1 Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Instantaneous pausing
6 * Frame-by-Frame playback
7 * Timeshift for all medias
8 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
9 * RTSP trickplay support
13 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
16 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
17 * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
20 * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files
21 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
22 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files
25 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
28 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
29 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
30 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
31 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
32 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
33 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
34 * DVB scanning on linux
35 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc Folder support
38 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
39 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
43 * Export the playlist in HTML
44 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
46 Linux/Windows interface:
47 * Recently played items list
48 * Interface customizations
49 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
52 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
55 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
56 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
57 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
58 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
61 * New Maemo port with:
62 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
63 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
66 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
69 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
70 * Surround support for PulseAudio
73 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
76 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
79 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
80 ---------------------------------
83 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
85 Bunch of small bugfixes.
88 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
89 --------------------------------
94 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
95 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
98 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
99 --------------------------------
101 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
102 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
105 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
108 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
109 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
112 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
113 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
116 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
117 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
118 * Various fixed in playlist
121 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
124 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
127 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
128 ------------------------------------
130 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
131 * Fixes several memory leaks.
134 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
135 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
136 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
139 * Stability fix for the video output.
142 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
143 --------------------------------
146 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
147 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
148 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
149 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
150 * Fixed update system bugs
151 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
154 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
155 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
156 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
157 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
158 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
159 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
160 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
161 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
162 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
163 modern Mac OS X versions
166 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
167 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
169 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
170 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
173 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
174 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
175 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
176 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
177 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
178 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
181 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
182 --------------------------------
184 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
185 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
189 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
190 --------------------------------
192 * Multiple bug fixes.
195 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
196 ---------------------------------
200 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
201 recent to work correctly
202 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
203 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
204 edit the ".hosts" file.
205 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
206 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
207 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
208 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
209 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
210 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
211 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
212 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
213 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
214 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
215 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
216 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
217 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
218 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
219 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
220 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
221 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
222 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
223 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
224 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
225 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
226 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
227 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
228 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
229 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
230 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
231 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
232 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
233 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
234 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
235 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
236 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
237 and postproc modules.
238 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
239 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
240 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
241 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
243 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
245 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
246 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
248 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
249 * Glide video output module has been removed.
255 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
257 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
258 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
261 * Vastly improved playlist support:
262 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
264 * Shoutcast TV listings
265 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
267 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
268 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
270 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
273 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
274 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
275 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
276 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
277 * JACK audio input support
278 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
279 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
280 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
281 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
282 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
283 * Experimental EyeTV access module
284 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
285 (available as a separate download).
286 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
288 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
289 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
290 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
292 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
293 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
296 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
297 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
298 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
299 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
301 * APEv1/2 tags support
302 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
303 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
305 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
306 * TiVo Series 2 support
307 * CD+G karaoke Files support
312 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
313 * Flash Screen Video support
314 * CamStudio Screen Video support
315 * DosBox Capture support
316 * Karl Morton's Video support
317 * limited atrac3 support
319 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
320 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
321 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
323 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
324 * NellyMoser ASAO support
325 * APE (Monkey audio) support
326 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
327 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
330 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
331 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
332 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
333 * AQTitle subtitles support
334 * MKV USF subtitles support
335 * HTML-based subtitles support
336 * MPSub subtitles support
337 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
338 * MPL2 subtitles support
339 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
340 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
341 * Realtext subtitle support
342 * DKS subtitle support
343 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
344 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
347 * Flash Screen Video support
348 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
350 Video outputs and filters:
351 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
352 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
353 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
354 * New puzzle video output filter
355 * Re-written motion detection video filter
356 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
358 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
359 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
360 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
361 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
362 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
363 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
364 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
365 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
366 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
367 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
368 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
369 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
370 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
371 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
373 Audio outputs and filters:
374 * Replay gain support
375 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
376 new scaletempo audio filter)
377 * New spatializer audio filter
378 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
381 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
382 * New RTP payload formats:
383 * Speex voice audio codec
384 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
385 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
386 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
387 * DCCP transport for RTP
388 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
393 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
394 end-user suitable way.
395 * Improved user interaction
396 * Improved mouse gestures
397 * Vastly improved Update checker
398 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
400 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
401 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
403 * Improved video output features
404 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
405 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
406 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
407 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
408 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
410 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
411 if libncursesw is available.
412 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
413 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
414 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
416 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
417 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
418 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
419 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
420 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
421 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
422 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
423 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
426 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
427 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
428 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
431 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
432 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
433 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
434 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
435 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
436 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
439 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
440 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
450 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
451 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
452 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
455 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
456 ----------------------------------
459 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
462 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
463 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
464 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
465 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
466 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
467 * Updated Polish translation
470 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
471 ----------------------------------
474 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
475 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
476 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
479 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
480 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
481 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
482 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
483 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
484 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
485 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
486 to an unexpected application termination
487 * New Serbian translation
488 * Updated Romanian translation
491 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
492 ----------------------------------
495 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
496 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
497 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
498 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
499 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
500 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
501 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
502 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
505 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
506 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
507 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
508 * Fixed AAC resampling
509 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
510 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
513 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
514 ----------------------------------
517 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
518 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
519 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
520 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
521 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
524 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
525 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
526 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
527 * Close MMS access on network timeout
528 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
531 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
532 ----------------------------------
535 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
536 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
539 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
540 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
541 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
542 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
544 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
548 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
551 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
554 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
557 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
560 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
561 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
562 encoding on multi-cpu systems
563 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
564 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
566 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
567 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
568 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
569 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
572 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
575 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
576 ----------------------------------
579 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
580 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
581 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
583 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
584 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
586 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
587 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
590 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
592 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
593 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
594 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
595 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
596 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
597 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
599 * Support for current Ogg file formats
600 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
601 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
604 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
607 * The automatic updating facility was removed
608 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
609 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
610 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
613 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
614 ----------------------------------
616 Various bugfixes, notably:
617 * Windows Vista compatibility
618 * Cropping in Direct3D
619 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
620 * RSS filter string overflow
622 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
624 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
625 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
628 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
629 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
632 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
635 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
638 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
641 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
642 ----------------------------------
644 Various bugfixes, notably:
645 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
646 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
647 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
648 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
649 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
650 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
653 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
654 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
657 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
659 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
660 * Diverse usability improvements
661 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
662 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
663 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
666 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
667 ---------------------------------
670 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
673 * Fullscreen controller improvements
676 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
677 --------------------------------
680 * Shoutcast TV listings support
683 * Support for RTSP authentication
684 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
685 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
686 * ATSC support for DVB input
687 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
688 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
689 * Improved support for Flash Video files
692 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
693 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
694 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
695 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
696 * Matroska WavPack support
697 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
698 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
699 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
702 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
703 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
704 * Improved libcaca support
708 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
709 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
711 * Systray support in skins
713 * Support for Apple Remote control
714 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
715 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
716 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
717 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
719 * Notifications using notification-daemon
722 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
724 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
725 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
726 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
727 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
728 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
730 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
731 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
740 * Updates to the libvlc API
741 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
744 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
745 --------------------------------
748 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
749 * Support for downloading updates
753 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
754 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
755 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
756 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
758 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
759 * Improved subtitles encoding support
760 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
763 * Cook (Real audio) support
765 Playlist / Services discovery:
766 * XSPF playlist support
768 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
771 * New JACK audio output
775 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
776 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
777 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
778 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
779 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
780 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
783 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
786 * System to inform the user and request information
787 - HTTP authentication
791 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
792 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
793 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
796 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
797 - Improved playlist handling
798 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
800 - Embedded Video output
801 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
802 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
803 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
804 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
805 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
807 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
808 - A bunch of new RPN functions
811 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
814 * Mac-Intel compatibility
815 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
816 * Growl "Now playing" support
819 * Ability to log to syslog
820 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
823 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
825 * A bit more automatic testing
828 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
829 ---------------------------------
832 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
833 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
836 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
837 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
840 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
843 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
844 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
850 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
853 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
854 --------------------------------
857 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
861 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
862 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
863 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
866 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
867 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
868 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
869 * GnomeVFS input module
870 * Support for RTP packet reordering
871 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
874 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
875 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
876 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
879 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
880 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
886 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
887 Mixer and Dolby Surround
890 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
891 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
892 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
895 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
897 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
898 - New extended controls panel
899 - New bookmarks window
900 - Fixed playlist sorting
901 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
903 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
904 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
905 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
906 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
910 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
911 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
913 - Include macro to include other files
917 * Should now work outside IE as well
920 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
923 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
924 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
927 The following languages were added:
932 The following languages were re-added:
936 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
937 --------------------------------
940 * Rewrite of the playlist
942 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
943 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
944 * Preferences improvements:
945 - New organization, designed to improve usability
946 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
948 * Core image manipulation support
949 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
950 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
951 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
952 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
953 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
954 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
955 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
956 now separated by ':' instead of ','
957 * Access filter architecture
958 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
959 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
963 * Support for SOCKS proxy
964 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
965 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
966 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
967 * Better support for Kasenna streams
968 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
969 * Massive Matroska improvements
970 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
972 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
973 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
974 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
975 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
976 * Support for FTP over IPv6
979 * Dirac decoder and encoder
980 * PNG decoder/encoder
981 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
982 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
985 * New Record and Timeshift filters
988 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
989 * Brand new SAP module
990 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
991 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
992 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
993 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
994 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
995 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
999 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1002 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1003 * Image file video output (png)
1004 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1005 * Improvements to wall video filter
1006 * Support for font color and opacity
1012 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1013 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1014 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1018 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1019 - Improved preferences
1020 - Improvements to the wizard
1021 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1023 - Redesigned playlist
1024 - Improved preferences
1026 - Support for multiple actions
1029 - Support for the new playlist system
1031 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1034 * Screensaver disabling fix
1035 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1036 * Support for no-decoration windows
1039 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1040 * The OpenGL video output is back
1041 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1042 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1043 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1044 is not yet available in the new module
1045 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1048 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1057 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1060 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1063 The following languages were added:
1069 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1070 --------------------------------
1073 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1074 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1077 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1078 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1079 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1082 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1085 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1088 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1091 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1092 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1093 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1097 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1099 * Support of playlist group announcement
1102 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1103 --------------------------------
1106 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1107 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1108 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1109 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1110 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1111 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1114 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1115 (Stream your desktop)
1116 * Improved DVD support:
1117 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1118 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1119 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1120 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1121 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1122 (selection of titles/chapters).
1125 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1126 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1127 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1128 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1129 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1130 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1131 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1132 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1133 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1134 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1137 * G.726 audio support
1138 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1139 * MPEG-4 text support
1140 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1141 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1142 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1146 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1147 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1148 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1149 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1150 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1151 * DVB subtitles encoder
1152 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1153 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1155 * Text track muxing for mp4
1156 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1157 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1158 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1159 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1160 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1161 * Improved ASF muxer
1163 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1164 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1165 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1168 * New audio equalizer filter
1169 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1170 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1171 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1172 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1175 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1176 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1177 with support for effects.
1178 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1179 - New filters can be streamed.
1180 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1181 - Centralized scaling and blending
1183 - "time", to display current time
1184 - "marq", to display a marquee
1187 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1188 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1189 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1190 * A few skins2 improvements
1191 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1192 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1193 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1194 * Improved CORBA control module
1197 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1198 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1199 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1202 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1203 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1204 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1207 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1208 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1209 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1210 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1211 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1214 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1217 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1218 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1221 * Server/client network synchronization module
1222 * VBrick streams fully supported
1223 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1227 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1228 --------------------------------
1231 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1232 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1233 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1234 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1237 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1238 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1239 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1240 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1241 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1242 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1243 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1246 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1247 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1248 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1249 * Improved directory access module.
1250 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1251 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1252 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1253 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1254 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1257 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1258 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1259 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1262 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1263 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1264 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1267 * Improved session announcement system.
1268 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1269 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1270 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1271 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1272 * Improved transrater.
1273 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1274 * New configuration system.
1275 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1278 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1279 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1280 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1281 * Supports scheduling.
1282 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1283 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1286 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1287 - Ability to embed video output.
1288 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1289 - Lots of improvements.
1290 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1291 - New design and set of icons.
1292 - Ability to embed video output.
1293 - Support for hotkeys.
1294 - Support for bookmarks.
1296 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1297 - Better hotkeys handling.
1300 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1301 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1302 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1303 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1306 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1307 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1308 * Improved Windows installer.
1314 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1315 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1318 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1319 ---------------------------------
1322 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1323 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1326 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1327 --------------------------------
1330 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1331 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1334 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1335 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1336 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1337 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1340 * Internal improvments
1341 * Improved import/export
1344 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1346 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1347 small and strange formats.
1349 * New MOD audio demux.
1350 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1351 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1352 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1353 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1356 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1357 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1358 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1364 * New opengl video output plugin.
1367 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1368 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1371 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1372 --------------------------------
1375 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1376 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1377 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1378 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1379 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1380 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1381 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1382 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1385 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1390 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1391 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1392 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1393 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1394 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1395 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1396 * Better Icecast support.
1397 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1398 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1401 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1402 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1403 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1404 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1405 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1406 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1407 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1410 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1411 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1412 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1413 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1414 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1415 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1416 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1417 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1418 * Preliminary RTP support.
1419 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1424 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1425 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1427 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1428 - Improvements and help in preferences
1429 - New streaming wizard
1430 - Revised Disc Open menu
1432 - Improvements of the standard pages
1433 - Support for new commands
1434 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1437 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1438 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1441 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1442 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1443 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1444 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1445 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1446 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1447 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1448 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1449 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1452 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1454 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1455 * Support for Panther.
1456 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1457 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1460 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1461 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1462 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1463 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1464 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1465 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1466 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1467 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1470 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1471 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1472 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1475 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1478 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1479 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1480 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1481 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1484 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1485 --------------------------------
1488 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1491 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1492 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1495 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1496 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1499 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1502 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1503 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1506 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1509 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1512 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1513 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1517 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1518 --------------------------------
1521 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1522 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1526 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1527 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1528 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1530 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1531 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1534 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1537 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1540 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1541 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1545 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1546 --------------------------------
1549 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1550 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1554 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1555 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1556 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1557 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1558 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1561 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1562 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1563 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1566 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1567 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1568 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1571 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1572 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1573 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1574 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1575 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1578 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1579 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1580 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1583 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1586 * Improved build system.
1587 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1588 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1589 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1590 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1593 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1594 --------------------------------
1597 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1600 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1601 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1602 * Video 4 Linux support
1603 * CD Digital Audio support
1604 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1607 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1608 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1609 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1610 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1613 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1614 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1615 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1616 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1617 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1618 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1619 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1622 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1623 * New HTTP remote control interface
1626 * 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.
1627 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1628 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1629 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1632 * New reset option for the preferences
1633 * You can set your language in the prefences
1634 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1635 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1636 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1637 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1640 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1641 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1642 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1645 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1646 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1647 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1648 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1649 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1650 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1651 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1652 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1653 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1654 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1657 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1658 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1659 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1660 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1661 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1662 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1663 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1666 * Interface localization
1667 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1668 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1669 * New full-featured Preferences window
1672 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1673 --------------------------------
1676 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1677 * support for skins at the interface level
1678 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1679 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1680 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1681 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1682 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1685 * fixed HTTP redirects
1686 * support for opening an entire directory
1687 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1688 * new video4linux access plug-in
1689 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1692 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1693 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1694 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1697 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1698 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1699 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1700 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1701 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1702 * new codec for raw I420 video
1703 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1706 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1707 (although it still misses some important features)
1708 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1711 * new HTTP output support
1712 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1713 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1716 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1719 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1722 * reorderable playlist
1723 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1724 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1725 * support for mono audio output devices
1726 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1727 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1728 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1729 * the messages window remembers more lines
1730 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1731 * http and ogg stream output options
1732 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1735 * new skinnable interface
1736 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1738 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1739 * support for FLAC audio format
1740 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1742 * network tab in the interface
1743 * "apply" handling in preferences
1746 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1747 ---------------------------------
1750 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1751 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1752 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1753 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1755 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1756 * DTS S/PDIF support
1759 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1760 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1761 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1762 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1765 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1766 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1769 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1772 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1775 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1777 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1778 * rc interface is now fully useable
1779 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1782 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1783 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1784 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1785 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1786 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1788 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1789 * support for mouse gestures
1790 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1793 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1794 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1797 * improved ID3 tag detection
1798 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1799 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1800 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1802 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1805 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1806 ---------------------------------
1809 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1810 English was set as the preferred language
1813 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1814 --------------------------------
1817 * new mouse gesture interface
1818 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1822 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1823 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1824 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1827 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1828 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1832 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1835 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1836 without the user consent
1839 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1841 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1842 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1843 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1846 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1847 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1848 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1849 * playlist enhancements
1850 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1851 * new step forward/step backward commands
1852 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1853 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1854 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1857 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1858 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1859 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1862 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1863 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1866 * native video output is working again
1867 * only commandline interface support
1868 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1871 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1872 --------------------------------
1875 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1876 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1877 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1878 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1879 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1880 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1881 and A/52 streams are supported)
1882 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1887 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1888 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1889 * VCD entry points support
1890 * VCD image file support
1893 * support for *.asf format
1894 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1895 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1896 * support for ogg encapsulation
1897 * support for raw DV format
1898 * support for *.wav format
1899 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1902 Stream discovery & playlists:
1903 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1904 * support for .m3u file format
1905 * support for .asx file format
1906 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1909 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1910 (only available with the .avi demux)
1911 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1912 * support for raw PCM data
1913 * support for Cinepak video codec
1914 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1915 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1916 * support for Xvid codec
1917 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1918 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1919 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1921 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1923 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1926 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1929 * new WxWindows interface
1930 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1931 device and the channels configuration
1932 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1933 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1934 format that VLC can play
1935 * new swedish translation
1936 * enhancements of the playlist window
1937 * new messages window to see debug info
1938 * fixed a few crashes
1941 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1942 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1943 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1944 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working