3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-test1:
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
45 * Dirac decoder and encoder
47 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
48 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
51 * New Record and Timeshift filters
54 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
55 * Brand new SAP module
56 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
57 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
58 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
59 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
60 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
61 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
65 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
68 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
69 * Image file video output (png)
70 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
71 * Improvements to wall video filter
72 * Support for font color and opacity
73 * Fixed Mac OS X OpenGL output
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 Tiger related fixes
109 * Support for single-buffered overlay
118 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back
121 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
124 The following languages were added
135 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
136 -----------------------------------------------------
139 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
140 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
143 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
144 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
145 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
148 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
151 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
154 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
157 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
158 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
159 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
163 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
165 * Support of playlist group announcement
167 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
168 -----------------------------------------------------
171 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
172 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
173 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
174 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
175 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
176 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
179 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
180 (Stream your desktop)
181 * Improved DVD support:
182 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
183 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
184 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
185 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
186 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
187 (selection of titles/chapters).
190 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
191 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
192 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
193 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
194 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
195 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
196 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
197 * Improved Ogg demuxer
198 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
199 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
202 * G.726 audio support
203 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
204 * MPEG-4 text support
205 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
206 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
207 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
211 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
212 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
213 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
214 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
215 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
216 * DVB subtitles encoder
217 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
218 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
220 * Text track muxing for mp4
221 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
222 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
223 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
224 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
225 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
228 * H.263 RTP streaming support
229 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
230 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
233 * New audio equalizer filter
234 * Very trivial volume normalizer
235 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
236 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
237 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
240 * Roku HD1000 Video output
241 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
242 with support for effects.
243 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
244 - New filters can be streamed.
245 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
246 - Centralized scaling and blending
248 - "time", to display current time
249 - "marq", to display a marquee
252 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
253 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
254 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
255 * A few skins2 improvements
256 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
257 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
258 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
259 * Improved CORBA control module
262 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
263 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
264 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
267 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
268 * Experimental SVG rendering module
269 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
272 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
273 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
274 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
275 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
276 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
279 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
282 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
283 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
286 * Server/client network synchronization module
287 * VBrick streams fully supported
288 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
291 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
292 --------------------------------
295 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
296 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
297 * Improved HTTP daemon.
298 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
301 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
302 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
303 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
304 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
305 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
306 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
307 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
310 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
311 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
312 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
313 * Improved directory access module.
314 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
315 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
316 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
317 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
318 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
321 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
322 * mmsh streaming fixes.
323 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
326 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
327 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
328 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
331 * Improved session announcement system.
332 * Minimize threads usage by default.
333 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
334 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
335 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
336 * Improved transrater.
337 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
338 * New configuration system.
339 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
342 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
343 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
344 * Supports live streams and VoD.
345 * Supports scheduling.
346 * Telnet interface for vlm.
347 * HTTP interface for vlm.
350 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
351 - Ability to embed video output.
352 - Support for bitmap fonts.
353 - Lots of improvements.
354 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
355 - New design and set of icons.
356 - Ability to embed video output.
357 - Support for hotkeys.
358 - Support for bookmarks.
360 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
361 - Better hotkeys handling.
364 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
365 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
366 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
367 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
370 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
371 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
372 * Improved Windows installer.
378 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
379 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
381 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
382 ---------------------------------
385 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
386 * Playing MOD files is working now.
389 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
390 ---------------------------------
393 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
394 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
397 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
398 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
399 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
400 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
403 * Internal improvments
404 * Improved import/export
407 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
409 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
410 small and strange formats.
412 * New MOD audio demux.
413 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
414 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
415 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
416 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
419 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
420 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
421 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
427 * New opengl video output plugin.
430 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
431 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
433 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
434 ---------------------------------
437 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
438 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
439 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
440 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
441 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
442 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
443 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
444 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
447 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
452 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
453 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
454 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
455 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
456 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
457 * Reworked DVB tuning.
458 * Better Icecast support.
459 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
460 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
463 * Support for Theora video encoding.
464 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
465 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
466 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
467 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
468 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
469 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
472 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
473 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
474 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
475 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
476 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
477 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
478 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
479 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
480 * Preliminary RTP support.
481 * Fixes to SAP announces.
486 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
487 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
489 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
490 - Improvements and help in preferences
491 - New streaming wizard
492 - Revised Disc Open menu
494 - Improvements of the standard pages
495 - Support for new commands
496 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
499 * Many fixes to the SAP module
500 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
503 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
504 * Text subtitles autodetection.
505 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
506 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
507 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
508 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
509 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
510 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
511 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
514 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
516 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
517 * Support for Panther.
518 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
519 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
522 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
523 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
524 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
525 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
526 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
527 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
528 * Multimonitor support (untested).
529 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
532 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
533 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
534 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
537 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
540 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
541 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
542 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
543 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
545 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
546 ---------------------------------
549 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
552 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
553 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
556 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
557 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
560 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
563 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
564 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
567 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
570 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
573 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
574 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
577 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
578 ---------------------------------
581 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
582 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
586 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
587 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
588 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
590 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
591 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
594 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
597 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
600 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
601 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
604 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
605 ---------------------------------
608 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
609 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
613 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
614 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
615 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
616 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
617 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
620 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
621 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
622 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
625 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
626 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
627 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
630 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
631 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
632 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
633 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
634 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
637 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
638 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
639 * A new CORBA control plugin.
642 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
645 * Improved build system.
646 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
647 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
648 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
649 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
652 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
653 ---------------------------------
656 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
659 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
660 * Fixed large file support on Windows
661 * Video 4 Linux support
662 * CD Digital Audio support
663 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
666 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
667 * Support for OpenDML avi files
668 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
669 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
672 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
673 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
674 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
675 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
676 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
677 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
678 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
681 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
682 * New HTTP remote control interface
685 * 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.
686 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
687 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
688 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
691 * New reset option for the preferences
692 * You can set your language in the prefences
693 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
694 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
695 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
696 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
699 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
700 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
701 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
704 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
705 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
706 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
707 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
708 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
709 * New icons by Davor Orel.
710 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
711 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
712 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
713 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
716 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
717 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
718 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
719 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
720 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
721 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
722 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
725 * Interface localization
726 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
727 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
728 * New full-featured Preferences window
730 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
731 ---------------------------------
734 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
735 * support for skins at the interface level
736 * new OSD module using Freetype2
737 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
738 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
739 input level before dropping out of date frames.
740 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
743 * fixed HTTP redirects
744 * support for opening an entire directory
745 * EOF should be detected more reliably
746 * new video4linux access plug-in
747 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
750 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
751 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
752 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
755 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
756 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
757 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
758 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
759 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
760 * new codec for raw I420 video
761 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
764 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
765 (although it still misses some important features)
766 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
769 * new HTTP output support
770 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
771 * fixed AV synchronization issues
774 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
777 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
780 * reorderable playlist
781 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
782 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
783 * support for mono audio output devices
784 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
785 * fixed several cosmetic issues
786 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
787 * the messages window remembers more lines
788 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
789 * http and ogg stream output options
790 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
793 * new skinnable interface
794 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
796 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
797 * support for FLAC audio format
798 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
800 * network tab in the interface
801 * "apply" handling in preferences
804 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
805 ---------------------------------
808 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
809 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
810 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
811 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
813 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
817 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
818 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
819 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
820 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
823 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
824 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
827 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
830 * fixed the GNU-pth support
833 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
835 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
836 * rc interface is now fully useable
837 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
840 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
841 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
842 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
843 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
844 * VLC now uses the default audio device
846 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
847 * support for mouse gestures
848 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
851 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
852 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
855 * improved ID3 tag detection
856 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
857 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
858 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
860 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
863 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
864 ---------------------------------
867 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
868 English was set as the preferred language
871 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
872 --------------------------------
875 * new mouse gesture interface
876 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
880 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
881 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
882 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
885 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
886 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
890 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
893 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
894 without the user consent
897 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
899 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
900 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
901 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
904 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
905 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
906 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
907 * playlist enhancements
908 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
909 * new step forward/step backward commands
910 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
911 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
912 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
915 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
916 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
917 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
920 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
921 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
924 * native video output is working again
925 * only commandline interface support
926 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
929 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
930 --------------------------------
933 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
934 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
935 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
936 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
937 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
938 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
939 and A/52 streams are supported)
940 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
945 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
946 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
947 * VCD entry points support
948 * VCD image file support
951 * support for *.asf format
952 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
953 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
954 * support for ogg encapsulation
955 * support for raw DV format
956 * support for *.wav format
957 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
960 Stream discovery & playlists:
961 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
962 * support for .m3u file format
963 * support for .asx file format
964 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
967 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
968 (only available with the .avi demux)
969 * support for ADPCM audio codec
970 * support for raw PCM data
971 * support for Cinepak video codec
972 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
973 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
974 * support for Xvid codec
975 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
976 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
977 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
979 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
981 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
984 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
987 * new WxWindows interface
988 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
989 device and the channels configuration
990 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
991 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
992 format that VLC can play
993 * new swedish translation
994 * enhancements of the playlist window
995 * new messages window to see debug info
996 * fixed a few crashes
999 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1000 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1001 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1002 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working