3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-test2:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Rewrite of the playlist
9 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
10 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
11 * Preferences improvements:
12 - New organization, designed to improve usability
13 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
15 * Core image manipulation support
16 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
17 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
18 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
19 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
20 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
21 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
22 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
23 now seperated by ':' instead of ','
24 * Access filter architecture
25 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
26 * Zsh autocompletion for vlc's arguments
30 * Support for SOCKS proxy
31 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
32 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
33 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
34 * Better support for Kasenna streams
35 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
36 * Massive Matroska improvements
37 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
39 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
40 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
41 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
42 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
43 * Support for FTP over IPv6
46 * Dirac decoder and encoder
48 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
49 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
52 * New Record and Timeshift filters
55 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
56 * Brand new SAP module
57 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
58 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
59 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
60 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
61 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
62 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
66 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
69 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
70 * Image file video output (png)
71 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
72 * Improvements to wall video filter
73 * Support for font color and opacity
79 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
80 - Seeking support in VoD streams
81 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
85 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
86 - Improved preferences
87 - Improvements to the wizard
88 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
91 - Improved preferences
93 - Support for multiple actions
96 - Support for the new playlist system
98 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
101 * Screensaver disabling fix
102 * DirectShow tuner configuration
103 * Support for no-decoration windows
106 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
107 * The OpenGL video output is back
108 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
109 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
110 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
111 is not yet available in the new module
112 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
115 * Support for single-buffered overlay
124 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
127 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
130 The following languages were added
142 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
143 -----------------------------------------------------
146 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
147 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
150 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
151 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
152 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
155 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
158 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
161 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
164 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
165 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
166 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
170 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
172 * Support of playlist group announcement
174 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
175 -----------------------------------------------------
178 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
179 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
180 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
181 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
182 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
183 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
186 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
187 (Stream your desktop)
188 * Improved DVD support:
189 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
190 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
191 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
192 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
193 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
194 (selection of titles/chapters).
197 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
198 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
199 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
200 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
201 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
202 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
203 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
204 * Improved Ogg demuxer
205 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
206 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
209 * G.726 audio support
210 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
211 * MPEG-4 text support
212 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
213 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
214 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
218 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
219 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
220 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
221 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
222 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
223 * DVB subtitles encoder
224 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
225 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
227 * Text track muxing for mp4
228 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
229 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
230 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
231 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
232 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
235 * H.263 RTP streaming support
236 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
237 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
240 * New audio equalizer filter
241 * Very trivial volume normalizer
242 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
243 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
244 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
247 * Roku HD1000 Video output
248 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
249 with support for effects.
250 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
251 - New filters can be streamed.
252 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
253 - Centralized scaling and blending
255 - "time", to display current time
256 - "marq", to display a marquee
259 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
260 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
261 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
262 * A few skins2 improvements
263 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
264 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
265 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
266 * Improved CORBA control module
269 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
270 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
271 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
274 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
275 * Experimental SVG rendering module
276 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
279 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
280 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
281 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
282 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
283 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
286 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
289 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
290 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
293 * Server/client network synchronization module
294 * VBrick streams fully supported
295 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
298 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
299 --------------------------------
302 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
303 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
304 * Improved HTTP daemon.
305 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
308 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
309 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
310 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
311 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
312 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
313 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
314 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
317 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
318 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
319 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
320 * Improved directory access module.
321 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
322 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
323 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
324 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
325 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
328 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
329 * mmsh streaming fixes.
330 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
333 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
334 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
335 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
338 * Improved session announcement system.
339 * Minimize threads usage by default.
340 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
341 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
342 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
343 * Improved transrater.
344 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
345 * New configuration system.
346 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
349 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
350 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
351 * Supports live streams and VoD.
352 * Supports scheduling.
353 * Telnet interface for vlm.
354 * HTTP interface for vlm.
357 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
358 - Ability to embed video output.
359 - Support for bitmap fonts.
360 - Lots of improvements.
361 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
362 - New design and set of icons.
363 - Ability to embed video output.
364 - Support for hotkeys.
365 - Support for bookmarks.
367 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
368 - Better hotkeys handling.
371 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
372 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
373 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
374 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
377 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
378 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
379 * Improved Windows installer.
385 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
386 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
388 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
389 ---------------------------------
392 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
393 * Playing MOD files is working now.
396 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
397 ---------------------------------
400 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
401 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
404 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
405 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
406 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
407 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
410 * Internal improvments
411 * Improved import/export
414 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
416 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
417 small and strange formats.
419 * New MOD audio demux.
420 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
421 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
422 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
423 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
426 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
427 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
428 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
434 * New opengl video output plugin.
437 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
438 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
440 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
441 ---------------------------------
444 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
445 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
446 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
447 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
448 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
449 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
450 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
451 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
454 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
459 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
460 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
461 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
462 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
463 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
464 * Reworked DVB tuning.
465 * Better Icecast support.
466 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
467 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
470 * Support for Theora video encoding.
471 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
472 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
473 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
474 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
475 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
476 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
479 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
480 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
481 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
482 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
483 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
484 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
485 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
486 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
487 * Preliminary RTP support.
488 * Fixes to SAP announces.
493 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
494 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
496 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
497 - Improvements and help in preferences
498 - New streaming wizard
499 - Revised Disc Open menu
501 - Improvements of the standard pages
502 - Support for new commands
503 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
506 * Many fixes to the SAP module
507 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
510 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
511 * Text subtitles autodetection.
512 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
513 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
514 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
515 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
516 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
517 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
518 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
521 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
523 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
524 * Support for Panther.
525 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
526 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
529 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
530 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
531 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
532 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
533 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
534 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
535 * Multimonitor support (untested).
536 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
539 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
540 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
541 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
544 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
547 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
548 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
549 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
550 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
552 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
553 ---------------------------------
556 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
559 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
560 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
563 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
564 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
567 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
570 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
571 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
574 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
577 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
580 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
581 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
584 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
585 ---------------------------------
588 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
589 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
593 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
594 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
595 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
597 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
598 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
601 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
604 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
607 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
608 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
611 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
612 ---------------------------------
615 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
616 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
620 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
621 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
622 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
623 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
624 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
627 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
628 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
629 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
632 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
633 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
634 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
637 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
638 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
639 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
640 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
641 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
644 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
645 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
646 * A new CORBA control plugin.
649 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
652 * Improved build system.
653 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
654 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
655 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
656 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
659 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
660 ---------------------------------
663 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
666 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
667 * Fixed large file support on Windows
668 * Video 4 Linux support
669 * CD Digital Audio support
670 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
673 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
674 * Support for OpenDML avi files
675 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
676 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
679 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
680 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
681 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
682 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
683 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
684 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
685 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
688 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
689 * New HTTP remote control interface
692 * 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.
693 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
694 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
695 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
698 * New reset option for the preferences
699 * You can set your language in the prefences
700 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
701 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
702 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
703 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
706 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
707 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
708 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
711 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
712 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
713 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
714 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
715 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
716 * New icons by Davor Orel.
717 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
718 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
719 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
720 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
723 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
724 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
725 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
726 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
727 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
728 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
729 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
732 * Interface localization
733 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
734 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
735 * New full-featured Preferences window
737 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
738 ---------------------------------
741 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
742 * support for skins at the interface level
743 * new OSD module using Freetype2
744 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
745 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
746 input level before dropping out of date frames.
747 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
750 * fixed HTTP redirects
751 * support for opening an entire directory
752 * EOF should be detected more reliably
753 * new video4linux access plug-in
754 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
757 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
758 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
759 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
762 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
763 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
764 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
765 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
766 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
767 * new codec for raw I420 video
768 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
771 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
772 (although it still misses some important features)
773 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
776 * new HTTP output support
777 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
778 * fixed AV synchronization issues
781 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
784 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
787 * reorderable playlist
788 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
789 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
790 * support for mono audio output devices
791 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
792 * fixed several cosmetic issues
793 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
794 * the messages window remembers more lines
795 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
796 * http and ogg stream output options
797 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
800 * new skinnable interface
801 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
803 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
804 * support for FLAC audio format
805 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
807 * network tab in the interface
808 * "apply" handling in preferences
811 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
812 ---------------------------------
815 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
816 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
817 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
818 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
820 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
824 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
825 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
826 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
827 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
830 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
831 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
834 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
837 * fixed the GNU-pth support
840 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
842 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
843 * rc interface is now fully useable
844 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
847 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
848 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
849 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
850 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
851 * VLC now uses the default audio device
853 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
854 * support for mouse gestures
855 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
858 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
859 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
862 * improved ID3 tag detection
863 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
864 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
865 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
867 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
870 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
871 ---------------------------------
874 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
875 English was set as the preferred language
878 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
879 --------------------------------
882 * new mouse gesture interface
883 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
887 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
888 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
889 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
892 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
893 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
897 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
900 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
901 without the user consent
904 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
906 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
907 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
908 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
911 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
912 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
913 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
914 * playlist enhancements
915 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
916 * new step forward/step backward commands
917 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
918 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
919 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
922 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
923 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
924 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
927 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
928 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
931 * native video output is working again
932 * only commandline interface support
933 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
936 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
937 --------------------------------
940 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
941 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
942 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
943 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
944 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
945 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
946 and A/52 streams are supported)
947 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
952 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
953 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
954 * VCD entry points support
955 * VCD image file support
958 * support for *.asf format
959 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
960 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
961 * support for ogg encapsulation
962 * support for raw DV format
963 * support for *.wav format
964 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
967 Stream discovery & playlists:
968 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
969 * support for .m3u file format
970 * support for .asx file format
971 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
974 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
975 (only available with the .avi demux)
976 * support for ADPCM audio codec
977 * support for raw PCM data
978 * support for Cinepak video codec
979 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
980 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
981 * support for Xvid codec
982 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
983 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
984 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
986 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
988 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
991 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
994 * new WxWindows interface
995 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
996 device and the channels configuration
997 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
998 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
999 format that VLC can play
1000 * new swedish translation
1001 * enhancements of the playlist window
1002 * new messages window to see debug info
1003 * fixed a few crashes
1006 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1007 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1008 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1009 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working