1 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
10 * Multiple files are supported from RAR files
13 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
16 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
19 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
22 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff),
23 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
24 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
25 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
26 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
27 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
30 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
31 --------------------------------
32 Important changes for users:
33 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
34 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
36 Important changes for packagers:
37 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
38 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
39 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
40 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
41 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
43 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
45 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
46 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
47 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
48 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
49 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
52 * Support for the sftp protocol
53 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
54 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
55 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
56 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
57 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
60 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
61 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
62 * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage
64 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
65 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
66 * Invmem module improvements
67 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
68 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
69 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
70 * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms
71 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
72 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
73 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
74 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
75 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
76 * Support for VP8 codec
79 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
80 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
81 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
82 * Various EGP improvements
83 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
84 * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for Webm format
85 * Metadata and cover art improvements
88 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
89 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
90 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
91 * Podcast images are now displayed
94 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
95 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
96 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
97 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
98 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
99 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
100 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
101 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
102 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
103 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
104 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
107 * New content extensions lua framework
110 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
111 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
112 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
113 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
114 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
115 * NEON assembly audio converter module
116 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
119 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
122 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
123 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
124 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
127 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
128 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
129 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
130 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
131 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
132 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
133 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
136 * New smem module, streaming to memory
137 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
138 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
141 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
143 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
144 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
147 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
148 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
149 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
150 by Andy Matuschak et al.
151 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
152 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
153 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
156 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
157 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
160 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
161 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
162 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
166 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
167 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
168 * Improved Solaris port
171 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
172 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
175 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
176 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
177 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
178 * transrate: broken since too long
179 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
180 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
181 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
182 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
183 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
184 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
185 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
186 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
187 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
188 * cddax: use cdda instead.
189 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
190 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
191 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
192 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
195 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
196 --------------------------------
199 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
201 Decoders/Packetizers:
202 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
205 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
206 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
207 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
208 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
209 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
212 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
213 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
216 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
217 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
220 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
221 and Walloon translations updated
222 * Sinhala translation started
225 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
226 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
229 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
230 --------------------------------
233 * SubRip extra styles improvements
234 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
237 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
240 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
241 increase performance and fix x264 issues
244 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
245 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
246 Russian, Slovak translation updates
247 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
250 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
251 --------------------------------
254 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
255 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
258 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
259 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
262 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
263 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
266 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
269 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
270 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
273 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
274 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
277 * New Walloon translation
278 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
281 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
282 --------------------------------
285 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
286 regressions in most popular drivers
287 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
290 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
291 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
292 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
295 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
296 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
299 * Update for appletrailers lua script
300 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
301 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
302 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
303 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
306 * New udev module for linux
309 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
312 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
315 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
316 --------------------------------
319 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
320 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
321 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
324 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
325 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
328 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
329 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
332 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
335 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
336 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
337 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
338 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
341 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
342 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
343 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
344 - no support for Goom and SDL
345 - limited text rendering support
346 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
349 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
350 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
351 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
352 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
353 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
354 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
355 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
356 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
357 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
361 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
364 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
367 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
368 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
369 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
370 Arabic and French translation updates
373 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
374 --------------------------------
377 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
378 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
379 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
380 * Fix Dailymotion access script
381 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
382 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
385 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
386 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
389 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
390 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
391 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
394 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
397 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
398 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
401 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
402 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
403 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
404 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
405 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
406 * Fix various crashes
409 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
411 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
414 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
415 ---------------------------------
419 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
420 See 'Access:' for more info.
421 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
424 * Instantaneous pausing
425 * Frame-by-Frame playback
426 * Finer speed control
427 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
428 * Timeshift for most medias
429 * RTSP trickplay support
430 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
433 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
434 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
435 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
436 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
437 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
438 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
439 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
440 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
441 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
442 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
445 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
446 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
447 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
448 * Metadata for mod files are supported
449 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
450 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
451 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
454 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
455 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
458 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
459 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
460 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
461 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
462 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
463 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
464 * DVB scanning on linux
465 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
466 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
467 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
468 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
469 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
470 * MTP device access on Unix
471 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
472 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
475 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
476 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
477 Windows and Mac OS X.
480 * Export the playlist in HTML
481 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
482 * Better metadata handling and reading
484 Linux/Windows interface:
485 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
486 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
487 * Recently played items list
488 * Interface toolbar customizations
489 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
492 - Improvements on many dialogs
493 - New dialog for plugins listing
494 - Fixed-size mode for videos
495 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
496 * Better integration in GTK environments
499 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
500 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
501 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
502 * Additional usability improvements
505 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
506 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
507 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
508 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
509 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
512 * New Maemo port with:
513 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
514 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
517 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
520 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
521 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
522 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
523 * Support for latest iSight models
526 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
527 * Surround support for PulseAudio
530 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
531 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
532 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
533 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
534 The old image video output has been removed.
535 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
536 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
539 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
547 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
548 --------------------------------------
554 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
555 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
556 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
557 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
558 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
559 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
560 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
562 Various fixes to the following modules:
565 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
566 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
569 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
574 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
575 ---------------------------------
578 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
579 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
582 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
583 ---------------------------------
586 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
589 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
592 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
593 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
594 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
595 main controller window.
596 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
599 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
604 * Updates of other localizations
607 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
608 * Lots of small bugfixes.
609 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
610 * Telnet fixes on Windows
611 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
614 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
615 ---------------------------------
618 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
620 Bunch of small bugfixes.
623 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
624 --------------------------------
629 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
630 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
633 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
634 --------------------------------
636 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
637 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
640 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
643 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
644 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
647 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
648 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
651 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
652 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
653 * Various fixed in playlist
656 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
659 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
662 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
663 ------------------------------------
665 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
666 * Fixes several memory leaks.
669 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
670 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
671 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
674 * Stability fix for the video output.
677 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
678 --------------------------------
681 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
682 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
683 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
684 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
685 * Fixed update system bugs
686 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
689 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
690 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
691 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
692 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
693 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
694 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
695 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
696 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
697 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
698 modern Mac OS X versions
701 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
702 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
704 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
705 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
708 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
709 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
710 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
711 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
712 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
713 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
716 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
717 --------------------------------
719 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
720 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
724 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
725 --------------------------------
727 * Multiple bug fixes.
730 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
731 ---------------------------------
735 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
736 recent to work correctly
737 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
738 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
739 edit the ".hosts" file.
740 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
741 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
742 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
743 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
744 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
745 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
746 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
747 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
748 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
749 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
750 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
751 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
752 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
753 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
754 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
755 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
756 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
757 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
758 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
759 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
760 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
761 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
762 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
763 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
764 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
765 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
766 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
767 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
768 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
769 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
770 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
771 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
772 and postproc modules.
773 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
774 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
775 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
776 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
778 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
780 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
781 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
783 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
784 * Glide video output module has been removed.
790 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
792 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
793 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
796 * Vastly improved playlist support:
797 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
799 * Shoutcast TV listings
800 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
802 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
803 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
805 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
808 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
809 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
810 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
811 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
812 * JACK audio input support
813 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
814 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
815 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
816 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
817 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
818 * Experimental EyeTV access module
819 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
820 (available as a separate download).
821 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
823 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
824 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
825 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
827 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
828 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
831 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
832 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
833 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
834 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
836 * APEv1/2 tags support
837 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
838 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
840 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
841 * TiVo Series 2 support
842 * CD+G karaoke Files support
847 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
848 * Flash Screen Video support
849 * CamStudio Screen Video support
850 * DosBox Capture support
851 * Karl Morton's Video support
852 * limited atrac3 support
854 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
855 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
856 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
858 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
859 * NellyMoser ASAO support
860 * APE (Monkey audio) support
861 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
862 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
865 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
866 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
867 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
868 * AQTitle subtitles support
869 * MKV USF subtitles support
870 * HTML-based subtitles support
871 * MPSub subtitles support
872 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
873 * MPL2 subtitles support
874 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
875 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
876 * Realtext subtitle support
877 * DKS subtitle support
878 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
879 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
882 * Flash Screen Video support
883 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
885 Video outputs and filters:
886 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
887 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
888 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
889 * New puzzle video output filter
890 * Re-written motion detection video filter
891 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
893 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
894 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
895 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
896 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
897 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
898 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
899 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
900 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
901 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
902 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
903 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
904 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
905 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
906 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
908 Audio outputs and filters:
909 * Replay gain support
910 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
911 new scaletempo audio filter)
912 * New spatializer audio filter
913 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
916 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
917 * New RTP payload formats:
918 * Speex voice audio codec
919 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
920 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
921 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
922 * DCCP transport for RTP
923 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
928 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
929 end-user suitable way.
930 * Improved user interaction
931 * Improved mouse gestures
932 * Vastly improved Update checker
933 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
935 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
936 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
938 * Improved video output features
939 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
940 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
941 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
942 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
943 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
945 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
946 if libncursesw is available.
947 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
948 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
949 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
951 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
952 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
953 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
954 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
955 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
956 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
957 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
958 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
961 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
962 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
963 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
966 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
967 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
968 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
969 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
970 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
971 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
974 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
975 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
985 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
986 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
987 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
990 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
991 ----------------------------------
994 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
997 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
998 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
999 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1000 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1001 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1002 * Updated Polish translation
1005 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1006 ----------------------------------
1009 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1010 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1011 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1014 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1015 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1016 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1017 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1018 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1019 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1020 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1021 to an unexpected application termination
1022 * New Serbian translation
1023 * Updated Romanian translation
1026 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1027 ----------------------------------
1030 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1031 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1032 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1033 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1034 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1035 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1036 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1037 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1040 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1041 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1042 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1043 * Fixed AAC resampling
1044 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1045 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1048 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1049 ----------------------------------
1052 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1053 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1054 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1055 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1056 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1059 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1060 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1061 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1062 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1063 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1066 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1067 ----------------------------------
1070 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1071 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1074 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1075 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1076 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1077 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1079 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1083 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1086 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1089 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1092 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1095 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1096 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1097 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1098 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1099 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1101 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1102 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1103 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1104 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1107 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1110 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1111 ----------------------------------
1114 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1115 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1116 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1118 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1119 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1121 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1122 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1125 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1127 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1128 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1129 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1130 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1131 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1132 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1133 two different movies
1134 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1135 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1136 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1139 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1142 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1143 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1144 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1145 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1148 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1149 ----------------------------------
1151 Various bugfixes, notably:
1152 * Windows Vista compatibility
1153 * Cropping in Direct3D
1154 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1155 * RSS filter string overflow
1157 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1159 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1160 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1163 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1164 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1167 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1170 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1173 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1176 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1177 ----------------------------------
1179 Various bugfixes, notably:
1180 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1181 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1182 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1183 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1184 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1185 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1188 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1189 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1192 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1194 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1195 * Diverse usability improvements
1196 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1197 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1198 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1201 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1202 ---------------------------------
1204 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1205 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1208 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1211 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1212 --------------------------------
1215 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1218 * Support for RTSP authentication
1219 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1220 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1221 * ATSC support for DVB input
1222 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1223 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1224 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1227 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1228 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1229 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1230 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1231 * Matroska WavPack support
1232 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1233 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1234 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1237 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1238 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1239 * Improved libcaca support
1243 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1244 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1246 * Systray support in skins
1248 * Support for Apple Remote control
1249 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1250 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1251 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1252 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1254 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1257 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1258 Windows 9x/ME users:
1259 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1260 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1261 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1262 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1263 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1265 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1266 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1275 * Updates to the libvlc API
1276 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1279 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1280 --------------------------------
1283 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1284 * Support for downloading updates
1288 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1289 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1290 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1291 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1293 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1294 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1295 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1298 * Cook (Real audio) support
1300 Playlist / Services discovery:
1301 * XSPF playlist support
1303 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1306 * New JACK audio output
1309 * New video filters:
1310 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1311 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1312 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1313 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1314 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1315 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1318 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1321 * System to inform the user and request information
1322 - HTTP authentication
1326 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1327 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1328 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1331 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1332 - Improved playlist handling
1333 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1335 - Embedded Video output
1336 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1337 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1338 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1339 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1340 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1342 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1343 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1346 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1349 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1350 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1351 * Growl "Now playing" support
1354 * Ability to log to syslog
1355 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1358 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1360 * A bit more automatic testing
1363 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1364 ---------------------------------
1367 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1368 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1371 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1372 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1375 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1378 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1379 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1385 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1388 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1389 --------------------------------
1392 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1396 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1397 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1398 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1401 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1402 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1403 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1404 * GnomeVFS input module
1405 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1406 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1409 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1410 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1411 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1414 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1415 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1421 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1422 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1425 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1426 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1427 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1430 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1432 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1433 - New extended controls panel
1434 - New bookmarks window
1435 - Fixed playlist sorting
1436 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1438 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1439 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1440 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1441 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1445 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1446 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1448 - Include macro to include other files
1452 * Should now work outside IE as well
1455 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1458 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1459 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1462 The following languages were added:
1466 * Simplified Chinese
1467 The following languages were re-added:
1471 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1472 --------------------------------
1475 * Rewrite of the playlist
1477 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1478 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1479 * Preferences improvements:
1480 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1481 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1483 * Core image manipulation support
1484 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1485 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1486 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1487 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1488 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1489 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1490 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1491 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1492 * Access filter architecture
1493 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1494 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1498 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1499 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1500 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1501 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1502 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1503 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1504 * Massive Matroska improvements
1505 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1507 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1508 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1509 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1510 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1511 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1513 Decoders / Encoders:
1514 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1515 * PNG decoder/encoder
1516 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1517 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1520 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1523 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1524 * Brand new SAP module
1525 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1526 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1527 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1528 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1529 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1530 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1534 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1537 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1538 * Image file video output (png)
1539 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1540 * Improvements to wall video filter
1541 * Support for font color and opacity
1547 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1548 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1549 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1553 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1554 - Improved preferences
1555 - Improvements to the wizard
1556 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1558 - Redesigned playlist
1559 - Improved preferences
1561 - Support for multiple actions
1564 - Support for the new playlist system
1566 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1569 * Screensaver disabling fix
1570 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1571 * Support for no-decoration windows
1574 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1575 * The OpenGL video output is back
1576 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1577 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1578 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1579 is not yet available in the new module
1580 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1583 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1592 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1595 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1598 The following languages were added:
1604 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1605 --------------------------------
1608 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1609 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1612 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1613 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1614 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1617 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1620 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1623 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1626 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1627 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1628 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1632 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1634 * Support of playlist group announcement
1637 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1638 --------------------------------
1641 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1642 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1643 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1644 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1645 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1646 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1649 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1650 (Stream your desktop)
1651 * Improved DVD support:
1652 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1653 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1654 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1655 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1656 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1657 (selection of titles/chapters).
1660 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1661 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1662 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1663 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1664 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1665 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1666 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1667 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1668 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1669 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1672 * G.726 audio support
1673 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1674 * MPEG-4 text support
1675 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1676 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1677 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1681 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1682 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1683 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1684 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1685 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1686 * DVB subtitles encoder
1687 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1688 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1690 * Text track muxing for mp4
1691 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1692 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1693 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1694 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1695 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1696 * Improved ASF muxer
1698 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1699 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1700 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1703 * New audio equalizer filter
1704 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1705 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1706 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1707 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1710 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1711 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1712 with support for effects.
1713 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1714 - New filters can be streamed.
1715 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1716 - Centralized scaling and blending
1718 - "time", to display current time
1719 - "marq", to display a marquee
1722 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1723 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1724 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1725 * A few skins2 improvements
1726 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1727 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1728 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1729 * Improved CORBA control module
1732 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1733 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1734 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1737 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1738 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1739 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1742 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1743 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1744 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1745 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1746 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1749 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1752 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1753 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1756 * Server/client network synchronization module
1757 * VBrick streams fully supported
1758 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1762 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1763 --------------------------------
1766 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1767 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1768 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1769 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1772 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1773 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1774 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1775 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1776 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1777 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1778 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1781 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1782 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1783 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1784 * Improved directory access module.
1785 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1786 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1787 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1788 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1789 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1792 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1793 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1794 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1797 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1798 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1799 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1802 * Improved session announcement system.
1803 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1804 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1805 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1806 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1807 * Improved transrater.
1808 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1809 * New configuration system.
1810 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1813 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1814 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1815 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1816 * Supports scheduling.
1817 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1818 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1821 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1822 - Ability to embed video output.
1823 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1824 - Lots of improvements.
1825 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1826 - New design and set of icons.
1827 - Ability to embed video output.
1828 - Support for hotkeys.
1829 - Support for bookmarks.
1831 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1832 - Better hotkeys handling.
1835 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1836 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1837 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1838 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1841 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1842 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1843 * Improved Windows installer.
1849 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1850 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1853 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1854 ---------------------------------
1857 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1858 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1861 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1862 --------------------------------
1865 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1866 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1869 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1870 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1871 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1872 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1875 * Internal improvments
1876 * Improved import/export
1879 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1881 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1882 small and strange formats.
1884 * New MOD audio demux.
1885 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1886 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1887 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1888 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1891 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1892 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1893 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1899 * New opengl video output plugin.
1902 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1903 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1906 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1907 --------------------------------
1910 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1911 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1912 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1913 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1914 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1915 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1916 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1917 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1920 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1925 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1926 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1927 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1928 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1929 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1930 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1931 * Better Icecast support.
1932 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1933 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1936 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1937 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1938 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1939 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1940 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1941 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1942 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1945 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1946 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1947 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1948 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1949 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1950 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1951 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1952 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1953 * Preliminary RTP support.
1954 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1959 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1960 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1962 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1963 - Improvements and help in preferences
1964 - New streaming wizard
1965 - Revised Disc Open menu
1967 - Improvements of the standard pages
1968 - Support for new commands
1969 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1972 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1973 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1976 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1977 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1978 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1979 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1980 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1981 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1982 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1983 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1984 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1987 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1989 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1990 * Support for Panther.
1991 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1992 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1995 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1996 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1997 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1998 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1999 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2000 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2001 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2002 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2005 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2006 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2007 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2010 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2013 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2014 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2015 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2016 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2019 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2020 --------------------------------
2023 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2026 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2027 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2030 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2031 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2034 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2037 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2038 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2041 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2044 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2047 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2048 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2052 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2053 --------------------------------
2056 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2057 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2061 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2062 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2063 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2065 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2066 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2069 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2072 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2075 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2076 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2080 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2081 --------------------------------
2084 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2085 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2089 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2090 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2091 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2092 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2093 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2096 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2097 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2098 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2101 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2102 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2103 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2106 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2107 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2108 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2109 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2110 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2113 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2114 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2115 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2118 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2121 * Improved build system.
2122 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2123 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2124 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2125 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2128 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2129 --------------------------------
2132 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2135 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2136 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2137 * Video 4 Linux support
2138 * CD Digital Audio support
2139 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2142 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2143 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2144 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2145 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2148 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2149 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2150 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2151 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2152 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2153 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2154 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2157 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2158 * New HTTP remote control interface
2161 * 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.
2162 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2163 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2164 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2167 * New reset option for the preferences
2168 * You can set your language in the prefences
2169 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2170 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2171 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2172 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2175 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2176 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2177 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2180 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2181 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2182 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2183 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2184 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2185 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2186 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2187 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2188 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2189 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2192 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2193 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2194 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2195 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2196 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2197 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2198 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2201 * Interface localization
2202 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2203 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2204 * New full-featured Preferences window
2207 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2208 --------------------------------
2211 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2212 * support for skins at the interface level
2213 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2214 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2215 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2216 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2217 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2220 * fixed HTTP redirects
2221 * support for opening an entire directory
2222 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2223 * new video4linux access plug-in
2224 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2227 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2228 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2229 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2232 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2233 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2234 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2235 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2236 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2237 * new codec for raw I420 video
2238 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2241 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2242 (although it still misses some important features)
2243 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2246 * new HTTP output support
2247 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2248 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2251 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2254 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2257 * reorderable playlist
2258 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2259 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2260 * support for mono audio output devices
2261 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2262 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2263 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2264 * the messages window remembers more lines
2265 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2266 * http and ogg stream output options
2267 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2270 * new skinnable interface
2271 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2273 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2274 * support for FLAC audio format
2275 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2277 * network tab in the interface
2278 * "apply" handling in preferences
2281 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2282 ---------------------------------
2285 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2286 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2287 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2288 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2290 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2291 * DTS S/PDIF support
2294 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2295 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2296 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2297 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2300 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2301 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2304 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2307 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2310 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2312 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2313 * rc interface is now fully useable
2314 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2317 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2318 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2319 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2320 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2321 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2323 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2324 * support for mouse gestures
2325 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2328 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2329 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2332 * improved ID3 tag detection
2333 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2334 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2335 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2337 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2340 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2341 ---------------------------------
2344 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2345 English was set as the preferred language
2348 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2349 --------------------------------
2352 * new mouse gesture interface
2353 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2357 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2358 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2359 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2362 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2363 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2367 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2370 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2371 without the user consent
2374 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2376 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2377 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2378 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2381 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2382 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2383 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2384 * playlist enhancements
2385 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2386 * new step forward/step backward commands
2387 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2388 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2389 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2392 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2393 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2394 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2397 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2398 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2401 * native video output is working again
2402 * only commandline interface support
2403 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2406 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2407 --------------------------------
2410 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2411 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2412 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2413 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2414 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2415 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2416 and A/52 streams are supported)
2417 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2422 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2423 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2424 * VCD entry points support
2425 * VCD image file support
2428 * support for *.asf format
2429 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2430 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2431 * support for ogg encapsulation
2432 * support for raw DV format
2433 * support for *.wav format
2434 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2437 Stream discovery & playlists:
2438 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2439 * support for .m3u file format
2440 * support for .asx file format
2441 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2444 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2445 (only available with the .avi demux)
2446 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2447 * support for raw PCM data
2448 * support for Cinepak video codec
2449 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2450 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2451 * support for Xvid codec
2452 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2453 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2454 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2456 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2458 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2461 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2464 * new WxWindows interface
2465 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2466 device and the channels configuration
2467 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2468 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2469 format that VLC can play
2470 * new swedish translation
2471 * enhancements of the playlist window
2472 * new messages window to see debug info
2473 * fixed a few crashes
2476 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2477 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2478 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2479 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working