1 Changes between 1.0.0-rc1 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ----------------------------------------
5 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0-rc1:
6 ------------------------------------
10 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
11 See 'Access:' for more info.
12 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
15 * Instantaneous pausing
16 * Frame-by-Frame playback
18 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
19 * Timeshift for most medias
20 * RTSP trickplay support
21 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
24 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
25 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
26 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
27 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
28 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
29 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
30 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
31 * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
32 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
33 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
36 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
37 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
38 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
39 * Metadata for mod files are supported
40 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
41 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
42 * New dirac demuxer for raw dirac streams
45 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
46 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
49 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
50 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
51 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
52 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
53 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
54 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
55 * DVB scanning on linux
56 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
57 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
58 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
59 * MTP device access on Unix
60 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
61 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
64 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
65 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
69 * Export the playlist in HTML
70 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
71 * Better metadata handling and reading
73 Linux/Windows interface:
74 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
75 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
76 * Recently played items list
77 * Interface toolbar customizations
78 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
81 - Improvements on many dialogs
82 - New dialog for plugins listing
83 - Fixed-size mode for videos
84 - Better teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
85 * Better integration in GTK environments
88 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
89 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
90 * Easy addition of Subtitles through the Video menu
91 * Additional usability improvements
94 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
95 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
96 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
97 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
98 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
101 * New Maemo port with:
102 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
103 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
106 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
109 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
110 * New Document icons by Dominic Spitaler
113 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
114 * Surround support for PulseAudio
117 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
118 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
119 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
120 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
121 The old image video output has been removed.
122 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
123 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
126 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
129 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
130 ---------------------------------
133 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
134 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
137 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
138 ---------------------------------
141 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
144 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
147 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
148 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
149 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
150 main controller window.
151 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
154 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
159 * Updates of other localizations
162 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
163 * Lots of small bugfixes.
164 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
165 * Telnet fixes on Windows
166 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
168 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
169 ---------------------------------
172 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
174 Bunch of small bugfixes.
177 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
178 --------------------------------
183 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
184 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
187 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
188 --------------------------------
190 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
191 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
194 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
197 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
198 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
201 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
202 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
205 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
206 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
207 * Various fixed in playlist
210 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
213 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
216 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
217 ------------------------------------
219 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
220 * Fixes several memory leaks.
223 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
224 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
225 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
228 * Stability fix for the video output.
231 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
232 --------------------------------
235 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
236 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
237 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
238 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
239 * Fixed update system bugs
240 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
243 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
244 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
245 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
246 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
247 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
248 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
249 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
250 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
251 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
252 modern Mac OS X versions
255 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
256 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
258 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
259 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
262 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
263 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
264 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
265 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
266 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
267 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
270 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
271 --------------------------------
273 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
274 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
278 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
279 --------------------------------
281 * Multiple bug fixes.
284 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
285 ---------------------------------
289 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
290 recent to work correctly
291 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
292 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
293 edit the ".hosts" file.
294 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
295 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
296 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
297 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
298 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
299 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
300 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
301 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
302 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
303 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
304 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
305 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
306 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
307 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
308 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
309 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
310 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
311 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
312 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
313 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
314 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
315 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
316 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
317 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
318 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
319 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
320 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
321 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
322 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
323 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
324 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
325 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
326 and postproc modules.
327 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
328 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
329 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
330 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
332 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
334 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
335 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
337 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
338 * Glide video output module has been removed.
344 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
346 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
347 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
350 * Vastly improved playlist support:
351 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
353 * Shoutcast TV listings
354 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
356 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
357 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
359 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
362 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
363 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
364 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
365 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
366 * JACK audio input support
367 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
368 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
369 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
370 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
371 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
372 * Experimental EyeTV access module
373 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
374 (available as a separate download).
375 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
377 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
378 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
379 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
381 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
382 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
385 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
386 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
387 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
388 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
390 * APEv1/2 tags support
391 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
392 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
394 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
395 * TiVo Series 2 support
396 * CD+G karaoke Files support
401 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
402 * Flash Screen Video support
403 * CamStudio Screen Video support
404 * DosBox Capture support
405 * Karl Morton's Video support
406 * limited atrac3 support
408 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
409 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
410 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
412 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
413 * NellyMoser ASAO support
414 * APE (Monkey audio) support
415 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
416 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
419 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
420 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
421 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
422 * AQTitle subtitles support
423 * MKV USF subtitles support
424 * HTML-based subtitles support
425 * MPSub subtitles support
426 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
427 * MPL2 subtitles support
428 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
429 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
430 * Realtext subtitle support
431 * DKS subtitle support
432 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
433 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
436 * Flash Screen Video support
437 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
439 Video outputs and filters:
440 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
441 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
442 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
443 * New puzzle video output filter
444 * Re-written motion detection video filter
445 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
447 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
448 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
449 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
450 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
451 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
452 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
453 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
454 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
455 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
456 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
457 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
458 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
459 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
460 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
462 Audio outputs and filters:
463 * Replay gain support
464 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
465 new scaletempo audio filter)
466 * New spatializer audio filter
467 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
470 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
471 * New RTP payload formats:
472 * Speex voice audio codec
473 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
474 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
475 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
476 * DCCP transport for RTP
477 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
482 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
483 end-user suitable way.
484 * Improved user interaction
485 * Improved mouse gestures
486 * Vastly improved Update checker
487 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
489 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
490 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
492 * Improved video output features
493 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
494 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
495 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
496 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
497 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
499 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
500 if libncursesw is available.
501 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
502 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
503 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
505 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
506 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
507 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
508 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
509 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
510 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
511 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
512 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
515 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
516 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
517 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
520 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
521 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
522 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
523 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
524 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
525 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
528 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
529 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
539 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
540 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
541 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
544 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
545 ----------------------------------
548 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
551 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
552 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
553 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
554 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
555 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
556 * Updated Polish translation
559 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
560 ----------------------------------
563 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
564 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
565 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
568 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
569 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
570 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
571 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
572 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
573 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
574 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
575 to an unexpected application termination
576 * New Serbian translation
577 * Updated Romanian translation
580 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
581 ----------------------------------
584 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
585 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
586 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
587 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
588 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
589 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
590 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
591 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
594 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
595 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
596 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
597 * Fixed AAC resampling
598 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
599 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
602 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
603 ----------------------------------
606 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
607 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
608 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
609 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
610 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
613 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
614 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
615 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
616 * Close MMS access on network timeout
617 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
620 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
621 ----------------------------------
624 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
625 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
628 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
629 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
630 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
631 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
633 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
637 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
640 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
643 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
646 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
649 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
650 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
651 encoding on multi-cpu systems
652 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
653 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
655 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
656 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
657 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
658 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
661 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
664 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
665 ----------------------------------
668 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
669 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
670 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
672 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
673 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
675 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
676 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
679 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
681 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
682 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
683 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
684 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
685 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
686 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
688 * Support for current Ogg file formats
689 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
690 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
693 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
696 * The automatic updating facility was removed
697 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
698 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
699 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
702 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
703 ----------------------------------
705 Various bugfixes, notably:
706 * Windows Vista compatibility
707 * Cropping in Direct3D
708 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
709 * RSS filter string overflow
711 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
713 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
714 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
717 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
718 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
721 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
724 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
727 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
730 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
731 ----------------------------------
733 Various bugfixes, notably:
734 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
735 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
736 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
737 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
738 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
739 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
742 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
743 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
746 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
748 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
749 * Diverse usability improvements
750 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
751 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
752 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
755 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
756 ---------------------------------
759 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
762 * Fullscreen controller improvements
765 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
766 --------------------------------
769 * Shoutcast TV listings support
772 * Support for RTSP authentication
773 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
774 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
775 * ATSC support for DVB input
776 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
777 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
778 * Improved support for Flash Video files
781 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
782 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
783 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
784 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
785 * Matroska WavPack support
786 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
787 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
788 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
791 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
792 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
793 * Improved libcaca support
797 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
798 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
800 * Systray support in skins
802 * Support for Apple Remote control
803 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
804 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
805 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
806 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
808 * Notifications using notification-daemon
811 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
813 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
814 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
815 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
816 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
817 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
819 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
820 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
829 * Updates to the libvlc API
830 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
833 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
834 --------------------------------
837 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
838 * Support for downloading updates
842 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
843 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
844 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
845 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
847 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
848 * Improved subtitles encoding support
849 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
852 * Cook (Real audio) support
854 Playlist / Services discovery:
855 * XSPF playlist support
857 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
860 * New JACK audio output
864 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
865 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
866 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
867 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
868 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
869 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
872 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
875 * System to inform the user and request information
876 - HTTP authentication
880 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
881 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
882 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
885 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
886 - Improved playlist handling
887 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
889 - Embedded Video output
890 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
891 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
892 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
893 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
894 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
896 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
897 - A bunch of new RPN functions
900 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
903 * Mac-Intel compatibility
904 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
905 * Growl "Now playing" support
908 * Ability to log to syslog
909 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
912 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
914 * A bit more automatic testing
917 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
918 ---------------------------------
921 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
922 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
925 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
926 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
929 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
932 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
933 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
939 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
942 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
943 --------------------------------
946 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
950 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
951 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
952 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
955 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
956 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
957 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
958 * GnomeVFS input module
959 * Support for RTP packet reordering
960 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
963 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
964 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
965 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
968 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
969 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
975 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
976 Mixer and Dolby Surround
979 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
980 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
981 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
984 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
986 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
987 - New extended controls panel
988 - New bookmarks window
989 - Fixed playlist sorting
990 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
992 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
993 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
994 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
995 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
999 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1000 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1002 - Include macro to include other files
1006 * Should now work outside IE as well
1009 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1012 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1013 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1016 The following languages were added:
1020 * Simplified Chinese
1021 The following languages were re-added:
1025 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1026 --------------------------------
1029 * Rewrite of the playlist
1031 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1032 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1033 * Preferences improvements:
1034 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1035 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1037 * Core image manipulation support
1038 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1039 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1040 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1041 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1042 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1043 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1044 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1045 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1046 * Access filter architecture
1047 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1048 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1052 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1053 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1054 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1055 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1056 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1057 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1058 * Massive Matroska improvements
1059 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1061 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1062 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1063 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1064 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1065 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1067 Decoders / Encoders:
1068 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1069 * PNG decoder/encoder
1070 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1071 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1074 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1077 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1078 * Brand new SAP module
1079 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1080 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1081 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1082 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1083 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1084 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1088 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1091 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1092 * Image file video output (png)
1093 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1094 * Improvements to wall video filter
1095 * Support for font color and opacity
1101 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1102 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1103 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1107 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1108 - Improved preferences
1109 - Improvements to the wizard
1110 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1112 - Redesigned playlist
1113 - Improved preferences
1115 - Support for multiple actions
1118 - Support for the new playlist system
1120 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1123 * Screensaver disabling fix
1124 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1125 * Support for no-decoration windows
1128 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1129 * The OpenGL video output is back
1130 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1131 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1132 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1133 is not yet available in the new module
1134 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1137 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1146 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1149 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1152 The following languages were added:
1158 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1159 --------------------------------
1162 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1163 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1166 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1167 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1168 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1171 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1174 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1177 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1180 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1181 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1182 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1186 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1188 * Support of playlist group announcement
1191 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1192 --------------------------------
1195 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1196 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1197 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1198 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1199 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1200 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1203 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1204 (Stream your desktop)
1205 * Improved DVD support:
1206 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1207 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1208 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1209 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1210 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1211 (selection of titles/chapters).
1214 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1215 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1216 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1217 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1218 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1219 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1220 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1221 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1222 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1223 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1226 * G.726 audio support
1227 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1228 * MPEG-4 text support
1229 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1230 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1231 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1235 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1236 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1237 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1238 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1239 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1240 * DVB subtitles encoder
1241 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1242 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1244 * Text track muxing for mp4
1245 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1246 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1247 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1248 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1249 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1250 * Improved ASF muxer
1252 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1253 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1254 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1257 * New audio equalizer filter
1258 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1259 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1260 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1261 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1264 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1265 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1266 with support for effects.
1267 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1268 - New filters can be streamed.
1269 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1270 - Centralized scaling and blending
1272 - "time", to display current time
1273 - "marq", to display a marquee
1276 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1277 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1278 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1279 * A few skins2 improvements
1280 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1281 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1282 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1283 * Improved CORBA control module
1286 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1287 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1288 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1291 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1292 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1293 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1296 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1297 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1298 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1299 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1300 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1303 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1306 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1307 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1310 * Server/client network synchronization module
1311 * VBrick streams fully supported
1312 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1316 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1317 --------------------------------
1320 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1321 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1322 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1323 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1326 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1327 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1328 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1329 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1330 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1331 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1332 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1335 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1336 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1337 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1338 * Improved directory access module.
1339 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1340 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1341 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1342 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1343 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1346 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1347 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1348 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1351 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1352 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1353 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1356 * Improved session announcement system.
1357 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1358 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1359 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1360 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1361 * Improved transrater.
1362 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1363 * New configuration system.
1364 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1367 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1368 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1369 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1370 * Supports scheduling.
1371 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1372 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1375 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1376 - Ability to embed video output.
1377 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1378 - Lots of improvements.
1379 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1380 - New design and set of icons.
1381 - Ability to embed video output.
1382 - Support for hotkeys.
1383 - Support for bookmarks.
1385 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1386 - Better hotkeys handling.
1389 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1390 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1391 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1392 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1395 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1396 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1397 * Improved Windows installer.
1403 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1404 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1407 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1408 ---------------------------------
1411 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1412 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1415 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1416 --------------------------------
1419 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1420 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1423 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1424 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1425 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1426 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1429 * Internal improvments
1430 * Improved import/export
1433 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1435 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1436 small and strange formats.
1438 * New MOD audio demux.
1439 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1440 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1441 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1442 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1445 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1446 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1447 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1453 * New opengl video output plugin.
1456 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1457 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1460 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1461 --------------------------------
1464 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1465 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1466 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1467 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1468 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1469 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1470 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1471 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1474 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1479 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1480 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1481 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1482 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1483 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1484 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1485 * Better Icecast support.
1486 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1487 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1490 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1491 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1492 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1493 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1494 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1495 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1496 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1499 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1500 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1501 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1502 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1503 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1504 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1505 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1506 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1507 * Preliminary RTP support.
1508 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1513 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1514 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1516 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1517 - Improvements and help in preferences
1518 - New streaming wizard
1519 - Revised Disc Open menu
1521 - Improvements of the standard pages
1522 - Support for new commands
1523 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1526 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1527 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1530 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1531 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1532 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1533 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1534 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1535 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1536 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1537 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1538 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1541 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1543 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1544 * Support for Panther.
1545 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1546 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1549 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1550 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1551 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1552 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1553 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1554 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1555 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1556 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1559 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1560 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1561 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1564 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1567 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1568 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1569 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1570 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1573 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1574 --------------------------------
1577 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1580 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1581 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1584 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1585 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1588 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1591 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1592 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1595 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1598 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1601 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1602 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1606 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1607 --------------------------------
1610 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1611 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1615 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1616 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1617 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1619 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1620 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1623 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1626 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1629 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1630 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1634 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1635 --------------------------------
1638 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1639 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1643 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1644 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1645 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1646 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1647 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1650 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1651 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1652 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1655 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1656 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1657 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1660 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1661 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1662 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1663 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1664 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1667 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1668 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1669 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1672 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1675 * Improved build system.
1676 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1677 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1678 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1679 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1682 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1683 --------------------------------
1686 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1689 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1690 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1691 * Video 4 Linux support
1692 * CD Digital Audio support
1693 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1696 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1697 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1698 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1699 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1702 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1703 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1704 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1705 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1706 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1707 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1708 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1711 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1712 * New HTTP remote control interface
1715 * 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.
1716 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1717 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1718 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1721 * New reset option for the preferences
1722 * You can set your language in the prefences
1723 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1724 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1725 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1726 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1729 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1730 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1731 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1734 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1735 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1736 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1737 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1738 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1739 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1740 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1741 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1742 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1743 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1746 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1747 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1748 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1749 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1750 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1751 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1752 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1755 * Interface localization
1756 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1757 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1758 * New full-featured Preferences window
1761 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1762 --------------------------------
1765 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1766 * support for skins at the interface level
1767 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1768 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1769 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1770 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1771 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1774 * fixed HTTP redirects
1775 * support for opening an entire directory
1776 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1777 * new video4linux access plug-in
1778 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1781 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1782 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1783 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1786 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1787 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1788 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1789 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1790 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1791 * new codec for raw I420 video
1792 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1795 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1796 (although it still misses some important features)
1797 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1800 * new HTTP output support
1801 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1802 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1805 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1808 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1811 * reorderable playlist
1812 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1813 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1814 * support for mono audio output devices
1815 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1816 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1817 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1818 * the messages window remembers more lines
1819 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1820 * http and ogg stream output options
1821 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1824 * new skinnable interface
1825 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1827 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1828 * support for FLAC audio format
1829 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1831 * network tab in the interface
1832 * "apply" handling in preferences
1835 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1836 ---------------------------------
1839 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1840 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1841 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1842 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1844 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1845 * DTS S/PDIF support
1848 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1849 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1850 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1851 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1854 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1855 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1858 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1861 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1864 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1866 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1867 * rc interface is now fully useable
1868 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1871 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1872 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1873 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1874 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1875 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1877 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1878 * support for mouse gestures
1879 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1882 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1883 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1886 * improved ID3 tag detection
1887 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1888 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1889 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1891 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1894 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1895 ---------------------------------
1898 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1899 English was set as the preferred language
1902 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1903 --------------------------------
1906 * new mouse gesture interface
1907 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1911 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1912 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1913 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1916 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1917 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1921 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1924 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1925 without the user consent
1928 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1930 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1931 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1932 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1935 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1936 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1937 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1938 * playlist enhancements
1939 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1940 * new step forward/step backward commands
1941 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1942 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1943 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1946 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1947 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1948 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1951 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1952 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1955 * native video output is working again
1956 * only commandline interface support
1957 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1960 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1961 --------------------------------
1964 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1965 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1966 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1967 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1968 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1969 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1970 and A/52 streams are supported)
1971 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1976 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1977 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1978 * VCD entry points support
1979 * VCD image file support
1982 * support for *.asf format
1983 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1984 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1985 * support for ogg encapsulation
1986 * support for raw DV format
1987 * support for *.wav format
1988 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1991 Stream discovery & playlists:
1992 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1993 * support for .m3u file format
1994 * support for .asx file format
1995 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1998 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1999 (only available with the .avi demux)
2000 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2001 * support for raw PCM data
2002 * support for Cinepak video codec
2003 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2004 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2005 * support for Xvid codec
2006 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2007 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2008 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2010 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2012 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2015 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2018 * new WxWindows interface
2019 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2020 device and the channels configuration
2021 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2022 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2023 format that VLC can play
2024 * new swedish translation
2025 * enhancements of the playlist window
2026 * new messages window to see debug info
2027 * fixed a few crashes
2030 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2031 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2032 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2033 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working