3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
25 * Vastly improved playlist support:
26 * Media library support
28 * Shoutcast TV listings
29 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
32 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
33 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
36 * VP60/VP61 codecs support
37 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
40 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
41 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
42 * New puzzle video output filter
43 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
44 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
45 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
48 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
52 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
54 * Improved user interaction
57 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
58 --------------------------------
61 * Shoutcast TV listings support
64 * Support for RTSP authentication
65 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
66 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
67 * ATSC support for DVB input
68 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
69 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
70 * Improved support for Flash Video files
73 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
74 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
75 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
76 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
77 * Matroska WavPack support
78 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
79 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
80 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
83 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
84 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
85 * Improved libcaca support
89 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
90 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
92 * Systray support in skins
94 * Support for Apple Remote control
95 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
96 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
97 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
98 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
100 * Notifications using notification-daemon
103 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
105 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
106 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
107 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
108 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
109 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
111 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
112 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
121 * Updates to the libvlc API
122 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
126 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
127 ---------------------------------
130 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
131 * Support for downloading updates
135 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
136 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
137 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
138 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
140 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
141 * Improved subtitles encoding support
142 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
145 * Cook (Real audio) support
147 Playlist / Services discovery:
148 * XSPF playlist support
150 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
153 * New JACK audio output
157 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
158 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
159 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
160 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
161 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
162 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
165 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
168 * System to inform the user and request information
169 - HTTP authentication
173 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
174 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
175 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
178 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
179 - Improved playlist handling
180 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
182 - Embedded Video output
183 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
184 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
185 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
186 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
187 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
189 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
190 - A bunch of new RPN functions
193 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
196 * Mac-Intel compatibility
197 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
198 * Growl "Now playing" support
201 * Ability to log to syslog
202 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
205 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
207 * A bit more automatic testing
209 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
210 ---------------------------------
213 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
214 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
217 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
218 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
221 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
224 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
225 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
231 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
233 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
234 --------------------------------
237 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
241 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
242 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
243 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
246 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
247 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
248 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
249 * GnomeVFS input module
250 * Support for RTP packet reordering
251 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
254 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
255 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
256 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
259 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
260 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
266 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
267 Mixer and Dolby Surround
270 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
271 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
272 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
275 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
277 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
278 - New extended controls panel
279 - New bookmarks window
280 - Fixed playlist sorting
281 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
283 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
284 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
285 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
286 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
290 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
291 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
293 - Include macro to include other files
297 * Should now work outside IE as well
300 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
303 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
304 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
307 The following languages were added:
312 The following languages were re-added:
315 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
316 --------------------------------
319 * Rewrite of the playlist
321 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
322 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
323 * Preferences improvements:
324 - New organization, designed to improve usability
325 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
327 * Core image manipulation support
328 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
329 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
330 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
331 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
332 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
333 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
334 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
335 now separated by ':' instead of ','
336 * Access filter architecture
337 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
338 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
342 * Support for SOCKS proxy
343 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
344 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
345 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
346 * Better support for Kasenna streams
347 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
348 * Massive Matroska improvements
349 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
351 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
352 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
353 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
354 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
355 * Support for FTP over IPv6
358 * Dirac decoder and encoder
359 * PNG decoder/encoder
360 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
361 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
364 * New Record and Timeshift filters
367 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
368 * Brand new SAP module
369 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
370 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
371 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
372 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
373 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
374 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
378 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
381 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
382 * Image file video output (png)
383 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
384 * Improvements to wall video filter
385 * Support for font color and opacity
391 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
392 - Seeking support in VoD streams
393 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
397 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
398 - Improved preferences
399 - Improvements to the wizard
400 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
402 - Redesigned playlist
403 - Improved preferences
405 - Support for multiple actions
408 - Support for the new playlist system
410 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
413 * Screensaver disabling fix
414 * DirectShow tuner configuration
415 * Support for no-decoration windows
418 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
419 * The OpenGL video output is back
420 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
421 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
422 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
423 is not yet available in the new module
424 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
427 * Support for single-buffered overlay
436 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
439 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
442 The following languages were added:
448 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
449 -----------------------------------------------------
452 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
453 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
456 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
457 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
458 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
461 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
464 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
467 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
470 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
471 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
472 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
476 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
478 * Support of playlist group announcement
480 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
481 -----------------------------------------------------
484 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
485 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
486 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
487 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
488 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
489 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
492 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
493 (Stream your desktop)
494 * Improved DVD support:
495 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
496 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
497 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
498 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
499 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
500 (selection of titles/chapters).
503 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
504 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
505 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
506 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
507 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
508 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
509 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
510 * Improved Ogg demuxer
511 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
512 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
515 * G.726 audio support
516 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
517 * MPEG-4 text support
518 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
519 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
520 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
524 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
525 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
526 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
527 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
528 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
529 * DVB subtitles encoder
530 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
531 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
533 * Text track muxing for mp4
534 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
535 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
536 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
537 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
538 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
541 * H.263 RTP streaming support
542 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
543 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
546 * New audio equalizer filter
547 * Very trivial volume normalizer
548 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
549 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
550 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
553 * Roku HD1000 Video output
554 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
555 with support for effects.
556 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
557 - New filters can be streamed.
558 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
559 - Centralized scaling and blending
561 - "time", to display current time
562 - "marq", to display a marquee
565 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
566 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
567 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
568 * A few skins2 improvements
569 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
570 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
571 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
572 * Improved CORBA control module
575 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
576 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
577 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
580 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
581 * Experimental SVG rendering module
582 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
585 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
586 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
587 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
588 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
589 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
592 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
595 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
596 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
599 * Server/client network synchronization module
600 * VBrick streams fully supported
601 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
604 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
605 --------------------------------
608 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
609 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
610 * Improved HTTP daemon.
611 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
614 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
615 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
616 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
617 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
618 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
619 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
620 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
623 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
624 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
625 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
626 * Improved directory access module.
627 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
628 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
629 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
630 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
631 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
634 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
635 * mmsh streaming fixes.
636 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
639 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
640 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
641 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
644 * Improved session announcement system.
645 * Minimize threads usage by default.
646 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
647 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
648 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
649 * Improved transrater.
650 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
651 * New configuration system.
652 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
655 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
656 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
657 * Supports live streams and VoD.
658 * Supports scheduling.
659 * Telnet interface for vlm.
660 * HTTP interface for vlm.
663 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
664 - Ability to embed video output.
665 - Support for bitmap fonts.
666 - Lots of improvements.
667 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
668 - New design and set of icons.
669 - Ability to embed video output.
670 - Support for hotkeys.
671 - Support for bookmarks.
673 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
674 - Better hotkeys handling.
677 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
678 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
679 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
680 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
683 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
684 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
685 * Improved Windows installer.
691 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
692 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
694 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
695 ---------------------------------
698 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
699 * Playing MOD files is working now.
702 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
703 ---------------------------------
706 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
707 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
710 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
711 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
712 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
713 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
716 * Internal improvments
717 * Improved import/export
720 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
722 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
723 small and strange formats.
725 * New MOD audio demux.
726 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
727 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
728 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
729 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
732 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
733 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
734 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
740 * New opengl video output plugin.
743 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
744 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
746 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
747 ---------------------------------
750 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
751 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
752 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
753 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
754 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
755 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
756 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
757 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
760 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
765 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
766 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
767 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
768 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
769 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
770 * Reworked DVB tuning.
771 * Better Icecast support.
772 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
773 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
776 * Support for Theora video encoding.
777 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
778 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
779 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
780 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
781 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
782 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
785 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
786 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
787 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
788 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
789 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
790 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
791 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
792 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
793 * Preliminary RTP support.
794 * Fixes to SAP announces.
799 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
800 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
802 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
803 - Improvements and help in preferences
804 - New streaming wizard
805 - Revised Disc Open menu
807 - Improvements of the standard pages
808 - Support for new commands
809 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
812 * Many fixes to the SAP module
813 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
816 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
817 * Text subtitles autodetection.
818 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
819 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
820 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
821 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
822 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
823 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
824 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
827 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
829 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
830 * Support for Panther.
831 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
832 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
835 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
836 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
837 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
838 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
839 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
840 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
841 * Multimonitor support (untested).
842 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
845 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
846 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
847 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
850 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
853 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
854 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
855 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
856 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
858 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
859 ---------------------------------
862 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
865 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
866 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
869 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
870 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
873 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
876 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
877 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
880 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
883 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
886 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
887 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
890 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
891 ---------------------------------
894 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
895 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
899 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
900 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
901 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
903 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
904 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
907 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
910 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
913 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
914 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
917 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
918 ---------------------------------
921 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
922 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
926 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
927 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
928 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
929 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
930 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
933 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
934 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
935 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
938 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
939 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
940 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
943 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
944 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
945 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
946 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
947 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
950 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
951 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
952 * A new CORBA control plugin.
955 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
958 * Improved build system.
959 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
960 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
961 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
962 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
965 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
966 ---------------------------------
969 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
972 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
973 * Fixed large file support on Windows
974 * Video 4 Linux support
975 * CD Digital Audio support
976 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
979 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
980 * Support for OpenDML avi files
981 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
982 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
985 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
986 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
987 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
988 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
989 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
990 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
991 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
994 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
995 * New HTTP remote control interface
998 * 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.
999 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1000 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1001 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1004 * New reset option for the preferences
1005 * You can set your language in the prefences
1006 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1007 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1008 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1009 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1012 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1013 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1014 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1017 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1018 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1019 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1020 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1021 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1022 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1023 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1024 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1025 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1026 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1029 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1030 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1031 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1032 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1033 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1034 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1035 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1038 * Interface localization
1039 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1040 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1041 * New full-featured Preferences window
1043 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1044 ---------------------------------
1047 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1048 * support for skins at the interface level
1049 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1050 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1051 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1052 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1053 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1056 * fixed HTTP redirects
1057 * support for opening an entire directory
1058 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1059 * new video4linux access plug-in
1060 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1063 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1064 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1065 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1068 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1069 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1070 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1071 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1072 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1073 * new codec for raw I420 video
1074 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1077 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1078 (although it still misses some important features)
1079 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1082 * new HTTP output support
1083 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1084 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1087 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1090 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1093 * reorderable playlist
1094 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1095 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1096 * support for mono audio output devices
1097 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1098 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1099 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1100 * the messages window remembers more lines
1101 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1102 * http and ogg stream output options
1103 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1106 * new skinnable interface
1107 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1109 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1110 * support for FLAC audio format
1111 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1113 * network tab in the interface
1114 * "apply" handling in preferences
1117 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1118 ---------------------------------
1121 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1122 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1123 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1124 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1126 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1127 * DTS S/PDIF support
1130 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1131 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1132 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1133 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1136 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1137 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1140 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1143 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1146 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1148 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1149 * rc interface is now fully useable
1150 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1153 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1154 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1155 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1156 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1157 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1159 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1160 * support for mouse gestures
1161 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1164 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1165 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1168 * improved ID3 tag detection
1169 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1170 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1171 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1173 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1176 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1177 ---------------------------------
1180 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1181 English was set as the preferred language
1184 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1185 --------------------------------
1188 * new mouse gesture interface
1189 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1193 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1194 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1195 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1198 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1199 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1203 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1206 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1207 without the user consent
1210 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1212 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1213 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1214 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1217 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1218 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1219 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1220 * playlist enhancements
1221 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1222 * new step forward/step backward commands
1223 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1224 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1225 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1228 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1229 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1230 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1233 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1234 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1237 * native video output is working again
1238 * only commandline interface support
1239 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1242 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1243 --------------------------------
1246 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1247 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1248 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1249 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1250 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1251 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1252 and A/52 streams are supported)
1253 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1258 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1259 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1260 * VCD entry points support
1261 * VCD image file support
1264 * support for *.asf format
1265 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1266 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1267 * support for ogg encapsulation
1268 * support for raw DV format
1269 * support for *.wav format
1270 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1273 Stream discovery & playlists:
1274 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1275 * support for .m3u file format
1276 * support for .asx file format
1277 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1280 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1281 (only available with the .avi demux)
1282 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1283 * support for raw PCM data
1284 * support for Cinepak video codec
1285 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1286 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1287 * support for Xvid codec
1288 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1289 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1290 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1292 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1294 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1297 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1300 * new WxWindows interface
1301 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1302 device and the channels configuration
1303 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1304 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1305 format that VLC can play
1306 * new swedish translation
1307 * enhancements of the playlist window
1308 * new messages window to see debug info
1309 * fixed a few crashes
1312 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1313 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1314 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1315 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working