1 Changes between 0.9.0 and 1.0.0:
2 ---------------------------------
7 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
8 ---------------------------------
12 * This release will not work with Windows 98/ME and Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther)
13 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
14 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
15 edit the ".hosts" file.
16 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
17 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
18 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
19 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
20 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
21 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
22 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
23 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
24 This interface has a fullscreen controller. This interface lacks the
25 "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
26 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
27 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
28 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
29 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
30 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
31 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
32 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
33 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
34 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
35 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
36 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
37 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
38 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
39 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
40 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
41 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
42 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
43 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
44 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
45 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
46 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
48 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
49 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
50 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
51 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
53 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
55 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
56 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
58 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
59 * Glide video output module has been removed.
60 * Due to lack of maintainer, the Skins interface might not work properly.
66 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-??)
67 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
68 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-??)
71 * Vastly improved playlist support:
72 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
74 * Shoutcast TV listings
75 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
77 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
78 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
79 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
80 share/lua/meta/README.txt
83 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
84 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
85 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
86 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
87 * JACK audio input support
88 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
89 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
90 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
91 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
92 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
93 * Experimental EyeTV access module
94 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
95 (available as a separate download).
96 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
98 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
99 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
100 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
102 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
103 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
106 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
107 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
108 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
109 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
111 * APEv1/2 tags support
112 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
113 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
115 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
116 * TiVo Series 2 support
117 * CD+G karaoke Files support
122 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
123 * Flash Screen Video support
124 * CamStudio Screen Video support
125 * DosBox Capture support
126 * Karl Morton's Video support
127 * limited atrac3 support
129 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
130 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
131 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
133 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
134 * NellyMoser ASAO support
135 * APE (Monkey audio) support
136 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
137 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
140 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
141 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
142 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
143 * AQTitle subtitles support
144 * MKV USF subtitles support
145 * HTML-based subtitles support
146 * MPSub subtitles support
147 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
148 * MPL2 subtitles support
149 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
150 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
151 * Realtext subtitle support
152 * DKS subtitle support
153 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
154 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
157 * Flash Screen Video support
158 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
160 Video outputs and filters:
161 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
162 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
163 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
164 * New puzzle video output filter
165 * Re-written motion detection video filter
166 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
168 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
169 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
170 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
171 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
172 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
173 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
174 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
175 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
176 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
177 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
178 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
179 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
180 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
181 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
183 Audio outputs and filters:
184 * Replay gain support
185 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
186 new scaletempo audio filter)
187 * New spatializer audio filter
188 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
191 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
192 * New RTP payload formats:
193 * Speex voice audio codec
194 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
195 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
196 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
197 * DCCP transport for RTP
198 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
203 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
204 end-user suitable way.
205 * Improved user interaction
206 * Improved mouse gestures
207 * Vastly improved Update checker
208 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
210 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
211 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
213 * Improved video output features
214 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
215 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
216 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
217 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
218 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
220 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
221 if libncursesw is available.
222 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
223 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
225 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
226 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
227 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
228 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
229 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
230 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
231 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
232 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
235 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
236 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
237 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
240 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
241 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
242 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
243 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
244 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
245 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
248 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
249 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
259 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
260 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
261 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
264 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
265 ----------------------------------
268 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
271 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
272 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
273 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
274 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
275 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
276 * Updated Polish translation
279 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
280 ----------------------------------
283 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
284 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
285 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
288 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
289 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
290 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
291 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
292 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
293 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
294 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
295 to an unexpected application termination
296 * New Serbian translation
297 * Updated Romanian translation
300 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
301 ----------------------------------
304 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
305 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
306 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
307 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
308 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
309 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
310 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
311 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
314 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
315 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
316 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
317 * Fixed AAC resampling
318 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
319 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
322 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
323 ----------------------------------
326 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
327 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
328 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
329 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
330 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
333 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
334 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
335 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
336 * Close MMS access on network timeout
337 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
340 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
341 ----------------------------------
344 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
345 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
348 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
349 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
350 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
351 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
353 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
357 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
360 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
363 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
366 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
369 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
370 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
371 encoding on multi-cpu systems
372 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
373 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
375 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
376 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
377 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
378 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
381 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
384 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
385 ----------------------------------
388 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
389 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
390 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
392 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
393 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
395 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
396 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
399 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
401 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
402 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
403 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
404 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
405 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
406 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
408 * Support for current Ogg file formats
409 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
410 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
413 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
416 * The automatic updating facility was removed
417 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
418 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
419 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
422 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
423 ----------------------------------
425 Various bugfixes, notably:
426 * Windows Vista compatibility
427 * Cropping in Direct3D
428 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
429 * RSS filter string overflow
431 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
433 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
434 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
437 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
438 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
441 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
444 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
447 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
450 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
451 ----------------------------------
453 Various bugfixes, notably:
454 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
455 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
456 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
457 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
458 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
459 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
462 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
463 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
466 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
468 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
469 * Diverse usability improvements
470 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
471 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
472 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
475 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
476 ---------------------------------
479 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
482 * Fullscreen controller improvements
485 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
486 --------------------------------
489 * Shoutcast TV listings support
492 * Support for RTSP authentication
493 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
494 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
495 * ATSC support for DVB input
496 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
497 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
498 * Improved support for Flash Video files
501 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
502 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
503 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
504 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
505 * Matroska WavPack support
506 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
507 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
508 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
511 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
512 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
513 * Improved libcaca support
517 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
518 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
520 * Systray support in skins
522 * Support for Apple Remote control
523 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
524 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
525 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
526 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
528 * Notifications using notification-daemon
531 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
533 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
534 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
535 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
536 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
537 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
539 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
540 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
549 * Updates to the libvlc API
550 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
553 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
554 --------------------------------
557 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
558 * Support for downloading updates
562 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
563 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
564 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
565 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
567 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
568 * Improved subtitles encoding support
569 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
572 * Cook (Real audio) support
574 Playlist / Services discovery:
575 * XSPF playlist support
577 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
580 * New JACK audio output
584 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
585 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
586 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
587 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
588 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
589 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
592 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
595 * System to inform the user and request information
596 - HTTP authentication
600 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
601 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
602 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
605 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
606 - Improved playlist handling
607 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
609 - Embedded Video output
610 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
611 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
612 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
613 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
614 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
616 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
617 - A bunch of new RPN functions
620 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
623 * Mac-Intel compatibility
624 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
625 * Growl "Now playing" support
628 * Ability to log to syslog
629 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
632 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
634 * A bit more automatic testing
637 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
638 ---------------------------------
641 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
642 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
645 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
646 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
649 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
652 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
653 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
659 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
662 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
663 --------------------------------
666 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
670 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
671 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
672 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
675 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
676 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
677 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
678 * GnomeVFS input module
679 * Support for RTP packet reordering
680 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
683 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
684 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
685 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
688 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
689 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
695 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
696 Mixer and Dolby Surround
699 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
700 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
701 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
704 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
706 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
707 - New extended controls panel
708 - New bookmarks window
709 - Fixed playlist sorting
710 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
712 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
713 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
714 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
715 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
719 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
720 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
722 - Include macro to include other files
726 * Should now work outside IE as well
729 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
732 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
733 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
736 The following languages were added:
741 The following languages were re-added:
745 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
746 --------------------------------
749 * Rewrite of the playlist
751 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
752 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
753 * Preferences improvements:
754 - New organization, designed to improve usability
755 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
757 * Core image manipulation support
758 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
759 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
760 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
761 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
762 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
763 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
764 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
765 now separated by ':' instead of ','
766 * Access filter architecture
767 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
768 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
772 * Support for SOCKS proxy
773 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
774 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
775 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
776 * Better support for Kasenna streams
777 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
778 * Massive Matroska improvements
779 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
781 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
782 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
783 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
784 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
785 * Support for FTP over IPv6
788 * Dirac decoder and encoder
789 * PNG decoder/encoder
790 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
791 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
794 * New Record and Timeshift filters
797 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
798 * Brand new SAP module
799 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
800 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
801 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
802 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
803 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
804 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
808 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
811 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
812 * Image file video output (png)
813 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
814 * Improvements to wall video filter
815 * Support for font color and opacity
821 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
822 - Seeking support in VoD streams
823 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
827 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
828 - Improved preferences
829 - Improvements to the wizard
830 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
832 - Redesigned playlist
833 - Improved preferences
835 - Support for multiple actions
838 - Support for the new playlist system
840 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
843 * Screensaver disabling fix
844 * DirectShow tuner configuration
845 * Support for no-decoration windows
848 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
849 * The OpenGL video output is back
850 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
851 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
852 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
853 is not yet available in the new module
854 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
857 * Support for single-buffered overlay
866 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
869 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
872 The following languages were added:
878 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
879 --------------------------------
882 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
883 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
886 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
887 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
888 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
891 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
894 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
897 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
900 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
901 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
902 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
906 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
908 * Support of playlist group announcement
911 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
912 --------------------------------
915 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
916 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
917 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
918 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
919 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
920 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
923 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
924 (Stream your desktop)
925 * Improved DVD support:
926 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
927 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
928 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
929 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
930 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
931 (selection of titles/chapters).
934 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
935 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
936 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
937 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
938 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
939 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
940 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
941 * Improved Ogg demuxer
942 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
943 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
946 * G.726 audio support
947 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
948 * MPEG-4 text support
949 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
950 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
951 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
955 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
956 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
957 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
958 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
959 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
960 * DVB subtitles encoder
961 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
962 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
964 * Text track muxing for mp4
965 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
966 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
967 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
968 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
969 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
972 * H.263 RTP streaming support
973 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
974 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
977 * New audio equalizer filter
978 * Very trivial volume normalizer
979 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
980 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
981 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
984 * Roku HD1000 Video output
985 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
986 with support for effects.
987 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
988 - New filters can be streamed.
989 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
990 - Centralized scaling and blending
992 - "time", to display current time
993 - "marq", to display a marquee
996 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
997 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
998 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
999 * A few skins2 improvements
1000 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1001 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1002 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1003 * Improved CORBA control module
1006 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1007 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1008 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1011 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1012 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1013 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1016 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1017 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1018 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1019 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1020 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1023 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1026 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1027 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1030 * Server/client network synchronization module
1031 * VBrick streams fully supported
1032 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1036 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1037 --------------------------------
1040 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1041 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1042 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1043 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1046 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1047 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1048 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1049 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1050 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1051 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1052 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1055 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1056 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1057 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1058 * Improved directory access module.
1059 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1060 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1061 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1062 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1063 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1066 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1067 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1068 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1071 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1072 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1073 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1076 * Improved session announcement system.
1077 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1078 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1079 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1080 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1081 * Improved transrater.
1082 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1083 * New configuration system.
1084 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1087 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1088 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1089 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1090 * Supports scheduling.
1091 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1092 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1095 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1096 - Ability to embed video output.
1097 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1098 - Lots of improvements.
1099 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1100 - New design and set of icons.
1101 - Ability to embed video output.
1102 - Support for hotkeys.
1103 - Support for bookmarks.
1105 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1106 - Better hotkeys handling.
1109 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1110 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1111 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1112 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1115 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1116 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1117 * Improved Windows installer.
1123 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1124 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1127 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1128 ---------------------------------
1131 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1132 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1135 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1136 --------------------------------
1139 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1140 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1143 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1144 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1145 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1146 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1149 * Internal improvments
1150 * Improved import/export
1153 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1155 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1156 small and strange formats.
1158 * New MOD audio demux.
1159 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1160 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1161 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1162 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1165 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1166 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1167 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1173 * New opengl video output plugin.
1176 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1177 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1180 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1181 --------------------------------
1184 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1185 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1186 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1187 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1188 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1189 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1190 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1191 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1194 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1199 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1200 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1201 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1202 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1203 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1204 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1205 * Better Icecast support.
1206 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1207 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1210 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1211 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1212 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1213 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1214 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1215 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1216 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1219 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1220 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1221 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1222 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1223 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1224 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1225 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1226 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1227 * Preliminary RTP support.
1228 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1233 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1234 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1236 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1237 - Improvements and help in preferences
1238 - New streaming wizard
1239 - Revised Disc Open menu
1241 - Improvements of the standard pages
1242 - Support for new commands
1243 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1246 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1247 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1250 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1251 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1252 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1253 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1254 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1255 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1256 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1257 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1258 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1261 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1263 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1264 * Support for Panther.
1265 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1266 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1269 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1270 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1271 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1272 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1273 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1274 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1275 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1276 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1279 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1280 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1281 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1284 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1287 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1288 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1289 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1290 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1293 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1294 --------------------------------
1297 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1300 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1301 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1304 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1305 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1308 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1311 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1312 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1315 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1318 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1321 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1322 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1326 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1327 --------------------------------
1330 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1331 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1335 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1336 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1337 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1339 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1340 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1343 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1346 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1349 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1350 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1354 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1355 --------------------------------
1358 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1359 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1363 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1364 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1365 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1366 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1367 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1370 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1371 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1372 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1375 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1376 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1377 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1380 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1381 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1382 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1383 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1384 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1387 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1388 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1389 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1392 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1395 * Improved build system.
1396 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1397 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1398 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1399 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1402 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1403 --------------------------------
1406 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1409 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1410 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1411 * Video 4 Linux support
1412 * CD Digital Audio support
1413 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1416 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1417 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1418 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1419 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1422 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1423 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1424 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1425 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1426 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1427 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1428 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1431 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1432 * New HTTP remote control interface
1435 * 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.
1436 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1437 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1438 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1441 * New reset option for the preferences
1442 * You can set your language in the prefences
1443 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1444 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1445 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1446 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1449 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1450 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1451 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1454 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1455 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1456 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1457 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1458 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1459 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1460 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1461 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1462 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1463 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1466 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1467 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1468 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1469 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1470 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1471 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1472 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1475 * Interface localization
1476 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1477 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1478 * New full-featured Preferences window
1481 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1482 --------------------------------
1485 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1486 * support for skins at the interface level
1487 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1488 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1489 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1490 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1491 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1494 * fixed HTTP redirects
1495 * support for opening an entire directory
1496 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1497 * new video4linux access plug-in
1498 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1501 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1502 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1503 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1506 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1507 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1508 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1509 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1510 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1511 * new codec for raw I420 video
1512 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1515 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1516 (although it still misses some important features)
1517 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1520 * new HTTP output support
1521 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1522 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1525 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1528 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1531 * reorderable playlist
1532 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1533 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1534 * support for mono audio output devices
1535 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1536 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1537 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1538 * the messages window remembers more lines
1539 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1540 * http and ogg stream output options
1541 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1544 * new skinnable interface
1545 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1547 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1548 * support for FLAC audio format
1549 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1551 * network tab in the interface
1552 * "apply" handling in preferences
1555 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1556 ---------------------------------
1559 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1560 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1561 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1562 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1564 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1565 * DTS S/PDIF support
1568 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1569 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1570 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1571 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1574 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1575 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1578 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1581 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1584 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1586 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1587 * rc interface is now fully useable
1588 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1591 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1592 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1593 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1594 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1595 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1597 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1598 * support for mouse gestures
1599 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1602 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1603 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1606 * improved ID3 tag detection
1607 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1608 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1609 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1611 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1614 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1615 ---------------------------------
1618 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1619 English was set as the preferred language
1622 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1623 --------------------------------
1626 * new mouse gesture interface
1627 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1631 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1632 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1633 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1636 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1637 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1641 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1644 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1645 without the user consent
1648 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1650 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1651 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1652 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1655 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1656 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1657 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1658 * playlist enhancements
1659 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1660 * new step forward/step backward commands
1661 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1662 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1663 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1666 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1667 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1668 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1671 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1672 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1675 * native video output is working again
1676 * only commandline interface support
1677 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1680 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1681 --------------------------------
1684 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1685 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1686 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1687 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1688 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1689 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1690 and A/52 streams are supported)
1691 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1696 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1697 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1698 * VCD entry points support
1699 * VCD image file support
1702 * support for *.asf format
1703 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1704 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1705 * support for ogg encapsulation
1706 * support for raw DV format
1707 * support for *.wav format
1708 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1711 Stream discovery & playlists:
1712 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1713 * support for .m3u file format
1714 * support for .asx file format
1715 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1718 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1719 (only available with the .avi demux)
1720 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1721 * support for raw PCM data
1722 * support for Cinepak video codec
1723 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1724 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1725 * support for Xvid codec
1726 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1727 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1728 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1730 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1732 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1735 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1738 * new WxWindows interface
1739 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1740 device and the channels configuration
1741 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1742 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1743 format that VLC can play
1744 * new swedish translation
1745 * enhancements of the playlist window
1746 * new messages window to see debug info
1747 * fixed a few crashes
1750 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1751 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1752 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1753 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working