1 Changes between 0.9.6 and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
6 * Frame-By-Frame Support
8 * RTSP trickplay support
11 * RTSP authentication with Darwing Streaming Server
14 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
15 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on
19 * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support
20 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) support
22 * Blu-Ray Linear PCM support
25 * Dirac encoding support using libdirac (support in Ogg, in TS)
28 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
29 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
30 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
32 Linux/Windows interface:
33 * Recently played items list
36 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
39 * New Maemo port with:
40 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
41 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
44 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
47 * export the playlist in HTML
48 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
51 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
52 * Surround support for PulseAudio
54 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
55 --------------------------------
60 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
61 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-xxxx)
63 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
64 --------------------------------
66 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
67 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
70 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
73 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
74 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
77 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
78 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
81 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
82 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
83 * Various fixed in playlist
86 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
89 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
91 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
92 ------------------------------------
94 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
95 * Fixes several memory leaks.
98 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
99 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
100 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
103 * Stability fix for the video output.
106 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
107 --------------------------------
110 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
111 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
112 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
113 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
114 * Fixed update system bugs
115 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
118 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
119 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
120 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
121 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
122 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
123 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
124 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
125 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
126 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
127 modern Mac OS X versions
130 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
131 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
133 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
134 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
137 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
138 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
139 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
140 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
141 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
142 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
145 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
146 --------------------------------
148 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
149 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
153 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
154 --------------------------------
156 * Multiple bug fixes.
159 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
160 ---------------------------------
164 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
165 recent to work correctly
166 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
167 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
168 edit the ".hosts" file.
169 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
170 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
171 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
172 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
173 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
174 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
175 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
176 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
177 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
178 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
179 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
180 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
181 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
182 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
183 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
184 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
185 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
186 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
187 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
188 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
189 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
190 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
191 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
192 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
193 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
194 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
195 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
196 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
197 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
198 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
199 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
200 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
201 and postproc modules.
202 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
203 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
204 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
205 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
207 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
209 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
210 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
212 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
213 * Glide video output module has been removed.
219 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
221 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
222 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
225 * Vastly improved playlist support:
226 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
228 * Shoutcast TV listings
229 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
231 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
232 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
234 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
237 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
238 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
239 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
240 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
241 * JACK audio input support
242 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
243 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
244 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
245 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
246 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
247 * Experimental EyeTV access module
248 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
249 (available as a separate download).
250 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
252 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
253 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
254 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
256 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
257 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
260 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
261 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
262 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
263 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
265 * APEv1/2 tags support
266 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
267 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
269 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
270 * TiVo Series 2 support
271 * CD+G karaoke Files support
276 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
277 * Flash Screen Video support
278 * CamStudio Screen Video support
279 * DosBox Capture support
280 * Karl Morton's Video support
281 * limited atrac3 support
283 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
284 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
285 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
287 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
288 * NellyMoser ASAO support
289 * APE (Monkey audio) support
290 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
291 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
294 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
295 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
296 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
297 * AQTitle subtitles support
298 * MKV USF subtitles support
299 * HTML-based subtitles support
300 * MPSub subtitles support
301 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
302 * MPL2 subtitles support
303 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
304 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
305 * Realtext subtitle support
306 * DKS subtitle support
307 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
308 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
311 * Flash Screen Video support
312 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
314 Video outputs and filters:
315 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
316 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
317 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
318 * New puzzle video output filter
319 * Re-written motion detection video filter
320 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
322 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
323 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
324 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
325 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
326 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
327 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
328 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
329 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
330 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
331 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
332 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
333 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
334 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
335 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
337 Audio outputs and filters:
338 * Replay gain support
339 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
340 new scaletempo audio filter)
341 * New spatializer audio filter
342 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
345 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
346 * New RTP payload formats:
347 * Speex voice audio codec
348 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
349 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
350 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
351 * DCCP transport for RTP
352 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
357 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
358 end-user suitable way.
359 * Improved user interaction
360 * Improved mouse gestures
361 * Vastly improved Update checker
362 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
364 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
365 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
367 * Improved video output features
368 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
369 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
370 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
371 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
372 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
374 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
375 if libncursesw is available.
376 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
377 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
378 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
380 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
381 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
382 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
383 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
384 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
385 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
386 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
387 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
390 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
391 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
392 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
395 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
396 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
397 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
398 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
399 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
400 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
403 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
404 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
414 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
415 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
416 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
419 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
420 ----------------------------------
423 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
426 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
427 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
428 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
429 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
430 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
431 * Updated Polish translation
434 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
435 ----------------------------------
438 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
439 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
440 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
443 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
444 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
445 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
446 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
447 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
448 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
449 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
450 to an unexpected application termination
451 * New Serbian translation
452 * Updated Romanian translation
455 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
456 ----------------------------------
459 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
460 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
461 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
462 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
463 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
464 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
465 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
466 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
469 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
470 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
471 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
472 * Fixed AAC resampling
473 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
474 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
477 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
478 ----------------------------------
481 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
482 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
483 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
484 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
485 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
488 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
489 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
490 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
491 * Close MMS access on network timeout
492 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
495 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
496 ----------------------------------
499 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
500 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
503 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
504 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
505 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
506 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
508 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
512 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
515 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
518 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
521 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
524 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
525 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
526 encoding on multi-cpu systems
527 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
528 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
530 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
531 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
532 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
533 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
536 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
539 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
540 ----------------------------------
543 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
544 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
545 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
547 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
548 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
550 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
551 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
554 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
556 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
557 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
558 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
559 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
560 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
561 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
563 * Support for current Ogg file formats
564 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
565 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
568 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
571 * The automatic updating facility was removed
572 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
573 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
574 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
577 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
578 ----------------------------------
580 Various bugfixes, notably:
581 * Windows Vista compatibility
582 * Cropping in Direct3D
583 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
584 * RSS filter string overflow
586 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
588 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
589 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
592 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
593 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
596 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
599 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
602 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
605 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
606 ----------------------------------
608 Various bugfixes, notably:
609 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
610 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
611 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
612 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
613 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
614 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
617 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
618 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
621 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
623 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
624 * Diverse usability improvements
625 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
626 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
627 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
630 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
631 ---------------------------------
634 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
637 * Fullscreen controller improvements
640 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
641 --------------------------------
644 * Shoutcast TV listings support
647 * Support for RTSP authentication
648 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
649 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
650 * ATSC support for DVB input
651 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
652 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
653 * Improved support for Flash Video files
656 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
657 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
658 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
659 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
660 * Matroska WavPack support
661 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
662 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
663 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
666 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
667 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
668 * Improved libcaca support
672 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
673 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
675 * Systray support in skins
677 * Support for Apple Remote control
678 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
679 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
680 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
681 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
683 * Notifications using notification-daemon
686 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
688 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
689 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
690 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
691 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
692 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
694 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
695 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
704 * Updates to the libvlc API
705 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
708 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
709 --------------------------------
712 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
713 * Support for downloading updates
717 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
718 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
719 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
720 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
722 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
723 * Improved subtitles encoding support
724 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
727 * Cook (Real audio) support
729 Playlist / Services discovery:
730 * XSPF playlist support
732 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
735 * New JACK audio output
739 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
740 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
741 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
742 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
743 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
744 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
747 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
750 * System to inform the user and request information
751 - HTTP authentication
755 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
756 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
757 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
760 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
761 - Improved playlist handling
762 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
764 - Embedded Video output
765 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
766 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
767 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
768 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
769 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
771 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
772 - A bunch of new RPN functions
775 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
778 * Mac-Intel compatibility
779 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
780 * Growl "Now playing" support
783 * Ability to log to syslog
784 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
787 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
789 * A bit more automatic testing
792 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
793 ---------------------------------
796 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
797 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
800 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
801 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
804 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
807 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
808 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
814 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
817 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
818 --------------------------------
821 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
825 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
826 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
827 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
830 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
831 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
832 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
833 * GnomeVFS input module
834 * Support for RTP packet reordering
835 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
838 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
839 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
840 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
843 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
844 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
850 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
851 Mixer and Dolby Surround
854 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
855 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
856 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
859 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
861 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
862 - New extended controls panel
863 - New bookmarks window
864 - Fixed playlist sorting
865 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
867 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
868 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
869 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
870 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
874 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
875 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
877 - Include macro to include other files
881 * Should now work outside IE as well
884 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
887 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
888 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
891 The following languages were added:
896 The following languages were re-added:
900 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
901 --------------------------------
904 * Rewrite of the playlist
906 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
907 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
908 * Preferences improvements:
909 - New organization, designed to improve usability
910 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
912 * Core image manipulation support
913 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
914 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
915 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
916 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
917 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
918 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
919 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
920 now separated by ':' instead of ','
921 * Access filter architecture
922 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
923 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
927 * Support for SOCKS proxy
928 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
929 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
930 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
931 * Better support for Kasenna streams
932 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
933 * Massive Matroska improvements
934 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
936 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
937 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
938 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
939 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
940 * Support for FTP over IPv6
943 * Dirac decoder and encoder
944 * PNG decoder/encoder
945 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
946 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
949 * New Record and Timeshift filters
952 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
953 * Brand new SAP module
954 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
955 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
956 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
957 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
958 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
959 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
963 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
966 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
967 * Image file video output (png)
968 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
969 * Improvements to wall video filter
970 * Support for font color and opacity
976 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
977 - Seeking support in VoD streams
978 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
982 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
983 - Improved preferences
984 - Improvements to the wizard
985 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
987 - Redesigned playlist
988 - Improved preferences
990 - Support for multiple actions
993 - Support for the new playlist system
995 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
998 * Screensaver disabling fix
999 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1000 * Support for no-decoration windows
1003 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1004 * The OpenGL video output is back
1005 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1006 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1007 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1008 is not yet available in the new module
1009 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1012 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1021 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1024 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1027 The following languages were added:
1033 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1034 --------------------------------
1037 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1038 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1041 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1042 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1043 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1046 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1049 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1052 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1055 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1056 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1057 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1061 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1063 * Support of playlist group announcement
1066 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1067 --------------------------------
1070 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1071 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1072 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1073 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1074 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1075 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1078 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1079 (Stream your desktop)
1080 * Improved DVD support:
1081 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1082 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1083 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1084 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1085 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1086 (selection of titles/chapters).
1089 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1090 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1091 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1092 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1093 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1094 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1095 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1096 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1097 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1098 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1101 * G.726 audio support
1102 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1103 * MPEG-4 text support
1104 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1105 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1106 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1110 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1111 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1112 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1113 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1114 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1115 * DVB subtitles encoder
1116 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1117 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1119 * Text track muxing for mp4
1120 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1121 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1122 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1123 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1124 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1125 * Improved ASF muxer
1127 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1128 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1129 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1132 * New audio equalizer filter
1133 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1134 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1135 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1136 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1139 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1140 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1141 with support for effects.
1142 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1143 - New filters can be streamed.
1144 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1145 - Centralized scaling and blending
1147 - "time", to display current time
1148 - "marq", to display a marquee
1151 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1152 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1153 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1154 * A few skins2 improvements
1155 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1156 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1157 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1158 * Improved CORBA control module
1161 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1162 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1163 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1166 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1167 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1168 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1171 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1172 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1173 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1174 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1175 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1178 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1181 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1182 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1185 * Server/client network synchronization module
1186 * VBrick streams fully supported
1187 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1191 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1192 --------------------------------
1195 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1196 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1197 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1198 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1201 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1202 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1203 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1204 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1205 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1206 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1207 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1210 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1211 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1212 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1213 * Improved directory access module.
1214 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1215 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1216 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1217 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1218 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1221 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1222 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1223 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1226 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1227 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1228 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1231 * Improved session announcement system.
1232 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1233 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1234 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1235 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1236 * Improved transrater.
1237 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1238 * New configuration system.
1239 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1242 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1243 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1244 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1245 * Supports scheduling.
1246 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1247 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1250 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1251 - Ability to embed video output.
1252 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1253 - Lots of improvements.
1254 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1255 - New design and set of icons.
1256 - Ability to embed video output.
1257 - Support for hotkeys.
1258 - Support for bookmarks.
1260 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1261 - Better hotkeys handling.
1264 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1265 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1266 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1267 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1270 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1271 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1272 * Improved Windows installer.
1278 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1279 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1282 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1283 ---------------------------------
1286 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1287 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1290 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1291 --------------------------------
1294 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1295 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1298 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1299 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1300 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1301 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1304 * Internal improvments
1305 * Improved import/export
1308 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1310 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1311 small and strange formats.
1313 * New MOD audio demux.
1314 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1315 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1316 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1317 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1320 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1321 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1322 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1328 * New opengl video output plugin.
1331 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1332 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1335 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1336 --------------------------------
1339 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1340 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1341 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1342 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1343 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1344 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1345 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1346 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1349 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1354 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1355 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1356 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1357 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1358 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1359 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1360 * Better Icecast support.
1361 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1362 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1365 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1366 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1367 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1368 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1369 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1370 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1371 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1374 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1375 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1376 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1377 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1378 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1379 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1380 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1381 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1382 * Preliminary RTP support.
1383 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1388 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1389 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1391 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1392 - Improvements and help in preferences
1393 - New streaming wizard
1394 - Revised Disc Open menu
1396 - Improvements of the standard pages
1397 - Support for new commands
1398 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1401 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1402 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1405 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1406 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1407 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1408 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1409 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1410 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1411 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1412 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1413 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1416 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1418 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1419 * Support for Panther.
1420 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1421 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1424 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1425 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1426 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1427 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1428 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1429 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1430 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1431 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1434 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1435 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1436 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1439 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1442 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1443 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1444 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1445 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1448 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1449 --------------------------------
1452 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1455 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1456 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1459 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1460 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1463 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1466 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1467 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1470 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1473 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1476 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1477 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1481 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1482 --------------------------------
1485 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1486 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1490 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1491 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1492 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1494 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1495 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1498 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1501 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1504 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1505 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1509 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1510 --------------------------------
1513 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1514 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1518 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1519 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1520 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1521 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1522 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1525 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1526 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1527 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1530 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1531 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1532 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1535 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1536 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1537 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1538 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1539 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1542 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1543 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1544 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1547 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1550 * Improved build system.
1551 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1552 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1553 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1554 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1557 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1558 --------------------------------
1561 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1564 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1565 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1566 * Video 4 Linux support
1567 * CD Digital Audio support
1568 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1571 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1572 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1573 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1574 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1577 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1578 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1579 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1580 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1581 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1582 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1583 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1586 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1587 * New HTTP remote control interface
1590 * 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.
1591 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1592 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1593 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1596 * New reset option for the preferences
1597 * You can set your language in the prefences
1598 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1599 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1600 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1601 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1604 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1605 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1606 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1609 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1610 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1611 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1612 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1613 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1614 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1615 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1616 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1617 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1618 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1621 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1622 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1623 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1624 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1625 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1626 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1627 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1630 * Interface localization
1631 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1632 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1633 * New full-featured Preferences window
1636 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1637 --------------------------------
1640 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1641 * support for skins at the interface level
1642 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1643 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1644 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1645 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1646 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1649 * fixed HTTP redirects
1650 * support for opening an entire directory
1651 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1652 * new video4linux access plug-in
1653 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1656 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1657 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1658 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1661 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1662 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1663 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1664 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1665 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1666 * new codec for raw I420 video
1667 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1670 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1671 (although it still misses some important features)
1672 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1675 * new HTTP output support
1676 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1677 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1680 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1683 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1686 * reorderable playlist
1687 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1688 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1689 * support for mono audio output devices
1690 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1691 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1692 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1693 * the messages window remembers more lines
1694 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1695 * http and ogg stream output options
1696 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1699 * new skinnable interface
1700 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1702 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1703 * support for FLAC audio format
1704 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1706 * network tab in the interface
1707 * "apply" handling in preferences
1710 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1711 ---------------------------------
1714 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1715 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1716 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1717 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1719 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1720 * DTS S/PDIF support
1723 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1724 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1725 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1726 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1729 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1730 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1733 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1736 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1739 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1741 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1742 * rc interface is now fully useable
1743 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1746 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1747 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1748 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1749 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1750 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1752 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1753 * support for mouse gestures
1754 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1757 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1758 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1761 * improved ID3 tag detection
1762 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1763 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1764 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1766 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1769 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1770 ---------------------------------
1773 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1774 English was set as the preferred language
1777 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1778 --------------------------------
1781 * new mouse gesture interface
1782 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1786 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1787 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1788 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1791 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1792 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1796 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1799 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1800 without the user consent
1803 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1805 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1806 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1807 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1810 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1811 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1812 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1813 * playlist enhancements
1814 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1815 * new step forward/step backward commands
1816 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1817 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1818 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1821 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1822 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1823 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1826 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1827 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1830 * native video output is working again
1831 * only commandline interface support
1832 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1835 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1836 --------------------------------
1839 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1840 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1841 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1842 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1843 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1844 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1845 and A/52 streams are supported)
1846 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1851 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1852 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1853 * VCD entry points support
1854 * VCD image file support
1857 * support for *.asf format
1858 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1859 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1860 * support for ogg encapsulation
1861 * support for raw DV format
1862 * support for *.wav format
1863 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1866 Stream discovery & playlists:
1867 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1868 * support for .m3u file format
1869 * support for .asx file format
1870 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1873 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1874 (only available with the .avi demux)
1875 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1876 * support for raw PCM data
1877 * support for Cinepak video codec
1878 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1879 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1880 * support for Xvid codec
1881 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1882 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1883 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1885 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1887 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1890 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1893 * new WxWindows interface
1894 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1895 device and the channels configuration
1896 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1897 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1898 format that VLC can play
1899 * new swedish translation
1900 * enhancements of the playlist window
1901 * new messages window to see debug info
1902 * fixed a few crashes
1905 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1906 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1907 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1908 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working