3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
9 * Improved HTTP daemon.
10 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
13 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
14 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
15 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
16 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
17 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
18 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
19 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
22 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
23 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
24 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
25 * Improved directory access module.
26 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
27 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
28 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
31 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
32 * mmsh streaming fixes.
33 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
36 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
37 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
38 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
41 * Improved session announcement system.
42 * Minimize threads usage by default.
43 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
44 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
45 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
46 * Improved transrater.
47 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
48 * New configuration system.
49 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
52 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
53 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
54 * Supports live streams and VoD.
55 * Supports scheduling.
56 * Telnet interface for vlm.
57 * HTTP interface for vlm.
61 - Ability to embed video output.
62 - Support for bitmap fonts.
63 - Lots of improvements.
65 - New design and set of icons.
66 - Ability to embed video output.
67 - Support for hotkeys.
69 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
70 - Better hotkeys handling.
73 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
76 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
77 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
83 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
84 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
86 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
87 ---------------------------------
90 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
91 * Playing MOD files is working now.
94 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
95 ---------------------------------
98 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
99 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
102 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
103 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
104 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
105 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
108 * Internal improvments
109 * Improved import/export
112 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
114 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
115 small and strange formats.
117 * New MOD audio demux.
118 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
119 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
120 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
121 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
124 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
125 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
126 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
132 * New opengl video output plugin.
135 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
136 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
138 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
139 ---------------------------------
142 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
143 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
144 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
145 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
146 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
147 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
148 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
149 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
152 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
157 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
158 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
159 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
160 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
161 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
162 * Reworked DVB tuning.
163 * Better Icecast support.
164 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
165 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
168 * Support for Theora video encoding.
169 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
170 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
171 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
172 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
173 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
174 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
177 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
178 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
179 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
180 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
181 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
182 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
183 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
184 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
185 * Preliminary RTP support.
186 * Fixes to SAP announces.
191 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
192 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
194 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
195 - Improvements and help in preferences
196 - New streaming wizard
197 - Revised Disc Open menu
199 - Improvements of the standard pages
200 - Support for new commands
201 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
204 * Many fixes to the SAP module
205 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
208 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
209 * Text subtitles autodetection.
210 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
211 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
212 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
213 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
214 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
215 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
216 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
219 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
221 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
222 * Support for Panther.
223 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
224 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
227 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
228 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
229 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
230 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
231 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
232 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
233 * Multimonitor support (untested).
234 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
237 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
238 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
239 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
242 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
245 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
246 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
247 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
248 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
250 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
251 ---------------------------------
254 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
257 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
258 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
261 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
262 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
265 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
268 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
269 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
272 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
275 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
278 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
279 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
282 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
283 ---------------------------------
286 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
287 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
291 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
292 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
293 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
295 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
296 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
299 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
302 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
305 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
306 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
309 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
310 ---------------------------------
313 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
314 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
318 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
319 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
320 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
321 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
322 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
325 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
326 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
327 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
330 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
331 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
332 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
335 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
336 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
337 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
338 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
339 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
342 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
343 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
344 * A new CORBA control plugin.
347 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
350 * Improved build system.
351 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
352 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
353 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
354 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
357 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
358 ---------------------------------
361 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
364 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
365 * Fixed large file support on Windows
366 * Video 4 Linux support
367 * CD Digital Audio support
368 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
371 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
372 * Support for OpenDML avi files
373 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
374 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
377 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
378 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
379 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
380 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
381 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
382 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
383 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
386 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
387 * New HTTP remote control interface
390 * 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.
391 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
392 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
393 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
396 * New reset option for the preferences
397 * You can set your language in the prefences
398 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
399 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
400 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
401 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
404 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
405 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
406 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
409 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
410 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
411 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
412 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
413 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
414 * New icons by Davor Orel.
415 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
416 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
417 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
418 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
421 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
422 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
423 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
424 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
425 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
426 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
427 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
430 * Interface localization
431 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
432 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
433 * New full-featured Preferences window
435 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
436 ---------------------------------
439 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
440 * support for skins at the interface level
441 * new OSD module using Freetype2
442 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
443 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
444 input level before dropping out of date frames.
445 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
448 * fixed HTTP redirects
449 * support for opening an entire directory
450 * EOF should be detected more reliably
451 * new video4linux access plug-in
452 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
455 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
456 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
457 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
460 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
461 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
462 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
463 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
464 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
465 * new codec for raw I420 video
466 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
469 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
470 (although it still misses some important features)
471 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
474 * new HTTP output support
475 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
476 * fixed AV synchronization issues
479 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
482 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
485 * reorderable playlist
486 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
487 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
488 * support for mono audio output devices
489 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
490 * fixed several cosmetic issues
491 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
492 * the messages window remembers more lines
493 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
494 * http and ogg stream output options
495 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
498 * new skinnable interface
499 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
501 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
502 * support for FLAC audio format
503 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
505 * network tab in the interface
506 * "apply" handling in preferences
509 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
510 ---------------------------------
513 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
514 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
515 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
516 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
518 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
522 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
523 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
524 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
525 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
528 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
529 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
532 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
535 * fixed the GNU-pth support
538 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
540 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
541 * rc interface is now fully useable
542 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
545 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
546 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
547 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
548 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
549 * VLC now uses the default audio device
551 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
552 * support for mouse gestures
553 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
556 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
557 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
560 * improved ID3 tag detection
561 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
562 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
563 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
565 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
568 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
569 ---------------------------------
572 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
573 English was set as the preferred language
576 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
577 --------------------------------
580 * new mouse gesture interface
581 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
585 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
586 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
587 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
590 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
591 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
595 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
598 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
599 without the user consent
602 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
604 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
605 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
606 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
609 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
610 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
611 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
612 * playlist enhancements
613 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
614 * new step forward/step backward commands
615 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
616 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
617 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
620 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
621 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
622 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
625 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
626 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
629 * native video output is working again
630 * only commandline interface support
631 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
634 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
635 --------------------------------
638 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
639 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
640 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
641 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
642 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
643 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
644 and A/52 streams are supported)
645 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
650 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
651 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
652 * VCD entry points support
653 * VCD image file support
656 * support for *.asf format
657 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
658 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
659 * support for ogg encapsulation
660 * support for raw DV format
661 * support for *.wav format
662 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
665 Stream discovery & playlists:
666 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
667 * support for .m3u file format
668 * support for .asx file format
669 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
672 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
673 (only available with the .avi demux)
674 * support for ADPCM audio codec
675 * support for raw PCM data
676 * support for Cinepak video codec
677 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
678 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
679 * support for Xvid codec
680 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
681 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
682 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
684 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
686 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
689 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
692 * new WxWindows interface
693 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
694 device and the channels configuration
695 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
696 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
697 format that VLC can play
698 * new swedish translation
699 * enhancements of the playlist window
700 * new messages window to see debug info
701 * fixed a few crashes
704 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
705 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
706 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
707 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working