3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-svn:
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 * Track selection based on preferred language
25 * Support for SOCKS proxy
26 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
27 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
28 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
29 * Better support for Kasenna streams
30 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
31 * Massive Matroska improvements
32 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
33 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
34 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
35 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
36 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
39 * Dirac decoder and encoder
41 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
42 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
45 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
46 * Brand new SAP module
47 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
48 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
51 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
54 * Video snapshot support
55 * Image file video output (png or jpg)
56 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
57 * Improvements to wall video filter
58 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
59 * Support for font color and opacity
65 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
66 - Seeking support in VoD streams
70 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
71 - Improved preferences
72 - Improvements to the wizard
73 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
79 - Support for the new playlist system
81 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
84 * Screensaver disabling fix
85 * DirectShow tuner configuration
86 * Support for no-decoration windows
89 * Support for single-buffered overlay
98 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back
101 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
113 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
114 -----------------------------------------------------
117 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
118 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
121 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
122 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
123 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
126 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
129 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
132 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
135 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
136 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
137 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
141 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
143 * Support of playlist group announcement
145 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
146 -----------------------------------------------------
149 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
150 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
151 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
152 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
153 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
154 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
157 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
158 (Stream your desktop)
159 * Improved DVD support:
160 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
161 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
162 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
163 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
164 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
165 (selection of titles/chapters).
168 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
169 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
170 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
171 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
172 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
173 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
174 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
175 * Improved Ogg demuxer
176 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
177 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
180 * G.726 audio support
181 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
182 * MPEG-4 text support
183 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
184 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
185 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
189 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
190 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
191 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
192 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
193 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
194 * DVB subtitles encoder
195 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
196 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
198 * Text track muxing for mp4
199 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
200 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
201 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
202 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
203 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
206 * H.263 RTP streaming support
207 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
208 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
211 * New audio equalizer filter
212 * Very trivial volume normalizer
213 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
214 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
215 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
218 * Roku HD1000 Video output
219 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
220 with support for effects.
221 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
222 - New filters can be streamed.
223 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
224 - Centralized scaling and blending
226 - "time", to display current time
227 - "marq", to display a marquee
230 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
231 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
232 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
233 * A few skins2 improvements
234 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
235 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
236 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
237 * Improved CORBA control module
240 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
241 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
242 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
245 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
246 * Experimental SVG rendering module
247 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
250 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
251 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
252 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
253 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
254 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
257 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
260 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
261 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
264 * Server/client network synchronization module
265 * VBrick streams fully supported
266 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
269 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
270 --------------------------------
273 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
274 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
275 * Improved HTTP daemon.
276 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
279 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
280 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
281 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
282 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
283 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
284 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
285 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
288 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
289 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
290 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
291 * Improved directory access module.
292 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
293 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
294 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
295 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
296 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
299 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
300 * mmsh streaming fixes.
301 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
304 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
305 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
306 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
309 * Improved session announcement system.
310 * Minimize threads usage by default.
311 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
312 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
313 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
314 * Improved transrater.
315 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
316 * New configuration system.
317 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
320 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
321 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
322 * Supports live streams and VoD.
323 * Supports scheduling.
324 * Telnet interface for vlm.
325 * HTTP interface for vlm.
328 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
329 - Ability to embed video output.
330 - Support for bitmap fonts.
331 - Lots of improvements.
332 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
333 - New design and set of icons.
334 - Ability to embed video output.
335 - Support for hotkeys.
336 - Support for bookmarks.
338 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
339 - Better hotkeys handling.
342 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
343 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
344 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
345 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
348 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
349 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
350 * Improved Windows installer.
356 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
357 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
359 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
360 ---------------------------------
363 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
364 * Playing MOD files is working now.
367 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
368 ---------------------------------
371 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
372 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
375 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
376 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
377 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
378 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
381 * Internal improvments
382 * Improved import/export
385 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
387 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
388 small and strange formats.
390 * New MOD audio demux.
391 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
392 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
393 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
394 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
397 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
398 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
399 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
405 * New opengl video output plugin.
408 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
409 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
411 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
412 ---------------------------------
415 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
416 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
417 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
418 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
419 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
420 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
421 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
422 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
425 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
430 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
431 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
432 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
433 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
434 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
435 * Reworked DVB tuning.
436 * Better Icecast support.
437 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
438 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
441 * Support for Theora video encoding.
442 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
443 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
444 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
445 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
446 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
447 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
450 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
451 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
452 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
453 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
454 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
455 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
456 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
457 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
458 * Preliminary RTP support.
459 * Fixes to SAP announces.
464 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
465 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
467 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
468 - Improvements and help in preferences
469 - New streaming wizard
470 - Revised Disc Open menu
472 - Improvements of the standard pages
473 - Support for new commands
474 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
477 * Many fixes to the SAP module
478 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
481 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
482 * Text subtitles autodetection.
483 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
484 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
485 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
486 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
487 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
488 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
489 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
492 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
494 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
495 * Support for Panther.
496 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
497 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
500 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
501 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
502 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
503 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
504 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
505 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
506 * Multimonitor support (untested).
507 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
510 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
511 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
512 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
515 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
518 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
519 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
520 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
521 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
523 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
524 ---------------------------------
527 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
530 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
531 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
534 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
535 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
538 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
541 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
542 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
545 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
548 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
551 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
552 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
555 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
556 ---------------------------------
559 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
560 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
564 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
565 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
566 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
568 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
569 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
572 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
575 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
578 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
579 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
582 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
583 ---------------------------------
586 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
587 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
591 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
592 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
593 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
594 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
595 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
598 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
599 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
600 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
603 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
604 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
605 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
608 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
609 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
610 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
611 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
612 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
615 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
616 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
617 * A new CORBA control plugin.
620 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
623 * Improved build system.
624 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
625 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
626 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
627 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
630 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
631 ---------------------------------
634 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
637 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
638 * Fixed large file support on Windows
639 * Video 4 Linux support
640 * CD Digital Audio support
641 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
644 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
645 * Support for OpenDML avi files
646 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
647 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
650 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
651 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
652 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
653 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
654 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
655 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
656 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
659 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
660 * New HTTP remote control interface
663 * 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.
664 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
665 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
666 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
669 * New reset option for the preferences
670 * You can set your language in the prefences
671 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
672 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
673 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
674 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
677 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
678 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
679 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
682 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
683 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
684 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
685 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
686 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
687 * New icons by Davor Orel.
688 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
689 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
690 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
691 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
694 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
695 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
696 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
697 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
698 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
699 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
700 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
703 * Interface localization
704 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
705 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
706 * New full-featured Preferences window
708 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
709 ---------------------------------
712 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
713 * support for skins at the interface level
714 * new OSD module using Freetype2
715 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
716 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
717 input level before dropping out of date frames.
718 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
721 * fixed HTTP redirects
722 * support for opening an entire directory
723 * EOF should be detected more reliably
724 * new video4linux access plug-in
725 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
728 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
729 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
730 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
733 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
734 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
735 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
736 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
737 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
738 * new codec for raw I420 video
739 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
742 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
743 (although it still misses some important features)
744 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
747 * new HTTP output support
748 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
749 * fixed AV synchronization issues
752 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
755 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
758 * reorderable playlist
759 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
760 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
761 * support for mono audio output devices
762 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
763 * fixed several cosmetic issues
764 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
765 * the messages window remembers more lines
766 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
767 * http and ogg stream output options
768 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
771 * new skinnable interface
772 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
774 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
775 * support for FLAC audio format
776 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
778 * network tab in the interface
779 * "apply" handling in preferences
782 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
783 ---------------------------------
786 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
787 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
788 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
789 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
791 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
795 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
796 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
797 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
798 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
801 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
802 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
805 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
808 * fixed the GNU-pth support
811 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
813 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
814 * rc interface is now fully useable
815 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
818 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
819 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
820 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
821 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
822 * VLC now uses the default audio device
824 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
825 * support for mouse gestures
826 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
829 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
830 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
833 * improved ID3 tag detection
834 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
835 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
836 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
838 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
841 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
842 ---------------------------------
845 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
846 English was set as the preferred language
849 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
850 --------------------------------
853 * new mouse gesture interface
854 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
858 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
859 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
860 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
863 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
864 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
868 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
871 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
872 without the user consent
875 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
877 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
878 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
879 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
882 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
883 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
884 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
885 * playlist enhancements
886 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
887 * new step forward/step backward commands
888 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
889 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
890 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
893 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
894 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
895 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
898 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
899 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
902 * native video output is working again
903 * only commandline interface support
904 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
907 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
908 --------------------------------
911 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
912 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
913 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
914 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
915 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
916 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
917 and A/52 streams are supported)
918 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
923 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
924 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
925 * VCD entry points support
926 * VCD image file support
929 * support for *.asf format
930 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
931 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
932 * support for ogg encapsulation
933 * support for raw DV format
934 * support for *.wav format
935 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
938 Stream discovery & playlists:
939 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
940 * support for .m3u file format
941 * support for .asx file format
942 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
945 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
946 (only available with the .avi demux)
947 * support for ADPCM audio codec
948 * support for raw PCM data
949 * support for Cinepak video codec
950 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
951 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
952 * support for Xvid codec
953 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
954 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
955 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
957 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
959 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
962 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
965 * new WxWindows interface
966 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
967 device and the channels configuration
968 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
969 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
970 format that VLC can play
971 * new swedish translation
972 * enhancements of the playlist window
973 * new messages window to see debug info
974 * fixed a few crashes
977 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
978 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
979 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
980 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working