1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.84 2004/02/22 00:15:33 gbazin Exp $
2 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3 ---------------------------------
6 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
7 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
10 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
11 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
12 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
13 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
16 * Internal improvments
17 * Improved import/export
20 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
22 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
23 small and strange formats.
25 * New MOD audio demux.
26 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
27 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
28 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
31 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
32 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
33 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
39 * New opengl video output plugin.
42 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
43 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
45 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
46 ---------------------------------
49 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
50 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
51 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
52 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
53 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
54 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
55 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
56 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
59 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
64 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
65 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
66 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
67 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
68 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
69 * Reworked DVB tuning.
70 * Better Icecast support.
71 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
72 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
75 * Support for Theora video encoding.
76 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
77 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
78 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
79 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
80 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
81 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
84 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
85 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
86 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
87 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
88 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
89 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
90 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
91 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
92 * Preliminary RTP support.
93 * Fixes to SAP announces.
98 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
99 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
101 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
102 - Improvements and help in preferences
103 - New streaming wizard
104 - Revised Disc Open menu
106 - Improvements of the standard pages
107 - Support for new commands
108 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
111 * Many fixes to the SAP module
112 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
115 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
116 * Text subtitles autodetection.
117 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
118 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
119 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
120 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
121 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
122 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
123 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
126 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
128 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
129 * Support for Panther.
130 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
131 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
134 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
135 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
136 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
137 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
138 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
139 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
140 * Multimonitor support (untested).
141 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
144 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
145 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
146 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
149 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
152 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
153 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
154 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
155 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
157 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
158 ---------------------------------
161 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
164 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
165 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
168 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
169 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
172 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
175 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
176 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
179 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
182 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
185 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
186 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
189 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
190 ---------------------------------
193 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
194 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
198 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
199 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
200 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
202 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
203 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
206 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
209 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
212 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
213 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
216 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
217 ---------------------------------
220 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
221 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
225 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
226 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
227 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
228 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
229 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
232 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
233 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
234 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
237 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
238 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
239 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
242 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
243 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
244 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
245 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
246 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
249 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
250 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
251 * A new CORBA control plugin.
254 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
257 * Improved build system.
258 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
259 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
260 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
261 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
264 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
265 ---------------------------------
268 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
271 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
272 * Fixed large file support on Windows
273 * Video 4 Linux support
274 * CD Digital Audio support
275 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
278 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
279 * Support for OpenDML avi files
280 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
281 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
284 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
285 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
286 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
287 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
288 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
289 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
290 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
293 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
294 * New HTTP remote control interface
297 * 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.
298 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
299 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
300 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
303 * New reset option for the preferences
304 * You can set your language in the prefences
305 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
306 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
307 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
308 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
311 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
312 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
313 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
316 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
317 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
318 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
319 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
320 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
321 * New icons by Davor Orel.
322 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
323 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
324 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
325 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
328 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
329 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
330 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
331 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
332 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
333 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
334 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
337 * Interface localization
338 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
339 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
340 * New full-featured Preferences window
342 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
343 ---------------------------------
346 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
347 * support for skins at the interface level
348 * new OSD module using Freetype2
349 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
350 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
351 input level before dropping out of date frames.
352 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
355 * fixed HTTP redirects
356 * support for opening an entire directory
357 * EOF should be detected more reliably
358 * new video4linux access plug-in
359 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
362 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
363 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
364 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
367 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
368 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
369 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
370 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
371 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
372 * new codec for raw I420 video
373 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
376 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
377 (although it still misses some important features)
378 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
381 * new HTTP output support
382 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
383 * fixed AV synchronization issues
386 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
389 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
392 * reorderable playlist
393 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
394 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
395 * support for mono audio output devices
396 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
397 * fixed several cosmetic issues
398 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
399 * the messages window remembers more lines
400 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
401 * http and ogg stream output options
402 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
405 * new skinnable interface
406 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
408 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
409 * support for FLAC audio format
410 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
412 * network tab in the interface
413 * "apply" handling in preferences
416 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
417 ---------------------------------
420 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
421 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
422 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
423 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
425 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
429 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
430 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
431 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
432 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
435 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
436 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
439 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
442 * fixed the GNU-pth support
445 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
447 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
448 * rc interface is now fully useable
449 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
452 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
453 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
454 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
455 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
456 * VLC now uses the default audio device
458 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
459 * support for mouse gestures
460 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
463 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
464 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
467 * improved ID3 tag detection
468 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
469 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
470 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
472 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
475 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
476 ---------------------------------
479 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
480 English was set as the preferred language
483 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
484 --------------------------------
487 * new mouse gesture interface
488 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
492 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
493 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
494 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
497 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
498 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
502 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
505 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
506 without the user consent
509 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
511 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
512 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
513 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
516 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
517 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
518 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
519 * playlist enhancements
520 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
521 * new step forward/step backward commands
522 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
523 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
524 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
527 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
528 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
529 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
532 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
533 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
536 * native video output is working again
537 * only commandline interface support
538 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
541 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
542 --------------------------------
545 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
546 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
547 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
548 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
549 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
550 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
551 and A/52 streams are supported)
552 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
557 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
558 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
559 * VCD entry points support
560 * VCD image file support
563 * support for *.asf format
564 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
565 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
566 * support for ogg encapsulation
567 * support for raw DV format
568 * support for *.wav format
569 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
572 Stream discovery & playlists:
573 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
574 * support for .m3u file format
575 * support for .asx file format
576 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
579 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
580 (only available with the .avi demux)
581 * support for ADPCM audio codec
582 * support for raw PCM data
583 * support for Cinepak video codec
584 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
585 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
586 * support for Xvid codec
587 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
588 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
589 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
591 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
593 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
596 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
599 * new WxWindows interface
600 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
601 device and the channels configuration
602 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
603 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
604 format that VLC can play
605 * new swedish translation
606 * enhancements of the playlist window
607 * new messages window to see debug info
608 * fixed a few crashes
611 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
612 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
613 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
614 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working