1201 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1202 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1203 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1204 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1205 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1206 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1207 * Massive Matroska improvements
1208 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1210 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1211 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1212 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1213 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1214 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1216 Decoders / Encoders:
1217 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1218 * PNG decoder/encoder
1219 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1220 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1223 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1226 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1227 * Brand new SAP module
1228 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1229 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1230 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1231 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1232 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1233 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1237 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1240 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1241 * Image file video output (png)
1242 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1243 * Improvements to wall video filter
1244 * Support for font color and opacity
1250 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1251 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1252 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1256 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1257 - Improved preferences
1258 - Improvements to the wizard
1259 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1261 - Redesigned playlist
1262 - Improved preferences
1264 - Support for multiple actions
1267 - Support for the new playlist system
1269 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1272 * Screensaver disabling fix
1273 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1274 * Support for no-decoration windows
1277 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1278 * The OpenGL video output is back
1279 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1280 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1281 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1282 is not yet available in the new module
1283 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1286 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1295 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1298 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1301 The following languages were added:
1307 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1308 --------------------------------
1311 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1312 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1315 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1316 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1317 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1320 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1323 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1326 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1329 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1330 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1331 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1335 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1337 * Support of playlist group announcement
1340 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1341 --------------------------------
1344 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1345 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1346 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1347 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1348 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1349 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1352 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1353 (Stream your desktop)
1354 * Improved DVD support:
1355 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1356 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1357 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1358 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1359 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1360 (selection of titles/chapters).
1363 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1364 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1365 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1366 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1367 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1368 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1369 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1370 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1371 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1372 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1375 * G.726 audio support
1376 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1377 * MPEG-4 text support
1378 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1379 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1380 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1384 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1385 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1386 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1387 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1388 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1389 * DVB subtitles encoder
1390 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1391 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1393 * Text track muxing for mp4
1394 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1395 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1396 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1397 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1398 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1399 * Improved ASF muxer
1401 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1402 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1403 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1406 * New audio equalizer filter
1407 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1408 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1409 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1410 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1413 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1414 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1415 with support for effects.
1416 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1417 - New filters can be streamed.
1418 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1419 - Centralized scaling and blending
1421 - "time", to display current time
1422 - "marq", to display a marquee
1425 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1426 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1427 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1428 * A few skins2 improvements
1429 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1430 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1431 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1432 * Improved CORBA control module
1435 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1436 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1437 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1440 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1441 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1442 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1445 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1446 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1447 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1448 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1449 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1452 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1455 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1456 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1459 * Server/client network synchronization module
1460 * VBrick streams fully supported
1461 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1465 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1466 --------------------------------
1469 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1470 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1471 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1472 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1475 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1476 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1477 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1478 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1479 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1480 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1481 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1484 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1485 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1486 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1487 * Improved directory access module.
1488 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1489 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1490 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1491 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1492 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1495 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1496 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1497 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1500 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1501 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1502 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1505 * Improved session announcement system.
1506 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1507 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1508 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1509 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1510 * Improved transrater.
1511 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1512 * New configuration system.
1513 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1516 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1517 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1518 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1519 * Supports scheduling.
1520 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1521 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1524 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1525 - Ability to embed video output.
1526 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1527 - Lots of improvements.
1528 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1529 - New design and set of icons.
1530 - Ability to embed video output.
1531 - Support for hotkeys.
1532 - Support for bookmarks.
1534 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1535 - Better hotkeys handling.
1538 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1539 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1540 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1541 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1544 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1545 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1546 * Improved Windows installer.
1552 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1553 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1556 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1557 ---------------------------------
1560 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1561 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1564 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1565 --------------------------------
1568 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1569 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1572 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1573 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1574 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1575 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1578 * Internal improvments
1579 * Improved import/export
1582 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1584 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1585 small and strange formats.
1587 * New MOD audio demux.
1588 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1589 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1590 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1591 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1594 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1595 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1596 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1602 * New opengl video output plugin.
1605 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1606 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1609 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1610 --------------------------------
1613 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1614 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1615 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1616 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1617 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1618 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1619 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1620 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1623 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1628 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1629 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1630 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1631 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1632 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1633 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1634 * Better Icecast support.
1635 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1636 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1639 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1640 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1641 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1642 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1643 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1644 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1645 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1648 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1649 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1650 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1651 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1652 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1653 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1654 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1655 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1656 * Preliminary RTP support.
1657 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1662 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1663 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1665 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1666 - Improvements and help in preferences
1667 - New streaming wizard
1668 - Revised Disc Open menu
1670 - Improvements of the standard pages
1671 - Support for new commands
1672 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1675 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1676 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1679 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1680 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1681 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1682 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1683 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1684 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1685 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1686 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1687 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1690 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1692 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1693 * Support for Panther.
1694 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1695 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1698 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1699 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1700 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1701 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1702 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1703 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1704 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1705 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1708 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1709 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1710 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1713 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1716 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1717 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1718 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1719 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1722 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1723 --------------------------------
1726 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1729 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1730 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1733 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1734 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1737 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1740 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1741 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1744 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1747 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1750 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1751 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1755 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1756 --------------------------------
1759 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1760 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1764 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1765 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1766 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1768 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1769 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1772 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1775 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1778 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1779 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1783 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1784 --------------------------------
1787 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1788 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1792 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1793 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1794 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1795 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1796 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1799 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1800 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1801 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1804 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1805 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1806 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1809 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1810 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1811 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1812 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1813 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1816 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1817 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1818 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1821 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1824 * Improved build system.
1825 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1826 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1827 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1828 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1831 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1832 --------------------------------
1835 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1838 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1839 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1840 * Video 4 Linux support
1841 * CD Digital Audio support
1842 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1845 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1846 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1847 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1848 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1851 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1852 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1853 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1854 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1855 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1856 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1857 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1860 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1861 * New HTTP remote control interface
1864 * 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.
1865 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1866 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1867 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1870 * New reset option for the preferences
1871 * You can set your language in the prefences
1872 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1873 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1874 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1875 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1878 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1879 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1880 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1883 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1884 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1885 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1886 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1887 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1888 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1889 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1890 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1891 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1892 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1895 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1896 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1897 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1898 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1899 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1900 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1901 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1904 * Interface localization
1905 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1906 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1907 * New full-featured Preferences window
1910 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1911 --------------------------------
1914 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1915 * support for skins at the interface level
1916 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1917 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1918 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1919 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1920 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1923 * fixed HTTP redirects
1924 * support for opening an entire directory
1925 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1926 * new video4linux access plug-in
1927 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1930 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1931 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1932 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1935 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1936 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1937 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1938 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1939 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1940 * new codec for raw I420 video
1941 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1944 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1945 (although it still misses some important features)
1946 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1949 * new HTTP output support
1950 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1951 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1954 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1957 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1960 * reorderable playlist
1961 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1962 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1963 * support for mono audio output devices
1964 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1965 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1966 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1967 * the messages window remembers more lines
1968 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1969 * http and ogg stream output options
1970 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1973 * new skinnable interface
1974 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1976 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1977 * support for FLAC audio format
1978 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1980 * network tab in the interface
1981 * "apply" handling in preferences
1984 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1985 ---------------------------------
1988 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1989 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1990 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1991 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1993 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1994 * DTS S/PDIF support
1997 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1998 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1999 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2000 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2003 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2004 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2007 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2010 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2013 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2015 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2016 * rc interface is now fully useable
2017 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2020 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2021 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2022 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2023 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2024 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2026 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2027 * support for mouse gestures
2028 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2031 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2032 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2035 * improved ID3 tag detection
2036 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2037 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2038 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2040 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2043 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2044 ---------------------------------
2047 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2048 English was set as the preferred language
2051 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2052 --------------------------------
2055 * new mouse gesture interface
2056 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2060 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2061 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2062 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2065 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2066 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2070 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2073 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2074 without the user consent
2077 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2079 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2080 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2081 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2084 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2085 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2086 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2087 * playlist enhancements
2088 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2089 * new step forward/step backward commands
2090 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2091 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2092 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2095 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2096 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2097 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2100 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2101 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2104 * native video output is working again
2105 * only commandline interface support
2106 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2109 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2110 --------------------------------
2113 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2114 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2115 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2116 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2117 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2118 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2119 and A/52 streams are supported)
2120 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2125 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2126 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2127 * VCD entry points support
2128 * VCD image file support
2131 * support for *.asf format
2132 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2133 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2134 * support for ogg encapsulation
2135 * support for raw DV format
2136 * support for *.wav format
2137 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2140 Stream discovery & playlists:
2141 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2142 * support for .m3u file format
2143 * support for .asx file format
2144 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2147 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2148 (only available with the .avi demux)
2149 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2150 * support for raw PCM data
2151 * support for Cinepak video codec
2152 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2153 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2154 * support for Xvid codec
2155 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2156 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2157 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2159 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2161 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2164 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2167 * new WxWindows interface
2168 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2169 device and the channels configuration
2170 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2171 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2172 format that VLC can play
2173 * new swedish translation
2174 * enhancements of the playlist window
2175 * new messages window to see debug info
2176 * fixed a few crashes
2179 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2180 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2181 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2182 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working