3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
25 * Vastly improved playlist support:
26 * Media library support
28 * Shoutcast TV listings
29 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
32 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP encapsulation
35 * VP60/VP61 codecs support
36 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
39 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
40 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
41 * New puzzle video output filter
42 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
43 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
44 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
47 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for raw and RTP/TS encapsulation
51 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
53 * Improved user interaction
56 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
57 --------------------------------
60 * Shoutcast TV listings support
63 * Support for RTSP authentication
64 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
65 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
66 * ATSC support for DVB input
67 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
68 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
69 * Improved support for Flash Video files
72 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
73 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
74 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
75 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
76 * Matroska WavPack support
77 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
78 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
79 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
82 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
83 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
84 * Improved libcaca support
88 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
89 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
91 * Systray support in skins
93 * Support for Apple Remote control
94 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
95 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
96 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
97 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
99 * Notifications using notification-daemon
102 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
104 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
105 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
106 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
107 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
108 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
110 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
111 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
120 * Updates to the libvlc API
121 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
125 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
126 ---------------------------------
129 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
130 * Support for downloading updates
134 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
135 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
136 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
137 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
139 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
140 * Improved subtitles encoding support
141 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
144 * Cook (Real audio) support
146 Playlist / Services discovery:
147 * XSPF playlist support
149 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
152 * New JACK audio output
156 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
157 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
158 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
159 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
160 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
161 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
164 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
167 * System to inform the user and request information
168 - HTTP authentication
172 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
173 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
174 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
177 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
178 - Improved playlist handling
179 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
181 - Embedded Video output
182 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
183 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
184 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
185 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
186 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
188 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
189 - A bunch of new RPN functions
192 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
195 * Mac-Intel compatibility
196 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
197 * Growl "Now playing" support
200 * Ability to log to syslog
201 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
204 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
206 * A bit more automatic testing
208 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
209 ---------------------------------
212 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
213 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
216 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
217 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
220 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
223 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
224 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
230 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
232 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
233 --------------------------------
236 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
240 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
241 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
242 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
245 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
246 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
247 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
248 * GnomeVFS input module
249 * Support for RTP packet reordering
250 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
253 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
254 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
255 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
258 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
259 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
265 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
266 Mixer and Dolby Surround
269 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
270 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
271 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
274 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
276 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
277 - New extended controls panel
278 - New bookmarks window
279 - Fixed playlist sorting
280 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
282 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
283 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
284 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
285 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
289 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
290 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
292 - Include macro to include other files
296 * Should now work outside IE as well
299 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
302 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
303 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
306 The following languages were added:
311 The following languages were re-added:
314 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
315 --------------------------------
318 * Rewrite of the playlist
320 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
321 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
322 * Preferences improvements:
323 - New organization, designed to improve usability
324 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
326 * Core image manipulation support
327 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
328 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
329 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
330 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
331 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
332 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
333 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
334 now separated by ':' instead of ','
335 * Access filter architecture
336 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
337 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
341 * Support for SOCKS proxy
342 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
343 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
344 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
345 * Better support for Kasenna streams
346 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
347 * Massive Matroska improvements
348 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
350 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
351 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
352 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
353 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
354 * Support for FTP over IPv6
357 * Dirac decoder and encoder
358 * PNG decoder/encoder
359 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
360 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
363 * New Record and Timeshift filters
366 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
367 * Brand new SAP module
368 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
369 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
370 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
371 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
372 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
373 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
377 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
380 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
381 * Image file video output (png)
382 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
383 * Improvements to wall video filter
384 * Support for font color and opacity
390 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
391 - Seeking support in VoD streams
392 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
396 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
397 - Improved preferences
398 - Improvements to the wizard
399 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
401 - Redesigned playlist
402 - Improved preferences
404 - Support for multiple actions
407 - Support for the new playlist system
409 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
412 * Screensaver disabling fix
413 * DirectShow tuner configuration
414 * Support for no-decoration windows
417 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
418 * The OpenGL video output is back
419 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
420 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
421 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
422 is not yet available in the new module
423 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
426 * Support for single-buffered overlay
435 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
438 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
441 The following languages were added:
447 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
448 -----------------------------------------------------
451 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
452 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
455 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
456 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
457 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
460 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
463 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
466 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
469 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
470 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
471 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
475 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
477 * Support of playlist group announcement
479 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
480 -----------------------------------------------------
483 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
484 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
485 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
486 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
487 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
488 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
491 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
492 (Stream your desktop)
493 * Improved DVD support:
494 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
495 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
496 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
497 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
498 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
499 (selection of titles/chapters).
502 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
503 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
504 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
505 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
506 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
507 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
508 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
509 * Improved Ogg demuxer
510 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
511 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
514 * G.726 audio support
515 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
516 * MPEG-4 text support
517 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
518 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
519 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
523 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
524 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
525 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
526 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
527 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
528 * DVB subtitles encoder
529 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
530 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
532 * Text track muxing for mp4
533 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
534 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
535 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
536 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
537 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
540 * H.263 RTP streaming support
541 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
542 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
545 * New audio equalizer filter
546 * Very trivial volume normalizer
547 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
548 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
549 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
552 * Roku HD1000 Video output
553 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
554 with support for effects.
555 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
556 - New filters can be streamed.
557 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
558 - Centralized scaling and blending
560 - "time", to display current time
561 - "marq", to display a marquee
564 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
565 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
566 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
567 * A few skins2 improvements
568 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
569 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
570 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
571 * Improved CORBA control module
574 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
575 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
576 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
579 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
580 * Experimental SVG rendering module
581 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
584 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
585 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
586 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
587 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
588 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
591 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
594 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
595 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
598 * Server/client network synchronization module
599 * VBrick streams fully supported
600 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
603 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
604 --------------------------------
607 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
608 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
609 * Improved HTTP daemon.
610 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
613 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
614 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
615 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
616 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
617 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
618 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
619 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
622 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
623 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
624 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
625 * Improved directory access module.
626 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
627 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
628 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
629 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
630 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
633 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
634 * mmsh streaming fixes.
635 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
638 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
639 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
640 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
643 * Improved session announcement system.
644 * Minimize threads usage by default.
645 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
646 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
647 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
648 * Improved transrater.
649 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
650 * New configuration system.
651 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
654 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
655 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
656 * Supports live streams and VoD.
657 * Supports scheduling.
658 * Telnet interface for vlm.
659 * HTTP interface for vlm.
662 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
663 - Ability to embed video output.
664 - Support for bitmap fonts.
665 - Lots of improvements.
666 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
667 - New design and set of icons.
668 - Ability to embed video output.
669 - Support for hotkeys.
670 - Support for bookmarks.
672 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
673 - Better hotkeys handling.
676 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
677 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
678 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
679 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
682 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
683 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
684 * Improved Windows installer.
690 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
691 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
693 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
694 ---------------------------------
697 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
698 * Playing MOD files is working now.
701 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
702 ---------------------------------
705 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
706 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
709 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
710 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
711 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
712 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
715 * Internal improvments
716 * Improved import/export
719 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
721 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
722 small and strange formats.
724 * New MOD audio demux.
725 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
726 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
727 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
728 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
731 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
732 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
733 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
739 * New opengl video output plugin.
742 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
743 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
745 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
746 ---------------------------------
749 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
750 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
751 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
752 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
753 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
754 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
755 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
756 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
759 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
764 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
765 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
766 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
767 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
768 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
769 * Reworked DVB tuning.
770 * Better Icecast support.
771 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
772 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
775 * Support for Theora video encoding.
776 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
777 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
778 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
779 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
780 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
781 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
784 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
785 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
786 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
787 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
788 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
789 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
790 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
791 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
792 * Preliminary RTP support.
793 * Fixes to SAP announces.
798 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
799 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
801 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
802 - Improvements and help in preferences
803 - New streaming wizard
804 - Revised Disc Open menu
806 - Improvements of the standard pages
807 - Support for new commands
808 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
811 * Many fixes to the SAP module
812 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
815 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
816 * Text subtitles autodetection.
817 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
818 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
819 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
820 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
821 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
822 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
823 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
826 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
828 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
829 * Support for Panther.
830 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
831 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
834 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
835 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
836 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
837 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
838 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
839 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
840 * Multimonitor support (untested).
841 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
844 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
845 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
846 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
849 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
852 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
853 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
854 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
855 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
857 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
858 ---------------------------------
861 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
864 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
865 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
868 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
869 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
872 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
875 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
876 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
879 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
882 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
885 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
886 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
889 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
890 ---------------------------------
893 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
894 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
898 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
899 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
900 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
902 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
903 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
906 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
909 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
912 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
913 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
916 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
917 ---------------------------------
920 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
921 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
925 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
926 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
927 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
928 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
929 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
932 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
933 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
934 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
937 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
938 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
939 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
942 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
943 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
944 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
945 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
946 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
949 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
950 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
951 * A new CORBA control plugin.
954 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
957 * Improved build system.
958 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
959 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
960 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
961 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
964 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
965 ---------------------------------
968 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
971 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
972 * Fixed large file support on Windows
973 * Video 4 Linux support
974 * CD Digital Audio support
975 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
978 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
979 * Support for OpenDML avi files
980 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
981 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
984 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
985 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
986 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
987 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
988 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
989 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
990 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
993 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
994 * New HTTP remote control interface
997 * 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.
998 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
999 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1000 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1003 * New reset option for the preferences
1004 * You can set your language in the prefences
1005 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1006 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1007 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1008 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1011 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1012 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1013 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1016 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1017 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1018 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1019 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1020 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1021 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1022 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1023 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1024 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1025 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1028 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1029 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1030 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1031 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1032 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1033 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1034 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1037 * Interface localization
1038 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1039 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1040 * New full-featured Preferences window
1042 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1043 ---------------------------------
1046 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1047 * support for skins at the interface level
1048 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1049 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1050 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1051 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1052 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1055 * fixed HTTP redirects
1056 * support for opening an entire directory
1057 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1058 * new video4linux access plug-in
1059 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1062 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1063 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1064 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1067 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1068 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1069 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1070 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1071 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1072 * new codec for raw I420 video
1073 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1076 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1077 (although it still misses some important features)
1078 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1081 * new HTTP output support
1082 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1083 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1086 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1089 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1092 * reorderable playlist
1093 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1094 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1095 * support for mono audio output devices
1096 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1097 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1098 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1099 * the messages window remembers more lines
1100 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1101 * http and ogg stream output options
1102 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1105 * new skinnable interface
1106 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1108 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1109 * support for FLAC audio format
1110 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1112 * network tab in the interface
1113 * "apply" handling in preferences
1116 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1117 ---------------------------------
1120 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1121 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1122 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1123 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1125 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1126 * DTS S/PDIF support
1129 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1130 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1131 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1132 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1135 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1136 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1139 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1142 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1145 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1147 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1148 * rc interface is now fully useable
1149 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1152 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1153 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1154 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1155 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1156 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1158 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1159 * support for mouse gestures
1160 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1163 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1164 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1167 * improved ID3 tag detection
1168 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1169 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1170 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1172 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1175 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1176 ---------------------------------
1179 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1180 English was set as the preferred language
1183 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1184 --------------------------------
1187 * new mouse gesture interface
1188 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1192 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1193 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1194 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1197 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1198 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1202 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1205 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1206 without the user consent
1209 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1211 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1212 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1213 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1216 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1217 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1218 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1219 * playlist enhancements
1220 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1221 * new step forward/step backward commands
1222 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1223 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1224 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1227 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1228 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1229 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1232 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1233 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1236 * native video output is working again
1237 * only commandline interface support
1238 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1241 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1242 --------------------------------
1245 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1246 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1247 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1248 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1249 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1250 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1251 and A/52 streams are supported)
1252 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1257 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1258 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1259 * VCD entry points support
1260 * VCD image file support
1263 * support for *.asf format
1264 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1265 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1266 * support for ogg encapsulation
1267 * support for raw DV format
1268 * support for *.wav format
1269 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1272 Stream discovery & playlists:
1273 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1274 * support for .m3u file format
1275 * support for .asx file format
1276 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1279 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1280 (only available with the .avi demux)
1281 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1282 * support for raw PCM data
1283 * support for Cinepak video codec
1284 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1285 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1286 * support for Xvid codec
1287 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1288 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1289 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1291 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1293 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1296 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1299 * new WxWindows interface
1300 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1301 device and the channels configuration
1302 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1303 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1304 format that VLC can play
1305 * new swedish translation
1306 * enhancements of the playlist window
1307 * new messages window to see debug info
1308 * fixed a few crashes
1311 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1312 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1313 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1314 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working