1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.60 2003/07/28 20:23:58 jpsaman Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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7 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
8 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
12 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
13 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
14 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
15 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
16 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
19 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
20 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
21 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
24 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
25 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
26 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
29 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
30 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
31 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
32 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
33 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
36 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
37 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
38 * A new CORBA control plugin.
41 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
44 * Improved build system.
45 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
46 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
47 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
48 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
51 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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55 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
58 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
59 * Fixed large file support on Windows
60 * Video 4 Linux support
61 * CD Digital Audio support
62 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
65 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
66 * Support for OpenDML avi files
67 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
68 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
71 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
72 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
73 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
74 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
75 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
76 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
77 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
80 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
81 * New HTTP remote control interface
84 * 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.
85 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
86 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
87 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
90 * New reset option for the preferences
91 * You can set your language in the prefences
92 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
93 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
94 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
95 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
98 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
99 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
100 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
103 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
104 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
105 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
106 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
107 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
108 * New icons by Davor Orel.
109 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
110 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
111 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
112 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
115 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
116 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
117 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
118 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
119 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
120 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
121 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
124 * Interface localization
125 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
126 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
127 * New full-featured Preferences window
129 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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133 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
134 * support for skins at the interface level
135 * new OSD module using Freetype2
136 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
137 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
138 input level before dropping out of date frames.
139 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
142 * fixed HTTP redirects
143 * support for opening an entire directory
144 * EOF should be detected more reliably
145 * new video4linux access plug-in
146 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
149 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
150 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
151 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
154 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
155 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
156 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
157 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
158 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
159 * new codec for raw I420 video
160 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
163 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
164 (although it still misses some important features)
165 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
168 * new HTTP output support
169 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
170 * fixed AV synchronization issues
173 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
176 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
179 * reorderable playlist
180 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
181 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
182 * support for mono audio output devices
183 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
184 * fixed several cosmetic issues
185 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
186 * the messages window remembers more lines
187 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
188 * http and ogg stream output options
189 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
192 * new skinnable interface
193 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
195 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
196 * support for FLAC audio format
197 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
199 * network tab in the interface
200 * "apply" handling in preferences
203 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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207 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
208 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
209 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
210 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
212 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
216 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
217 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
218 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
219 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
222 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
223 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
226 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
229 * fixed the GNU-pth support
232 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
234 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
235 * rc interface is now fully useable
236 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
239 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
240 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
241 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
242 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
243 * VLC now uses the default audio device
245 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
246 * support for mouse gestures
247 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
250 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
251 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
254 * improved ID3 tag detection
255 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
256 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
257 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
259 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
262 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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266 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
267 English was set as the preferred language
270 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
271 --------------------------------
274 * new mouse gesture interface
275 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
279 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
280 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
281 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
284 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
285 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
289 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
292 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
293 without the user consent
296 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
298 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
299 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
300 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
303 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
304 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
305 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
306 * playlist enhancements
307 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
308 * new step forward/step backward commands
309 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
310 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
311 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
314 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
315 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
316 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
319 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
320 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
323 * native video output is working again
324 * only commandline interface support
325 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
328 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
329 --------------------------------
332 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
333 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
334 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
335 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
336 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
337 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
338 and A/52 streams are supported)
339 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
344 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
345 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
346 * VCD entry points support
347 * VCD image file support
350 * support for *.asf format
351 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
352 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
353 * support for ogg encapsulation
354 * support for raw DV format
355 * support for *.wav format
356 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
359 Stream discovery & playlists:
360 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
361 * support for .m3u file format
362 * support for .asx file format
363 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
366 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
367 (only available with the .avi demux)
368 * support for ADPCM audio codec
369 * support for raw PCM data
370 * support for Cinepak video codec
371 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
372 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
373 * support for Xvid codec
374 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
375 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
376 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
378 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
380 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
383 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
386 * new WxWindows interface
387 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
388 device and the channels configuration
389 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
390 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
391 format that VLC can play
392 * new swedish translation
393 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
395 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
396 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
397 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
400 * localization support via GNU gettext software
401 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
402 * new preferences panel
403 * new open panel with full features
404 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
405 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
406 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
409 * preferences dialog box redesigned
410 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
412 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
413 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
414 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
415 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
418 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
420 * enhancements of the playlist window
421 * new messages window to see debug info
422 * fixed a few crashes
425 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
426 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
427 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
428 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working