1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.45 2003/05/20 21:35:52 hartman Exp $
3 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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7 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
10 * fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
11 * fixed large file support on Windows
12 * Video 4 Linux support
13 * CD Digital Audio support
16 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
17 * Support for OpenDML avi files
18 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
21 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
22 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
23 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
24 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
25 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
28 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
29 * New HTTP remote control interface
32 * 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.
33 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
34 * SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) support.
37 * New reset option for the preferences
38 * You can set your language in the prefences
39 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
40 * Added a Gentoo ebuild file to the distribution
46 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
47 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
48 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
49 * Float on top and a Transparency option for video out.
50 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
51 * New icons by Davor Orel.
52 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
53 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
54 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
57 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
58 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
59 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
60 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
61 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
64 * Interface localization
65 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
66 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
67 * New full-featured Preferences window
69 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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73 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
74 * support for skins at the interface level
75 * new OSD module using Freetype2
76 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
77 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
78 input level before dropping out of date frames.
79 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
82 * fixed HTTP redirects
83 * support for opening an entire directory
84 * EOF should be detected more reliably
85 * new video4linux access plug-in
86 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
89 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
90 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
91 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
94 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
95 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
96 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
97 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
98 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
99 * new codec for raw I420 video
100 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
103 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
104 (although it still misses some important features)
105 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
108 * new HTTP output support
109 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
110 * fixed AV synchronization issues
113 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
116 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
119 * reorderable playlist
120 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
121 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
122 * support for mono audio output devices
123 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
124 * fixed several cosmetic issues
125 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
126 * the messages window remembers more lines
127 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
128 * http and ogg stream output options
129 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
132 * new skinnable interface
133 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
135 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
136 * support for FLAC audio format
137 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
139 * network tab in the interface
140 * "apply" handling in preferences
143 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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147 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
148 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
149 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
150 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
152 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
156 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
157 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
158 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
159 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
162 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
163 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
166 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
169 * fixed the GNU-pth support
172 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
174 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
175 * rc interface is now fully useable
176 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
179 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
180 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
181 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
182 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
183 * VLC now uses the default audio device
185 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
186 * support for mouse gestures
187 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
190 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
191 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
194 * improved ID3 tag detection
195 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
196 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
197 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
199 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
202 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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206 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
207 English was set as the preferred language
210 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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214 * new mouse gesture interface
215 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
219 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
220 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
221 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
224 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
225 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
229 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
232 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
233 without the user consent
236 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
238 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
239 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
240 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
243 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
244 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
245 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
246 * playlist enhancements
247 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
248 * new step forward/step backward commands
249 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
250 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
251 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
254 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
255 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
256 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
259 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
260 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
263 * native video output is working again
264 * only commandline interface support
265 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
268 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
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272 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
273 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
274 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
275 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
276 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
277 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
278 and A/52 streams are supported)
279 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
284 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
285 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
286 * VCD entry points support
287 * VCD image file support
290 * support for *.asf format
291 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
292 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
293 * support for ogg encapsulation
294 * support for raw DV format
295 * support for *.wav format
296 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
299 Stream discovery & playlists:
300 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
301 * support for .m3u file format
302 * support for .asx file format
303 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
306 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
307 (only available with the .avi demux)
308 * support for ADPCM audio codec
309 * support for raw PCM data
310 * support for Cinepak video codec
311 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
312 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
313 * support for Xvid codec
314 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
315 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
316 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
318 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
320 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
323 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
326 * new WxWindows interface
327 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
328 device and the channels configuration
329 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
330 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
331 format that VLC can play
332 * new swedish translation
333 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
335 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
336 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
337 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
340 * localization support via GNU gettext software
341 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
342 * new preferences panel
343 * new open panel with full features
344 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
345 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
346 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
349 * preferences dialog box redesigned
350 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
352 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
353 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
354 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
355 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
358 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
360 * enhancements of the playlist window
361 * new messages window to see debug info
362 * fixed a few crashes
365 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
366 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
367 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
368 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working