3 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1-svn:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
8 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon
11 * Fixed a VLC crash with OpenDML avi files
14 * Fixed multichannel audio support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
15 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
16 * Spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen fixed
20 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
22 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
23 -----------------------------------------------------
26 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
27 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
28 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
29 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
30 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
31 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
34 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
36 * Improved DVD support:
37 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
38 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
39 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
40 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
41 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
42 (selection of titles/chapters).
45 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
46 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
47 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
48 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
49 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
50 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
51 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
52 * Improved Ogg demuxer
53 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
54 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
58 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
60 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
61 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
62 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
66 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
67 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
68 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
69 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
70 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
71 * DVB subtitles encoder
72 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
73 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
75 * Text track muxing for mp4
76 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
77 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
78 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
79 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
80 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
83 * H.263 RTP streaming support
84 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
85 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
88 * New audio equalizer filter
89 * Very trivial volume normalizer
90 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
91 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
92 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
95 * Roku HD1000 Video output
96 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
97 with support for effects.
98 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
99 - New filters can be streamed.
100 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
101 - Centralized scaling and blending
103 - "time", to display current time
104 - "marq", to display a marquee
107 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
108 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
109 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
110 * A few skins2 improvements
111 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
112 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
113 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
114 * Improved CORBA control module
117 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
118 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
119 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
122 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
123 * Experimental SVG rendering module
124 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
127 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
128 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
129 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
130 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
131 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
134 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
137 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
138 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
141 * Server/client network synchronization module
142 * VBrick streams fully supported
143 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
146 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
147 --------------------------------
150 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
151 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
152 * Improved HTTP daemon.
153 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
156 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
157 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
158 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
159 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
160 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
161 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
162 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
165 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
166 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
167 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
168 * Improved directory access module.
169 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
170 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
171 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
172 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
173 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
176 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
177 * mmsh streaming fixes.
178 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
181 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
182 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
183 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
186 * Improved session announcement system.
187 * Minimize threads usage by default.
188 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
189 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
190 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
191 * Improved transrater.
192 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
193 * New configuration system.
194 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
197 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
198 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
199 * Supports live streams and VoD.
200 * Supports scheduling.
201 * Telnet interface for vlm.
202 * HTTP interface for vlm.
205 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
206 - Ability to embed video output.
207 - Support for bitmap fonts.
208 - Lots of improvements.
209 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
210 - New design and set of icons.
211 - Ability to embed video output.
212 - Support for hotkeys.
213 - Support for bookmarks.
215 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
216 - Better hotkeys handling.
219 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
220 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
221 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
222 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
225 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
226 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
227 * Improved Windows installer.
233 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
234 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
236 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
237 ---------------------------------
240 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
241 * Playing MOD files is working now.
244 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
245 ---------------------------------
248 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
249 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
252 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
253 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
254 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
255 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
258 * Internal improvments
259 * Improved import/export
262 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
264 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
265 small and strange formats.
267 * New MOD audio demux.
268 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
269 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
270 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
271 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
274 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
275 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
276 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
282 * New opengl video output plugin.
285 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
286 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
288 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
289 ---------------------------------
292 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
293 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
294 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
295 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
296 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
297 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
298 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
299 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
302 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
307 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
308 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
309 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
310 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
311 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
312 * Reworked DVB tuning.
313 * Better Icecast support.
314 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
315 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
318 * Support for Theora video encoding.
319 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
320 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
321 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
322 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
323 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
324 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
327 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
328 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
329 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
330 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
331 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
332 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
333 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
334 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
335 * Preliminary RTP support.
336 * Fixes to SAP announces.
341 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
342 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
344 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
345 - Improvements and help in preferences
346 - New streaming wizard
347 - Revised Disc Open menu
349 - Improvements of the standard pages
350 - Support for new commands
351 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
354 * Many fixes to the SAP module
355 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
358 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
359 * Text subtitles autodetection.
360 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
361 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
362 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
363 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
364 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
365 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
366 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
369 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
371 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
372 * Support for Panther.
373 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
374 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
377 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
378 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
379 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
380 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
381 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
382 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
383 * Multimonitor support (untested).
384 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
387 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
388 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
389 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
392 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
395 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
396 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
397 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
398 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
400 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
401 ---------------------------------
404 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
407 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
408 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
411 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
412 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
415 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
418 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
419 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
422 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
425 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
428 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
429 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
432 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
433 ---------------------------------
436 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
437 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
441 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
442 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
443 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
445 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
446 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
449 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
452 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
455 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
456 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
459 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
460 ---------------------------------
463 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
464 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
468 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
469 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
470 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
471 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
472 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
475 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
476 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
477 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
480 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
481 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
482 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
485 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
486 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
487 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
488 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
489 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
492 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
493 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
494 * A new CORBA control plugin.
497 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
500 * Improved build system.
501 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
502 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
503 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
504 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
507 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
508 ---------------------------------
511 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
514 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
515 * Fixed large file support on Windows
516 * Video 4 Linux support
517 * CD Digital Audio support
518 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
521 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
522 * Support for OpenDML avi files
523 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
524 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
527 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
528 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
529 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
530 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
531 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
532 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
533 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
536 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
537 * New HTTP remote control interface
540 * 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.
541 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
542 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
543 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
546 * New reset option for the preferences
547 * You can set your language in the prefences
548 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
549 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
550 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
551 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
554 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
555 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
556 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
559 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
560 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
561 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
562 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
563 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
564 * New icons by Davor Orel.
565 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
566 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
567 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
568 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
571 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
572 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
573 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
574 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
575 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
576 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
577 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
580 * Interface localization
581 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
582 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
583 * New full-featured Preferences window
585 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
586 ---------------------------------
589 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
590 * support for skins at the interface level
591 * new OSD module using Freetype2
592 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
593 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
594 input level before dropping out of date frames.
595 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
598 * fixed HTTP redirects
599 * support for opening an entire directory
600 * EOF should be detected more reliably
601 * new video4linux access plug-in
602 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
605 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
606 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
607 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
610 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
611 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
612 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
613 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
614 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
615 * new codec for raw I420 video
616 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
619 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
620 (although it still misses some important features)
621 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
624 * new HTTP output support
625 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
626 * fixed AV synchronization issues
629 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
632 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
635 * reorderable playlist
636 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
637 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
638 * support for mono audio output devices
639 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
640 * fixed several cosmetic issues
641 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
642 * the messages window remembers more lines
643 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
644 * http and ogg stream output options
645 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
648 * new skinnable interface
649 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
651 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
652 * support for FLAC audio format
653 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
655 * network tab in the interface
656 * "apply" handling in preferences
659 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
660 ---------------------------------
663 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
664 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
665 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
666 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
668 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
672 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
673 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
674 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
675 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
678 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
679 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
682 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
685 * fixed the GNU-pth support
688 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
690 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
691 * rc interface is now fully useable
692 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
695 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
696 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
697 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
698 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
699 * VLC now uses the default audio device
701 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
702 * support for mouse gestures
703 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
706 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
707 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
710 * improved ID3 tag detection
711 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
712 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
713 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
715 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
718 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
719 ---------------------------------
722 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
723 English was set as the preferred language
726 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
727 --------------------------------
730 * new mouse gesture interface
731 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
735 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
736 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
737 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
740 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
741 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
745 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
748 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
749 without the user consent
752 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
754 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
755 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
756 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
759 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
760 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
761 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
762 * playlist enhancements
763 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
764 * new step forward/step backward commands
765 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
766 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
767 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
770 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
771 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
772 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
775 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
776 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
779 * native video output is working again
780 * only commandline interface support
781 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
784 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
785 --------------------------------
788 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
789 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
790 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
791 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
792 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
793 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
794 and A/52 streams are supported)
795 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
800 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
801 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
802 * VCD entry points support
803 * VCD image file support
806 * support for *.asf format
807 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
808 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
809 * support for ogg encapsulation
810 * support for raw DV format
811 * support for *.wav format
812 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
815 Stream discovery & playlists:
816 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
817 * support for .m3u file format
818 * support for .asx file format
819 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
822 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
823 (only available with the .avi demux)
824 * support for ADPCM audio codec
825 * support for raw PCM data
826 * support for Cinepak video codec
827 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
828 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
829 * support for Xvid codec
830 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
831 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
832 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
834 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
836 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
839 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
842 * new WxWindows interface
843 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
844 device and the channels configuration
845 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
846 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
847 format that VLC can play
848 * new swedish translation
849 * enhancements of the playlist window
850 * new messages window to see debug info
851 * fixed a few crashes
854 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
855 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
856 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
857 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working