3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
25 * Vastly improved playlist support:
26 * Media library support
28 * Shoutcast TV listings
29 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
32 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP encapsulation
35 * VP60/VP61 codecs support
38 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
39 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
40 * New puzzle video output filter
41 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
42 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
45 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP/TS encapsulation
49 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
51 * Improved user interaction
54 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
55 --------------------------------
58 * Shoutcast TV listings support
61 * Support for RTSP authentication
62 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
63 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
64 * ATSC support for DVB input
65 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
66 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
67 * Improved support for Flash Video files
70 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
71 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
72 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
73 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
74 * Matroska WavPack support
75 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
76 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
77 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
80 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
81 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
82 * Improved libcaca support
86 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
87 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
89 * Systray support in skins
91 * Support for Apple Remote control
92 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
93 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
94 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
95 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
97 * Notifications using notification-daemon
100 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
102 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
103 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
104 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
105 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
106 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
108 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
109 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
118 * Updates to the libvlc API
119 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
123 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
124 ---------------------------------
127 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
128 * Support for downloading updates
132 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
133 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
134 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
135 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
137 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
138 * Improved subtitles encoding support
139 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
142 * Cook (Real audio) support
144 Playlist / Services discovery:
145 * XSPF playlist support
147 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
150 * New JACK audio output
154 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
155 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
156 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
157 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
158 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
159 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
162 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
165 * System to inform the user and request information
166 - HTTP authentication
170 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
171 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
172 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
175 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
176 - Improved playlist handling
177 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
179 - Embedded Video output
180 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
181 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
182 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
183 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
184 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
186 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
187 - A bunch of new RPN functions
190 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
193 * Mac-Intel compatibility
194 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
195 * Growl "Now playing" support
198 * Ability to log to syslog
199 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
202 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
204 * A bit more automatic testing
206 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
207 ---------------------------------
210 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
211 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
214 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
215 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
218 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
221 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
222 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
228 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
230 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
231 --------------------------------
234 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
238 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
239 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
240 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
243 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
244 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
245 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
246 * GnomeVFS input module
247 * Support for RTP packet reordering
248 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
251 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
252 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
253 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
256 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
257 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
263 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
264 Mixer and Dolby Surround
267 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
268 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
269 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
272 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
274 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
275 - New extended controls panel
276 - New bookmarks window
277 - Fixed playlist sorting
278 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
280 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
281 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
282 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
283 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
287 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
288 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
290 - Include macro to include other files
294 * Should now work outside IE as well
297 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
300 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
301 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
304 The following languages were added:
309 The following languages were re-added:
312 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
313 --------------------------------
316 * Rewrite of the playlist
318 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
319 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
320 * Preferences improvements:
321 - New organization, designed to improve usability
322 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
324 * Core image manipulation support
325 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
326 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
327 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
328 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
329 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
330 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
331 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
332 now separated by ':' instead of ','
333 * Access filter architecture
334 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
335 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
339 * Support for SOCKS proxy
340 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
341 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
342 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
343 * Better support for Kasenna streams
344 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
345 * Massive Matroska improvements
346 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
348 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
349 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
350 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
351 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
352 * Support for FTP over IPv6
355 * Dirac decoder and encoder
356 * PNG decoder/encoder
357 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
358 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
361 * New Record and Timeshift filters
364 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
365 * Brand new SAP module
366 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
367 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
368 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
369 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
370 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
371 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
375 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
378 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
379 * Image file video output (png)
380 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
381 * Improvements to wall video filter
382 * Support for font color and opacity
388 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
389 - Seeking support in VoD streams
390 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
394 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
395 - Improved preferences
396 - Improvements to the wizard
397 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
399 - Redesigned playlist
400 - Improved preferences
402 - Support for multiple actions
405 - Support for the new playlist system
407 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
410 * Screensaver disabling fix
411 * DirectShow tuner configuration
412 * Support for no-decoration windows
415 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
416 * The OpenGL video output is back
417 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
418 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
419 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
420 is not yet available in the new module
421 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
424 * Support for single-buffered overlay
433 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
436 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
439 The following languages were added:
445 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
446 -----------------------------------------------------
449 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
450 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
453 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
454 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
455 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
458 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
461 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
464 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
467 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
468 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
469 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
473 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
475 * Support of playlist group announcement
477 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
478 -----------------------------------------------------
481 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
482 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
483 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
484 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
485 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
486 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
489 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
490 (Stream your desktop)
491 * Improved DVD support:
492 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
493 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
494 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
495 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
496 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
497 (selection of titles/chapters).
500 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
501 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
502 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
503 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
504 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
505 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
506 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
507 * Improved Ogg demuxer
508 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
509 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
512 * G.726 audio support
513 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
514 * MPEG-4 text support
515 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
516 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
517 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
521 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
522 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
523 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
524 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
525 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
526 * DVB subtitles encoder
527 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
528 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
530 * Text track muxing for mp4
531 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
532 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
533 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
534 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
535 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
538 * H.263 RTP streaming support
539 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
540 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
543 * New audio equalizer filter
544 * Very trivial volume normalizer
545 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
546 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
547 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
550 * Roku HD1000 Video output
551 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
552 with support for effects.
553 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
554 - New filters can be streamed.
555 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
556 - Centralized scaling and blending
558 - "time", to display current time
559 - "marq", to display a marquee
562 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
563 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
564 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
565 * A few skins2 improvements
566 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
567 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
568 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
569 * Improved CORBA control module
572 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
573 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
574 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
577 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
578 * Experimental SVG rendering module
579 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
582 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
583 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
584 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
585 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
586 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
589 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
592 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
593 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
596 * Server/client network synchronization module
597 * VBrick streams fully supported
598 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
601 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
602 --------------------------------
605 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
606 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
607 * Improved HTTP daemon.
608 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
611 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
612 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
613 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
614 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
615 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
616 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
617 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
620 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
621 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
622 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
623 * Improved directory access module.
624 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
625 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
626 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
627 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
628 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
631 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
632 * mmsh streaming fixes.
633 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
636 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
637 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
638 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
641 * Improved session announcement system.
642 * Minimize threads usage by default.
643 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
644 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
645 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
646 * Improved transrater.
647 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
648 * New configuration system.
649 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
652 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
653 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
654 * Supports live streams and VoD.
655 * Supports scheduling.
656 * Telnet interface for vlm.
657 * HTTP interface for vlm.
660 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
661 - Ability to embed video output.
662 - Support for bitmap fonts.
663 - Lots of improvements.
664 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
665 - New design and set of icons.
666 - Ability to embed video output.
667 - Support for hotkeys.
668 - Support for bookmarks.
670 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
671 - Better hotkeys handling.
674 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
675 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
676 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
677 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
680 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
681 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
682 * Improved Windows installer.
688 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
689 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
691 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
692 ---------------------------------
695 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
696 * Playing MOD files is working now.
699 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
700 ---------------------------------
703 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
704 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
707 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
708 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
709 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
710 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
713 * Internal improvments
714 * Improved import/export
717 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
719 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
720 small and strange formats.
722 * New MOD audio demux.
723 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
724 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
725 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
726 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
729 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
730 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
731 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
737 * New opengl video output plugin.
740 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
741 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
743 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
744 ---------------------------------
747 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
748 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
749 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
750 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
751 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
752 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
753 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
754 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
757 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
762 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
763 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
764 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
765 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
766 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
767 * Reworked DVB tuning.
768 * Better Icecast support.
769 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
770 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
773 * Support for Theora video encoding.
774 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
775 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
776 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
777 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
778 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
779 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
782 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
783 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
784 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
785 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
786 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
787 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
788 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
789 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
790 * Preliminary RTP support.
791 * Fixes to SAP announces.
796 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
797 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
799 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
800 - Improvements and help in preferences
801 - New streaming wizard
802 - Revised Disc Open menu
804 - Improvements of the standard pages
805 - Support for new commands
806 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
809 * Many fixes to the SAP module
810 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
813 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
814 * Text subtitles autodetection.
815 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
816 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
817 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
818 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
819 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
820 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
821 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
824 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
826 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
827 * Support for Panther.
828 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
829 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
832 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
833 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
834 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
835 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
836 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
837 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
838 * Multimonitor support (untested).
839 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
842 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
843 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
844 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
847 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
850 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
851 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
852 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
853 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
855 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
856 ---------------------------------
859 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
862 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
863 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
866 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
867 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
870 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
873 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
874 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
877 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
880 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
883 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
884 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
887 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
888 ---------------------------------
891 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
892 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
896 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
897 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
898 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
900 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
901 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
904 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
907 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
910 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
911 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
914 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
915 ---------------------------------
918 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
919 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
923 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
924 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
925 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
926 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
927 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
930 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
931 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
932 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
935 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
936 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
937 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
940 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
941 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
942 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
943 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
944 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
947 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
948 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
949 * A new CORBA control plugin.
952 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
955 * Improved build system.
956 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
957 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
958 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
959 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
962 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
963 ---------------------------------
966 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
969 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
970 * Fixed large file support on Windows
971 * Video 4 Linux support
972 * CD Digital Audio support
973 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
976 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
977 * Support for OpenDML avi files
978 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
979 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
982 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
983 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
984 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
985 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
986 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
987 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
988 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
991 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
992 * New HTTP remote control interface
995 * 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.
996 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
997 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
998 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1001 * New reset option for the preferences
1002 * You can set your language in the prefences
1003 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1004 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1005 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1006 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1009 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1010 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1011 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1014 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1015 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1016 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1017 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1018 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1019 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1020 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1021 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1022 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1023 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1026 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1027 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1028 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1029 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1030 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1031 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1032 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1035 * Interface localization
1036 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1037 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1038 * New full-featured Preferences window
1040 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1041 ---------------------------------
1044 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1045 * support for skins at the interface level
1046 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1047 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1048 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1049 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1050 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1053 * fixed HTTP redirects
1054 * support for opening an entire directory
1055 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1056 * new video4linux access plug-in
1057 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1060 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1061 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1062 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1065 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1066 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1067 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1068 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1069 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1070 * new codec for raw I420 video
1071 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1074 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1075 (although it still misses some important features)
1076 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1079 * new HTTP output support
1080 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1081 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1084 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1087 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1090 * reorderable playlist
1091 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1092 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1093 * support for mono audio output devices
1094 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1095 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1096 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1097 * the messages window remembers more lines
1098 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1099 * http and ogg stream output options
1100 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1103 * new skinnable interface
1104 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1106 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1107 * support for FLAC audio format
1108 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1110 * network tab in the interface
1111 * "apply" handling in preferences
1114 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1115 ---------------------------------
1118 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1119 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1120 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1121 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1123 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1124 * DTS S/PDIF support
1127 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1128 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1129 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1130 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1133 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1134 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1137 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1140 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1143 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1145 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1146 * rc interface is now fully useable
1147 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1150 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1151 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1152 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1153 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1154 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1156 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1157 * support for mouse gestures
1158 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1161 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1162 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1165 * improved ID3 tag detection
1166 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1167 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1168 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1170 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1173 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1174 ---------------------------------
1177 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1178 English was set as the preferred language
1181 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1182 --------------------------------
1185 * new mouse gesture interface
1186 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1190 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1191 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1192 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1195 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1196 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1200 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1203 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1204 without the user consent
1207 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1209 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1210 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1211 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1214 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1215 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1216 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1217 * playlist enhancements
1218 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1219 * new step forward/step backward commands
1220 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1221 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1222 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1225 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1226 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1227 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1230 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1231 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1234 * native video output is working again
1235 * only commandline interface support
1236 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1239 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1240 --------------------------------
1243 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1244 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1245 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1246 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1247 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1248 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1249 and A/52 streams are supported)
1250 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1255 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1256 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1257 * VCD entry points support
1258 * VCD image file support
1261 * support for *.asf format
1262 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1263 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1264 * support for ogg encapsulation
1265 * support for raw DV format
1266 * support for *.wav format
1267 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1270 Stream discovery & playlists:
1271 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1272 * support for .m3u file format
1273 * support for .asx file format
1274 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1277 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1278 (only available with the .avi demux)
1279 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1280 * support for raw PCM data
1281 * support for Cinepak video codec
1282 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1283 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1284 * support for Xvid codec
1285 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1286 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1287 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1289 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1291 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1294 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1297 * new WxWindows interface
1298 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1299 device and the channels configuration
1300 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1301 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1302 format that VLC can play
1303 * new swedish translation
1304 * enhancements of the playlist window
1305 * new messages window to see debug info
1306 * fixed a few crashes
1309 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1310 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1311 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1312 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working