1 Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-pre1:
2 --------------------------------------
6 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
7 See 'Access:' for more info.
10 * Instantaneous pausing
11 * Frame-by-Frame playback
13 * Timeshift for most medias
14 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
15 * RTSP trickplay support
19 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
22 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
23 * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
24 * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer
25 * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard
28 * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files
29 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
30 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
33 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
34 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
37 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
38 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
39 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
40 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
41 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
42 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
43 * DVB scanning on linux
44 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
45 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file)
46 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
47 * MTP device access on Unix
48 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
51 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
52 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
56 * Export the playlist in HTML
57 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
58 * Better metadata handling and reading
60 Linux/Windows interface:
61 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
62 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
63 * Recently played items list
64 * Interface toolbar customizations
65 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
68 - Improvements on many dialogs
69 - New dialog for plugins listing
70 - Fixed-size mode for videos
71 - Better teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
72 * Better integration in GTK environments
75 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
76 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
77 * Easy addition of Subtitles through the Video menu
78 * Additional usability improvements
81 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
82 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
83 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
84 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
85 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
88 * New Maemo port with:
89 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
90 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
93 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
96 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
97 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
100 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
101 * Surround support for PulseAudio
104 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
105 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
106 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'. The old image video output has been removed.
109 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
111 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
112 ---------------------------------
115 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
117 Bunch of small bugfixes.
120 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
121 --------------------------------
126 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
127 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
130 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
131 --------------------------------
133 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
134 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
137 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
140 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
141 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
144 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
145 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
148 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
149 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
150 * Various fixed in playlist
153 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
156 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
159 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
160 ------------------------------------
162 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
163 * Fixes several memory leaks.
166 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
167 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
168 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
171 * Stability fix for the video output.
174 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
175 --------------------------------
178 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
179 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
180 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
181 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
182 * Fixed update system bugs
183 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
186 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
187 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
188 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
189 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
190 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
191 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
192 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
193 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
194 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
195 modern Mac OS X versions
198 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
199 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
201 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
202 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
205 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
206 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
207 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
208 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
209 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
210 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
213 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
214 --------------------------------
216 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
217 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
221 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
222 --------------------------------
224 * Multiple bug fixes.
227 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
228 ---------------------------------
232 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
233 recent to work correctly
234 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
235 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
236 edit the ".hosts" file.
237 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
238 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
239 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
240 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
241 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
242 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
243 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
244 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
245 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
246 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
247 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
248 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
249 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
250 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
251 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
252 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
253 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
254 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
255 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
256 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
257 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
258 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
259 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
260 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
261 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
262 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
263 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
264 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
265 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
266 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
267 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
268 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
269 and postproc modules.
270 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
271 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
272 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
273 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
275 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
277 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
278 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
280 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
281 * Glide video output module has been removed.
287 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
289 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
290 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
293 * Vastly improved playlist support:
294 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
296 * Shoutcast TV listings
297 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
299 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
300 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
302 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
305 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
306 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
307 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
308 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
309 * JACK audio input support
310 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
311 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
312 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
313 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
314 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
315 * Experimental EyeTV access module
316 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
317 (available as a separate download).
318 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
320 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
321 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
322 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
324 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
325 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
328 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
329 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
330 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
331 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
333 * APEv1/2 tags support
334 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
335 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
337 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
338 * TiVo Series 2 support
339 * CD+G karaoke Files support
344 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
345 * Flash Screen Video support
346 * CamStudio Screen Video support
347 * DosBox Capture support
348 * Karl Morton's Video support
349 * limited atrac3 support
351 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
352 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
353 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
355 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
356 * NellyMoser ASAO support
357 * APE (Monkey audio) support
358 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
359 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
362 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
363 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
364 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
365 * AQTitle subtitles support
366 * MKV USF subtitles support
367 * HTML-based subtitles support
368 * MPSub subtitles support
369 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
370 * MPL2 subtitles support
371 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
372 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
373 * Realtext subtitle support
374 * DKS subtitle support
375 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
376 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
379 * Flash Screen Video support
380 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
382 Video outputs and filters:
383 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
384 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
385 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
386 * New puzzle video output filter
387 * Re-written motion detection video filter
388 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
390 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
391 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
392 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
393 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
394 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
395 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
396 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
397 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
398 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
399 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
400 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
401 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
402 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
403 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
405 Audio outputs and filters:
406 * Replay gain support
407 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
408 new scaletempo audio filter)
409 * New spatializer audio filter
410 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
413 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
414 * New RTP payload formats:
415 * Speex voice audio codec
416 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
417 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
418 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
419 * DCCP transport for RTP
420 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
425 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
426 end-user suitable way.
427 * Improved user interaction
428 * Improved mouse gestures
429 * Vastly improved Update checker
430 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
432 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
433 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
435 * Improved video output features
436 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
437 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
438 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
439 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
440 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
442 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
443 if libncursesw is available.
444 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
445 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
446 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
448 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
449 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
450 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
451 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
452 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
453 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
454 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
455 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
458 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
459 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
460 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
463 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
464 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
465 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
466 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
467 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
468 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
471 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
472 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
482 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
483 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
484 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
487 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
488 ----------------------------------
491 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
494 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
495 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
496 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
497 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
498 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
499 * Updated Polish translation
502 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
503 ----------------------------------
506 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
507 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
508 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
511 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
512 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
513 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
514 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
515 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
516 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
517 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
518 to an unexpected application termination
519 * New Serbian translation
520 * Updated Romanian translation
523 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
524 ----------------------------------
527 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
528 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
529 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
530 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
531 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
532 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
533 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
534 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
537 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
538 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
539 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
540 * Fixed AAC resampling
541 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
542 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
545 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
546 ----------------------------------
549 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
550 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
551 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
552 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
553 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
556 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
557 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
558 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
559 * Close MMS access on network timeout
560 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
563 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
564 ----------------------------------
567 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
568 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
571 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
572 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
573 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
574 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
576 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
580 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
583 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
586 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
589 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
592 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
593 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
594 encoding on multi-cpu systems
595 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
596 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
598 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
599 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
600 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
601 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
604 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
607 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
608 ----------------------------------
611 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
612 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
613 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
615 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
616 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
618 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
619 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
622 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
624 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
625 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
626 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
627 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
628 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
629 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
631 * Support for current Ogg file formats
632 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
633 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
636 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
639 * The automatic updating facility was removed
640 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
641 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
642 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
645 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
646 ----------------------------------
648 Various bugfixes, notably:
649 * Windows Vista compatibility
650 * Cropping in Direct3D
651 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
652 * RSS filter string overflow
654 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
656 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
657 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
660 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
661 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
664 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
667 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
670 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
673 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
674 ----------------------------------
676 Various bugfixes, notably:
677 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
678 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
679 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
680 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
681 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
682 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
685 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
686 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
689 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
691 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
692 * Diverse usability improvements
693 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
694 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
695 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
698 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
699 ---------------------------------
702 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
705 * Fullscreen controller improvements
708 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
709 --------------------------------
712 * Shoutcast TV listings support
715 * Support for RTSP authentication
716 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
717 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
718 * ATSC support for DVB input
719 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
720 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
721 * Improved support for Flash Video files
724 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
725 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
726 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
727 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
728 * Matroska WavPack support
729 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
730 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
731 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
734 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
735 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
736 * Improved libcaca support
740 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
741 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
743 * Systray support in skins
745 * Support for Apple Remote control
746 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
747 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
748 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
749 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
751 * Notifications using notification-daemon
754 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
756 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
757 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
758 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
759 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
760 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
762 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
763 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
772 * Updates to the libvlc API
773 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
776 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
777 --------------------------------
780 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
781 * Support for downloading updates
785 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
786 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
787 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
788 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
790 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
791 * Improved subtitles encoding support
792 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
795 * Cook (Real audio) support
797 Playlist / Services discovery:
798 * XSPF playlist support
800 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
803 * New JACK audio output
807 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
808 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
809 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
810 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
811 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
812 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
815 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
818 * System to inform the user and request information
819 - HTTP authentication
823 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
824 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
825 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
828 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
829 - Improved playlist handling
830 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
832 - Embedded Video output
833 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
834 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
835 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
836 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
837 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
839 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
840 - A bunch of new RPN functions
843 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
846 * Mac-Intel compatibility
847 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
848 * Growl "Now playing" support
851 * Ability to log to syslog
852 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
855 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
857 * A bit more automatic testing
860 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
861 ---------------------------------
864 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
865 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
868 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
869 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
872 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
875 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
876 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
882 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
885 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
886 --------------------------------
889 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
893 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
894 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
895 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
898 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
899 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
900 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
901 * GnomeVFS input module
902 * Support for RTP packet reordering
903 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
906 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
907 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
908 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
911 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
912 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
918 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
919 Mixer and Dolby Surround
922 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
923 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
924 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
927 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
929 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
930 - New extended controls panel
931 - New bookmarks window
932 - Fixed playlist sorting
933 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
935 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
936 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
937 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
938 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
942 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
943 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
945 - Include macro to include other files
949 * Should now work outside IE as well
952 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
955 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
956 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
959 The following languages were added:
964 The following languages were re-added:
968 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
969 --------------------------------
972 * Rewrite of the playlist
974 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
975 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
976 * Preferences improvements:
977 - New organization, designed to improve usability
978 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
980 * Core image manipulation support
981 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
982 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
983 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
984 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
985 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
986 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
987 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
988 now separated by ':' instead of ','
989 * Access filter architecture
990 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
991 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
995 * Support for SOCKS proxy
996 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
997 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
998 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
999 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1000 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1001 * Massive Matroska improvements
1002 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1004 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1005 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1006 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1007 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1008 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1010 Decoders / Encoders:
1011 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1012 * PNG decoder/encoder
1013 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1014 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1017 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1020 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1021 * Brand new SAP module
1022 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1023 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1024 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1025 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1026 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1027 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1031 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1034 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1035 * Image file video output (png)
1036 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1037 * Improvements to wall video filter
1038 * Support for font color and opacity
1044 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1045 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1046 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1050 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1051 - Improved preferences
1052 - Improvements to the wizard
1053 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1055 - Redesigned playlist
1056 - Improved preferences
1058 - Support for multiple actions
1061 - Support for the new playlist system
1063 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1066 * Screensaver disabling fix
1067 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1068 * Support for no-decoration windows
1071 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1072 * The OpenGL video output is back
1073 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1074 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1075 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1076 is not yet available in the new module
1077 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1080 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1089 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1092 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1095 The following languages were added:
1101 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1102 --------------------------------
1105 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1106 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1109 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1110 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1111 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1114 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1117 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1120 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1123 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1124 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1125 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1129 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1131 * Support of playlist group announcement
1134 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1135 --------------------------------
1138 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1139 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1140 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1141 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1142 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1143 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1146 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1147 (Stream your desktop)
1148 * Improved DVD support:
1149 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1150 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1151 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1152 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1153 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1154 (selection of titles/chapters).
1157 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1158 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1159 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1160 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1161 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1162 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1163 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1164 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1165 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1166 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1169 * G.726 audio support
1170 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1171 * MPEG-4 text support
1172 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1173 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1174 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1178 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1179 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1180 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1181 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1182 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1183 * DVB subtitles encoder
1184 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1185 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1187 * Text track muxing for mp4
1188 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1189 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1190 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1191 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1192 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1193 * Improved ASF muxer
1195 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1196 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1197 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1200 * New audio equalizer filter
1201 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1202 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1203 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1204 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1207 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1208 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1209 with support for effects.
1210 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1211 - New filters can be streamed.
1212 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1213 - Centralized scaling and blending
1215 - "time", to display current time
1216 - "marq", to display a marquee
1219 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1220 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1221 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1222 * A few skins2 improvements
1223 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1224 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1225 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1226 * Improved CORBA control module
1229 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1230 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1231 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1234 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1235 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1236 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1239 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1240 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1241 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1242 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1243 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1246 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1249 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1250 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1253 * Server/client network synchronization module
1254 * VBrick streams fully supported
1255 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1259 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1260 --------------------------------
1263 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1264 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1265 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1266 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1269 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1270 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1271 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1272 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1273 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1274 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1275 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1278 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1279 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1280 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1281 * Improved directory access module.
1282 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1283 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1284 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1285 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1286 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1289 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1290 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1291 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1294 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1295 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1296 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1299 * Improved session announcement system.
1300 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1301 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1302 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1303 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1304 * Improved transrater.
1305 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1306 * New configuration system.
1307 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1310 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1311 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1312 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1313 * Supports scheduling.
1314 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1315 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1318 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1319 - Ability to embed video output.
1320 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1321 - Lots of improvements.
1322 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1323 - New design and set of icons.
1324 - Ability to embed video output.
1325 - Support for hotkeys.
1326 - Support for bookmarks.
1328 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1329 - Better hotkeys handling.
1332 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1333 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1334 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1335 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1338 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1339 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1340 * Improved Windows installer.
1346 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1347 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1350 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1351 ---------------------------------
1354 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1355 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1358 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1359 --------------------------------
1362 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1363 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1366 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1367 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1368 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1369 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1372 * Internal improvments
1373 * Improved import/export
1376 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1378 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1379 small and strange formats.
1381 * New MOD audio demux.
1382 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1383 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1384 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1385 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1388 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1389 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1390 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1396 * New opengl video output plugin.
1399 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1400 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1403 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1404 --------------------------------
1407 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1408 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1409 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1410 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1411 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1412 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1413 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1414 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1417 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1422 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1423 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1424 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1425 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1426 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1427 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1428 * Better Icecast support.
1429 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1430 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1433 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1434 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1435 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1436 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1437 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1438 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1439 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1442 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1443 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1444 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1445 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1446 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1447 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1448 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1449 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1450 * Preliminary RTP support.
1451 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1456 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1457 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1459 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1460 - Improvements and help in preferences
1461 - New streaming wizard
1462 - Revised Disc Open menu
1464 - Improvements of the standard pages
1465 - Support for new commands
1466 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1469 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1470 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1473 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1474 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1475 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1476 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1477 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1478 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1479 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1480 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1481 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1484 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1486 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1487 * Support for Panther.
1488 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1489 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1492 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1493 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1494 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1495 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1496 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1497 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1498 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1499 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1502 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1503 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1504 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1507 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1510 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1511 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1512 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1513 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1516 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1517 --------------------------------
1520 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1523 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1524 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1527 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1528 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1531 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1534 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1535 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1538 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1541 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1544 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1545 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1549 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1550 --------------------------------
1553 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1554 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1558 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1559 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1560 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1562 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1563 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1566 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1569 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1572 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1573 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1577 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1578 --------------------------------
1581 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1582 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1586 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1587 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1588 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1589 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1590 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1593 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1594 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1595 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1598 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1599 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1600 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1603 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1604 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1605 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1606 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1607 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1610 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1611 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1612 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1615 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1618 * Improved build system.
1619 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1620 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1621 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1622 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1625 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1626 --------------------------------
1629 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1632 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1633 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1634 * Video 4 Linux support
1635 * CD Digital Audio support
1636 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1639 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1640 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1641 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1642 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1645 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1646 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1647 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1648 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1649 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1650 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1651 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1654 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1655 * New HTTP remote control interface
1658 * 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.
1659 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1660 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1661 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1664 * New reset option for the preferences
1665 * You can set your language in the prefences
1666 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1667 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1668 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1669 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1672 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1673 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1674 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1677 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1678 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1679 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1680 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1681 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1682 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1683 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1684 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1685 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1686 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1689 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1690 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1691 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1692 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1693 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1694 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1695 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1698 * Interface localization
1699 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1700 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1701 * New full-featured Preferences window
1704 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1705 --------------------------------
1708 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1709 * support for skins at the interface level
1710 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1711 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1712 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1713 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1714 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1717 * fixed HTTP redirects
1718 * support for opening an entire directory
1719 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1720 * new video4linux access plug-in
1721 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1724 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1725 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1726 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1729 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1730 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1731 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1732 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1733 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1734 * new codec for raw I420 video
1735 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1738 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1739 (although it still misses some important features)
1740 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1743 * new HTTP output support
1744 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1745 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1748 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1751 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1754 * reorderable playlist
1755 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1756 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1757 * support for mono audio output devices
1758 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1759 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1760 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1761 * the messages window remembers more lines
1762 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1763 * http and ogg stream output options
1764 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1767 * new skinnable interface
1768 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1770 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1771 * support for FLAC audio format
1772 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1774 * network tab in the interface
1775 * "apply" handling in preferences
1778 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1779 ---------------------------------
1782 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1783 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1784 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1785 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1787 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1788 * DTS S/PDIF support
1791 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1792 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1793 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1794 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1797 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1798 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1801 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1804 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1807 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1809 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1810 * rc interface is now fully useable
1811 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1814 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1815 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1816 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1817 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1818 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1820 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1821 * support for mouse gestures
1822 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1825 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1826 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1829 * improved ID3 tag detection
1830 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1831 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1832 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1834 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1837 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1838 ---------------------------------
1841 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1842 English was set as the preferred language
1845 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1846 --------------------------------
1849 * new mouse gesture interface
1850 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1854 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1855 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1856 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1859 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1860 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1864 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1867 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1868 without the user consent
1871 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1873 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1874 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1875 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1878 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1879 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1880 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1881 * playlist enhancements
1882 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1883 * new step forward/step backward commands
1884 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1885 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1886 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1889 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1890 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1891 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1894 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1895 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1898 * native video output is working again
1899 * only commandline interface support
1900 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1903 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1904 --------------------------------
1907 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1908 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1909 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1910 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1911 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1912 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1913 and A/52 streams are supported)
1914 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1919 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1920 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1921 * VCD entry points support
1922 * VCD image file support
1925 * support for *.asf format
1926 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1927 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1928 * support for ogg encapsulation
1929 * support for raw DV format
1930 * support for *.wav format
1931 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1934 Stream discovery & playlists:
1935 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1936 * support for .m3u file format
1937 * support for .asx file format
1938 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1941 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1942 (only available with the .avi demux)
1943 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1944 * support for raw PCM data
1945 * support for Cinepak video codec
1946 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1947 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1948 * support for Xvid codec
1949 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1950 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1951 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1953 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1955 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1958 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1961 * new WxWindows interface
1962 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1963 device and the channels configuration
1964 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1965 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1966 format that VLC can play
1967 * new swedish translation
1968 * enhancements of the playlist window
1969 * new messages window to see debug info
1970 * fixed a few crashes
1973 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1974 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1975 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1976 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working