3 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.7.3:
4 This version is in development and not yet released.
5 --------------------------------
8 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added funtionality
9 * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems
10 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
11 * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
12 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
16 * Support iTunes Music Store previews
17 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
18 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
19 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
23 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
25 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3 on Windows)
28 * Text track muxing for mp4
29 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
30 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
31 * H.263 RTP streaming support
34 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
35 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
36 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
37 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
38 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces
41 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
42 * The MacOSX interface is no longer required to display video
44 Windows CE PocketPC port:
45 * Brand new port of VLC. Still very experimental
46 * Works with MPEG and Divx
49 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
50 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
53 * Roku HD1000 Video output
54 * Server-network synchronization module
55 * Experimental SVG rendering module
56 * VBrick streams fully supported
57 * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported
58 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
60 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
61 --------------------------------
64 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
65 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
66 * Improved HTTP daemon.
67 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
70 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
71 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
72 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
73 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
74 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
75 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
76 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
79 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
80 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
81 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
82 * Improved directory access module.
83 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
84 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
85 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
86 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
87 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
90 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
91 * mmsh streaming fixes.
92 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
95 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
96 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
97 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
100 * Improved session announcement system.
101 * Minimize threads usage by default.
102 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
103 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
104 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
105 * Improved transrater.
106 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
107 * New configuration system.
108 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
111 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
112 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
113 * Supports live streams and VoD.
114 * Supports scheduling.
115 * Telnet interface for vlm.
116 * HTTP interface for vlm.
119 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
120 - Ability to embed video output.
121 - Support for bitmap fonts.
122 - Lots of improvements.
123 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
124 - New design and set of icons.
125 - Ability to embed video output.
126 - Support for hotkeys.
127 - Support for bookmarks.
129 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
130 - Better hotkeys handling.
133 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
134 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
135 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
136 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
139 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
140 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
141 * Improved Windows installer.
147 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
148 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
150 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
151 ---------------------------------
154 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
155 * Playing MOD files is working now.
158 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
159 ---------------------------------
162 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
163 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
166 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
167 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
168 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
169 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
172 * Internal improvments
173 * Improved import/export
176 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
178 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
179 small and strange formats.
181 * New MOD audio demux.
182 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
183 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
184 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
185 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
188 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
189 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
190 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
196 * New opengl video output plugin.
199 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
200 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
202 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
203 ---------------------------------
206 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
207 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
208 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
209 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
210 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
211 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
212 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
213 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
216 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
221 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
222 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
223 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
224 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
225 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
226 * Reworked DVB tuning.
227 * Better Icecast support.
228 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
229 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
232 * Support for Theora video encoding.
233 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
234 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
235 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
236 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
237 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
238 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
241 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
242 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
243 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
244 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
245 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
246 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
247 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
248 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
249 * Preliminary RTP support.
250 * Fixes to SAP announces.
255 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
256 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
258 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
259 - Improvements and help in preferences
260 - New streaming wizard
261 - Revised Disc Open menu
263 - Improvements of the standard pages
264 - Support for new commands
265 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
268 * Many fixes to the SAP module
269 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
272 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
273 * Text subtitles autodetection.
274 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
275 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
276 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
277 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
278 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
279 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
280 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
283 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
285 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
286 * Support for Panther.
287 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
288 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
291 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
292 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
293 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
294 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
295 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
296 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
297 * Multimonitor support (untested).
298 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
301 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
302 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
303 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
306 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
309 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
310 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
311 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
312 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
314 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
315 ---------------------------------
318 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
321 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
322 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
325 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
326 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
329 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
332 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
333 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
336 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
339 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
342 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
343 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
346 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
347 ---------------------------------
350 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
351 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
355 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
356 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
357 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
359 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
360 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
363 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
366 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
369 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
370 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
373 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
374 ---------------------------------
377 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
378 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
382 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
383 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
384 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
385 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
386 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
389 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
390 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
391 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
394 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
395 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
396 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
399 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
400 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
401 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
402 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
403 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
406 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
407 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
408 * A new CORBA control plugin.
411 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
414 * Improved build system.
415 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
416 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
417 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
418 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
421 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
422 ---------------------------------
425 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
428 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
429 * Fixed large file support on Windows
430 * Video 4 Linux support
431 * CD Digital Audio support
432 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
435 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
436 * Support for OpenDML avi files
437 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
438 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
441 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
442 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
443 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
444 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
445 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
446 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
447 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
450 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
451 * New HTTP remote control interface
454 * 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.
455 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
456 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
457 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
460 * New reset option for the preferences
461 * You can set your language in the prefences
462 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
463 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
464 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
465 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
468 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
469 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
470 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
473 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
474 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
475 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
476 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
477 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
478 * New icons by Davor Orel.
479 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
480 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
481 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
482 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
485 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
486 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
487 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
488 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
489 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
490 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
491 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
494 * Interface localization
495 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
496 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
497 * New full-featured Preferences window
499 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
500 ---------------------------------
503 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
504 * support for skins at the interface level
505 * new OSD module using Freetype2
506 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
507 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
508 input level before dropping out of date frames.
509 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
512 * fixed HTTP redirects
513 * support for opening an entire directory
514 * EOF should be detected more reliably
515 * new video4linux access plug-in
516 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
519 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
520 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
521 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
524 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
525 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
526 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
527 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
528 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
529 * new codec for raw I420 video
530 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
533 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
534 (although it still misses some important features)
535 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
538 * new HTTP output support
539 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
540 * fixed AV synchronization issues
543 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
546 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
549 * reorderable playlist
550 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
551 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
552 * support for mono audio output devices
553 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
554 * fixed several cosmetic issues
555 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
556 * the messages window remembers more lines
557 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
558 * http and ogg stream output options
559 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
562 * new skinnable interface
563 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
565 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
566 * support for FLAC audio format
567 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
569 * network tab in the interface
570 * "apply" handling in preferences
573 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
574 ---------------------------------
577 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
578 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
579 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
580 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
582 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
586 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
587 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
588 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
589 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
592 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
593 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
596 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
599 * fixed the GNU-pth support
602 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
604 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
605 * rc interface is now fully useable
606 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
609 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
610 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
611 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
612 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
613 * VLC now uses the default audio device
615 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
616 * support for mouse gestures
617 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
620 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
621 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
624 * improved ID3 tag detection
625 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
626 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
627 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
629 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
632 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
633 ---------------------------------
636 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
637 English was set as the preferred language
640 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
641 --------------------------------
644 * new mouse gesture interface
645 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
649 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
650 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
651 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
654 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
655 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
659 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
662 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
663 without the user consent
666 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
668 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
669 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
670 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
673 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
674 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
675 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
676 * playlist enhancements
677 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
678 * new step forward/step backward commands
679 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
680 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
681 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
684 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
685 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
686 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
689 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
690 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
693 * native video output is working again
694 * only commandline interface support
695 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
698 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
699 --------------------------------
702 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
703 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
704 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
705 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
706 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
707 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
708 and A/52 streams are supported)
709 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
714 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
715 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
716 * VCD entry points support
717 * VCD image file support
720 * support for *.asf format
721 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
722 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
723 * support for ogg encapsulation
724 * support for raw DV format
725 * support for *.wav format
726 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
729 Stream discovery & playlists:
730 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
731 * support for .m3u file format
732 * support for .asx file format
733 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
736 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
737 (only available with the .avi demux)
738 * support for ADPCM audio codec
739 * support for raw PCM data
740 * support for Cinepak video codec
741 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
742 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
743 * support for Xvid codec
744 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
745 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
746 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
748 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
750 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
753 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
756 * new WxWindows interface
757 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
758 device and the channels configuration
759 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
760 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
761 format that VLC can play
762 * new swedish translation
763 * enhancements of the playlist window
764 * new messages window to see debug info
765 * fixed a few crashes
768 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
769 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
770 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
771 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working