3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
10 * Bleeding edge UPnP service discovery
17 - new streaming and transcoding wizard
18 - new extended controls panel
19 - new bookmarks window
21 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
22 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
26 The following language was added:
29 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
30 -----------------------------------------------------
33 * Rewrite of the playlist
35 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
36 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
37 * Preferences improvements:
38 - New organization, designed to improve usability
39 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
41 * Core image manipulation support
42 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
43 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
44 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
45 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
46 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
47 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
48 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
49 now separated by ':' instead of ','
50 * Access filter architecture
51 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
52 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
56 * Support for SOCKS proxy
57 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
58 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
59 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
60 * Better support for Kasenna streams
61 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
62 * Massive Matroska improvements
63 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
65 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
66 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
67 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
68 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
69 * Support for FTP over IPv6
72 * Dirac decoder and encoder
74 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
75 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
78 * New Record and Timeshift filters
81 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
82 * Brand new SAP module
83 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
84 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
85 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
86 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
87 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
88 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
92 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
95 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
96 * Image file video output (png)
97 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
98 * Improvements to wall video filter
99 * Support for font color and opacity
105 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
106 - Seeking support in VoD streams
107 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
111 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
112 - Improved preferences
113 - Improvements to the wizard
114 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
116 - Redesigned playlist
117 - Improved preferences
119 - Support for multiple actions
122 - Support for the new playlist system
124 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
127 * Screensaver disabling fix
128 * DirectShow tuner configuration
129 * Support for no-decoration windows
132 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
133 * The OpenGL video output is back
134 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
135 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
136 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
137 is not yet available in the new module
138 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
141 * Support for single-buffered overlay
150 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
153 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
156 The following languages were added:
162 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
163 -----------------------------------------------------
166 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
167 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
170 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
171 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
172 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
175 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
178 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
181 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
184 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
185 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
186 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
190 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
192 * Support of playlist group announcement
194 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
195 -----------------------------------------------------
198 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
199 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
200 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
201 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
202 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
203 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
206 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
207 (Stream your desktop)
208 * Improved DVD support:
209 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
210 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
211 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
212 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
213 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
214 (selection of titles/chapters).
217 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
218 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
219 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
220 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
221 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
222 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
223 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
224 * Improved Ogg demuxer
225 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
226 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
229 * G.726 audio support
230 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
231 * MPEG-4 text support
232 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
233 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
234 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
238 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
239 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
240 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
241 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
242 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
243 * DVB subtitles encoder
244 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
245 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
247 * Text track muxing for mp4
248 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
249 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
250 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
251 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
252 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
255 * H.263 RTP streaming support
256 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
257 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
260 * New audio equalizer filter
261 * Very trivial volume normalizer
262 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
263 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
264 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
267 * Roku HD1000 Video output
268 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
269 with support for effects.
270 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
271 - New filters can be streamed.
272 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
273 - Centralized scaling and blending
275 - "time", to display current time
276 - "marq", to display a marquee
279 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
280 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
281 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
282 * A few skins2 improvements
283 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
284 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
285 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
286 * Improved CORBA control module
289 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
290 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
291 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
294 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
295 * Experimental SVG rendering module
296 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
299 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
300 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
301 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
302 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
303 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
306 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
309 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
310 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
313 * Server/client network synchronization module
314 * VBrick streams fully supported
315 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
318 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
319 --------------------------------
322 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
323 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
324 * Improved HTTP daemon.
325 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
328 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
329 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
330 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
331 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
332 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
333 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
334 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
337 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
338 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
339 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
340 * Improved directory access module.
341 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
342 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
343 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
344 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
345 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
348 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
349 * mmsh streaming fixes.
350 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
353 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
354 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
355 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
358 * Improved session announcement system.
359 * Minimize threads usage by default.
360 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
361 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
362 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
363 * Improved transrater.
364 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
365 * New configuration system.
366 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
369 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
370 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
371 * Supports live streams and VoD.
372 * Supports scheduling.
373 * Telnet interface for vlm.
374 * HTTP interface for vlm.
377 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
378 - Ability to embed video output.
379 - Support for bitmap fonts.
380 - Lots of improvements.
381 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
382 - New design and set of icons.
383 - Ability to embed video output.
384 - Support for hotkeys.
385 - Support for bookmarks.
387 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
388 - Better hotkeys handling.
391 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
392 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
393 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
394 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
397 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
398 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
399 * Improved Windows installer.
405 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
406 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
408 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
409 ---------------------------------
412 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
413 * Playing MOD files is working now.
416 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
417 ---------------------------------
420 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
421 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
424 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
425 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
426 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
427 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
430 * Internal improvments
431 * Improved import/export
434 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
436 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
437 small and strange formats.
439 * New MOD audio demux.
440 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
441 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
442 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
443 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
446 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
447 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
448 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
454 * New opengl video output plugin.
457 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
458 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
460 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
461 ---------------------------------
464 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
465 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
466 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
467 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
468 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
469 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
470 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
471 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
474 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
479 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
480 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
481 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
482 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
483 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
484 * Reworked DVB tuning.
485 * Better Icecast support.
486 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
487 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
490 * Support for Theora video encoding.
491 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
492 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
493 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
494 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
495 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
496 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
499 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
500 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
501 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
502 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
503 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
504 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
505 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
506 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
507 * Preliminary RTP support.
508 * Fixes to SAP announces.
513 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
514 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
516 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
517 - Improvements and help in preferences
518 - New streaming wizard
519 - Revised Disc Open menu
521 - Improvements of the standard pages
522 - Support for new commands
523 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
526 * Many fixes to the SAP module
527 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
530 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
531 * Text subtitles autodetection.
532 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
533 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
534 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
535 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
536 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
537 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
538 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
541 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
543 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
544 * Support for Panther.
545 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
546 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
549 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
550 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
551 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
552 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
553 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
554 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
555 * Multimonitor support (untested).
556 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
559 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
560 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
561 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
564 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
567 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
568 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
569 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
570 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
572 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
573 ---------------------------------
576 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
579 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
580 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
583 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
584 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
587 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
590 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
591 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
594 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
597 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
600 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
601 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
604 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
605 ---------------------------------
608 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
609 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
613 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
614 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
615 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
617 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
618 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
621 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
624 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
627 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
628 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
631 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
632 ---------------------------------
635 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
636 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
640 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
641 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
642 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
643 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
644 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
647 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
648 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
649 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
652 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
653 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
654 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
657 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
658 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
659 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
660 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
661 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
664 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
665 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
666 * A new CORBA control plugin.
669 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
672 * Improved build system.
673 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
674 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
675 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
676 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
679 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
680 ---------------------------------
683 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
686 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
687 * Fixed large file support on Windows
688 * Video 4 Linux support
689 * CD Digital Audio support
690 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
693 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
694 * Support for OpenDML avi files
695 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
696 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
699 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
700 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
701 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
702 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
703 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
704 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
705 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
708 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
709 * New HTTP remote control interface
712 * 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.
713 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
714 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
715 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
718 * New reset option for the preferences
719 * You can set your language in the prefences
720 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
721 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
722 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
723 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
726 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
727 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
728 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
731 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
732 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
733 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
734 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
735 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
736 * New icons by Davor Orel.
737 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
738 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
739 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
740 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
743 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
744 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
745 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
746 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
747 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
748 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
749 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
752 * Interface localization
753 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
754 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
755 * New full-featured Preferences window
757 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
758 ---------------------------------
761 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
762 * support for skins at the interface level
763 * new OSD module using Freetype2
764 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
765 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
766 input level before dropping out of date frames.
767 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
770 * fixed HTTP redirects
771 * support for opening an entire directory
772 * EOF should be detected more reliably
773 * new video4linux access plug-in
774 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
777 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
778 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
779 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
782 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
783 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
784 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
785 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
786 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
787 * new codec for raw I420 video
788 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
791 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
792 (although it still misses some important features)
793 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
796 * new HTTP output support
797 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
798 * fixed AV synchronization issues
801 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
804 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
807 * reorderable playlist
808 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
809 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
810 * support for mono audio output devices
811 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
812 * fixed several cosmetic issues
813 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
814 * the messages window remembers more lines
815 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
816 * http and ogg stream output options
817 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
820 * new skinnable interface
821 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
823 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
824 * support for FLAC audio format
825 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
827 * network tab in the interface
828 * "apply" handling in preferences
831 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
832 ---------------------------------
835 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
836 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
837 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
838 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
840 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
844 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
845 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
846 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
847 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
850 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
851 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
854 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
857 * fixed the GNU-pth support
860 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
862 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
863 * rc interface is now fully useable
864 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
867 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
868 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
869 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
870 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
871 * VLC now uses the default audio device
873 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
874 * support for mouse gestures
875 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
878 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
879 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
882 * improved ID3 tag detection
883 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
884 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
885 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
887 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
890 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
891 ---------------------------------
894 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
895 English was set as the preferred language
898 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
899 --------------------------------
902 * new mouse gesture interface
903 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
907 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
908 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
909 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
912 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
913 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
917 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
920 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
921 without the user consent
924 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
926 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
927 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
928 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
931 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
932 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
933 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
934 * playlist enhancements
935 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
936 * new step forward/step backward commands
937 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
938 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
939 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
942 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
943 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
944 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
947 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
948 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
951 * native video output is working again
952 * only commandline interface support
953 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
956 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
957 --------------------------------
960 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
961 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
962 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
963 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
964 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
965 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
966 and A/52 streams are supported)
967 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
972 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
973 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
974 * VCD entry points support
975 * VCD image file support
978 * support for *.asf format
979 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
980 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
981 * support for ogg encapsulation
982 * support for raw DV format
983 * support for *.wav format
984 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
987 Stream discovery & playlists:
988 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
989 * support for .m3u file format
990 * support for .asx file format
991 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
994 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
995 (only available with the .avi demux)
996 * support for ADPCM audio codec
997 * support for raw PCM data
998 * support for Cinepak video codec
999 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1000 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1001 * support for Xvid codec
1002 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1003 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1004 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1006 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1008 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1011 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1014 * new WxWindows interface
1015 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1016 device and the channels configuration
1017 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1018 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1019 format that VLC can play
1020 * new swedish translation
1021 * enhancements of the playlist window
1022 * new messages window to see debug info
1023 * fixed a few crashes
1026 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1027 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1028 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1029 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working