1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
6 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
7 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
8 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
9 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
10 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
11 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
12 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
13 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
14 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
15 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
16 --http-crl (optional CRL).
17 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
18 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
20 Important changes for packagers:
21 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
22 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
23 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
24 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
25 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
26 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
27 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
28 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
29 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
30 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
31 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
33 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
34 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
37 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
38 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
39 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
40 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
41 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
42 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
45 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
46 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
47 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
48 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
49 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
50 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
51 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
52 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
53 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
54 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
55 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
56 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
57 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
58 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
59 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
62 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
63 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
64 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
65 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
66 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
67 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
68 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
69 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
70 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
71 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
72 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
73 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
74 * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
75 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
78 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
79 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
80 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
81 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
82 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
83 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
84 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
85 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling
88 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
89 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
90 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
91 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
92 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
93 and important cleanups and optimisations
94 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
95 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output
96 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
97 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
98 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
99 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
100 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
101 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
102 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
103 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
104 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
105 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
106 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
109 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
110 * New video output for iOS platform
111 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
112 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
113 * Various vmem improvements
114 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
116 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
117 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
118 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which now requires a
119 Quartz Extreme capable machine
122 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
123 * New audio output in memory (amem)
124 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
125 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
126 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
129 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
130 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
131 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
132 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
133 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
134 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
135 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
136 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
137 * New anti-flickering filter
138 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
139 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
140 blackbox and customizable shadow
143 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
146 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
147 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
148 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
149 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
150 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
151 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
152 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
153 * Major rework of VoD support
154 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
155 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
156 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
157 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
158 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
159 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
160 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
161 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
162 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
163 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
166 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
167 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
170 * New capabilities for libVLC:
171 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
172 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
173 list of available audio and video filters
174 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
175 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
176 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
179 * asademux: use libass only
180 * subsass: use libass
181 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
182 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
184 * upnp: use upnp_intel
185 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
186 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
187 * removal of the noise filter
188 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
189 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
190 removed in Growl's next release, too.
191 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
194 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
195 ----------------------------------
198 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
199 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
202 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
203 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
204 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
205 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
206 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
208 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
209 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
210 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
212 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
213 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
216 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
219 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
222 * Fix quitting on Linux
223 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
227 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
230 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
233 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
234 ---------------------------------
236 Windows and Mac OS X:
237 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
240 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
241 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
244 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
247 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
250 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
252 Miscellaneous fixes in:
253 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
255 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
256 * RTP output and XML export
257 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
261 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
262 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
263 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
264 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
267 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
268 --------------------------------
270 Windows and Mac OS X:
271 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
274 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
277 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
278 * Improve Apple Remote handling
279 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
280 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
281 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
282 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
285 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
286 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
290 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
291 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
292 * New Luganda Translation
295 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
296 --------------------------------
299 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
302 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
303 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
304 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
305 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
308 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
310 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
311 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
312 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
313 * mp4 demuxer improvements
314 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
315 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
316 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
317 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
319 Miscellaneous fixes in:
320 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
321 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
322 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
323 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
324 * Configure and build system improvements
325 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
328 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
329 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
330 * New icelandic translation
333 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
334 --------------------------------
337 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
341 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
342 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
343 and stability reasons
346 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
350 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
353 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
354 ----------------------------------
357 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
360 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
361 ---------------------------------
364 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
365 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
366 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
367 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
370 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
373 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
374 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
375 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
376 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
379 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
380 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
381 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
383 Subtitles and renderer:
384 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
385 * Mark more freetype options as safe
386 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
387 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
388 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
391 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
392 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
393 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
394 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
397 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
398 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
401 * KDE device solid actions
403 * Transcode integer overflow
404 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
405 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
408 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
409 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
410 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
413 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
414 ----------------------------------
417 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
421 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
424 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
427 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
428 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
429 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
430 * Taglib thread-safety fix
433 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
437 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
440 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
443 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
444 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
446 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
450 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
451 * Miscellaneous fixes
454 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
455 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
457 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
458 * New Asturian translation
461 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
462 ----------------------------------
465 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
467 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
470 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
473 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
474 * Various fixes for Windows
477 * New Armenian translation
478 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
479 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
482 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
483 --------------------------------
486 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
488 * Fix folders opening from the interface
491 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
492 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
495 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
496 --------------------------------
499 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
500 * fix for podcasts parsing
501 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
504 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
505 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
508 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
509 * fix m3u playlists exports
512 * fix video autoresize behaviour
515 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
518 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
521 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
524 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
527 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
528 --------------------------------
531 * Avformat fps displaying fix
532 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
535 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
536 of mono streams, especially on Windows
539 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
540 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
541 * fix console output encoding
543 Interface and extensions:
544 * Youtube and other scripts updates
545 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
548 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
549 --------------------------------
552 * New capabilities for libVLC:
553 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
554 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
555 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
556 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
557 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
558 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
559 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
560 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
561 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
562 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
563 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
564 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
565 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
566 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
567 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
571 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
572 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
573 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
574 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
575 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
578 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
581 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
582 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
583 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
587 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
590 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
591 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
592 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
595 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
596 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
597 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
598 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
601 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
602 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
605 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
606 --------------------------------
608 Important changes for users:
609 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
610 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
612 Important changes for packagers:
613 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
614 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
615 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
616 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
617 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
619 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
621 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
622 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
623 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
624 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
625 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
628 * Support for the sftp protocol
629 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
630 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
631 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
632 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
633 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
636 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
637 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
638 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
640 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
641 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
642 * Invmem module improvements
643 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
644 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
645 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
646 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
647 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
648 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
649 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
650 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
651 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
652 * Support for VP8 codec
653 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
656 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
657 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
658 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
659 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
660 * Various EGP improvements
661 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
662 * Metadata and cover art improvements
665 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
666 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
667 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
668 * Podcast images are now displayed
671 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
672 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
673 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
674 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
675 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
676 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
677 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
678 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
679 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
680 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
681 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
684 * New content extensions lua framework
687 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
688 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
689 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
690 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
691 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
692 * NEON assembly audio converter module
693 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
696 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
697 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
698 * Service discovery based on libudev
699 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
702 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
703 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
704 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
705 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
706 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
707 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
708 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
711 * New smem module, streaming to memory
712 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
713 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
716 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
718 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
719 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
722 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
725 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
726 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
727 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
728 by Andy Matuschak et al.
729 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
730 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
731 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
734 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
735 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
738 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
739 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
740 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
744 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
745 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
746 * Improved Solaris port
749 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
750 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
753 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
754 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
755 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
756 * transrate: broken since too long
757 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
758 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
759 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
760 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
761 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
762 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
763 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
764 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
765 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
766 * cddax: use cdda instead.
767 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
768 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
769 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
770 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
773 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
774 --------------------------------
777 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
779 Decoders/Packetizers:
780 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
783 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
784 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
785 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
786 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
787 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
790 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
791 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
794 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
795 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
798 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
799 and Walloon translations updated
800 * Sinhala translation started
803 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
804 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
807 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
808 --------------------------------
811 * SubRip extra styles improvements
812 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
815 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
818 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
819 increase performance and fix x264 issues
822 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
823 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
824 Russian, Slovak translation updates
825 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
828 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
829 --------------------------------
832 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
833 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
836 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
837 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
840 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
841 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
844 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
847 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
848 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
851 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
852 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
855 * New Walloon translation
856 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
859 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
860 --------------------------------
863 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
864 regressions in most popular drivers
865 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
868 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
869 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
870 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
873 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
874 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
877 * Update for appletrailers lua script
878 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
879 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
880 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
881 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
884 * New udev module for linux
887 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
890 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
893 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
894 --------------------------------
897 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
898 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
899 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
902 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
903 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
906 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
907 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
910 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
913 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
914 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
915 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
916 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
919 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
920 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
921 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
922 - no support for Goom and SDL
923 - limited text rendering support
924 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
927 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
928 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
929 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
930 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
931 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
932 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
933 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
934 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
935 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
939 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
942 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
945 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
946 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
947 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
948 Arabic and French translation updates
951 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
952 --------------------------------
955 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
956 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
957 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
958 * Fix Dailymotion access script
959 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
960 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
963 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
964 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
967 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
968 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
969 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
972 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
975 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
976 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
979 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
980 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
981 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
982 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
983 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
984 * Fix various crashes
987 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
989 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
992 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
993 ---------------------------------
997 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
998 See 'Access:' for more info.
999 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1002 * Instantaneous pausing
1003 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1004 * Finer speed control
1005 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1006 * Timeshift for most medias
1007 * RTSP trickplay support
1008 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1011 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1012 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1013 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1014 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1015 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1016 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1017 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1018 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1019 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1020 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1023 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1024 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1025 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1026 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1027 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1028 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1029 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1032 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1033 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1036 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1037 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1038 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1039 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1040 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1041 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1042 * DVB scanning on linux
1043 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1044 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1045 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1046 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1047 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1048 * MTP device access on Unix
1049 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1050 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1053 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1054 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1055 Windows and Mac OS X.
1058 * Export the playlist in HTML
1059 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1060 * Better metadata handling and reading
1062 Linux/Windows interface:
1063 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1064 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1065 * Recently played items list
1066 * Interface toolbar customizations
1067 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1068 - More menus actions
1069 - Finer speed slider
1070 - Improvements on many dialogs
1071 - New dialog for plugins listing
1072 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1073 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1074 * Better integration in GTK environments
1077 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1078 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1079 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1080 * Additional usability improvements
1083 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1084 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1085 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1086 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1087 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1090 * New Maemo port with:
1091 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1092 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1095 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1098 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1099 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1100 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1101 * Support for latest iSight models
1104 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1105 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1108 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1109 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1110 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1111 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1112 The old image video output has been removed.
1113 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1114 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1117 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1125 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1126 --------------------------------------
1132 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1133 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1134 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1135 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1136 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1137 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1138 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1140 Various fixes to the following modules:
1143 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1144 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1145 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1147 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1152 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1153 ---------------------------------
1156 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1157 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1160 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1161 ---------------------------------
1164 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1167 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1170 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1171 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1172 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1173 main controller window.
1174 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1177 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1182 * Updates of other localizations
1185 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1186 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1187 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1188 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1189 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1192 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1193 ---------------------------------
1196 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1198 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1201 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1202 --------------------------------
1207 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1208 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1211 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1212 --------------------------------
1214 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1215 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1218 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1221 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1222 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1225 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1226 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1229 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1230 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1231 * Various fixed in playlist
1234 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1237 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1240 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1241 ------------------------------------
1243 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1244 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1247 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1248 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1249 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1252 * Stability fix for the video output.
1255 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1256 --------------------------------
1259 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1260 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1261 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1262 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1263 * Fixed update system bugs
1264 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1267 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1268 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1269 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1270 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1271 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1272 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1273 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1274 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1275 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1276 modern Mac OS X versions
1279 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1280 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1282 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1283 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1286 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1287 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1288 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1289 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1290 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1291 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1294 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1295 --------------------------------
1297 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1298 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1299 * Multiple bugfixes.
1302 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1303 --------------------------------
1305 * Multiple bug fixes.
1308 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1309 ---------------------------------
1313 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1314 recent to work correctly
1315 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1316 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1317 edit the ".hosts" file.
1318 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1319 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1320 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1321 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1322 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1323 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1324 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1325 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1326 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1327 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1328 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1329 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1330 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1331 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1332 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1333 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1334 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1335 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1336 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1337 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1338 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1339 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1340 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1341 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1342 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1343 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1344 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1345 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1346 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1347 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1348 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1349 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1350 and postproc modules.
1351 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1352 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1353 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1354 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1356 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1357 filter. For example:
1358 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1359 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1361 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1362 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1368 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1370 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1371 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1374 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1375 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1377 * Shoutcast TV listings
1378 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1380 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1381 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1383 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1386 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1387 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1388 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1389 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1390 * JACK audio input support
1391 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1392 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1393 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1394 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1395 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1396 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1397 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1398 (available as a separate download).
1399 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1400 * RTMP input support
1401 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1402 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1403 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1405 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1406 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1409 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1410 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1411 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1412 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1414 * APEv1/2 tags support
1415 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1416 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1418 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1419 * TiVo Series 2 support
1420 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1425 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1426 * Flash Screen Video support
1427 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1428 * DosBox Capture support
1429 * Karl Morton's Video support
1430 * limited atrac3 support
1432 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1433 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1434 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1435 * H.264 PAFF support
1436 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1437 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1438 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1439 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1440 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1443 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1444 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1445 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1446 * AQTitle subtitles support
1447 * MKV USF subtitles support
1448 * HTML-based subtitles support
1449 * MPSub subtitles support
1450 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1451 * MPL2 subtitles support
1452 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1453 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1454 * Realtext subtitle support
1455 * DKS subtitle support
1456 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1457 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1460 * Flash Screen Video support
1461 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1463 Video outputs and filters:
1464 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1465 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1466 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1467 * New puzzle video output filter
1468 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1469 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1471 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1472 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1473 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1474 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1475 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1476 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1477 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1478 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1479 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1480 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1481 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1482 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1483 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1484 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1486 Audio outputs and filters:
1487 * Replay gain support
1488 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1489 new scaletempo audio filter)
1490 * New spatializer audio filter
1491 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1494 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1495 * New RTP payload formats:
1496 * Speex voice audio codec
1497 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1498 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1499 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1500 * DCCP transport for RTP
1501 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1506 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1507 end-user suitable way.
1508 * Improved user interaction
1509 * Improved mouse gestures
1510 * Vastly improved Update checker
1511 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1513 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1514 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1516 * Improved video output features
1517 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1518 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1519 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1520 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1521 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1523 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1524 if libncursesw is available.
1525 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1526 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1527 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1529 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1530 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1531 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1532 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1533 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1534 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1535 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1536 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1539 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1540 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1541 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1544 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1545 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1546 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1547 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1548 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1549 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1552 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1553 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1563 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1564 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1565 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1568 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1569 ----------------------------------
1572 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1575 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1576 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1577 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1578 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1579 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1580 * Updated Polish translation
1583 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1584 ----------------------------------
1587 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1588 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1589 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1592 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1593 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1594 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1595 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1596 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1597 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1598 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1599 to an unexpected application termination
1600 * New Serbian translation
1601 * Updated Romanian translation
1604 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1605 ----------------------------------
1608 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1609 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1610 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1611 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1612 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1613 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1614 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1615 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1618 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1619 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1620 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1621 * Fixed AAC resampling
1622 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1623 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1626 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1627 ----------------------------------
1630 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1631 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1632 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1633 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1634 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1637 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1638 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1639 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1640 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1641 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1644 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1645 ----------------------------------
1648 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1649 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1652 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1653 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1654 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1655 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1657 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1661 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1664 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1667 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1670 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1673 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1674 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1675 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1676 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1677 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1679 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1680 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1681 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1682 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1685 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1688 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1689 ----------------------------------
1692 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1693 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1694 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1696 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1697 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1699 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1700 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1703 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1705 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1706 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1707 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1708 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1709 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1710 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1711 two different movies
1712 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1713 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1714 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1717 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1720 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1721 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1722 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1723 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1726 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1727 ----------------------------------
1729 Various bugfixes, notably:
1730 * Windows Vista compatibility
1731 * Cropping in Direct3D
1732 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1733 * RSS filter string overflow
1735 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1737 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1738 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1741 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1742 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1745 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1748 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1751 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1754 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1755 ----------------------------------
1757 Various bugfixes, notably:
1758 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1759 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1760 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1761 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1762 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1763 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1766 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1767 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1770 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1772 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1773 * Diverse usability improvements
1774 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1775 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1776 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1779 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1780 ---------------------------------
1782 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1783 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1786 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1789 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1790 --------------------------------
1793 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1796 * Support for RTSP authentication
1797 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1798 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1799 * ATSC support for DVB input
1800 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1801 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1802 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1805 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1806 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1807 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1808 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1809 * Matroska WavPack support
1810 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1811 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1812 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1815 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1816 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1817 * Improved libcaca support
1821 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1822 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1824 * Systray support in skins
1826 * Support for Apple Remote control
1827 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1828 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1829 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1830 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1832 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1835 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1836 Windows 9x/ME users:
1837 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1838 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1839 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1840 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1841 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1843 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1844 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1853 * Updates to the libvlc API
1854 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1857 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1858 --------------------------------
1861 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1862 * Support for downloading updates
1866 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1867 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1868 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1869 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1871 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1872 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1873 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1876 * Cook (Real audio) support
1878 Playlist / Services discovery:
1879 * XSPF playlist support
1881 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1884 * New JACK audio output
1887 * New video filters:
1888 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1889 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1890 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1891 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1892 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1893 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1896 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1899 * System to inform the user and request information
1900 - HTTP authentication
1904 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1905 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1906 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1909 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1910 - Improved playlist handling
1911 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1913 - Embedded Video output
1914 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1915 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1916 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1917 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1918 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1920 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1921 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1924 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1927 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1928 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1929 * Growl "Now playing" support
1932 * Ability to log to syslog
1933 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1936 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1938 * A bit more automatic testing
1941 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1942 ---------------------------------
1945 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1946 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1949 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1950 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1953 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1956 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1957 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1963 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1966 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1967 --------------------------------
1970 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1974 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1975 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1976 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1979 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1980 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1981 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1982 * GnomeVFS input module
1983 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1984 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1987 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1988 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1989 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1992 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1993 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1999 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2000 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2003 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2004 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2005 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2008 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2010 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2011 - New extended controls panel
2012 - New bookmarks window
2013 - Fixed playlist sorting
2014 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2016 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2017 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2018 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2019 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2023 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2024 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2026 - Include macro to include other files
2030 * Should now work outside IE as well
2033 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2036 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2037 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2040 The following languages were added:
2044 * Simplified Chinese
2045 The following languages were re-added:
2049 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2050 --------------------------------
2053 * Rewrite of the playlist
2055 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2056 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2057 * Preferences improvements:
2058 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2059 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2061 * Core image manipulation support
2062 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2063 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2064 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2065 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2066 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2067 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2068 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2069 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2070 * Access filter architecture
2071 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2072 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2076 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2077 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2078 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2079 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2080 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2081 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2082 * Massive Matroska improvements
2083 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2085 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2086 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2087 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2088 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2089 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2091 Decoders / Encoders:
2092 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2093 * PNG decoder/encoder
2094 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2095 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2098 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2101 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2102 * Brand new SAP module
2103 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2104 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2105 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2106 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2107 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2108 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2112 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2115 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2116 * Image file video output (png)
2117 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2118 * Improvements to wall video filter
2119 * Support for font color and opacity
2125 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2126 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2127 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2131 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2132 - Improved preferences
2133 - Improvements to the wizard
2134 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2136 - Redesigned playlist
2137 - Improved preferences
2139 - Support for multiple actions
2142 - Support for the new playlist system
2144 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2147 * Screensaver disabling fix
2148 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2149 * Support for no-decoration windows
2152 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2153 * The OpenGL video output is back
2154 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2155 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2156 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2157 is not yet available in the new module
2158 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2161 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2170 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2173 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2176 The following languages were added:
2182 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2183 --------------------------------
2186 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2187 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2190 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2191 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2192 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2195 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2198 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2201 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2204 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2205 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2206 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2210 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2212 * Support of playlist group announcement
2215 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2216 --------------------------------
2219 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2220 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2221 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2222 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2223 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2224 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2227 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2228 (Stream your desktop)
2229 * Improved DVD support:
2230 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2231 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2232 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2233 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2234 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2235 (selection of titles/chapters).
2238 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2239 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2240 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2241 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2242 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2243 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2244 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2245 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2246 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2247 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2250 * G.726 audio support
2251 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2252 * MPEG-4 text support
2253 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2254 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2255 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2259 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2260 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2261 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2262 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2263 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2264 * DVB subtitles encoder
2265 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2266 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2268 * Text track muxing for mp4
2269 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2270 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2271 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2272 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2273 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2274 * Improved ASF muxer
2276 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2277 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2278 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2281 * New audio equalizer filter
2282 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2283 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2284 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2285 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2288 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2289 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2290 with support for effects.
2291 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2292 - New filters can be streamed.
2293 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2294 - Centralized scaling and blending
2296 - "time", to display current time
2297 - "marq", to display a marquee
2300 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2301 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2302 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2303 * A few skins2 improvements
2304 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2305 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2306 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2307 * Improved CORBA control module
2310 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2311 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2312 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2315 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2316 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2317 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2320 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2321 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2322 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2323 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2324 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2327 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2330 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2331 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2334 * Server/client network synchronization module
2335 * VBrick streams fully supported
2336 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2340 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2341 --------------------------------
2344 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2345 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2346 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2347 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2350 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2351 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2352 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2353 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2354 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2355 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2356 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2359 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2360 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2361 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2362 * Improved directory access module.
2363 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2364 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2365 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2366 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2367 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2370 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2371 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2372 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2375 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2376 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2377 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2380 * Improved session announcement system.
2381 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2382 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2383 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2384 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2385 * Improved transrater.
2386 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2387 * New configuration system.
2388 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2391 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2392 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2393 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2394 * Supports scheduling.
2395 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2396 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2399 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2400 - Ability to embed video output.
2401 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2402 - Lots of improvements.
2403 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2404 - New design and set of icons.
2405 - Ability to embed video output.
2406 - Support for hotkeys.
2407 - Support for bookmarks.
2409 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2410 - Better hotkeys handling.
2413 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2414 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2415 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2416 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2419 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2420 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2421 * Improved Windows installer.
2427 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2428 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2431 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2432 ---------------------------------
2435 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2436 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2439 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2440 --------------------------------
2443 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2444 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2447 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2448 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2449 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2450 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2453 * Internal improvments
2454 * Improved import/export
2457 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2459 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2460 small and strange formats.
2462 * New MOD audio demux.
2463 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2464 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2465 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2466 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2469 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2470 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2471 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2477 * New opengl video output plugin.
2480 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2481 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2484 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2485 --------------------------------
2488 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2489 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2490 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2491 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2492 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2493 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2494 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2495 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2498 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2503 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2504 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2505 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2506 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2507 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2508 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2509 * Better Icecast support.
2510 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2511 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2514 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2515 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2516 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2517 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2518 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2519 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2520 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2523 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2524 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2525 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2526 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2527 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2528 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2529 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2530 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2531 * Preliminary RTP support.
2532 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2537 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2538 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2540 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2541 - Improvements and help in preferences
2542 - New streaming wizard
2543 - Revised Disc Open menu
2545 - Improvements of the standard pages
2546 - Support for new commands
2547 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2550 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2551 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2554 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2555 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2556 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2557 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2558 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2559 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2560 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2561 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2562 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2565 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2567 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2568 * Support for Panther.
2569 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2570 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2573 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2574 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2575 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2576 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2577 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2578 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2579 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2580 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2583 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2584 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2585 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2588 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2591 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2592 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2593 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2594 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2597 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2598 --------------------------------
2601 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2604 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2605 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2608 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2609 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2612 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2615 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2616 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2619 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2622 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2625 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2626 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2630 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2631 --------------------------------
2634 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2635 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2639 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2640 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2641 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2643 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2644 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2647 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2650 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2653 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2654 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2658 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2659 --------------------------------
2662 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2663 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2667 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2668 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2669 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2670 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2671 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2674 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2675 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2676 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2679 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2680 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2681 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2684 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2685 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2686 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2687 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2688 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2691 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2692 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2693 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2696 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2699 * Improved build system.
2700 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2701 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2702 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2703 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2706 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2707 --------------------------------
2710 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2713 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2714 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2715 * Video 4 Linux support
2716 * CD Digital Audio support
2717 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2720 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2721 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2722 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2723 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2726 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2727 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2728 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2729 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2730 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2731 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2732 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2735 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2736 * New HTTP remote control interface
2739 * 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.
2740 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2741 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2742 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2745 * New reset option for the preferences
2746 * You can set your language in the prefences
2747 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2748 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2749 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2750 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2753 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2754 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2755 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2758 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2759 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2760 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2761 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2762 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2763 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2764 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2765 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2766 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2767 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2770 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2771 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2772 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2773 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2774 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2775 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2776 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2779 * Interface localization
2780 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2781 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2782 * New full-featured Preferences window
2785 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2786 --------------------------------
2789 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2790 * support for skins at the interface level
2791 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2792 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2793 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2794 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2795 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2798 * fixed HTTP redirects
2799 * support for opening an entire directory
2800 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2801 * new video4linux access plug-in
2802 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2805 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2806 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2807 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2810 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2811 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2812 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2813 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2814 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2815 * new codec for raw I420 video
2816 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2819 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2820 (although it still misses some important features)
2821 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2824 * new HTTP output support
2825 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2826 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2829 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2832 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2835 * reorderable playlist
2836 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2837 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2838 * support for mono audio output devices
2839 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2840 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2841 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2842 * the messages window remembers more lines
2843 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2844 * http and ogg stream output options
2845 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2848 * new skinnable interface
2849 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2851 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2852 * support for FLAC audio format
2853 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2855 * network tab in the interface
2856 * "apply" handling in preferences
2859 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2860 ---------------------------------
2863 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2864 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2865 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2866 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2868 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2869 * DTS S/PDIF support
2872 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2873 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2874 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2875 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2878 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2879 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2882 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2885 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2888 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2890 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2891 * rc interface is now fully useable
2892 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2895 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2896 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2897 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2898 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2899 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2901 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2902 * support for mouse gestures
2903 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2906 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2907 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2910 * improved ID3 tag detection
2911 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2912 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2913 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2915 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2918 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2919 ---------------------------------
2922 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2923 English was set as the preferred language
2926 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2927 --------------------------------
2930 * new mouse gesture interface
2931 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2935 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2936 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2937 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2940 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2941 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2945 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2948 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2949 without the user consent
2952 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2954 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2955 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2956 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2959 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2960 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2961 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2962 * playlist enhancements
2963 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2964 * new step forward/step backward commands
2965 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2966 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2967 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2970 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2971 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2972 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2975 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2976 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2979 * native video output is working again
2980 * only commandline interface support
2981 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2984 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2985 --------------------------------
2988 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2989 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2990 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2991 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2992 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2993 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2994 and A/52 streams are supported)
2995 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3000 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3001 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3002 * VCD entry points support
3003 * VCD image file support
3006 * support for *.asf format
3007 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3008 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3009 * support for ogg encapsulation
3010 * support for raw DV format
3011 * support for *.wav format
3012 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3015 Stream discovery & playlists:
3016 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3017 * support for .m3u file format
3018 * support for .asx file format
3019 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3022 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3023 (only available with the .avi demux)
3024 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3025 * support for raw PCM data
3026 * support for Cinepak video codec
3027 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3028 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3029 * support for Xvid codec
3030 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3031 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3032 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3034 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3036 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3039 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3042 * new WxWindows interface
3043 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3044 device and the channels configuration
3045 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3046 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3047 format that VLC can play
3048 * new swedish translation
3049 * enhancements of the playlist window
3050 * new messages window to see debug info
3051 * fixed a few crashes
3054 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3055 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3056 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3057 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working