3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
8 * Support for downloading updates
12 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
13 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
14 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
15 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
17 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
18 * Improved subtitles encoding support
19 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
22 * Cook (Real audio) support
24 Playlist / Services discovery:
25 * XSPF playlist support
29 * New JACK audio output
33 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
34 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
35 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
36 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
37 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
38 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
41 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
44 * System to inform the user and request information
49 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
50 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
51 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
53 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
54 - Improved playlist handling
55 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
57 - Embedded Video output
58 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
59 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
60 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
61 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
62 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
64 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
65 - A bunch of new RPN functions
68 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
71 * Mac-Intel compatibility
72 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
73 * Growl "Now playing" support
76 * Ability to log to syslog
77 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
80 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
82 * A bit more automatic testing
84 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
85 ---------------------------------
88 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
89 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
92 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
93 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
96 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
99 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
100 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
106 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
108 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
109 --------------------------------
112 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
116 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
117 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
118 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
121 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
122 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
123 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
124 * GnomeVFS input module
125 * Support for RTP packet reordering
126 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
129 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
130 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
131 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
134 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
135 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
141 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
142 Mixer and Dolby Surround
145 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
146 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
147 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
150 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
152 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
153 - New extended controls panel
154 - New bookmarks window
155 - Fixed playlist sorting
156 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
158 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
159 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
160 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
161 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
165 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
166 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
168 - Include macro to include other files
172 * Should now work outside IE as well
175 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
178 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
179 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
182 The following languages were added:
187 The following languages were re-added:
190 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
191 --------------------------------
194 * Rewrite of the playlist
196 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
197 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
198 * Preferences improvements:
199 - New organization, designed to improve usability
200 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
202 * Core image manipulation support
203 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
204 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
205 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
206 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
207 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
208 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
209 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
210 now separated by ':' instead of ','
211 * Access filter architecture
212 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
213 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
217 * Support for SOCKS proxy
218 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
219 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
220 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
221 * Better support for Kasenna streams
222 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
223 * Massive Matroska improvements
224 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
226 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
227 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
228 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
229 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
230 * Support for FTP over IPv6
233 * Dirac decoder and encoder
234 * PNG decoder/encoder
235 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
236 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
239 * New Record and Timeshift filters
242 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
243 * Brand new SAP module
244 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
245 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
246 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
247 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
248 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
249 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
253 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
256 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
257 * Image file video output (png)
258 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
259 * Improvements to wall video filter
260 * Support for font color and opacity
266 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
267 - Seeking support in VoD streams
268 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
272 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
273 - Improved preferences
274 - Improvements to the wizard
275 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
277 - Redesigned playlist
278 - Improved preferences
280 - Support for multiple actions
283 - Support for the new playlist system
285 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
288 * Screensaver disabling fix
289 * DirectShow tuner configuration
290 * Support for no-decoration windows
293 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
294 * The OpenGL video output is back
295 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
296 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
297 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
298 is not yet available in the new module
299 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
302 * Support for single-buffered overlay
311 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
314 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
317 The following languages were added:
323 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
324 -----------------------------------------------------
327 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
328 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
331 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
332 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
333 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
336 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
339 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
342 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
345 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
346 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
347 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
351 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
353 * Support of playlist group announcement
355 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
356 -----------------------------------------------------
359 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
360 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
361 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
362 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
363 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
364 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
367 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
368 (Stream your desktop)
369 * Improved DVD support:
370 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
371 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
372 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
373 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
374 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
375 (selection of titles/chapters).
378 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
379 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
380 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
381 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
382 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
383 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
384 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
385 * Improved Ogg demuxer
386 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
387 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
390 * G.726 audio support
391 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
392 * MPEG-4 text support
393 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
394 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
395 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
399 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
400 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
401 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
402 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
403 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
404 * DVB subtitles encoder
405 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
406 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
408 * Text track muxing for mp4
409 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
410 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
411 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
412 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
413 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
416 * H.263 RTP streaming support
417 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
418 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
421 * New audio equalizer filter
422 * Very trivial volume normalizer
423 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
424 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
425 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
428 * Roku HD1000 Video output
429 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
430 with support for effects.
431 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
432 - New filters can be streamed.
433 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
434 - Centralized scaling and blending
436 - "time", to display current time
437 - "marq", to display a marquee
440 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
441 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
442 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
443 * A few skins2 improvements
444 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
445 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
446 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
447 * Improved CORBA control module
450 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
451 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
452 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
455 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
456 * Experimental SVG rendering module
457 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
460 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
461 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
462 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
463 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
464 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
467 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
470 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
471 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
474 * Server/client network synchronization module
475 * VBrick streams fully supported
476 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
479 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
480 --------------------------------
483 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
484 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
485 * Improved HTTP daemon.
486 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
489 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
490 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
491 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
492 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
493 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
494 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
495 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
498 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
499 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
500 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
501 * Improved directory access module.
502 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
503 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
504 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
505 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
506 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
509 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
510 * mmsh streaming fixes.
511 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
514 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
515 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
516 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
519 * Improved session announcement system.
520 * Minimize threads usage by default.
521 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
522 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
523 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
524 * Improved transrater.
525 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
526 * New configuration system.
527 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
530 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
531 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
532 * Supports live streams and VoD.
533 * Supports scheduling.
534 * Telnet interface for vlm.
535 * HTTP interface for vlm.
538 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
539 - Ability to embed video output.
540 - Support for bitmap fonts.
541 - Lots of improvements.
542 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
543 - New design and set of icons.
544 - Ability to embed video output.
545 - Support for hotkeys.
546 - Support for bookmarks.
548 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
549 - Better hotkeys handling.
552 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
553 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
554 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
555 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
558 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
559 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
560 * Improved Windows installer.
566 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
567 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
569 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
570 ---------------------------------
573 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
574 * Playing MOD files is working now.
577 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
578 ---------------------------------
581 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
582 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
585 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
586 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
587 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
588 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
591 * Internal improvments
592 * Improved import/export
595 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
597 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
598 small and strange formats.
600 * New MOD audio demux.
601 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
602 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
603 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
604 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
607 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
608 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
609 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
615 * New opengl video output plugin.
618 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
619 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
621 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
622 ---------------------------------
625 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
626 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
627 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
628 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
629 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
630 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
631 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
632 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
635 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
640 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
641 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
642 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
643 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
644 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
645 * Reworked DVB tuning.
646 * Better Icecast support.
647 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
648 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
651 * Support for Theora video encoding.
652 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
653 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
654 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
655 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
656 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
657 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
660 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
661 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
662 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
663 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
664 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
665 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
666 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
667 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
668 * Preliminary RTP support.
669 * Fixes to SAP announces.
674 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
675 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
677 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
678 - Improvements and help in preferences
679 - New streaming wizard
680 - Revised Disc Open menu
682 - Improvements of the standard pages
683 - Support for new commands
684 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
687 * Many fixes to the SAP module
688 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
691 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
692 * Text subtitles autodetection.
693 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
694 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
695 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
696 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
697 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
698 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
699 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
702 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
704 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
705 * Support for Panther.
706 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
707 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
710 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
711 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
712 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
713 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
714 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
715 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
716 * Multimonitor support (untested).
717 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
720 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
721 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
722 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
725 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
728 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
729 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
730 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
731 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
733 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
734 ---------------------------------
737 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
740 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
741 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
744 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
745 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
748 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
751 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
752 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
755 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
758 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
761 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
762 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
765 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
766 ---------------------------------
769 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
770 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
774 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
775 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
776 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
778 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
779 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
782 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
785 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
788 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
789 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
792 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
793 ---------------------------------
796 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
797 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
801 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
802 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
803 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
804 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
805 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
808 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
809 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
810 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
813 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
814 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
815 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
818 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
819 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
820 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
821 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
822 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
825 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
826 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
827 * A new CORBA control plugin.
830 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
833 * Improved build system.
834 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
835 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
836 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
837 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
840 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
841 ---------------------------------
844 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
847 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
848 * Fixed large file support on Windows
849 * Video 4 Linux support
850 * CD Digital Audio support
851 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
854 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
855 * Support for OpenDML avi files
856 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
857 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
860 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
861 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
862 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
863 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
864 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
865 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
866 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
869 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
870 * New HTTP remote control interface
873 * 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.
874 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
875 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
876 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
879 * New reset option for the preferences
880 * You can set your language in the prefences
881 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
882 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
883 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
884 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
887 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
888 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
889 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
892 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
893 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
894 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
895 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
896 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
897 * New icons by Davor Orel.
898 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
899 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
900 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
901 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
904 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
905 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
906 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
907 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
908 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
909 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
910 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
913 * Interface localization
914 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
915 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
916 * New full-featured Preferences window
918 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
919 ---------------------------------
922 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
923 * support for skins at the interface level
924 * new OSD module using Freetype2
925 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
926 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
927 input level before dropping out of date frames.
928 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
931 * fixed HTTP redirects
932 * support for opening an entire directory
933 * EOF should be detected more reliably
934 * new video4linux access plug-in
935 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
938 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
939 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
940 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
943 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
944 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
945 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
946 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
947 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
948 * new codec for raw I420 video
949 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
952 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
953 (although it still misses some important features)
954 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
957 * new HTTP output support
958 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
959 * fixed AV synchronization issues
962 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
965 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
968 * reorderable playlist
969 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
970 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
971 * support for mono audio output devices
972 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
973 * fixed several cosmetic issues
974 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
975 * the messages window remembers more lines
976 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
977 * http and ogg stream output options
978 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
981 * new skinnable interface
982 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
984 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
985 * support for FLAC audio format
986 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
988 * network tab in the interface
989 * "apply" handling in preferences
992 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
993 ---------------------------------
996 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
997 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
998 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
999 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1001 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1002 * DTS S/PDIF support
1005 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1006 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1007 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1008 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1011 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1012 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1015 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1018 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1021 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1023 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1024 * rc interface is now fully useable
1025 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1028 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1029 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1030 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1031 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1032 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1034 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1035 * support for mouse gestures
1036 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1039 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1040 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1043 * improved ID3 tag detection
1044 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1045 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1046 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1048 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1051 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1052 ---------------------------------
1055 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1056 English was set as the preferred language
1059 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1060 --------------------------------
1063 * new mouse gesture interface
1064 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1068 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1069 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1070 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1073 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1074 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1078 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1081 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1082 without the user consent
1085 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1087 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1088 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1089 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1092 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1093 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1094 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1095 * playlist enhancements
1096 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1097 * new step forward/step backward commands
1098 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1099 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1100 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1103 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1104 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1105 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1108 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1109 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1112 * native video output is working again
1113 * only commandline interface support
1114 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1117 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1118 --------------------------------
1121 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1122 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1123 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1124 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1125 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1126 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1127 and A/52 streams are supported)
1128 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1133 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1134 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1135 * VCD entry points support
1136 * VCD image file support
1139 * support for *.asf format
1140 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1141 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1142 * support for ogg encapsulation
1143 * support for raw DV format
1144 * support for *.wav format
1145 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1148 Stream discovery & playlists:
1149 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1150 * support for .m3u file format
1151 * support for .asx file format
1152 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1155 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1156 (only available with the .avi demux)
1157 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1158 * support for raw PCM data
1159 * support for Cinepak video codec
1160 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1161 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1162 * support for Xvid codec
1163 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1164 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1165 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1167 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1169 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1172 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1175 * new WxWindows interface
1176 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1177 device and the channels configuration
1178 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1179 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1180 format that VLC can play
1181 * new swedish translation
1182 * enhancements of the playlist window
1183 * new messages window to see debug info
1184 * fixed a few crashes
1187 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1188 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1189 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1190 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working