1 Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Instantaneous pausing
6 * Frame-by-Frame playback
8 * Timeshift for all medias
9 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
10 * RTSP trickplay support
14 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
17 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
18 * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
19 * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer
20 * Close Caption under SCTE-20 standard
23 * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files
24 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
25 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files
28 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
29 * Shine mp3 fixed point encoder
32 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
33 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
34 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
35 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
36 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
37 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
38 * DVB scanning on linux
39 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
40 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file)
41 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
42 * MTP device access on Unix
43 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
46 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
47 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
51 * Export the playlist in HTML
52 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
54 Linux/Windows interface:
55 * Recently played items list
56 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
57 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
58 * Interface toolbar customizations
59 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
62 - Improvements on many dialogs
63 - New dialog for plugins listing
64 - Fixed-size mode for videos
65 - Better teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
66 * Better integration in GTK environments
69 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
72 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
73 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
74 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
75 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
78 * New Maemo port with:
79 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
80 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
83 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
86 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
87 * Surround support for PulseAudio
90 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
91 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
94 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
97 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
98 ---------------------------------
101 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
103 Bunch of small bugfixes.
106 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
107 --------------------------------
112 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
113 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
116 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
117 --------------------------------
119 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
120 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
123 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
126 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
127 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
130 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
131 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
134 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
135 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
136 * Various fixed in playlist
139 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
142 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
145 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
146 ------------------------------------
148 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
149 * Fixes several memory leaks.
152 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
153 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
154 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
157 * Stability fix for the video output.
160 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
161 --------------------------------
164 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
165 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
166 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
167 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
168 * Fixed update system bugs
169 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
172 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
173 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
174 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
175 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
176 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
177 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
178 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
179 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
180 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
181 modern Mac OS X versions
184 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
185 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
187 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
188 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
191 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
192 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
193 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
194 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
195 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
196 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
199 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
200 --------------------------------
202 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
203 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
207 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
208 --------------------------------
210 * Multiple bug fixes.
213 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
214 ---------------------------------
218 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
219 recent to work correctly
220 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
221 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
222 edit the ".hosts" file.
223 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
224 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
225 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
226 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
227 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
228 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
229 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
230 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
231 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
232 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
233 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
234 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
235 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
236 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
237 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
238 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
239 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
240 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
241 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
242 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
243 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
244 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
245 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
246 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
247 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
248 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
249 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
250 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
251 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
252 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
253 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
254 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
255 and postproc modules.
256 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
257 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
258 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
259 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
261 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
263 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
264 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
266 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
267 * Glide video output module has been removed.
273 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
275 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
276 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
279 * Vastly improved playlist support:
280 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
282 * Shoutcast TV listings
283 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
285 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
286 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
288 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
291 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
292 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
293 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
294 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
295 * JACK audio input support
296 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
297 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
298 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
299 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
300 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
301 * Experimental EyeTV access module
302 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
303 (available as a separate download).
304 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
306 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
307 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
308 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
310 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
311 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
314 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
315 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
316 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
317 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
319 * APEv1/2 tags support
320 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
321 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
323 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
324 * TiVo Series 2 support
325 * CD+G karaoke Files support
330 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
331 * Flash Screen Video support
332 * CamStudio Screen Video support
333 * DosBox Capture support
334 * Karl Morton's Video support
335 * limited atrac3 support
337 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
338 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
339 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
341 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
342 * NellyMoser ASAO support
343 * APE (Monkey audio) support
344 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
345 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
348 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
349 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
350 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
351 * AQTitle subtitles support
352 * MKV USF subtitles support
353 * HTML-based subtitles support
354 * MPSub subtitles support
355 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
356 * MPL2 subtitles support
357 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
358 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
359 * Realtext subtitle support
360 * DKS subtitle support
361 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
362 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
365 * Flash Screen Video support
366 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
368 Video outputs and filters:
369 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
370 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
371 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
372 * New puzzle video output filter
373 * Re-written motion detection video filter
374 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
376 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
377 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
378 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
379 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
380 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
381 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
382 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
383 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
384 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
385 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
386 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
387 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
388 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
389 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
391 Audio outputs and filters:
392 * Replay gain support
393 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
394 new scaletempo audio filter)
395 * New spatializer audio filter
396 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
399 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
400 * New RTP payload formats:
401 * Speex voice audio codec
402 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
403 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
404 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
405 * DCCP transport for RTP
406 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
411 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
412 end-user suitable way.
413 * Improved user interaction
414 * Improved mouse gestures
415 * Vastly improved Update checker
416 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
418 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
419 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
421 * Improved video output features
422 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
423 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
424 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
425 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
426 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
428 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
429 if libncursesw is available.
430 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
431 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
432 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
434 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
435 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
436 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
437 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
438 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
439 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
440 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
441 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
444 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
445 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
446 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
449 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
450 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
451 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
452 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
453 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
454 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
457 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
458 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
468 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
469 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
470 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
473 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
474 ----------------------------------
477 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
480 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
481 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
482 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
483 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
484 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
485 * Updated Polish translation
488 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
489 ----------------------------------
492 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
493 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
494 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
497 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
498 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
499 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
500 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
501 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
502 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
503 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
504 to an unexpected application termination
505 * New Serbian translation
506 * Updated Romanian translation
509 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
510 ----------------------------------
513 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
514 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
515 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
516 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
517 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
518 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
519 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
520 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
523 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
524 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
525 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
526 * Fixed AAC resampling
527 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
528 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
531 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
532 ----------------------------------
535 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
536 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
537 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
538 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
539 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
542 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
543 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
544 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
545 * Close MMS access on network timeout
546 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
549 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
550 ----------------------------------
553 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
554 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
557 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
558 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
559 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
560 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
562 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
566 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
569 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
572 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
575 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
578 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
579 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
580 encoding on multi-cpu systems
581 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
582 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
584 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
585 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
586 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
587 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
590 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
593 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
594 ----------------------------------
597 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
598 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
599 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
601 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
602 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
604 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
605 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
608 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
610 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
611 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
612 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
613 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
614 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
615 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
617 * Support for current Ogg file formats
618 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
619 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
622 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
625 * The automatic updating facility was removed
626 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
627 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
628 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
631 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
632 ----------------------------------
634 Various bugfixes, notably:
635 * Windows Vista compatibility
636 * Cropping in Direct3D
637 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
638 * RSS filter string overflow
640 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
642 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
643 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
646 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
647 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
650 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
653 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
656 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
659 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
660 ----------------------------------
662 Various bugfixes, notably:
663 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
664 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
665 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
666 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
667 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
668 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
671 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
672 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
675 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
677 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
678 * Diverse usability improvements
679 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
680 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
681 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
684 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
685 ---------------------------------
688 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
691 * Fullscreen controller improvements
694 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
695 --------------------------------
698 * Shoutcast TV listings support
701 * Support for RTSP authentication
702 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
703 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
704 * ATSC support for DVB input
705 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
706 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
707 * Improved support for Flash Video files
710 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
711 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
712 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
713 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
714 * Matroska WavPack support
715 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
716 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
717 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
720 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
721 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
722 * Improved libcaca support
726 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
727 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
729 * Systray support in skins
731 * Support for Apple Remote control
732 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
733 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
734 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
735 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
737 * Notifications using notification-daemon
740 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
742 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
743 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
744 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
745 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
746 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
748 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
749 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
758 * Updates to the libvlc API
759 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
762 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
763 --------------------------------
766 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
767 * Support for downloading updates
771 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
772 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
773 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
774 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
776 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
777 * Improved subtitles encoding support
778 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
781 * Cook (Real audio) support
783 Playlist / Services discovery:
784 * XSPF playlist support
786 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
789 * New JACK audio output
793 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
794 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
795 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
796 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
797 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
798 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
801 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
804 * System to inform the user and request information
805 - HTTP authentication
809 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
810 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
811 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
814 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
815 - Improved playlist handling
816 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
818 - Embedded Video output
819 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
820 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
821 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
822 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
823 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
825 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
826 - A bunch of new RPN functions
829 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
832 * Mac-Intel compatibility
833 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
834 * Growl "Now playing" support
837 * Ability to log to syslog
838 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
841 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
843 * A bit more automatic testing
846 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
847 ---------------------------------
850 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
851 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
854 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
855 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
858 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
861 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
862 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
868 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
871 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
872 --------------------------------
875 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
879 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
880 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
881 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
884 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
885 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
886 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
887 * GnomeVFS input module
888 * Support for RTP packet reordering
889 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
892 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
893 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
894 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
897 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
898 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
904 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
905 Mixer and Dolby Surround
908 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
909 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
910 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
913 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
915 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
916 - New extended controls panel
917 - New bookmarks window
918 - Fixed playlist sorting
919 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
921 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
922 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
923 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
924 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
928 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
929 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
931 - Include macro to include other files
935 * Should now work outside IE as well
938 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
941 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
942 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
945 The following languages were added:
950 The following languages were re-added:
954 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
955 --------------------------------
958 * Rewrite of the playlist
960 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
961 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
962 * Preferences improvements:
963 - New organization, designed to improve usability
964 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
966 * Core image manipulation support
967 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
968 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
969 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
970 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
971 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
972 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
973 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
974 now separated by ':' instead of ','
975 * Access filter architecture
976 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
977 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
981 * Support for SOCKS proxy
982 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
983 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
984 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
985 * Better support for Kasenna streams
986 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
987 * Massive Matroska improvements
988 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
990 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
991 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
992 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
993 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
994 * Support for FTP over IPv6
997 * Dirac decoder and encoder
998 * PNG decoder/encoder
999 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1000 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1003 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1006 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1007 * Brand new SAP module
1008 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1009 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1010 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1011 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1012 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1013 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1017 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1020 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1021 * Image file video output (png)
1022 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1023 * Improvements to wall video filter
1024 * Support for font color and opacity
1030 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1031 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1032 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1036 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1037 - Improved preferences
1038 - Improvements to the wizard
1039 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1041 - Redesigned playlist
1042 - Improved preferences
1044 - Support for multiple actions
1047 - Support for the new playlist system
1049 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1052 * Screensaver disabling fix
1053 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1054 * Support for no-decoration windows
1057 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1058 * The OpenGL video output is back
1059 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1060 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1061 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1062 is not yet available in the new module
1063 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1066 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1075 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1078 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1081 The following languages were added:
1087 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1088 --------------------------------
1091 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1092 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1095 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1096 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1097 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1100 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1103 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1106 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1109 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1110 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1111 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1115 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1117 * Support of playlist group announcement
1120 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1121 --------------------------------
1124 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1125 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1126 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1127 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1128 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1129 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1132 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1133 (Stream your desktop)
1134 * Improved DVD support:
1135 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1136 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1137 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1138 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1139 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1140 (selection of titles/chapters).
1143 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1144 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1145 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1146 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1147 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1148 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1149 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1150 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1151 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1152 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1155 * G.726 audio support
1156 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1157 * MPEG-4 text support
1158 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1159 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1160 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1164 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1165 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1166 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1167 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1168 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1169 * DVB subtitles encoder
1170 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1171 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1173 * Text track muxing for mp4
1174 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1175 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1176 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1177 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1178 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1179 * Improved ASF muxer
1181 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1182 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1183 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1186 * New audio equalizer filter
1187 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1188 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1189 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1190 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1193 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1194 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1195 with support for effects.
1196 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1197 - New filters can be streamed.
1198 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1199 - Centralized scaling and blending
1201 - "time", to display current time
1202 - "marq", to display a marquee
1205 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1206 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1207 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1208 * A few skins2 improvements
1209 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1210 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1211 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1212 * Improved CORBA control module
1215 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1216 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1217 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1220 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1221 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1222 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1225 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1226 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1227 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1228 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1229 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1232 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1235 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1236 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1239 * Server/client network synchronization module
1240 * VBrick streams fully supported
1241 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1245 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1246 --------------------------------
1249 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1250 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1251 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1252 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1255 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1256 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1257 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1258 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1259 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1260 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1261 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1264 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1265 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1266 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1267 * Improved directory access module.
1268 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1269 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1270 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1271 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1272 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1275 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1276 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1277 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1280 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1281 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1282 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1285 * Improved session announcement system.
1286 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1287 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1288 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1289 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1290 * Improved transrater.
1291 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1292 * New configuration system.
1293 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1296 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1297 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1298 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1299 * Supports scheduling.
1300 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1301 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1304 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1305 - Ability to embed video output.
1306 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1307 - Lots of improvements.
1308 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1309 - New design and set of icons.
1310 - Ability to embed video output.
1311 - Support for hotkeys.
1312 - Support for bookmarks.
1314 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1315 - Better hotkeys handling.
1318 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1319 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1320 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1321 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1324 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1325 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1326 * Improved Windows installer.
1332 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1333 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1336 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1337 ---------------------------------
1340 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1341 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1344 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1345 --------------------------------
1348 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1349 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1352 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1353 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1354 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1355 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1358 * Internal improvments
1359 * Improved import/export
1362 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1364 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1365 small and strange formats.
1367 * New MOD audio demux.
1368 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1369 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1370 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1371 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1374 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1375 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1376 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1382 * New opengl video output plugin.
1385 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1386 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1389 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1390 --------------------------------
1393 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1394 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1395 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1396 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1397 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1398 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1399 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1400 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1403 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1408 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1409 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1410 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1411 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1412 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1413 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1414 * Better Icecast support.
1415 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1416 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1419 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1420 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1421 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1422 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1423 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1424 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1425 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1428 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1429 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1430 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1431 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1432 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1433 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1434 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1435 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1436 * Preliminary RTP support.
1437 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1442 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1443 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1445 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1446 - Improvements and help in preferences
1447 - New streaming wizard
1448 - Revised Disc Open menu
1450 - Improvements of the standard pages
1451 - Support for new commands
1452 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1455 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1456 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1459 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1460 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1461 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1462 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1463 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1464 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1465 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1466 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1467 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1470 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1472 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1473 * Support for Panther.
1474 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1475 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1478 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1479 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1480 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1481 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1482 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1483 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1484 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1485 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1488 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1489 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1490 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1493 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1496 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1497 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1498 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1499 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1502 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1503 --------------------------------
1506 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1509 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1510 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1513 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1514 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1517 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1520 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1521 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1524 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1527 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1530 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1531 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1535 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1536 --------------------------------
1539 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1540 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1544 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1545 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1546 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1548 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1549 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1552 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1555 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1558 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1559 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1563 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1564 --------------------------------
1567 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1568 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1572 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1573 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1574 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1575 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1576 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1579 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1580 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1581 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1584 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1585 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1586 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1589 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1590 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1591 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1592 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1593 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1596 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1597 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1598 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1601 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1604 * Improved build system.
1605 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1606 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1607 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1608 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1611 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1612 --------------------------------
1615 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1618 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1619 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1620 * Video 4 Linux support
1621 * CD Digital Audio support
1622 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1625 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1626 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1627 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1628 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1631 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1632 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1633 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1634 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1635 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1636 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1637 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1640 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1641 * New HTTP remote control interface
1644 * 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.
1645 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1646 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1647 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1650 * New reset option for the preferences
1651 * You can set your language in the prefences
1652 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1653 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1654 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1655 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1658 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1659 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1660 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1663 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1664 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1665 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1666 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1667 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1668 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1669 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1670 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1671 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1672 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1675 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1676 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1677 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1678 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1679 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1680 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1681 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1684 * Interface localization
1685 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1686 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1687 * New full-featured Preferences window
1690 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1691 --------------------------------
1694 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1695 * support for skins at the interface level
1696 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1697 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1698 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1699 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1700 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1703 * fixed HTTP redirects
1704 * support for opening an entire directory
1705 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1706 * new video4linux access plug-in
1707 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1710 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1711 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1712 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1715 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1716 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1717 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1718 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1719 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1720 * new codec for raw I420 video
1721 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1724 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1725 (although it still misses some important features)
1726 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1729 * new HTTP output support
1730 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1731 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1734 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1737 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1740 * reorderable playlist
1741 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1742 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1743 * support for mono audio output devices
1744 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1745 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1746 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1747 * the messages window remembers more lines
1748 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1749 * http and ogg stream output options
1750 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1753 * new skinnable interface
1754 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1756 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1757 * support for FLAC audio format
1758 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1760 * network tab in the interface
1761 * "apply" handling in preferences
1764 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1765 ---------------------------------
1768 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1769 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1770 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1771 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1773 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1774 * DTS S/PDIF support
1777 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1778 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1779 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1780 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1783 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1784 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1787 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1790 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1793 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1795 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1796 * rc interface is now fully useable
1797 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1800 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1801 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1802 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1803 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1804 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1806 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1807 * support for mouse gestures
1808 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1811 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1812 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1815 * improved ID3 tag detection
1816 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1817 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1818 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1820 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1823 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1824 ---------------------------------
1827 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1828 English was set as the preferred language
1831 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1832 --------------------------------
1835 * new mouse gesture interface
1836 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1840 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1841 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1842 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1845 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1846 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1850 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1853 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1854 without the user consent
1857 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1859 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1860 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1861 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1864 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1865 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1866 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1867 * playlist enhancements
1868 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1869 * new step forward/step backward commands
1870 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1871 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1872 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1875 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1876 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1877 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1880 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1881 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1884 * native video output is working again
1885 * only commandline interface support
1886 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1889 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1890 --------------------------------
1893 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1894 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1895 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1896 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1897 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1898 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1899 and A/52 streams are supported)
1900 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1905 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1906 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1907 * VCD entry points support
1908 * VCD image file support
1911 * support for *.asf format
1912 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1913 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1914 * support for ogg encapsulation
1915 * support for raw DV format
1916 * support for *.wav format
1917 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1920 Stream discovery & playlists:
1921 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1922 * support for .m3u file format
1923 * support for .asx file format
1924 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1927 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1928 (only available with the .avi demux)
1929 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1930 * support for raw PCM data
1931 * support for Cinepak video codec
1932 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1933 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1934 * support for Xvid codec
1935 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1936 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1937 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1939 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1941 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1944 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1947 * new WxWindows interface
1948 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1949 device and the channels configuration
1950 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1951 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1952 format that VLC can play
1953 * new swedish translation
1954 * enhancements of the playlist window
1955 * new messages window to see debug info
1956 * fixed a few crashes
1959 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1960 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1961 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1962 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working