3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
8 * new --monitor-aspect-ratio option
11 * Bleeding edge UPnP service discovery
18 - new streaming and transcoding wizard
19 - new extended controls panel
20 - new bookmarks window
22 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
23 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
27 The following language was added:
30 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
31 -----------------------------------------------------
34 * Rewrite of the playlist
36 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
37 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
38 * Preferences improvements:
39 - New organization, designed to improve usability
40 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
42 * Core image manipulation support
43 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
44 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
45 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
46 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
47 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
48 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
49 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
50 now separated by ':' instead of ','
51 * Access filter architecture
52 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
53 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
57 * Support for SOCKS proxy
58 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
59 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
60 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
61 * Better support for Kasenna streams
62 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
63 * Massive Matroska improvements
64 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
66 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
67 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
68 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
69 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
70 * Support for FTP over IPv6
73 * Dirac decoder and encoder
75 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
76 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
79 * New Record and Timeshift filters
82 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
83 * Brand new SAP module
84 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
85 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
86 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
87 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
88 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
89 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
93 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
96 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
97 * Image file video output (png)
98 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
99 * Improvements to wall video filter
100 * Support for font color and opacity
106 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
107 - Seeking support in VoD streams
108 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
112 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
113 - Improved preferences
114 - Improvements to the wizard
115 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
117 - Redesigned playlist
118 - Improved preferences
120 - Support for multiple actions
123 - Support for the new playlist system
125 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
128 * Screensaver disabling fix
129 * DirectShow tuner configuration
130 * Support for no-decoration windows
133 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
134 * The OpenGL video output is back
135 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
136 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
137 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
138 is not yet available in the new module
139 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
142 * Support for single-buffered overlay
151 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
154 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
157 The following languages were added:
163 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
164 -----------------------------------------------------
167 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
168 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
171 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
172 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
173 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
176 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
179 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
182 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
185 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
186 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
187 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
191 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
193 * Support of playlist group announcement
195 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
196 -----------------------------------------------------
199 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
200 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
201 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
202 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
203 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
204 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
207 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
208 (Stream your desktop)
209 * Improved DVD support:
210 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
211 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
212 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
213 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
214 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
215 (selection of titles/chapters).
218 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
219 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
220 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
221 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
222 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
223 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
224 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
225 * Improved Ogg demuxer
226 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
227 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
230 * G.726 audio support
231 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
232 * MPEG-4 text support
233 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
234 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
235 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
239 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
240 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
241 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
242 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
243 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
244 * DVB subtitles encoder
245 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
246 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
248 * Text track muxing for mp4
249 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
250 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
251 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
252 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
253 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
256 * H.263 RTP streaming support
257 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
258 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
261 * New audio equalizer filter
262 * Very trivial volume normalizer
263 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
264 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
265 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
268 * Roku HD1000 Video output
269 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
270 with support for effects.
271 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
272 - New filters can be streamed.
273 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
274 - Centralized scaling and blending
276 - "time", to display current time
277 - "marq", to display a marquee
280 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
281 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
282 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
283 * A few skins2 improvements
284 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
285 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
286 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
287 * Improved CORBA control module
290 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
291 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
292 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
295 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
296 * Experimental SVG rendering module
297 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
300 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
301 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
302 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
303 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
304 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
307 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
310 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
311 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
314 * Server/client network synchronization module
315 * VBrick streams fully supported
316 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
319 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
320 --------------------------------
323 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
324 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
325 * Improved HTTP daemon.
326 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
329 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
330 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
331 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
332 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
333 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
334 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
335 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
338 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
339 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
340 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
341 * Improved directory access module.
342 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
343 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
344 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
345 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
346 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
349 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
350 * mmsh streaming fixes.
351 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
354 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
355 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
356 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
359 * Improved session announcement system.
360 * Minimize threads usage by default.
361 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
362 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
363 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
364 * Improved transrater.
365 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
366 * New configuration system.
367 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
370 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
371 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
372 * Supports live streams and VoD.
373 * Supports scheduling.
374 * Telnet interface for vlm.
375 * HTTP interface for vlm.
378 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
379 - Ability to embed video output.
380 - Support for bitmap fonts.
381 - Lots of improvements.
382 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
383 - New design and set of icons.
384 - Ability to embed video output.
385 - Support for hotkeys.
386 - Support for bookmarks.
388 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
389 - Better hotkeys handling.
392 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
393 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
394 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
395 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
398 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
399 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
400 * Improved Windows installer.
406 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
407 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
409 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
410 ---------------------------------
413 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
414 * Playing MOD files is working now.
417 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
418 ---------------------------------
421 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
422 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
425 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
426 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
427 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
428 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
431 * Internal improvments
432 * Improved import/export
435 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
437 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
438 small and strange formats.
440 * New MOD audio demux.
441 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
442 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
443 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
444 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
447 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
448 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
449 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
455 * New opengl video output plugin.
458 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
459 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
461 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
462 ---------------------------------
465 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
466 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
467 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
468 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
469 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
470 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
471 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
472 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
475 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
480 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
481 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
482 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
483 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
484 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
485 * Reworked DVB tuning.
486 * Better Icecast support.
487 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
488 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
491 * Support for Theora video encoding.
492 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
493 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
494 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
495 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
496 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
497 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
500 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
501 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
502 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
503 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
504 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
505 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
506 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
507 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
508 * Preliminary RTP support.
509 * Fixes to SAP announces.
514 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
515 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
517 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
518 - Improvements and help in preferences
519 - New streaming wizard
520 - Revised Disc Open menu
522 - Improvements of the standard pages
523 - Support for new commands
524 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
527 * Many fixes to the SAP module
528 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
531 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
532 * Text subtitles autodetection.
533 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
534 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
535 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
536 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
537 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
538 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
539 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
542 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
544 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
545 * Support for Panther.
546 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
547 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
550 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
551 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
552 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
553 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
554 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
555 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
556 * Multimonitor support (untested).
557 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
560 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
561 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
562 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
565 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
568 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
569 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
570 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
571 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
573 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
574 ---------------------------------
577 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
580 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
581 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
584 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
585 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
588 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
591 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
592 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
595 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
598 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
601 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
602 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
605 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
606 ---------------------------------
609 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
610 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
614 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
615 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
616 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
618 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
619 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
622 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
625 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
628 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
629 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
632 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
633 ---------------------------------
636 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
637 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
641 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
642 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
643 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
644 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
645 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
648 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
649 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
650 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
653 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
654 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
655 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
658 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
659 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
660 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
661 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
662 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
665 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
666 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
667 * A new CORBA control plugin.
670 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
673 * Improved build system.
674 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
675 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
676 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
677 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
680 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
681 ---------------------------------
684 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
687 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
688 * Fixed large file support on Windows
689 * Video 4 Linux support
690 * CD Digital Audio support
691 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
694 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
695 * Support for OpenDML avi files
696 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
697 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
700 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
701 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
702 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
703 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
704 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
705 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
706 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
709 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
710 * New HTTP remote control interface
713 * 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.
714 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
715 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
716 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
719 * New reset option for the preferences
720 * You can set your language in the prefences
721 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
722 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
723 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
724 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
727 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
728 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
729 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
732 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
733 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
734 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
735 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
736 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
737 * New icons by Davor Orel.
738 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
739 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
740 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
741 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
744 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
745 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
746 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
747 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
748 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
749 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
750 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
753 * Interface localization
754 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
755 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
756 * New full-featured Preferences window
758 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
759 ---------------------------------
762 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
763 * support for skins at the interface level
764 * new OSD module using Freetype2
765 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
766 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
767 input level before dropping out of date frames.
768 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
771 * fixed HTTP redirects
772 * support for opening an entire directory
773 * EOF should be detected more reliably
774 * new video4linux access plug-in
775 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
778 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
779 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
780 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
783 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
784 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
785 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
786 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
787 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
788 * new codec for raw I420 video
789 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
792 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
793 (although it still misses some important features)
794 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
797 * new HTTP output support
798 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
799 * fixed AV synchronization issues
802 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
805 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
808 * reorderable playlist
809 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
810 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
811 * support for mono audio output devices
812 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
813 * fixed several cosmetic issues
814 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
815 * the messages window remembers more lines
816 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
817 * http and ogg stream output options
818 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
821 * new skinnable interface
822 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
824 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
825 * support for FLAC audio format
826 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
828 * network tab in the interface
829 * "apply" handling in preferences
832 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
833 ---------------------------------
836 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
837 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
838 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
839 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
841 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
845 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
846 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
847 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
848 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
851 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
852 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
855 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
858 * fixed the GNU-pth support
861 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
863 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
864 * rc interface is now fully useable
865 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
868 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
869 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
870 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
871 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
872 * VLC now uses the default audio device
874 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
875 * support for mouse gestures
876 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
879 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
880 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
883 * improved ID3 tag detection
884 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
885 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
886 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
888 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
891 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
892 ---------------------------------
895 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
896 English was set as the preferred language
899 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
900 --------------------------------
903 * new mouse gesture interface
904 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
908 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
909 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
910 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
913 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
914 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
918 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
921 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
922 without the user consent
925 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
927 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
928 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
929 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
932 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
933 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
934 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
935 * playlist enhancements
936 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
937 * new step forward/step backward commands
938 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
939 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
940 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
943 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
944 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
945 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
948 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
949 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
952 * native video output is working again
953 * only commandline interface support
954 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
957 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
958 --------------------------------
961 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
962 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
963 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
964 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
965 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
966 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
967 and A/52 streams are supported)
968 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
973 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
974 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
975 * VCD entry points support
976 * VCD image file support
979 * support for *.asf format
980 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
981 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
982 * support for ogg encapsulation
983 * support for raw DV format
984 * support for *.wav format
985 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
988 Stream discovery & playlists:
989 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
990 * support for .m3u file format
991 * support for .asx file format
992 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
995 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
996 (only available with the .avi demux)
997 * support for ADPCM audio codec
998 * support for raw PCM data
999 * support for Cinepak video codec
1000 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1001 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1002 * support for Xvid codec
1003 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1004 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1005 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1007 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1009 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1012 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1015 * new WxWindows interface
1016 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1017 device and the channels configuration
1018 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1019 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1020 format that VLC can play
1021 * new swedish translation
1022 * enhancements of the playlist window
1023 * new messages window to see debug info
1024 * fixed a few crashes
1027 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1028 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1029 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1030 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working