3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
13 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
16 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
17 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
18 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
19 * GnomeVFS input module
20 * Support for RTP packet reordering
21 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
24 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
25 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
26 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
29 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
30 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
36 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
37 Mixer and Dolby Surround
40 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
41 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
42 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
46 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
47 - New extended controls panel
48 - New bookmarks window
49 - Fixed playlist sorting
50 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
52 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
53 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
55 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
56 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
60 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
61 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
63 - Include macro to include other files
67 * Should now work outside IE as well
70 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
73 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
76 The following languages were added:
80 The following languages were re-added:
83 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
84 --------------------------------
87 * Rewrite of the playlist
89 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
90 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
91 * Preferences improvements:
92 - New organization, designed to improve usability
93 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
95 * Core image manipulation support
96 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
97 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
98 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
99 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
100 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
101 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
102 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
103 now separated by ':' instead of ','
104 * Access filter architecture
105 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
106 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
110 * Support for SOCKS proxy
111 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
112 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
113 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
114 * Better support for Kasenna streams
115 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
116 * Massive Matroska improvements
117 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
119 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
120 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
121 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
122 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
123 * Support for FTP over IPv6
126 * Dirac decoder and encoder
127 * PNG decoder/encoder
128 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
129 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
132 * New Record and Timeshift filters
135 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
136 * Brand new SAP module
137 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
138 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
139 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
140 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
141 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
142 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
146 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
149 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
150 * Image file video output (png)
151 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
152 * Improvements to wall video filter
153 * Support for font color and opacity
159 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
160 - Seeking support in VoD streams
161 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
165 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
166 - Improved preferences
167 - Improvements to the wizard
168 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
170 - Redesigned playlist
171 - Improved preferences
173 - Support for multiple actions
176 - Support for the new playlist system
178 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
181 * Screensaver disabling fix
182 * DirectShow tuner configuration
183 * Support for no-decoration windows
186 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
187 * The OpenGL video output is back
188 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
189 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
190 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
191 is not yet available in the new module
192 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
195 * Support for single-buffered overlay
204 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
207 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
210 The following languages were added:
216 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
217 -----------------------------------------------------
220 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
221 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
224 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
225 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
226 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
229 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
232 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
235 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
238 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
239 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
240 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
244 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
246 * Support of playlist group announcement
248 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
249 -----------------------------------------------------
252 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
253 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
254 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
255 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
256 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
257 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
260 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
261 (Stream your desktop)
262 * Improved DVD support:
263 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
264 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
265 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
266 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
267 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
268 (selection of titles/chapters).
271 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
272 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
273 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
274 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
275 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
276 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
277 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
278 * Improved Ogg demuxer
279 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
280 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
283 * G.726 audio support
284 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
285 * MPEG-4 text support
286 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
287 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
288 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
292 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
293 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
294 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
295 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
296 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
297 * DVB subtitles encoder
298 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
299 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
301 * Text track muxing for mp4
302 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
303 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
304 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
305 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
306 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
309 * H.263 RTP streaming support
310 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
311 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
314 * New audio equalizer filter
315 * Very trivial volume normalizer
316 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
317 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
318 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
321 * Roku HD1000 Video output
322 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
323 with support for effects.
324 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
325 - New filters can be streamed.
326 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
327 - Centralized scaling and blending
329 - "time", to display current time
330 - "marq", to display a marquee
333 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
334 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
335 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
336 * A few skins2 improvements
337 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
338 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
339 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
340 * Improved CORBA control module
343 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
344 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
345 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
348 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
349 * Experimental SVG rendering module
350 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
353 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
354 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
355 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
356 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
357 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
360 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
363 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
364 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
367 * Server/client network synchronization module
368 * VBrick streams fully supported
369 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
372 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
373 --------------------------------
376 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
377 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
378 * Improved HTTP daemon.
379 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
382 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
383 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
384 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
385 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
386 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
387 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
388 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
391 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
392 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
393 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
394 * Improved directory access module.
395 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
396 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
397 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
398 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
399 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
402 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
403 * mmsh streaming fixes.
404 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
407 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
408 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
409 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
412 * Improved session announcement system.
413 * Minimize threads usage by default.
414 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
415 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
416 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
417 * Improved transrater.
418 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
419 * New configuration system.
420 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
423 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
424 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
425 * Supports live streams and VoD.
426 * Supports scheduling.
427 * Telnet interface for vlm.
428 * HTTP interface for vlm.
431 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
432 - Ability to embed video output.
433 - Support for bitmap fonts.
434 - Lots of improvements.
435 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
436 - New design and set of icons.
437 - Ability to embed video output.
438 - Support for hotkeys.
439 - Support for bookmarks.
441 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
442 - Better hotkeys handling.
445 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
446 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
447 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
448 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
451 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
452 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
453 * Improved Windows installer.
459 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
460 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
462 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
463 ---------------------------------
466 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
467 * Playing MOD files is working now.
470 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
471 ---------------------------------
474 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
475 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
478 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
479 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
480 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
481 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
484 * Internal improvments
485 * Improved import/export
488 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
490 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
491 small and strange formats.
493 * New MOD audio demux.
494 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
495 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
496 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
497 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
500 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
501 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
502 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
508 * New opengl video output plugin.
511 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
512 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
514 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
515 ---------------------------------
518 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
519 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
520 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
521 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
522 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
523 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
524 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
525 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
528 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
533 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
534 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
535 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
536 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
537 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
538 * Reworked DVB tuning.
539 * Better Icecast support.
540 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
541 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
544 * Support for Theora video encoding.
545 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
546 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
547 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
548 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
549 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
550 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
553 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
554 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
555 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
556 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
557 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
558 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
559 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
560 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
561 * Preliminary RTP support.
562 * Fixes to SAP announces.
567 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
568 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
570 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
571 - Improvements and help in preferences
572 - New streaming wizard
573 - Revised Disc Open menu
575 - Improvements of the standard pages
576 - Support for new commands
577 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
580 * Many fixes to the SAP module
581 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
584 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
585 * Text subtitles autodetection.
586 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
587 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
588 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
589 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
590 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
591 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
592 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
595 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
597 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
598 * Support for Panther.
599 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
600 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
603 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
604 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
605 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
606 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
607 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
608 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
609 * Multimonitor support (untested).
610 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
613 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
614 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
615 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
618 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
621 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
622 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
623 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
624 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
626 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
627 ---------------------------------
630 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
633 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
634 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
637 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
638 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
641 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
644 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
645 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
648 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
651 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
654 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
655 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
658 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
659 ---------------------------------
662 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
663 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
667 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
668 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
669 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
671 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
672 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
675 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
678 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
681 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
682 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
685 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
686 ---------------------------------
689 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
690 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
694 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
695 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
696 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
697 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
698 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
701 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
702 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
703 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
706 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
707 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
708 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
711 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
712 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
713 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
714 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
715 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
718 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
719 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
720 * A new CORBA control plugin.
723 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
726 * Improved build system.
727 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
728 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
729 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
730 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
733 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
734 ---------------------------------
737 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
740 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
741 * Fixed large file support on Windows
742 * Video 4 Linux support
743 * CD Digital Audio support
744 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
747 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
748 * Support for OpenDML avi files
749 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
750 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
753 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
754 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
755 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
756 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
757 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
758 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
759 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
762 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
763 * New HTTP remote control interface
766 * 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.
767 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
768 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
769 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
772 * New reset option for the preferences
773 * You can set your language in the prefences
774 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
775 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
776 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
777 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
780 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
781 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
782 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
785 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
786 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
787 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
788 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
789 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
790 * New icons by Davor Orel.
791 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
792 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
793 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
794 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
797 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
798 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
799 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
800 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
801 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
802 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
803 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
806 * Interface localization
807 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
808 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
809 * New full-featured Preferences window
811 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
812 ---------------------------------
815 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
816 * support for skins at the interface level
817 * new OSD module using Freetype2
818 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
819 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
820 input level before dropping out of date frames.
821 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
824 * fixed HTTP redirects
825 * support for opening an entire directory
826 * EOF should be detected more reliably
827 * new video4linux access plug-in
828 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
831 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
832 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
833 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
836 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
837 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
838 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
839 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
840 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
841 * new codec for raw I420 video
842 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
845 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
846 (although it still misses some important features)
847 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
850 * new HTTP output support
851 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
852 * fixed AV synchronization issues
855 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
858 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
861 * reorderable playlist
862 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
863 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
864 * support for mono audio output devices
865 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
866 * fixed several cosmetic issues
867 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
868 * the messages window remembers more lines
869 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
870 * http and ogg stream output options
871 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
874 * new skinnable interface
875 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
877 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
878 * support for FLAC audio format
879 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
881 * network tab in the interface
882 * "apply" handling in preferences
885 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
886 ---------------------------------
889 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
890 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
891 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
892 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
894 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
898 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
899 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
900 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
901 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
904 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
905 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
908 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
911 * fixed the GNU-pth support
914 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
916 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
917 * rc interface is now fully useable
918 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
921 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
922 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
923 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
924 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
925 * VLC now uses the default audio device
927 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
928 * support for mouse gestures
929 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
932 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
933 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
936 * improved ID3 tag detection
937 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
938 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
939 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
941 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
944 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
945 ---------------------------------
948 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
949 English was set as the preferred language
952 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
953 --------------------------------
956 * new mouse gesture interface
957 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
961 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
962 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
963 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
966 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
967 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
971 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
974 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
975 without the user consent
978 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
980 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
981 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
982 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
985 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
986 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
987 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
988 * playlist enhancements
989 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
990 * new step forward/step backward commands
991 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
992 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
993 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
996 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
997 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
998 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1001 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1002 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1005 * native video output is working again
1006 * only commandline interface support
1007 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1010 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1011 --------------------------------
1014 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1015 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1016 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1017 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1018 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1019 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1020 and A/52 streams are supported)
1021 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1026 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1027 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1028 * VCD entry points support
1029 * VCD image file support
1032 * support for *.asf format
1033 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1034 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1035 * support for ogg encapsulation
1036 * support for raw DV format
1037 * support for *.wav format
1038 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1041 Stream discovery & playlists:
1042 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1043 * support for .m3u file format
1044 * support for .asx file format
1045 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1048 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1049 (only available with the .avi demux)
1050 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1051 * support for raw PCM data
1052 * support for Cinepak video codec
1053 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1054 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1055 * support for Xvid codec
1056 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1057 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1058 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1060 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1062 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1065 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1068 * new WxWindows interface
1069 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1070 device and the channels configuration
1071 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1072 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1073 format that VLC can play
1074 * new swedish translation
1075 * enhancements of the playlist window
1076 * new messages window to see debug info
1077 * fixed a few crashes
1080 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1081 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1082 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1083 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working