1 Changes between 0.9.6 and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
6 * Frame-By-Frame Support
8 * RTSP trickplay support
11 * RTSP authentication with Darwing Streaming Server
14 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
15 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on
19 * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support
20 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) support
22 * Blu-Ray Linear PCM support
23 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) support
26 * Dirac encoding support using libdirac (support in Ogg, in TS)
29 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
30 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
31 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
33 Linux/Windows interface:
34 * Recently played items list
37 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
40 * New Maemo port with:
41 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
42 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
45 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
48 * export the playlist in HTML
49 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
52 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
53 * Surround support for PulseAudio
55 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
56 --------------------------------
61 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
62 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
64 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
65 --------------------------------
67 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
68 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
71 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
74 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
75 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
78 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
79 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
82 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
83 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
84 * Various fixed in playlist
87 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
90 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
92 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
93 ------------------------------------
95 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
96 * Fixes several memory leaks.
99 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
100 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
101 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
104 * Stability fix for the video output.
107 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
108 --------------------------------
111 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
112 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
113 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
114 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
115 * Fixed update system bugs
116 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
119 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
120 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
121 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
122 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
123 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
124 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
125 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
126 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
127 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
128 modern Mac OS X versions
131 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
132 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
134 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
135 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
138 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
139 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
140 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
141 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
142 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
143 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
146 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
147 --------------------------------
149 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
150 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
154 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
155 --------------------------------
157 * Multiple bug fixes.
160 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
161 ---------------------------------
165 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
166 recent to work correctly
167 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
168 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
169 edit the ".hosts" file.
170 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
171 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
172 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
173 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
174 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
175 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
176 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
177 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
178 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
179 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
180 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
181 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
182 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
183 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
184 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
185 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
186 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
187 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
188 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
189 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
190 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
191 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
192 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
193 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
194 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
195 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
196 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
197 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
198 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
199 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
200 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
201 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
202 and postproc modules.
203 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
204 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
205 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
206 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
208 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
210 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
211 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
213 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
214 * Glide video output module has been removed.
220 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
222 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
223 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
226 * Vastly improved playlist support:
227 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
229 * Shoutcast TV listings
230 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
232 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
233 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
235 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
238 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
239 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
240 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
241 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
242 * JACK audio input support
243 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
244 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
245 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
246 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
247 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
248 * Experimental EyeTV access module
249 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
250 (available as a separate download).
251 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
253 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
254 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
255 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
257 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
258 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
261 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
262 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
263 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
264 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
266 * APEv1/2 tags support
267 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
268 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
270 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
271 * TiVo Series 2 support
272 * CD+G karaoke Files support
277 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
278 * Flash Screen Video support
279 * CamStudio Screen Video support
280 * DosBox Capture support
281 * Karl Morton's Video support
282 * limited atrac3 support
284 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
285 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
286 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
288 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
289 * NellyMoser ASAO support
290 * APE (Monkey audio) support
291 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
292 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
295 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
296 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
297 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
298 * AQTitle subtitles support
299 * MKV USF subtitles support
300 * HTML-based subtitles support
301 * MPSub subtitles support
302 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
303 * MPL2 subtitles support
304 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
305 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
306 * Realtext subtitle support
307 * DKS subtitle support
308 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
309 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
312 * Flash Screen Video support
313 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
315 Video outputs and filters:
316 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
317 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
318 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
319 * New puzzle video output filter
320 * Re-written motion detection video filter
321 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
323 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
324 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
325 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
326 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
327 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
328 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
329 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
330 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
331 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
332 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
333 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
334 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
335 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
336 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
338 Audio outputs and filters:
339 * Replay gain support
340 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
341 new scaletempo audio filter)
342 * New spatializer audio filter
343 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
346 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
347 * New RTP payload formats:
348 * Speex voice audio codec
349 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
350 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
351 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
352 * DCCP transport for RTP
353 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
358 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
359 end-user suitable way.
360 * Improved user interaction
361 * Improved mouse gestures
362 * Vastly improved Update checker
363 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
365 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
366 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
368 * Improved video output features
369 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
370 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
371 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
372 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
373 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
375 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
376 if libncursesw is available.
377 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
378 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
379 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
381 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
382 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
383 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
384 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
385 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
386 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
387 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
388 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
391 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
392 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
393 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
396 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
397 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
398 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
399 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
400 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
401 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
404 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
405 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
415 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
416 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
417 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
420 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
421 ----------------------------------
424 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
427 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
428 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
429 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
430 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
431 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
432 * Updated Polish translation
435 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
436 ----------------------------------
439 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
440 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
441 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
444 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
445 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
446 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
447 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
448 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
449 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
450 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
451 to an unexpected application termination
452 * New Serbian translation
453 * Updated Romanian translation
456 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
457 ----------------------------------
460 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
461 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
462 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
463 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
464 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
465 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
466 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
467 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
470 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
471 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
472 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
473 * Fixed AAC resampling
474 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
475 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
478 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
479 ----------------------------------
482 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
483 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
484 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
485 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
486 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
489 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
490 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
491 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
492 * Close MMS access on network timeout
493 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
496 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
497 ----------------------------------
500 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
501 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
504 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
505 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
506 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
507 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
509 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
513 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
516 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
519 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
522 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
525 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
526 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
527 encoding on multi-cpu systems
528 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
529 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
531 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
532 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
533 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
534 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
537 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
540 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
541 ----------------------------------
544 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
545 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
546 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
548 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
549 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
551 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
552 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
555 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
557 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
558 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
559 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
560 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
561 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
562 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
564 * Support for current Ogg file formats
565 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
566 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
569 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
572 * The automatic updating facility was removed
573 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
574 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
575 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
578 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
579 ----------------------------------
581 Various bugfixes, notably:
582 * Windows Vista compatibility
583 * Cropping in Direct3D
584 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
585 * RSS filter string overflow
587 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
589 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
590 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
593 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
594 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
597 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
600 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
603 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
606 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
607 ----------------------------------
609 Various bugfixes, notably:
610 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
611 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
612 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
613 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
614 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
615 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
618 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
619 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
622 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
624 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
625 * Diverse usability improvements
626 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
627 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
628 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
631 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
632 ---------------------------------
635 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
638 * Fullscreen controller improvements
641 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
642 --------------------------------
645 * Shoutcast TV listings support
648 * Support for RTSP authentication
649 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
650 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
651 * ATSC support for DVB input
652 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
653 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
654 * Improved support for Flash Video files
657 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
658 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
659 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
660 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
661 * Matroska WavPack support
662 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
663 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
664 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
667 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
668 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
669 * Improved libcaca support
673 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
674 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
676 * Systray support in skins
678 * Support for Apple Remote control
679 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
680 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
681 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
682 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
684 * Notifications using notification-daemon
687 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
689 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
690 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
691 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
692 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
693 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
695 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
696 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
705 * Updates to the libvlc API
706 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
709 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
710 --------------------------------
713 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
714 * Support for downloading updates
718 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
719 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
720 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
721 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
723 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
724 * Improved subtitles encoding support
725 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
728 * Cook (Real audio) support
730 Playlist / Services discovery:
731 * XSPF playlist support
733 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
736 * New JACK audio output
740 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
741 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
742 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
743 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
744 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
745 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
748 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
751 * System to inform the user and request information
752 - HTTP authentication
756 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
757 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
758 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
761 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
762 - Improved playlist handling
763 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
765 - Embedded Video output
766 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
767 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
768 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
769 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
770 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
772 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
773 - A bunch of new RPN functions
776 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
779 * Mac-Intel compatibility
780 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
781 * Growl "Now playing" support
784 * Ability to log to syslog
785 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
788 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
790 * A bit more automatic testing
793 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
794 ---------------------------------
797 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
798 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
801 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
802 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
805 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
808 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
809 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
815 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
818 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
819 --------------------------------
822 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
826 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
827 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
828 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
831 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
832 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
833 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
834 * GnomeVFS input module
835 * Support for RTP packet reordering
836 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
839 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
840 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
841 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
844 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
845 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
851 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
852 Mixer and Dolby Surround
855 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
856 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
857 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
860 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
862 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
863 - New extended controls panel
864 - New bookmarks window
865 - Fixed playlist sorting
866 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
868 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
869 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
870 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
871 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
875 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
876 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
878 - Include macro to include other files
882 * Should now work outside IE as well
885 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
888 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
889 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
892 The following languages were added:
897 The following languages were re-added:
901 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
902 --------------------------------
905 * Rewrite of the playlist
907 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
908 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
909 * Preferences improvements:
910 - New organization, designed to improve usability
911 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
913 * Core image manipulation support
914 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
915 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
916 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
917 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
918 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
919 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
920 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
921 now separated by ':' instead of ','
922 * Access filter architecture
923 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
924 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
928 * Support for SOCKS proxy
929 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
930 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
931 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
932 * Better support for Kasenna streams
933 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
934 * Massive Matroska improvements
935 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
937 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
938 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
939 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
940 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
941 * Support for FTP over IPv6
944 * Dirac decoder and encoder
945 * PNG decoder/encoder
946 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
947 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
950 * New Record and Timeshift filters
953 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
954 * Brand new SAP module
955 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
956 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
957 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
958 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
959 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
960 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
964 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
967 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
968 * Image file video output (png)
969 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
970 * Improvements to wall video filter
971 * Support for font color and opacity
977 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
978 - Seeking support in VoD streams
979 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
983 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
984 - Improved preferences
985 - Improvements to the wizard
986 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
988 - Redesigned playlist
989 - Improved preferences
991 - Support for multiple actions
994 - Support for the new playlist system
996 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
999 * Screensaver disabling fix
1000 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1001 * Support for no-decoration windows
1004 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1005 * The OpenGL video output is back
1006 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1007 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1008 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1009 is not yet available in the new module
1010 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1013 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1022 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1025 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1028 The following languages were added:
1034 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1035 --------------------------------
1038 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1039 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1042 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1043 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1044 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1047 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1050 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1053 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1056 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1057 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1058 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1062 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1064 * Support of playlist group announcement
1067 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1068 --------------------------------
1071 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1072 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1073 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1074 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1075 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1076 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1079 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1080 (Stream your desktop)
1081 * Improved DVD support:
1082 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1083 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1084 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1085 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1086 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1087 (selection of titles/chapters).
1090 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1091 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1092 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1093 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1094 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1095 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1096 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1097 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1098 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1099 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1102 * G.726 audio support
1103 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1104 * MPEG-4 text support
1105 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1106 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1107 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1111 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1112 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1113 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1114 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1115 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1116 * DVB subtitles encoder
1117 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1118 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1120 * Text track muxing for mp4
1121 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1122 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1123 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1124 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1125 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1126 * Improved ASF muxer
1128 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1129 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1130 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1133 * New audio equalizer filter
1134 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1135 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1136 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1137 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1140 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1141 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1142 with support for effects.
1143 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1144 - New filters can be streamed.
1145 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1146 - Centralized scaling and blending
1148 - "time", to display current time
1149 - "marq", to display a marquee
1152 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1153 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1154 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1155 * A few skins2 improvements
1156 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1157 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1158 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1159 * Improved CORBA control module
1162 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1163 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1164 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1167 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1168 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1169 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1172 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1173 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1174 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1175 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1176 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1179 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1182 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1183 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1186 * Server/client network synchronization module
1187 * VBrick streams fully supported
1188 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1192 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1193 --------------------------------
1196 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1197 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1198 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1199 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1202 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1203 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1204 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1205 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1206 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1207 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1208 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1211 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1212 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1213 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1214 * Improved directory access module.
1215 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1216 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1217 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1218 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1219 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1222 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1223 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1224 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1227 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1228 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1229 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1232 * Improved session announcement system.
1233 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1234 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1235 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1236 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1237 * Improved transrater.
1238 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1239 * New configuration system.
1240 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1243 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1244 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1245 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1246 * Supports scheduling.
1247 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1248 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1251 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1252 - Ability to embed video output.
1253 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1254 - Lots of improvements.
1255 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1256 - New design and set of icons.
1257 - Ability to embed video output.
1258 - Support for hotkeys.
1259 - Support for bookmarks.
1261 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1262 - Better hotkeys handling.
1265 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1266 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1267 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1268 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1271 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1272 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1273 * Improved Windows installer.
1279 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1280 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1283 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1284 ---------------------------------
1287 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1288 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1291 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1292 --------------------------------
1295 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1296 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1299 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1300 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1301 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1302 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1305 * Internal improvments
1306 * Improved import/export
1309 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1311 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1312 small and strange formats.
1314 * New MOD audio demux.
1315 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1316 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1317 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1318 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1321 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1322 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1323 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1329 * New opengl video output plugin.
1332 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1333 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1336 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1337 --------------------------------
1340 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1341 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1342 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1343 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1344 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1345 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1346 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1347 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1350 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1355 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1356 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1357 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1358 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1359 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1360 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1361 * Better Icecast support.
1362 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1363 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1366 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1367 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1368 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1369 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1370 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1371 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1372 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1375 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1376 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1377 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1378 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1379 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1380 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1381 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1382 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1383 * Preliminary RTP support.
1384 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1389 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1390 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1392 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1393 - Improvements and help in preferences
1394 - New streaming wizard
1395 - Revised Disc Open menu
1397 - Improvements of the standard pages
1398 - Support for new commands
1399 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1402 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1403 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1406 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1407 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1408 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1409 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1410 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1411 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1412 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1413 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1414 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1417 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1419 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1420 * Support for Panther.
1421 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1422 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1425 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1426 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1427 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1428 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1429 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1430 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1431 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1432 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1435 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1436 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1437 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1440 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1443 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1444 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1445 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1446 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1449 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1450 --------------------------------
1453 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1456 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1457 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1460 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1461 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1464 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1467 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1468 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1471 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1474 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1477 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1478 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1482 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1483 --------------------------------
1486 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1487 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1491 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1492 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1493 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1495 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1496 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1499 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1502 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1505 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1506 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1510 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1511 --------------------------------
1514 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1515 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1519 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1520 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1521 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1522 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1523 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1526 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1527 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1528 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1531 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1532 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1533 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1536 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1537 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1538 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1539 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1540 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1543 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1544 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1545 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1548 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1551 * Improved build system.
1552 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1553 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1554 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1555 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1558 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1559 --------------------------------
1562 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1565 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1566 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1567 * Video 4 Linux support
1568 * CD Digital Audio support
1569 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1572 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1573 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1574 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1575 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1578 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1579 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1580 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1581 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1582 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1583 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1584 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1587 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1588 * New HTTP remote control interface
1591 * 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.
1592 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1593 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1594 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1597 * New reset option for the preferences
1598 * You can set your language in the prefences
1599 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1600 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1601 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1602 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1605 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1606 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1607 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1610 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1611 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1612 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1613 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1614 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1615 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1616 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1617 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1618 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1619 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1622 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1623 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1624 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1625 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1626 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1627 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1628 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1631 * Interface localization
1632 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1633 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1634 * New full-featured Preferences window
1637 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1638 --------------------------------
1641 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1642 * support for skins at the interface level
1643 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1644 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1645 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1646 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1647 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1650 * fixed HTTP redirects
1651 * support for opening an entire directory
1652 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1653 * new video4linux access plug-in
1654 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1657 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1658 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1659 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1662 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1663 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1664 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1665 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1666 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1667 * new codec for raw I420 video
1668 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1671 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1672 (although it still misses some important features)
1673 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1676 * new HTTP output support
1677 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1678 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1681 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1684 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1687 * reorderable playlist
1688 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1689 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1690 * support for mono audio output devices
1691 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1692 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1693 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1694 * the messages window remembers more lines
1695 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1696 * http and ogg stream output options
1697 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1700 * new skinnable interface
1701 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1703 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1704 * support for FLAC audio format
1705 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1707 * network tab in the interface
1708 * "apply" handling in preferences
1711 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1712 ---------------------------------
1715 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1716 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1717 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1718 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1720 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1721 * DTS S/PDIF support
1724 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1725 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1726 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1727 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1730 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1731 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1734 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1737 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1740 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1742 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1743 * rc interface is now fully useable
1744 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1747 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1748 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1749 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1750 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1751 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1753 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1754 * support for mouse gestures
1755 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1758 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1759 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1762 * improved ID3 tag detection
1763 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1764 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1765 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1767 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1770 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1771 ---------------------------------
1774 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1775 English was set as the preferred language
1778 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1779 --------------------------------
1782 * new mouse gesture interface
1783 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1787 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1788 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1789 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1792 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1793 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1797 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1800 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1801 without the user consent
1804 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1806 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1807 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1808 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1811 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1812 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1813 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1814 * playlist enhancements
1815 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1816 * new step forward/step backward commands
1817 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1818 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1819 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1822 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1823 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1824 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1827 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1828 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1831 * native video output is working again
1832 * only commandline interface support
1833 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1836 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1837 --------------------------------
1840 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1841 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1842 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1843 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1844 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1845 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1846 and A/52 streams are supported)
1847 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1852 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1853 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1854 * VCD entry points support
1855 * VCD image file support
1858 * support for *.asf format
1859 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1860 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1861 * support for ogg encapsulation
1862 * support for raw DV format
1863 * support for *.wav format
1864 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1867 Stream discovery & playlists:
1868 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1869 * support for .m3u file format
1870 * support for .asx file format
1871 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1874 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1875 (only available with the .avi demux)
1876 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1877 * support for raw PCM data
1878 * support for Cinepak video codec
1879 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1880 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1881 * support for Xvid codec
1882 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1883 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1884 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1886 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1888 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1891 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1894 * new WxWindows interface
1895 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1896 device and the channels configuration
1897 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1898 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1899 format that VLC can play
1900 * new swedish translation
1901 * enhancements of the playlist window
1902 * new messages window to see debug info
1903 * fixed a few crashes
1906 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1907 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1908 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1909 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working