1 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
6 * Support for the sftp protocol
7 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version
8 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
9 * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory
10 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams
13 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support
14 * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
15 * Invmem module improvements
16 * Support for Atrac1 codec
17 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities
18 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
19 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
20 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA
23 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
24 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
25 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
26 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
27 * Various EGP improvements
28 * Support for embedded subtitles in .avi ODML files
31 * WPL playlist support
32 * ZPL playlist support
33 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
34 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
35 * Podcast images are now displayed
38 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
39 * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter
40 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler,
41 linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and
42 * NEON assembly audio converter module
45 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
46 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
47 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
48 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
49 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
50 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
53 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
54 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
55 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
56 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
57 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
58 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
61 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
64 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
65 * Service discovery based on libudev
68 * New smem module, streaming to memory
69 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
70 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
73 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
75 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
78 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
81 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
82 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
83 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
84 by Andy Matuschak et al.
85 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
88 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
89 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
92 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
98 * csri codec. Use libass module instead.
99 * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead.
100 * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X
102 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use new XCB modules instead.
103 * HAL. Use libudev instead.
104 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
105 * WinCE and qnx interfaces
106 * opie, qte and qte_main
107 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one.
108 * XvMC accelerated modules. Use VAAPI instead.
109 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux. Use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
111 * cddax. Use cdda instead
112 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
115 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released):
116 ---------------------------------------------------
118 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
121 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
122 --------------------------------
125 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
126 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
129 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
130 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
133 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
134 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
137 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
140 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
141 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
144 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
145 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
148 * New Walloon translation
149 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
152 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
153 --------------------------------
156 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
157 regressions in most popular drivers
158 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
161 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
162 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
163 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
166 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
167 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
170 * Update for appletrailers lua script
171 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
172 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
173 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
174 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
177 * New udev module for linux
180 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
183 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
186 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
187 --------------------------------
190 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
191 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
192 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
195 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
196 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
199 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
200 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
203 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
206 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
207 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
208 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
209 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
212 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
213 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
214 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
215 - no support for Goom and SDL
216 - limited text rendering support
217 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
220 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
221 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
222 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
223 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
224 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
225 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
226 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
227 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
228 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
232 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
235 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
238 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
239 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
240 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
241 Arabic and French translation updates
244 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
245 --------------------------------
248 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
249 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
250 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
251 * Fix Dailymotion access script
252 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
253 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
256 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
257 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
260 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
261 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
262 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
265 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
268 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
269 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
272 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
273 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
274 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
275 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
276 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
277 * Fix various crashes
280 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
282 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
285 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
286 ---------------------------------
290 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
291 See 'Access:' for more info.
292 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
295 * Instantaneous pausing
296 * Frame-by-Frame playback
297 * Finer speed control
298 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
299 * Timeshift for most medias
300 * RTSP trickplay support
301 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
304 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
305 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
306 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
307 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
308 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
309 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
310 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
311 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
312 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
313 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
316 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
317 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
318 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
319 * Metadata for mod files are supported
320 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
321 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
322 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
325 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
326 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
329 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
330 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
331 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
332 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
333 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
334 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
335 * DVB scanning on linux
336 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
337 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
338 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
339 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
340 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
341 * MTP device access on Unix
342 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
343 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
346 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
347 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
348 Windows and Mac OS X.
351 * Export the playlist in HTML
352 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
353 * Better metadata handling and reading
355 Linux/Windows interface:
356 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
357 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
358 * Recently played items list
359 * Interface toolbar customizations
360 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
363 - Improvements on many dialogs
364 - New dialog for plugins listing
365 - Fixed-size mode for videos
366 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
367 * Better integration in GTK environments
370 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
371 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
372 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
373 * Additional usability improvements
376 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
377 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
378 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
379 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
380 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
383 * New Maemo port with:
384 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
385 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
388 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
391 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
392 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
393 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
394 * Support for latest iSight models
397 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
398 * Surround support for PulseAudio
401 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
402 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
403 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
404 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
405 The old image video output has been removed.
406 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
407 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
410 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
418 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
419 --------------------------------------
425 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
426 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
427 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
428 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
429 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
430 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
431 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
433 Various fixes to the following modules:
436 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
437 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
440 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
445 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
446 ---------------------------------
449 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
450 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
453 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
454 ---------------------------------
457 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
460 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
463 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
464 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
465 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
466 main controller window.
467 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
470 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
475 * Updates of other localizations
478 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
479 * Lots of small bugfixes.
480 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
481 * Telnet fixes on Windows
482 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
485 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
486 ---------------------------------
489 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
491 Bunch of small bugfixes.
494 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
495 --------------------------------
500 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
501 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
504 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
505 --------------------------------
507 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
508 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
511 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
514 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
515 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
518 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
519 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
522 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
523 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
524 * Various fixed in playlist
527 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
530 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
533 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
534 ------------------------------------
536 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
537 * Fixes several memory leaks.
540 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
541 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
542 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
545 * Stability fix for the video output.
548 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
549 --------------------------------
552 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
553 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
554 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
555 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
556 * Fixed update system bugs
557 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
560 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
561 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
562 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
563 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
564 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
565 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
566 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
567 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
568 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
569 modern Mac OS X versions
572 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
573 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
575 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
576 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
579 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
580 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
581 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
582 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
583 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
584 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
587 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
588 --------------------------------
590 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
591 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
595 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
596 --------------------------------
598 * Multiple bug fixes.
601 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
602 ---------------------------------
606 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
607 recent to work correctly
608 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
609 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
610 edit the ".hosts" file.
611 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
612 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
613 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
614 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
615 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
616 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
617 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
618 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
619 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
620 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
621 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
622 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
623 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
624 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
625 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
626 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
627 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
628 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
629 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
630 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
631 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
632 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
633 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
634 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
635 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
636 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
637 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
638 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
639 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
640 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
641 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
642 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
643 and postproc modules.
644 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
645 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
646 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
647 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
649 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
651 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
652 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
654 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
655 * Glide video output module has been removed.
661 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
663 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
664 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
667 * Vastly improved playlist support:
668 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
670 * Shoutcast TV listings
671 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
673 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
674 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
676 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
679 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
680 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
681 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
682 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
683 * JACK audio input support
684 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
685 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
686 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
687 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
688 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
689 * Experimental EyeTV access module
690 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
691 (available as a separate download).
692 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
694 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
695 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
696 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
698 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
699 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
702 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
703 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
704 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
705 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
707 * APEv1/2 tags support
708 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
709 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
711 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
712 * TiVo Series 2 support
713 * CD+G karaoke Files support
718 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
719 * Flash Screen Video support
720 * CamStudio Screen Video support
721 * DosBox Capture support
722 * Karl Morton's Video support
723 * limited atrac3 support
725 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
726 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
727 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
729 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
730 * NellyMoser ASAO support
731 * APE (Monkey audio) support
732 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
733 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
736 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
737 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
738 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
739 * AQTitle subtitles support
740 * MKV USF subtitles support
741 * HTML-based subtitles support
742 * MPSub subtitles support
743 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
744 * MPL2 subtitles support
745 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
746 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
747 * Realtext subtitle support
748 * DKS subtitle support
749 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
750 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
753 * Flash Screen Video support
754 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
756 Video outputs and filters:
757 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
758 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
759 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
760 * New puzzle video output filter
761 * Re-written motion detection video filter
762 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
764 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
765 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
766 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
767 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
768 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
769 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
770 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
771 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
772 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
773 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
774 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
775 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
776 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
777 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
779 Audio outputs and filters:
780 * Replay gain support
781 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
782 new scaletempo audio filter)
783 * New spatializer audio filter
784 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
787 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
788 * New RTP payload formats:
789 * Speex voice audio codec
790 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
791 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
792 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
793 * DCCP transport for RTP
794 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
799 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
800 end-user suitable way.
801 * Improved user interaction
802 * Improved mouse gestures
803 * Vastly improved Update checker
804 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
806 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
807 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
809 * Improved video output features
810 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
811 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
812 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
813 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
814 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
816 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
817 if libncursesw is available.
818 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
819 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
820 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
822 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
823 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
824 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
825 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
826 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
827 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
828 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
829 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
832 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
833 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
834 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
837 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
838 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
839 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
840 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
841 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
842 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
845 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
846 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
856 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
857 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
858 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
861 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
862 ----------------------------------
865 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
868 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
869 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
870 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
871 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
872 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
873 * Updated Polish translation
876 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
877 ----------------------------------
880 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
881 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
882 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
885 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
886 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
887 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
888 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
889 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
890 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
891 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
892 to an unexpected application termination
893 * New Serbian translation
894 * Updated Romanian translation
897 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
898 ----------------------------------
901 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
902 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
903 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
904 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
905 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
906 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
907 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
908 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
911 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
912 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
913 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
914 * Fixed AAC resampling
915 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
916 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
919 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
920 ----------------------------------
923 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
924 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
925 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
926 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
927 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
930 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
931 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
932 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
933 * Close MMS access on network timeout
934 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
937 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
938 ----------------------------------
941 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
942 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
945 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
946 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
947 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
948 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
950 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
954 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
957 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
960 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
963 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
966 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
967 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
968 encoding on multi-cpu systems
969 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
970 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
972 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
973 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
974 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
975 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
978 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
981 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
982 ----------------------------------
985 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
986 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
987 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
989 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
990 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
992 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
993 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
996 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
998 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
999 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1000 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1001 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1002 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1003 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1004 two different movies
1005 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1006 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1007 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1010 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1013 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1014 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1015 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1016 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1019 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1020 ----------------------------------
1022 Various bugfixes, notably:
1023 * Windows Vista compatibility
1024 * Cropping in Direct3D
1025 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1026 * RSS filter string overflow
1028 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1030 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1031 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1034 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1035 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1038 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1041 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1044 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1047 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1048 ----------------------------------
1050 Various bugfixes, notably:
1051 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1052 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1053 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1054 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1055 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1056 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1059 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1060 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1063 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1065 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1066 * Diverse usability improvements
1067 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1068 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1069 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1072 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1073 ---------------------------------
1075 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1076 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1079 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1082 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1083 --------------------------------
1086 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1089 * Support for RTSP authentication
1090 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1091 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1092 * ATSC support for DVB input
1093 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1094 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1095 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1098 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1099 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1100 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1101 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1102 * Matroska WavPack support
1103 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1104 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1105 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1108 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1109 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1110 * Improved libcaca support
1114 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1115 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1117 * Systray support in skins
1119 * Support for Apple Remote control
1120 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1121 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1122 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1123 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1125 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1128 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1129 Windows 9x/ME users:
1130 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1131 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1132 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1133 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1134 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1136 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1137 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1146 * Updates to the libvlc API
1147 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1150 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1151 --------------------------------
1154 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1155 * Support for downloading updates
1159 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1160 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1161 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1162 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1164 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1165 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1166 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1169 * Cook (Real audio) support
1171 Playlist / Services discovery:
1172 * XSPF playlist support
1174 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1177 * New JACK audio output
1180 * New video filters:
1181 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1182 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1183 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1184 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1185 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1186 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1189 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1192 * System to inform the user and request information
1193 - HTTP authentication
1197 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1198 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1199 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1202 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1203 - Improved playlist handling
1204 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1206 - Embedded Video output
1207 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1208 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1209 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1210 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1211 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1213 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1214 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1217 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1220 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1221 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1222 * Growl "Now playing" support
1225 * Ability to log to syslog
1226 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1229 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1231 * A bit more automatic testing
1234 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1235 ---------------------------------
1238 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1239 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1242 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1243 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1246 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1249 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1250 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1256 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1259 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1260 --------------------------------
1263 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1267 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1268 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1269 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1272 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1273 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1274 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1275 * GnomeVFS input module
1276 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1277 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1280 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1281 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1282 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1285 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1286 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1292 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1293 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1296 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1297 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1298 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1301 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1303 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1304 - New extended controls panel
1305 - New bookmarks window
1306 - Fixed playlist sorting
1307 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1309 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1310 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1311 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1312 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1316 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1317 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1319 - Include macro to include other files
1323 * Should now work outside IE as well
1326 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1329 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1330 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1333 The following languages were added:
1337 * Simplified Chinese
1338 The following languages were re-added:
1342 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1343 --------------------------------
1346 * Rewrite of the playlist
1348 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1349 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1350 * Preferences improvements:
1351 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1352 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1354 * Core image manipulation support
1355 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1356 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1357 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1358 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1359 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1360 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1361 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1362 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1363 * Access filter architecture
1364 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1365 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1369 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1370 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1371 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1372 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1373 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1374 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1375 * Massive Matroska improvements
1376 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1378 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1379 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1380 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1381 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1382 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1384 Decoders / Encoders:
1385 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1386 * PNG decoder/encoder
1387 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1388 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1391 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1394 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1395 * Brand new SAP module
1396 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1397 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1398 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1399 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1400 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1401 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1405 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1408 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1409 * Image file video output (png)
1410 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1411 * Improvements to wall video filter
1412 * Support for font color and opacity
1418 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1419 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1420 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1424 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1425 - Improved preferences
1426 - Improvements to the wizard
1427 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1429 - Redesigned playlist
1430 - Improved preferences
1432 - Support for multiple actions
1435 - Support for the new playlist system
1437 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1440 * Screensaver disabling fix
1441 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1442 * Support for no-decoration windows
1445 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1446 * The OpenGL video output is back
1447 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1448 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1449 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1450 is not yet available in the new module
1451 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1454 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1463 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1466 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1469 The following languages were added:
1475 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1476 --------------------------------
1479 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1480 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1483 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1484 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1485 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1488 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1491 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1494 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1497 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1498 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1499 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1503 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1505 * Support of playlist group announcement
1508 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1509 --------------------------------
1512 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1513 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1514 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1515 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1516 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1517 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1520 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1521 (Stream your desktop)
1522 * Improved DVD support:
1523 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1524 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1525 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1526 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1527 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1528 (selection of titles/chapters).
1531 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1532 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1533 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1534 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1535 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1536 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1537 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1538 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1539 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1540 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1543 * G.726 audio support
1544 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1545 * MPEG-4 text support
1546 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1547 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1548 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1552 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1553 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1554 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1555 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1556 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1557 * DVB subtitles encoder
1558 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1559 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1561 * Text track muxing for mp4
1562 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1563 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1564 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1565 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1566 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1567 * Improved ASF muxer
1569 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1570 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1571 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1574 * New audio equalizer filter
1575 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1576 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1577 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1578 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1581 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1582 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1583 with support for effects.
1584 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1585 - New filters can be streamed.
1586 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1587 - Centralized scaling and blending
1589 - "time", to display current time
1590 - "marq", to display a marquee
1593 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1594 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1595 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1596 * A few skins2 improvements
1597 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1598 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1599 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1600 * Improved CORBA control module
1603 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1604 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1605 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1608 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1609 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1610 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1613 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1614 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1615 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1616 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1617 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1620 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1623 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1624 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1627 * Server/client network synchronization module
1628 * VBrick streams fully supported
1629 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1633 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1634 --------------------------------
1637 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1638 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1639 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1640 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1643 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1644 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1645 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1646 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1647 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1648 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1649 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1652 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1653 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1654 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1655 * Improved directory access module.
1656 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1657 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1658 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1659 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1660 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1663 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1664 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1665 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1668 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1669 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1670 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1673 * Improved session announcement system.
1674 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1675 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1676 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1677 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1678 * Improved transrater.
1679 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1680 * New configuration system.
1681 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1684 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1685 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1686 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1687 * Supports scheduling.
1688 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1689 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1692 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1693 - Ability to embed video output.
1694 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1695 - Lots of improvements.
1696 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1697 - New design and set of icons.
1698 - Ability to embed video output.
1699 - Support for hotkeys.
1700 - Support for bookmarks.
1702 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1703 - Better hotkeys handling.
1706 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1707 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1708 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1709 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1712 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1713 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1714 * Improved Windows installer.
1720 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1721 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1724 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1725 ---------------------------------
1728 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1729 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1732 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1733 --------------------------------
1736 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1737 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1740 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1741 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1742 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1743 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1746 * Internal improvments
1747 * Improved import/export
1750 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1752 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1753 small and strange formats.
1755 * New MOD audio demux.
1756 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1757 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1758 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1759 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1762 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1763 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1764 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1770 * New opengl video output plugin.
1773 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1774 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1777 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1778 --------------------------------
1781 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1782 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1783 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1784 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1785 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1786 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1787 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1788 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1791 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1796 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1797 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1798 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1799 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1800 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1801 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1802 * Better Icecast support.
1803 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1804 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1807 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1808 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1809 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1810 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1811 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1812 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1813 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1816 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1817 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1818 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1819 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1820 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1821 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1822 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1823 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1824 * Preliminary RTP support.
1825 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1830 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1831 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1833 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1834 - Improvements and help in preferences
1835 - New streaming wizard
1836 - Revised Disc Open menu
1838 - Improvements of the standard pages
1839 - Support for new commands
1840 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1843 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1844 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1847 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1848 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1849 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1850 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1851 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1852 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1853 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1854 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1855 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1858 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1860 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1861 * Support for Panther.
1862 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1863 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1866 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1867 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1868 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1869 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1870 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1871 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1872 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1873 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1876 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1877 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1878 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1881 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1884 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1885 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1886 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1887 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1890 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1891 --------------------------------
1894 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1897 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1898 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1901 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1902 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1905 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1908 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1909 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1912 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1915 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1918 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1919 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1923 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1924 --------------------------------
1927 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1928 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1932 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1933 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1934 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1936 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1937 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1940 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1943 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1946 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1947 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1951 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1952 --------------------------------
1955 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1956 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1960 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1961 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1962 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1963 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1964 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1967 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1968 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1969 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1972 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1973 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1974 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1977 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1978 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1979 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1980 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1981 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1984 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1985 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1986 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1989 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1992 * Improved build system.
1993 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1994 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1995 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1996 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1999 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2000 --------------------------------
2003 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2006 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2007 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2008 * Video 4 Linux support
2009 * CD Digital Audio support
2010 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2013 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2014 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2015 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2016 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2019 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2020 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2021 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2022 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2023 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2024 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2025 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2028 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2029 * New HTTP remote control interface
2032 * 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.
2033 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2034 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2035 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2038 * New reset option for the preferences
2039 * You can set your language in the prefences
2040 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2041 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2042 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2043 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2046 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2047 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2048 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2051 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2052 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2053 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2054 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2055 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2056 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2057 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2058 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2059 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2060 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2063 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2064 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2065 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2066 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2067 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2068 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2069 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2072 * Interface localization
2073 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2074 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2075 * New full-featured Preferences window
2078 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2079 --------------------------------
2082 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2083 * support for skins at the interface level
2084 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2085 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2086 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2087 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2088 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2091 * fixed HTTP redirects
2092 * support for opening an entire directory
2093 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2094 * new video4linux access plug-in
2095 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2098 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2099 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2100 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2103 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2104 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2105 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2106 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2107 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2108 * new codec for raw I420 video
2109 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2112 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2113 (although it still misses some important features)
2114 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2117 * new HTTP output support
2118 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2119 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2122 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2125 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2128 * reorderable playlist
2129 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2130 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2131 * support for mono audio output devices
2132 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2133 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2134 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2135 * the messages window remembers more lines
2136 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2137 * http and ogg stream output options
2138 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2141 * new skinnable interface
2142 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2144 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2145 * support for FLAC audio format
2146 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2148 * network tab in the interface
2149 * "apply" handling in preferences
2152 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2153 ---------------------------------
2156 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2157 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2158 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2159 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2161 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2162 * DTS S/PDIF support
2165 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2166 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2167 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2168 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2171 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2172 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2175 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2178 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2181 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2183 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2184 * rc interface is now fully useable
2185 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2188 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2189 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2190 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2191 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2192 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2194 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2195 * support for mouse gestures
2196 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2199 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2200 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2203 * improved ID3 tag detection
2204 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2205 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2206 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2208 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2211 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2212 ---------------------------------
2215 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2216 English was set as the preferred language
2219 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2220 --------------------------------
2223 * new mouse gesture interface
2224 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2228 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2229 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2230 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2233 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2234 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2238 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2241 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2242 without the user consent
2245 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2247 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2248 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2249 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2252 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2253 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2254 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2255 * playlist enhancements
2256 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2257 * new step forward/step backward commands
2258 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2259 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2260 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2263 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2264 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2265 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2268 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2269 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2272 * native video output is working again
2273 * only commandline interface support
2274 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2277 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2278 --------------------------------
2281 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2282 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2283 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2284 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2285 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2286 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2287 and A/52 streams are supported)
2288 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2293 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2294 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2295 * VCD entry points support
2296 * VCD image file support
2299 * support for *.asf format
2300 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2301 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2302 * support for ogg encapsulation
2303 * support for raw DV format
2304 * support for *.wav format
2305 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2308 Stream discovery & playlists:
2309 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2310 * support for .m3u file format
2311 * support for .asx file format
2312 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2315 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2316 (only available with the .avi demux)
2317 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2318 * support for raw PCM data
2319 * support for Cinepak video codec
2320 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2321 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2322 * support for Xvid codec
2323 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2324 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2325 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2327 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2329 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2332 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2335 * new WxWindows interface
2336 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2337 device and the channels configuration
2338 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2339 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2340 format that VLC can play
2341 * new swedish translation
2342 * enhancements of the playlist window
2343 * new messages window to see debug info
2344 * fixed a few crashes
2347 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2348 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2349 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2350 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working