1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.62 2003/08/05 11:54:11 jpsaman Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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7 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
10 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated)
12 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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16 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
17 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
21 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
22 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
23 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
24 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
25 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
28 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
29 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
30 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
33 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
34 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
35 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
38 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
39 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
40 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
41 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
42 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
45 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
46 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
47 * A new CORBA control plugin.
50 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
53 * Improved build system.
54 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
55 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
56 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
57 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
60 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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64 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
67 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
68 * Fixed large file support on Windows
69 * Video 4 Linux support
70 * CD Digital Audio support
71 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
74 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
75 * Support for OpenDML avi files
76 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
77 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
80 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
81 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
82 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
83 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
84 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
85 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
86 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
89 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
90 * New HTTP remote control interface
93 * 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.
94 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
95 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
96 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
99 * New reset option for the preferences
100 * You can set your language in the prefences
101 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
102 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
103 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
104 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
107 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
108 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
109 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
112 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
113 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
114 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
115 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
116 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
117 * New icons by Davor Orel.
118 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
119 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
120 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
121 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
124 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
125 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
126 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
127 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
128 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
129 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
130 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
133 * Interface localization
134 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
135 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
136 * New full-featured Preferences window
138 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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142 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
143 * support for skins at the interface level
144 * new OSD module using Freetype2
145 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
146 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
147 input level before dropping out of date frames.
148 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
151 * fixed HTTP redirects
152 * support for opening an entire directory
153 * EOF should be detected more reliably
154 * new video4linux access plug-in
155 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
158 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
159 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
160 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
163 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
164 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
165 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
166 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
167 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
168 * new codec for raw I420 video
169 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
172 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
173 (although it still misses some important features)
174 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
177 * new HTTP output support
178 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
179 * fixed AV synchronization issues
182 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
185 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
188 * reorderable playlist
189 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
190 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
191 * support for mono audio output devices
192 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
193 * fixed several cosmetic issues
194 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
195 * the messages window remembers more lines
196 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
197 * http and ogg stream output options
198 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
201 * new skinnable interface
202 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
204 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
205 * support for FLAC audio format
206 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
208 * network tab in the interface
209 * "apply" handling in preferences
212 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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216 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
217 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
218 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
219 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
221 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
225 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
226 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
227 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
228 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
231 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
232 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
235 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
238 * fixed the GNU-pth support
241 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
243 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
244 * rc interface is now fully useable
245 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
248 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
249 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
250 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
251 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
252 * VLC now uses the default audio device
254 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
255 * support for mouse gestures
256 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
259 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
260 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
263 * improved ID3 tag detection
264 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
265 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
266 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
268 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
271 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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275 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
276 English was set as the preferred language
279 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
280 --------------------------------
283 * new mouse gesture interface
284 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
288 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
289 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
290 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
293 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
294 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
298 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
301 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
302 without the user consent
305 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
307 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
308 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
309 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
312 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
313 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
314 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
315 * playlist enhancements
316 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
317 * new step forward/step backward commands
318 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
319 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
320 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
323 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
324 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
325 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
328 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
329 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
332 * native video output is working again
333 * only commandline interface support
334 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
337 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
338 --------------------------------
341 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
342 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
343 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
344 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
345 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
346 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
347 and A/52 streams are supported)
348 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
353 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
354 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
355 * VCD entry points support
356 * VCD image file support
359 * support for *.asf format
360 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
361 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
362 * support for ogg encapsulation
363 * support for raw DV format
364 * support for *.wav format
365 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
368 Stream discovery & playlists:
369 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
370 * support for .m3u file format
371 * support for .asx file format
372 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
375 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
376 (only available with the .avi demux)
377 * support for ADPCM audio codec
378 * support for raw PCM data
379 * support for Cinepak video codec
380 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
381 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
382 * support for Xvid codec
383 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
384 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
385 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
387 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
389 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
392 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
395 * new WxWindows interface
396 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
397 device and the channels configuration
398 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
399 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
400 format that VLC can play
401 * new swedish translation
402 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
404 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
405 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
406 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
409 * localization support via GNU gettext software
410 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
411 * new preferences panel
412 * new open panel with full features
413 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
414 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
415 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
418 * preferences dialog box redesigned
419 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
421 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
422 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
423 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
424 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
427 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
429 * enhancements of the playlist window
430 * new messages window to see debug info
431 * fixed a few crashes
434 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
435 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
436 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
437 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working