3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
10 * Bleeding edge UPnP service discovery
17 - new streaming and transcoding wizard with the same functionality as the WxWidgets one
19 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
20 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
23 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
24 -----------------------------------------------------
27 * Rewrite of the playlist
29 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
30 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
31 * Preferences improvements:
32 - New organization, designed to improve usability
33 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
35 * Core image manipulation support
36 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
37 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
38 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
39 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
40 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
41 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
42 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
43 now separated by ':' instead of ','
44 * Access filter architecture
45 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
46 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
50 * Support for SOCKS proxy
51 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
52 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
53 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
54 * Better support for Kasenna streams
55 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
56 * Massive Matroska improvements
57 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
59 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
60 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
61 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
62 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
63 * Support for FTP over IPv6
66 * Dirac decoder and encoder
68 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
69 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
72 * New Record and Timeshift filters
75 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
76 * Brand new SAP module
77 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
78 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
79 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
80 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
81 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
82 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
86 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
89 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
90 * Image file video output (png)
91 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
92 * Improvements to wall video filter
93 * Support for font color and opacity
99 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
100 - Seeking support in VoD streams
101 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
105 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
106 - Improved preferences
107 - Improvements to the wizard
108 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
110 - Redesigned playlist
111 - Improved preferences
113 - Support for multiple actions
116 - Support for the new playlist system
118 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
121 * Screensaver disabling fix
122 * DirectShow tuner configuration
123 * Support for no-decoration windows
126 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
127 * The OpenGL video output is back
128 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
129 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
130 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
131 is not yet available in the new module
132 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
135 * Support for single-buffered overlay
144 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
147 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
150 The following languages were added:
156 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
157 -----------------------------------------------------
160 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
161 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
164 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
165 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
166 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
169 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
172 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
175 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
178 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
179 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
180 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
184 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
186 * Support of playlist group announcement
188 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
189 -----------------------------------------------------
192 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
193 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
194 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
195 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
196 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
197 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
200 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
201 (Stream your desktop)
202 * Improved DVD support:
203 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
204 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
205 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
206 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
207 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
208 (selection of titles/chapters).
211 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
212 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
213 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
214 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
215 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
216 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
217 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
218 * Improved Ogg demuxer
219 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
220 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
223 * G.726 audio support
224 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
225 * MPEG-4 text support
226 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
227 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
228 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
232 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
233 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
234 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
235 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
236 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
237 * DVB subtitles encoder
238 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
239 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
241 * Text track muxing for mp4
242 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
243 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
244 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
245 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
246 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
249 * H.263 RTP streaming support
250 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
251 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
254 * New audio equalizer filter
255 * Very trivial volume normalizer
256 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
257 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
258 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
261 * Roku HD1000 Video output
262 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
263 with support for effects.
264 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
265 - New filters can be streamed.
266 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
267 - Centralized scaling and blending
269 - "time", to display current time
270 - "marq", to display a marquee
273 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
274 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
275 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
276 * A few skins2 improvements
277 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
278 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
279 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
280 * Improved CORBA control module
283 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
284 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
285 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
288 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
289 * Experimental SVG rendering module
290 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
293 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
294 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
295 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
296 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
297 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
300 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
303 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
304 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
307 * Server/client network synchronization module
308 * VBrick streams fully supported
309 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
312 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
313 --------------------------------
316 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
317 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
318 * Improved HTTP daemon.
319 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
322 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
323 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
324 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
325 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
326 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
327 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
328 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
331 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
332 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
333 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
334 * Improved directory access module.
335 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
336 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
337 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
338 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
339 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
342 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
343 * mmsh streaming fixes.
344 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
347 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
348 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
349 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
352 * Improved session announcement system.
353 * Minimize threads usage by default.
354 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
355 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
356 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
357 * Improved transrater.
358 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
359 * New configuration system.
360 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
363 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
364 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
365 * Supports live streams and VoD.
366 * Supports scheduling.
367 * Telnet interface for vlm.
368 * HTTP interface for vlm.
371 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
372 - Ability to embed video output.
373 - Support for bitmap fonts.
374 - Lots of improvements.
375 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
376 - New design and set of icons.
377 - Ability to embed video output.
378 - Support for hotkeys.
379 - Support for bookmarks.
381 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
382 - Better hotkeys handling.
385 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
386 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
387 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
388 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
391 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
392 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
393 * Improved Windows installer.
399 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
400 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
402 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
403 ---------------------------------
406 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
407 * Playing MOD files is working now.
410 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
411 ---------------------------------
414 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
415 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
418 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
419 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
420 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
421 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
424 * Internal improvments
425 * Improved import/export
428 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
430 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
431 small and strange formats.
433 * New MOD audio demux.
434 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
435 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
436 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
437 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
440 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
441 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
442 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
448 * New opengl video output plugin.
451 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
452 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
454 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
455 ---------------------------------
458 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
459 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
460 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
461 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
462 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
463 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
464 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
465 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
468 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
473 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
474 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
475 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
476 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
477 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
478 * Reworked DVB tuning.
479 * Better Icecast support.
480 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
481 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
484 * Support for Theora video encoding.
485 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
486 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
487 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
488 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
489 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
490 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
493 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
494 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
495 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
496 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
497 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
498 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
499 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
500 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
501 * Preliminary RTP support.
502 * Fixes to SAP announces.
507 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
508 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
510 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
511 - Improvements and help in preferences
512 - New streaming wizard
513 - Revised Disc Open menu
515 - Improvements of the standard pages
516 - Support for new commands
517 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
520 * Many fixes to the SAP module
521 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
524 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
525 * Text subtitles autodetection.
526 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
527 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
528 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
529 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
530 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
531 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
532 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
535 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
537 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
538 * Support for Panther.
539 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
540 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
543 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
544 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
545 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
546 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
547 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
548 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
549 * Multimonitor support (untested).
550 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
553 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
554 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
555 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
558 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
561 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
562 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
563 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
564 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
566 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
567 ---------------------------------
570 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
573 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
574 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
577 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
578 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
581 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
584 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
585 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
588 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
591 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
594 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
595 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
598 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
599 ---------------------------------
602 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
603 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
607 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
608 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
609 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
611 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
612 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
615 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
618 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
621 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
622 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
625 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
626 ---------------------------------
629 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
630 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
634 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
635 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
636 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
637 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
638 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
641 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
642 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
643 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
646 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
647 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
648 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
651 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
652 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
653 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
654 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
655 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
658 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
659 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
660 * A new CORBA control plugin.
663 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
666 * Improved build system.
667 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
668 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
669 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
670 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
673 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
674 ---------------------------------
677 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
680 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
681 * Fixed large file support on Windows
682 * Video 4 Linux support
683 * CD Digital Audio support
684 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
687 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
688 * Support for OpenDML avi files
689 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
690 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
693 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
694 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
695 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
696 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
697 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
698 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
699 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
702 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
703 * New HTTP remote control interface
706 * 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.
707 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
708 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
709 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
712 * New reset option for the preferences
713 * You can set your language in the prefences
714 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
715 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
716 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
717 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
720 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
721 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
722 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
725 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
726 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
727 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
728 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
729 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
730 * New icons by Davor Orel.
731 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
732 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
733 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
734 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
737 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
738 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
739 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
740 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
741 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
742 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
743 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
746 * Interface localization
747 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
748 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
749 * New full-featured Preferences window
751 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
752 ---------------------------------
755 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
756 * support for skins at the interface level
757 * new OSD module using Freetype2
758 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
759 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
760 input level before dropping out of date frames.
761 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
764 * fixed HTTP redirects
765 * support for opening an entire directory
766 * EOF should be detected more reliably
767 * new video4linux access plug-in
768 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
771 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
772 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
773 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
776 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
777 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
778 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
779 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
780 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
781 * new codec for raw I420 video
782 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
785 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
786 (although it still misses some important features)
787 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
790 * new HTTP output support
791 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
792 * fixed AV synchronization issues
795 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
798 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
801 * reorderable playlist
802 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
803 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
804 * support for mono audio output devices
805 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
806 * fixed several cosmetic issues
807 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
808 * the messages window remembers more lines
809 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
810 * http and ogg stream output options
811 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
814 * new skinnable interface
815 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
817 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
818 * support for FLAC audio format
819 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
821 * network tab in the interface
822 * "apply" handling in preferences
825 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
826 ---------------------------------
829 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
830 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
831 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
832 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
834 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
838 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
839 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
840 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
841 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
844 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
845 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
848 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
851 * fixed the GNU-pth support
854 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
856 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
857 * rc interface is now fully useable
858 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
861 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
862 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
863 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
864 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
865 * VLC now uses the default audio device
867 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
868 * support for mouse gestures
869 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
872 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
873 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
876 * improved ID3 tag detection
877 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
878 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
879 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
881 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
884 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
885 ---------------------------------
888 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
889 English was set as the preferred language
892 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
893 --------------------------------
896 * new mouse gesture interface
897 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
901 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
902 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
903 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
906 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
907 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
911 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
914 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
915 without the user consent
918 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
920 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
921 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
922 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
925 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
926 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
927 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
928 * playlist enhancements
929 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
930 * new step forward/step backward commands
931 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
932 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
933 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
936 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
937 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
938 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
941 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
942 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
945 * native video output is working again
946 * only commandline interface support
947 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
950 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
951 --------------------------------
954 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
955 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
956 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
957 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
958 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
959 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
960 and A/52 streams are supported)
961 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
966 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
967 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
968 * VCD entry points support
969 * VCD image file support
972 * support for *.asf format
973 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
974 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
975 * support for ogg encapsulation
976 * support for raw DV format
977 * support for *.wav format
978 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
981 Stream discovery & playlists:
982 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
983 * support for .m3u file format
984 * support for .asx file format
985 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
988 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
989 (only available with the .avi demux)
990 * support for ADPCM audio codec
991 * support for raw PCM data
992 * support for Cinepak video codec
993 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
994 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
995 * support for Xvid codec
996 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
997 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
998 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1000 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1002 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1005 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1008 * new WxWindows interface
1009 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1010 device and the channels configuration
1011 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1012 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1013 format that VLC can play
1014 * new swedish translation
1015 * enhancements of the playlist window
1016 * new messages window to see debug info
1017 * fixed a few crashes
1020 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1021 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1022 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1023 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working