1 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
8 * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz
11 * Multiple files are supported from RAR files
12 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
13 * DVB-S scanning support
14 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
17 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
20 * id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib).
21 * Ogg seeking improvements
24 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
25 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements
26 * Qt: port to Mac platform
29 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
32 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
35 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
36 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
39 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff),
40 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
41 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
42 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
43 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
44 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
47 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
48 --------------------------------
51 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
53 * Fix folders opening from the interface
56 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
57 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
60 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
61 --------------------------------
64 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
65 * fix for podcasts parsing
66 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
69 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
70 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
73 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
74 * fix m3u playlists exports
77 * fix video autoresize behaviour
80 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
83 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
86 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
89 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
92 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
93 --------------------------------
96 * Avformat fps displaying fix
97 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
100 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
101 of mono streams, especially on Windows
104 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
105 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
106 * fix console output encoding
108 Interface and extensions:
109 * Youtube and other scripts updates
110 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
113 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
114 --------------------------------
117 * New capabilities for libVLC:
118 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
119 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
120 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
121 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
122 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
123 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
124 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
125 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
126 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
127 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
128 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
129 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
130 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
131 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
132 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
136 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
137 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
138 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
139 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
140 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
143 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
146 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
147 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
148 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
152 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
155 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
156 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
157 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
160 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
161 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
162 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
163 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
166 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
167 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
170 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
171 --------------------------------
173 Important changes for users:
174 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
175 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
177 Important changes for packagers:
178 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
179 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
180 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
181 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
182 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
184 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
186 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
187 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
188 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
189 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
190 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
193 * Support for the sftp protocol
194 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
195 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
196 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
197 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
198 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
201 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
202 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
203 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
205 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
206 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
207 * Invmem module improvements
208 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
209 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
210 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
211 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
212 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
213 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
214 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
215 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
216 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
217 * Support for VP8 codec
218 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
221 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
222 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
223 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
224 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
225 * Various EGP improvements
226 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
227 * Metadata and cover art improvements
230 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
231 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
232 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
233 * Podcast images are now displayed
236 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
237 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
238 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
239 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
240 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
241 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
242 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
243 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
244 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
245 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
246 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
249 * New content extensions lua framework
252 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
253 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
254 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
255 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
256 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
257 * NEON assembly audio converter module
258 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
261 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
262 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
263 * Service discovery based on libudev
264 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
267 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
268 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
269 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
270 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
271 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
272 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
273 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
276 * New smem module, streaming to memory
277 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
278 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
281 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
283 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
284 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
287 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
290 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
291 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
292 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
293 by Andy Matuschak et al.
294 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
295 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
296 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
299 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
300 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
303 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
304 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
305 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
309 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
310 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
311 * Improved Solaris port
314 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
315 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
318 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
319 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
320 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
321 * transrate: broken since too long
322 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
323 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
324 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
325 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
326 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
327 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
328 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
329 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
330 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
331 * cddax: use cdda instead.
332 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
333 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
334 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
335 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
338 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
339 --------------------------------
342 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
344 Decoders/Packetizers:
345 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
348 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
349 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
350 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
351 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
352 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
355 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
356 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
359 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
360 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
363 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
364 and Walloon translations updated
365 * Sinhala translation started
368 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
369 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
372 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
373 --------------------------------
376 * SubRip extra styles improvements
377 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
380 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
383 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
384 increase performance and fix x264 issues
387 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
388 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
389 Russian, Slovak translation updates
390 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
393 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
394 --------------------------------
397 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
398 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
401 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
402 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
405 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
406 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
409 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
412 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
413 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
416 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
417 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
420 * New Walloon translation
421 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
424 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
425 --------------------------------
428 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
429 regressions in most popular drivers
430 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
433 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
434 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
435 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
438 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
439 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
442 * Update for appletrailers lua script
443 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
444 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
445 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
446 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
449 * New udev module for linux
452 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
455 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
458 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
459 --------------------------------
462 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
463 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
464 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
467 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
468 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
471 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
472 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
475 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
478 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
479 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
480 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
481 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
484 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
485 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
486 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
487 - no support for Goom and SDL
488 - limited text rendering support
489 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
492 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
493 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
494 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
495 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
496 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
497 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
498 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
499 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
500 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
504 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
507 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
510 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
511 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
512 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
513 Arabic and French translation updates
516 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
517 --------------------------------
520 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
521 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
522 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
523 * Fix Dailymotion access script
524 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
525 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
528 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
529 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
532 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
533 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
534 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
537 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
540 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
541 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
544 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
545 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
546 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
547 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
548 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
549 * Fix various crashes
552 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
554 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
557 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
558 ---------------------------------
562 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
563 See 'Access:' for more info.
564 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
567 * Instantaneous pausing
568 * Frame-by-Frame playback
569 * Finer speed control
570 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
571 * Timeshift for most medias
572 * RTSP trickplay support
573 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
576 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
577 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
578 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
579 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
580 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
581 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
582 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
583 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
584 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
585 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
588 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
589 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
590 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
591 * Metadata for mod files are supported
592 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
593 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
594 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
597 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
598 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
601 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
602 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
603 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
604 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
605 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
606 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
607 * DVB scanning on linux
608 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
609 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
610 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
611 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
612 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
613 * MTP device access on Unix
614 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
615 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
618 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
619 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
620 Windows and Mac OS X.
623 * Export the playlist in HTML
624 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
625 * Better metadata handling and reading
627 Linux/Windows interface:
628 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
629 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
630 * Recently played items list
631 * Interface toolbar customizations
632 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
635 - Improvements on many dialogs
636 - New dialog for plugins listing
637 - Fixed-size mode for videos
638 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
639 * Better integration in GTK environments
642 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
643 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
644 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
645 * Additional usability improvements
648 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
649 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
650 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
651 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
652 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
655 * New Maemo port with:
656 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
657 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
660 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
663 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
664 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
665 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
666 * Support for latest iSight models
669 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
670 * Surround support for PulseAudio
673 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
674 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
675 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
676 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
677 The old image video output has been removed.
678 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
679 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
682 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
690 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
691 --------------------------------------
697 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
698 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
699 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
700 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
701 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
702 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
703 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
705 Various fixes to the following modules:
708 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
709 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
712 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
717 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
718 ---------------------------------
721 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
722 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
725 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
726 ---------------------------------
729 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
732 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
735 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
736 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
737 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
738 main controller window.
739 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
742 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
747 * Updates of other localizations
750 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
751 * Lots of small bugfixes.
752 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
753 * Telnet fixes on Windows
754 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
757 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
758 ---------------------------------
761 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
763 Bunch of small bugfixes.
766 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
767 --------------------------------
772 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
773 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
776 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
777 --------------------------------
779 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
780 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
783 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
786 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
787 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
790 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
791 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
794 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
795 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
796 * Various fixed in playlist
799 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
802 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
805 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
806 ------------------------------------
808 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
809 * Fixes several memory leaks.
812 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
813 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
814 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
817 * Stability fix for the video output.
820 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
821 --------------------------------
824 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
825 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
826 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
827 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
828 * Fixed update system bugs
829 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
832 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
833 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
834 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
835 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
836 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
837 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
838 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
839 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
840 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
841 modern Mac OS X versions
844 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
845 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
847 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
848 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
851 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
852 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
853 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
854 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
855 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
856 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
859 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
860 --------------------------------
862 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
863 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
867 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
868 --------------------------------
870 * Multiple bug fixes.
873 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
874 ---------------------------------
878 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
879 recent to work correctly
880 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
881 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
882 edit the ".hosts" file.
883 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
884 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
885 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
886 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
887 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
888 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
889 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
890 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
891 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
892 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
893 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
894 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
895 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
896 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
897 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
898 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
899 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
900 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
901 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
902 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
903 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
904 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
905 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
906 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
907 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
908 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
909 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
910 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
911 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
912 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
913 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
914 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
915 and postproc modules.
916 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
917 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
918 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
919 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
921 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
923 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
924 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
926 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
927 * Glide video output module has been removed.
933 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
935 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
936 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
939 * Vastly improved playlist support:
940 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
942 * Shoutcast TV listings
943 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
945 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
946 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
948 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
951 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
952 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
953 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
954 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
955 * JACK audio input support
956 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
957 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
958 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
959 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
960 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
961 * Experimental EyeTV access module
962 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
963 (available as a separate download).
964 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
966 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
967 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
968 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
970 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
971 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
974 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
975 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
976 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
977 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
979 * APEv1/2 tags support
980 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
981 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
983 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
984 * TiVo Series 2 support
985 * CD+G karaoke Files support
990 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
991 * Flash Screen Video support
992 * CamStudio Screen Video support
993 * DosBox Capture support
994 * Karl Morton's Video support
995 * limited atrac3 support
997 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
998 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
999 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1000 * H.264 PAFF support
1001 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1002 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1003 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1004 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1005 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1008 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1009 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1010 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1011 * AQTitle subtitles support
1012 * MKV USF subtitles support
1013 * HTML-based subtitles support
1014 * MPSub subtitles support
1015 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1016 * MPL2 subtitles support
1017 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1018 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1019 * Realtext subtitle support
1020 * DKS subtitle support
1021 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1022 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1025 * Flash Screen Video support
1026 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1028 Video outputs and filters:
1029 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1030 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1031 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1032 * New puzzle video output filter
1033 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1034 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1036 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1037 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1038 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1039 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1040 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1041 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1042 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1043 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1044 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1045 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1046 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1047 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1048 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1049 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1051 Audio outputs and filters:
1052 * Replay gain support
1053 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1054 new scaletempo audio filter)
1055 * New spatializer audio filter
1056 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1059 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1060 * New RTP payload formats:
1061 * Speex voice audio codec
1062 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1063 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1064 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1065 * DCCP transport for RTP
1066 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1071 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1072 end-user suitable way.
1073 * Improved user interaction
1074 * Improved mouse gestures
1075 * Vastly improved Update checker
1076 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1078 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1079 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1081 * Improved video output features
1082 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1083 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1084 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1085 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1086 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1088 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1089 if libncursesw is available.
1090 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1091 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1092 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1094 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1095 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1096 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1097 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1098 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1099 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1100 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1101 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1104 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1105 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1106 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1109 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1110 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1111 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1112 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1113 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1114 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1117 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1118 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1128 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1129 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1130 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1133 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1134 ----------------------------------
1137 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1140 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1141 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1142 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1143 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1144 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1145 * Updated Polish translation
1148 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1149 ----------------------------------
1152 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1153 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1154 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1157 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1158 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1159 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1160 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1161 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1162 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1163 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1164 to an unexpected application termination
1165 * New Serbian translation
1166 * Updated Romanian translation
1169 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1170 ----------------------------------
1173 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1174 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1175 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1176 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1177 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1178 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1179 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1180 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1183 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1184 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1185 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1186 * Fixed AAC resampling
1187 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1188 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1191 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1192 ----------------------------------
1195 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1196 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1197 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1198 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1199 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1202 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1203 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1204 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1205 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1206 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1209 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1210 ----------------------------------
1213 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1214 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1217 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1218 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1219 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1220 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1222 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1226 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1229 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1232 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1235 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1238 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1239 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1240 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1241 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1242 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1244 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1245 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1246 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1247 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1250 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1253 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1254 ----------------------------------
1257 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1258 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1259 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1261 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1262 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1264 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1265 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1268 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1270 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1271 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1272 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1273 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1274 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1275 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1276 two different movies
1277 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1278 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1279 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1282 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1285 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1286 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1287 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1288 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1291 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1292 ----------------------------------
1294 Various bugfixes, notably:
1295 * Windows Vista compatibility
1296 * Cropping in Direct3D
1297 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1298 * RSS filter string overflow
1300 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1302 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1303 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1306 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1307 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1310 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1313 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1316 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1319 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1320 ----------------------------------
1322 Various bugfixes, notably:
1323 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1324 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1325 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1326 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1327 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1328 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1331 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1332 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1335 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1337 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1338 * Diverse usability improvements
1339 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1340 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1341 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1344 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1345 ---------------------------------
1347 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1348 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1351 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1354 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1355 --------------------------------
1358 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1361 * Support for RTSP authentication
1362 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1363 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1364 * ATSC support for DVB input
1365 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1366 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1367 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1370 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1371 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1372 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1373 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1374 * Matroska WavPack support
1375 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1376 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1377 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1380 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1381 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1382 * Improved libcaca support
1386 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1387 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1389 * Systray support in skins
1391 * Support for Apple Remote control
1392 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1393 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1394 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1395 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1397 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1400 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1401 Windows 9x/ME users:
1402 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1403 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1404 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1405 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1406 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1408 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1409 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1418 * Updates to the libvlc API
1419 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1422 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1423 --------------------------------
1426 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1427 * Support for downloading updates
1431 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1432 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1433 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1434 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1436 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1437 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1438 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1441 * Cook (Real audio) support
1443 Playlist / Services discovery:
1444 * XSPF playlist support
1446 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1449 * New JACK audio output
1452 * New video filters:
1453 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1454 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1455 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1456 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1457 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1458 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1461 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1464 * System to inform the user and request information
1465 - HTTP authentication
1469 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1470 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1471 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1474 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1475 - Improved playlist handling
1476 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1478 - Embedded Video output
1479 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1480 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1481 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1482 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1483 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1485 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1486 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1489 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1492 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1493 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1494 * Growl "Now playing" support
1497 * Ability to log to syslog
1498 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1501 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1503 * A bit more automatic testing
1506 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1507 ---------------------------------
1510 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1511 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1514 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1515 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1518 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1521 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1522 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1528 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1531 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1532 --------------------------------
1535 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1539 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1540 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1541 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1544 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1545 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1546 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1547 * GnomeVFS input module
1548 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1549 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1552 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1553 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1554 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1557 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1558 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1564 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1565 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1568 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1569 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1570 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1573 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1575 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1576 - New extended controls panel
1577 - New bookmarks window
1578 - Fixed playlist sorting
1579 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1581 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1582 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1583 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1584 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1588 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1589 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1591 - Include macro to include other files
1595 * Should now work outside IE as well
1598 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1601 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1602 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1605 The following languages were added:
1609 * Simplified Chinese
1610 The following languages were re-added:
1614 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1615 --------------------------------
1618 * Rewrite of the playlist
1620 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1621 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1622 * Preferences improvements:
1623 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1624 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1626 * Core image manipulation support
1627 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1628 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1629 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1630 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1631 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1632 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1633 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1634 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1635 * Access filter architecture
1636 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1637 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1641 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1642 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1643 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1644 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1645 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1646 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1647 * Massive Matroska improvements
1648 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1650 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1651 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1652 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1653 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1654 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1656 Decoders / Encoders:
1657 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1658 * PNG decoder/encoder
1659 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1660 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1663 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1666 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1667 * Brand new SAP module
1668 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1669 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1670 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1671 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1672 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1673 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1677 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1680 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1681 * Image file video output (png)
1682 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1683 * Improvements to wall video filter
1684 * Support for font color and opacity
1690 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1691 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1692 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1696 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1697 - Improved preferences
1698 - Improvements to the wizard
1699 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1701 - Redesigned playlist
1702 - Improved preferences
1704 - Support for multiple actions
1707 - Support for the new playlist system
1709 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1712 * Screensaver disabling fix
1713 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1714 * Support for no-decoration windows
1717 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1718 * The OpenGL video output is back
1719 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1720 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1721 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1722 is not yet available in the new module
1723 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1726 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1735 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1738 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1741 The following languages were added:
1747 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1748 --------------------------------
1751 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1752 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1755 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1756 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1757 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1760 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1763 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1766 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1769 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1770 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1771 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1775 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1777 * Support of playlist group announcement
1780 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1781 --------------------------------
1784 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1785 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1786 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1787 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1788 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1789 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1792 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1793 (Stream your desktop)
1794 * Improved DVD support:
1795 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1796 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1797 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1798 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1799 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1800 (selection of titles/chapters).
1803 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1804 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1805 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1806 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1807 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1808 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1809 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1810 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1811 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1812 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1815 * G.726 audio support
1816 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1817 * MPEG-4 text support
1818 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1819 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1820 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1824 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1825 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1826 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1827 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1828 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1829 * DVB subtitles encoder
1830 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1831 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1833 * Text track muxing for mp4
1834 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1835 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1836 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1837 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1838 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1839 * Improved ASF muxer
1841 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1842 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1843 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1846 * New audio equalizer filter
1847 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1848 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1849 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1850 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1853 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1854 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1855 with support for effects.
1856 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1857 - New filters can be streamed.
1858 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1859 - Centralized scaling and blending
1861 - "time", to display current time
1862 - "marq", to display a marquee
1865 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1866 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1867 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1868 * A few skins2 improvements
1869 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1870 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1871 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1872 * Improved CORBA control module
1875 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1876 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1877 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1880 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1881 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1882 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1885 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1886 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1887 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1888 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1889 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1892 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1895 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1896 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1899 * Server/client network synchronization module
1900 * VBrick streams fully supported
1901 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1905 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1906 --------------------------------
1909 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1910 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1911 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1912 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1915 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1916 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1917 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1918 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1919 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1920 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1921 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1924 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1925 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1926 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1927 * Improved directory access module.
1928 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1929 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1930 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1931 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1932 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1935 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1936 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1937 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1940 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1941 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1942 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1945 * Improved session announcement system.
1946 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1947 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1948 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1949 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1950 * Improved transrater.
1951 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1952 * New configuration system.
1953 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1956 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1957 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1958 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1959 * Supports scheduling.
1960 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1961 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1964 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1965 - Ability to embed video output.
1966 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1967 - Lots of improvements.
1968 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1969 - New design and set of icons.
1970 - Ability to embed video output.
1971 - Support for hotkeys.
1972 - Support for bookmarks.
1974 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1975 - Better hotkeys handling.
1978 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1979 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1980 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1981 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1984 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1985 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1986 * Improved Windows installer.
1992 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1993 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1996 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1997 ---------------------------------
2000 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2001 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2004 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2005 --------------------------------
2008 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2009 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2012 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2013 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2014 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2015 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2018 * Internal improvments
2019 * Improved import/export
2022 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2024 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2025 small and strange formats.
2027 * New MOD audio demux.
2028 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2029 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2030 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2031 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2034 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2035 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2036 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2042 * New opengl video output plugin.
2045 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2046 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2049 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2050 --------------------------------
2053 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2054 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2055 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2056 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2057 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2058 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2059 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2060 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2063 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2068 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2069 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2070 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2071 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2072 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2073 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2074 * Better Icecast support.
2075 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2076 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2079 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2080 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2081 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2082 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2083 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2084 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2085 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2088 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2089 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2090 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2091 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2092 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2093 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2094 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2095 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2096 * Preliminary RTP support.
2097 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2102 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2103 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2105 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2106 - Improvements and help in preferences
2107 - New streaming wizard
2108 - Revised Disc Open menu
2110 - Improvements of the standard pages
2111 - Support for new commands
2112 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2115 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2116 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2119 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2120 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2121 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2122 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2123 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2124 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2125 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2126 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2127 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2130 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2132 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2133 * Support for Panther.
2134 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2135 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2138 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2139 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2140 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2141 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2142 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2143 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2144 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2145 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2148 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2149 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2150 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2153 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2156 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2157 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2158 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2159 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2162 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2163 --------------------------------
2166 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2169 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2170 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2173 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2174 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2177 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2180 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2181 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2184 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2187 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2190 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2191 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2195 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2196 --------------------------------
2199 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2200 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2204 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2205 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2206 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2208 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2209 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2212 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2215 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2218 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2219 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2223 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2224 --------------------------------
2227 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2228 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2232 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2233 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2234 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2235 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2236 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2239 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2240 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2241 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2244 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2245 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2246 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2249 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2250 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2251 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2252 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2253 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2256 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2257 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2258 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2261 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2264 * Improved build system.
2265 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2266 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2267 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2268 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2271 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2272 --------------------------------
2275 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2278 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2279 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2280 * Video 4 Linux support
2281 * CD Digital Audio support
2282 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2285 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2286 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2287 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2288 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2291 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2292 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2293 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2294 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2295 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2296 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2297 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2300 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2301 * New HTTP remote control interface
2304 * 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.
2305 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2306 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2307 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2310 * New reset option for the preferences
2311 * You can set your language in the prefences
2312 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2313 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2314 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2315 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2318 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2319 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2320 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2323 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2324 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2325 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2326 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2327 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2328 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2329 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2330 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2331 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2332 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2335 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2336 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2337 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2338 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2339 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2340 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2341 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2344 * Interface localization
2345 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2346 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2347 * New full-featured Preferences window
2350 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2351 --------------------------------
2354 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2355 * support for skins at the interface level
2356 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2357 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2358 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2359 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2360 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2363 * fixed HTTP redirects
2364 * support for opening an entire directory
2365 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2366 * new video4linux access plug-in
2367 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2370 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2371 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2372 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2375 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2376 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2377 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2378 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2379 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2380 * new codec for raw I420 video
2381 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2384 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2385 (although it still misses some important features)
2386 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2389 * new HTTP output support
2390 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2391 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2394 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2397 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2400 * reorderable playlist
2401 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2402 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2403 * support for mono audio output devices
2404 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2405 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2406 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2407 * the messages window remembers more lines
2408 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2409 * http and ogg stream output options
2410 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2413 * new skinnable interface
2414 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2416 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2417 * support for FLAC audio format
2418 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2420 * network tab in the interface
2421 * "apply" handling in preferences
2424 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2425 ---------------------------------
2428 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2429 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2430 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2431 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2433 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2434 * DTS S/PDIF support
2437 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2438 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2439 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2440 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2443 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2444 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2447 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2450 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2453 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2455 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2456 * rc interface is now fully useable
2457 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2460 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2461 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2462 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2463 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2464 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2466 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2467 * support for mouse gestures
2468 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2471 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2472 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2475 * improved ID3 tag detection
2476 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2477 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2478 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2480 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2483 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2484 ---------------------------------
2487 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2488 English was set as the preferred language
2491 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2492 --------------------------------
2495 * new mouse gesture interface
2496 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2500 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2501 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2502 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2505 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2506 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2510 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2513 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2514 without the user consent
2517 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2519 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2520 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2521 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2524 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2525 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2526 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2527 * playlist enhancements
2528 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2529 * new step forward/step backward commands
2530 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2531 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2532 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2535 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2536 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2537 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2540 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2541 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2544 * native video output is working again
2545 * only commandline interface support
2546 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2549 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2550 --------------------------------
2553 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2554 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2555 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2556 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2557 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2558 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2559 and A/52 streams are supported)
2560 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2565 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2566 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2567 * VCD entry points support
2568 * VCD image file support
2571 * support for *.asf format
2572 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2573 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2574 * support for ogg encapsulation
2575 * support for raw DV format
2576 * support for *.wav format
2577 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2580 Stream discovery & playlists:
2581 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2582 * support for .m3u file format
2583 * support for .asx file format
2584 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2587 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2588 (only available with the .avi demux)
2589 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2590 * support for raw PCM data
2591 * support for Cinepak video codec
2592 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2593 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2594 * support for Xvid codec
2595 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2596 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2597 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2599 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2601 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2604 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2607 * new WxWindows interface
2608 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2609 device and the channels configuration
2610 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2611 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2612 format that VLC can play
2613 * new swedish translation
2614 * enhancements of the playlist window
2615 * new messages window to see debug info
2616 * fixed a few crashes
2619 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2620 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2621 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2622 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working