3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
12 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
13 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
14 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
15 * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
16 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
19 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
20 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
21 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
22 * Improved directory access module.
23 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
24 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
25 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
28 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
29 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
30 * mmsh streaming fixes.
33 * Improved session announcement system.
34 * Minimize threads usage by default.
35 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
36 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
37 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
38 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
39 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
42 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
43 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
44 * Supports live streams and VoD.
45 * Supports scheduling.
46 * Telnet interface for vlm.
47 * HTTP interface for vlm.
51 - Ability to embed video output.
52 - Support for bitmap fonts.
53 - Lots of improvements.
55 - New design and set of icons.
56 - Ability to embed video output.
59 * Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
60 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
63 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
64 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
67 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
68 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
70 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
71 ---------------------------------
74 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
75 * Playing MOD files is working now.
78 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
79 ---------------------------------
82 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
83 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
86 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
87 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
88 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
89 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
92 * Internal improvments
93 * Improved import/export
96 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
98 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
99 small and strange formats.
101 * New MOD audio demux.
102 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
103 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
104 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
105 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
108 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
109 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
110 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
116 * New opengl video output plugin.
119 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
120 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
122 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
123 ---------------------------------
126 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
127 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
128 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
129 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
130 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
131 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
132 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
133 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
136 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
141 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
142 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
143 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
144 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
145 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
146 * Reworked DVB tuning.
147 * Better Icecast support.
148 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
149 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
152 * Support for Theora video encoding.
153 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
154 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
155 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
156 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
157 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
158 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
161 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
162 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
163 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
164 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
165 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
166 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
167 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
168 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
169 * Preliminary RTP support.
170 * Fixes to SAP announces.
175 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
176 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
178 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
179 - Improvements and help in preferences
180 - New streaming wizard
181 - Revised Disc Open menu
183 - Improvements of the standard pages
184 - Support for new commands
185 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
188 * Many fixes to the SAP module
189 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
192 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
193 * Text subtitles autodetection.
194 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
195 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
196 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
197 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
198 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
199 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
200 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
203 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
205 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
206 * Support for Panther.
207 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
208 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
211 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
212 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
213 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
214 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
215 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
216 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
217 * Multimonitor support (untested).
218 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
221 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
222 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
223 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
226 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
229 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
230 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
231 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
232 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
234 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
235 ---------------------------------
238 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
241 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
242 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
245 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
246 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
249 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
252 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
253 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
256 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
259 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
262 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
263 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
266 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
267 ---------------------------------
270 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
271 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
275 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
276 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
277 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
279 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
280 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
283 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
286 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
289 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
290 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
293 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
294 ---------------------------------
297 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
298 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
302 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
303 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
304 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
305 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
306 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
309 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
310 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
311 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
314 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
315 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
316 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
319 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
320 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
321 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
322 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
323 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
326 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
327 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
328 * A new CORBA control plugin.
331 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
334 * Improved build system.
335 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
336 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
337 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
338 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
341 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
342 ---------------------------------
345 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
348 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
349 * Fixed large file support on Windows
350 * Video 4 Linux support
351 * CD Digital Audio support
352 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
355 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
356 * Support for OpenDML avi files
357 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
358 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
361 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
362 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
363 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
364 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
365 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
366 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
367 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
370 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
371 * New HTTP remote control interface
374 * 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.
375 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
376 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
377 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
380 * New reset option for the preferences
381 * You can set your language in the prefences
382 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
383 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
384 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
385 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
388 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
389 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
390 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
393 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
394 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
395 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
396 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
397 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
398 * New icons by Davor Orel.
399 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
400 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
401 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
402 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
405 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
406 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
407 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
408 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
409 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
410 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
411 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
414 * Interface localization
415 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
416 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
417 * New full-featured Preferences window
419 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
420 ---------------------------------
423 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
424 * support for skins at the interface level
425 * new OSD module using Freetype2
426 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
427 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
428 input level before dropping out of date frames.
429 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
432 * fixed HTTP redirects
433 * support for opening an entire directory
434 * EOF should be detected more reliably
435 * new video4linux access plug-in
436 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
439 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
440 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
441 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
444 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
445 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
446 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
447 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
448 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
449 * new codec for raw I420 video
450 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
453 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
454 (although it still misses some important features)
455 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
458 * new HTTP output support
459 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
460 * fixed AV synchronization issues
463 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
466 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
469 * reorderable playlist
470 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
471 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
472 * support for mono audio output devices
473 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
474 * fixed several cosmetic issues
475 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
476 * the messages window remembers more lines
477 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
478 * http and ogg stream output options
479 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
482 * new skinnable interface
483 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
485 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
486 * support for FLAC audio format
487 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
489 * network tab in the interface
490 * "apply" handling in preferences
493 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
494 ---------------------------------
497 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
498 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
499 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
500 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
502 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
506 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
507 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
508 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
509 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
512 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
513 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
516 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
519 * fixed the GNU-pth support
522 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
524 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
525 * rc interface is now fully useable
526 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
529 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
530 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
531 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
532 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
533 * VLC now uses the default audio device
535 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
536 * support for mouse gestures
537 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
540 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
541 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
544 * improved ID3 tag detection
545 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
546 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
547 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
549 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
552 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
553 ---------------------------------
556 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
557 English was set as the preferred language
560 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
561 --------------------------------
564 * new mouse gesture interface
565 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
569 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
570 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
571 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
574 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
575 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
579 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
582 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
583 without the user consent
586 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
588 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
589 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
590 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
593 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
594 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
595 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
596 * playlist enhancements
597 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
598 * new step forward/step backward commands
599 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
600 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
601 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
604 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
605 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
606 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
609 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
610 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
613 * native video output is working again
614 * only commandline interface support
615 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
618 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
619 --------------------------------
622 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
623 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
624 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
625 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
626 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
627 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
628 and A/52 streams are supported)
629 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
634 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
635 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
636 * VCD entry points support
637 * VCD image file support
640 * support for *.asf format
641 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
642 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
643 * support for ogg encapsulation
644 * support for raw DV format
645 * support for *.wav format
646 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
649 Stream discovery & playlists:
650 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
651 * support for .m3u file format
652 * support for .asx file format
653 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
656 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
657 (only available with the .avi demux)
658 * support for ADPCM audio codec
659 * support for raw PCM data
660 * support for Cinepak video codec
661 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
662 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
663 * support for Xvid codec
664 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
665 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
666 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
668 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
670 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
673 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
676 * new WxWindows interface
677 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
678 device and the channels configuration
679 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
680 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
681 format that VLC can play
682 * new swedish translation
683 * enhancements of the playlist window
684 * new messages window to see debug info
685 * fixed a few crashes
688 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
689 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
690 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
691 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working