3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
12 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
13 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
14 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
15 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
16 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
17 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
18 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
19 interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
20 It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version.
21 If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
22 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
23 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
24 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
25 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
26 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
27 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
28 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
29 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
30 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
31 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
32 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
33 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
34 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
35 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
36 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
37 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
38 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by avcodec, avformat, swscale
39 (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build) and postproc modules.
40 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the following
41 states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4, STOPPING=5,
42 FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and BACKWARD being
43 reserved for future implementations and are thus not functional atm.
49 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-??)
52 * Vastly improved playlist support:
53 * Media library support
55 * Shoutcast TV listings
56 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
58 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
59 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
60 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
61 share/lua/meta/README.txt
64 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
65 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
66 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
67 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
68 * JACK audio input support
69 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
70 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
71 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
72 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
73 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
74 * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
75 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
76 (available as a separate download).
78 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
79 taken from all QuickTime-compatible video devices (no audio yet)
80 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
82 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
83 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
86 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
87 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
88 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
89 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
91 * APEv1/2 tags support
92 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
93 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
95 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
96 * TiVo Series 2 support
97 * CD+G karaoke Files support
101 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
102 * Flash Screen Video support
103 * CamStudio Screen Video support
104 * DosBox Capture support
105 * Karl Morton's Video support
106 * limited atrac3 support
107 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
108 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
109 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
110 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
112 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
113 * NellyMoser ASAO support
114 * APE (Monkey audio) support
115 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
116 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
119 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
120 * AQTitle subtitles support
121 * MKV USF subtitles support
122 * HTML-based subtitles support
123 * MPSub subtitles support
124 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
125 * MPL2 subtitles support
126 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
127 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
128 * Realtext subtitle support
129 * DKS subtitle support
130 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
131 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
134 * Flash Screen Video support
135 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
137 Video outputs and filters:
138 * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
139 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
140 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
141 * New puzzle video output filter
142 * Re-written motion detection video filter
143 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
145 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
146 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
147 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
148 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
149 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
150 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
151 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
152 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
153 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
154 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
155 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
156 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
158 Audio outputs and filters:
159 * Replay gain support
160 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
161 * New spatializer audio filter
162 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
165 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
166 * New RTP payload formats:
167 * Speex voice audio codec
168 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
169 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
170 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
171 * DCCP transport for RTP
172 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
177 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
179 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
180 end-user suitable way.
181 * Improved user interaction
182 * Improved mouse gestures
183 * Vastly improved Update checker
184 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
186 * Improved video output features
187 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
188 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
189 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
190 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
192 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
193 if libncursesw is available.
194 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
195 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
197 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
198 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
199 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
200 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
201 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
202 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
203 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
204 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
207 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
208 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
209 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
212 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
213 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
214 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
215 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
216 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
217 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued.
220 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
221 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
229 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
230 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
231 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
234 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
235 ----------------------------------
238 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
239 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
240 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
243 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
244 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
245 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
246 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
247 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
248 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
249 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
250 to an unexpected application termination
251 * New Serbian translation
252 * Updated Romanian translation
255 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
256 ----------------------------------
259 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
260 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
261 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
262 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
263 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
264 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
265 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
266 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
269 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
270 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
271 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
272 * Fixed AAC resampling
273 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
274 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
277 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
278 ----------------------------------
281 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
282 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
283 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
284 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
285 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
288 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
289 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
290 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
291 * Close MMS access on network timeout
292 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
295 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
296 ----------------------------------
299 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
300 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
303 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
304 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
305 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
306 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
308 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
312 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
315 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
318 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
321 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
324 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
325 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
326 encoding on multi-cpu systems
327 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
328 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
330 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
331 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
332 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
333 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
336 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
339 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
340 ----------------------------------
343 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
344 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
345 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
347 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
348 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
350 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
351 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
354 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
356 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
357 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
358 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
359 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
360 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
361 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
363 * Support for current Ogg file formats
364 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
365 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
368 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
371 * The automatic updating facility was removed
372 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
373 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
374 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
377 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
378 ----------------------------------
380 Various bugfixes, notably:
381 * Windows Vista compatibility
382 * Cropping in Direct3D
383 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
384 * RSS filter string overflow
386 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
388 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
389 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
392 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
393 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
396 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
399 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
402 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
405 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
406 ----------------------------------
408 Various bugfixes, notably:
409 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
410 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
411 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
412 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
413 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
414 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
417 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
418 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
421 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
423 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
424 * Diverse usability improvements
425 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
426 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
427 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
430 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
431 ---------------------------------
434 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
437 * Fullscreen controller improvements
440 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
441 --------------------------------
444 * Shoutcast TV listings support
447 * Support for RTSP authentication
448 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
449 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
450 * ATSC support for DVB input
451 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
452 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
453 * Improved support for Flash Video files
456 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
457 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
458 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
459 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
460 * Matroska WavPack support
461 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
462 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
463 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
466 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
467 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
468 * Improved libcaca support
472 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
473 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
475 * Systray support in skins
477 * Support for Apple Remote control
478 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
479 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
480 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
481 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
483 * Notifications using notification-daemon
486 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
488 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
489 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
490 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
491 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
492 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
494 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
495 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
504 * Updates to the libvlc API
505 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
508 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
509 --------------------------------
512 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
513 * Support for downloading updates
517 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
518 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
519 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
520 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
522 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
523 * Improved subtitles encoding support
524 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
527 * Cook (Real audio) support
529 Playlist / Services discovery:
530 * XSPF playlist support
532 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
535 * New JACK audio output
539 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
540 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
541 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
542 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
543 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
544 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
547 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
550 * System to inform the user and request information
551 - HTTP authentication
555 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
556 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
557 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
560 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
561 - Improved playlist handling
562 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
564 - Embedded Video output
565 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
566 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
567 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
568 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
569 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
571 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
572 - A bunch of new RPN functions
575 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
578 * Mac-Intel compatibility
579 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
580 * Growl "Now playing" support
583 * Ability to log to syslog
584 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
587 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
589 * A bit more automatic testing
592 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
593 ---------------------------------
596 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
597 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
600 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
601 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
604 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
607 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
608 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
614 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
617 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
618 --------------------------------
621 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
625 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
626 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
627 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
630 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
631 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
632 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
633 * GnomeVFS input module
634 * Support for RTP packet reordering
635 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
638 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
639 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
640 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
643 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
644 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
650 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
651 Mixer and Dolby Surround
654 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
655 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
656 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
659 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
661 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
662 - New extended controls panel
663 - New bookmarks window
664 - Fixed playlist sorting
665 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
667 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
668 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
669 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
670 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
674 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
675 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
677 - Include macro to include other files
681 * Should now work outside IE as well
684 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
687 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
688 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
691 The following languages were added:
696 The following languages were re-added:
700 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
701 --------------------------------
704 * Rewrite of the playlist
706 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
707 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
708 * Preferences improvements:
709 - New organization, designed to improve usability
710 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
712 * Core image manipulation support
713 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
714 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
715 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
716 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
717 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
718 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
719 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
720 now separated by ':' instead of ','
721 * Access filter architecture
722 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
723 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
727 * Support for SOCKS proxy
728 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
729 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
730 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
731 * Better support for Kasenna streams
732 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
733 * Massive Matroska improvements
734 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
736 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
737 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
738 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
739 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
740 * Support for FTP over IPv6
743 * Dirac decoder and encoder
744 * PNG decoder/encoder
745 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
746 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
749 * New Record and Timeshift filters
752 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
753 * Brand new SAP module
754 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
755 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
756 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
757 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
758 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
759 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
763 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
766 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
767 * Image file video output (png)
768 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
769 * Improvements to wall video filter
770 * Support for font color and opacity
776 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
777 - Seeking support in VoD streams
778 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
782 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
783 - Improved preferences
784 - Improvements to the wizard
785 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
787 - Redesigned playlist
788 - Improved preferences
790 - Support for multiple actions
793 - Support for the new playlist system
795 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
798 * Screensaver disabling fix
799 * DirectShow tuner configuration
800 * Support for no-decoration windows
803 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
804 * The OpenGL video output is back
805 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
806 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
807 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
808 is not yet available in the new module
809 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
812 * Support for single-buffered overlay
821 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
824 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
827 The following languages were added:
833 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
834 --------------------------------
837 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
838 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
841 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
842 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
843 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
846 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
849 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
852 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
855 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
856 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
857 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
861 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
863 * Support of playlist group announcement
866 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
867 --------------------------------
870 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
871 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
872 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
873 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
874 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
875 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
878 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
879 (Stream your desktop)
880 * Improved DVD support:
881 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
882 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
883 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
884 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
885 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
886 (selection of titles/chapters).
889 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
890 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
891 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
892 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
893 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
894 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
895 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
896 * Improved Ogg demuxer
897 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
898 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
901 * G.726 audio support
902 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
903 * MPEG-4 text support
904 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
905 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
906 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
910 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
911 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
912 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
913 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
914 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
915 * DVB subtitles encoder
916 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
917 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
919 * Text track muxing for mp4
920 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
921 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
922 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
923 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
924 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
927 * H.263 RTP streaming support
928 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
929 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
932 * New audio equalizer filter
933 * Very trivial volume normalizer
934 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
935 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
936 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
939 * Roku HD1000 Video output
940 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
941 with support for effects.
942 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
943 - New filters can be streamed.
944 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
945 - Centralized scaling and blending
947 - "time", to display current time
948 - "marq", to display a marquee
951 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
952 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
953 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
954 * A few skins2 improvements
955 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
956 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
957 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
958 * Improved CORBA control module
961 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
962 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
963 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
966 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
967 * Experimental SVG rendering module
968 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
971 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
972 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
973 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
974 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
975 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
978 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
981 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
982 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
985 * Server/client network synchronization module
986 * VBrick streams fully supported
987 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
991 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
992 --------------------------------
995 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
996 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
997 * Improved HTTP daemon.
998 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1001 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1002 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1003 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1004 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1005 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1006 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1007 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1010 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1011 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1012 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1013 * Improved directory access module.
1014 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1015 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1016 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1017 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1018 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1021 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1022 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1023 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1026 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1027 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1028 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1031 * Improved session announcement system.
1032 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1033 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1034 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1035 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1036 * Improved transrater.
1037 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1038 * New configuration system.
1039 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1042 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1043 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1044 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1045 * Supports scheduling.
1046 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1047 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1050 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1051 - Ability to embed video output.
1052 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1053 - Lots of improvements.
1054 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1055 - New design and set of icons.
1056 - Ability to embed video output.
1057 - Support for hotkeys.
1058 - Support for bookmarks.
1060 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1061 - Better hotkeys handling.
1064 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1065 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1066 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1067 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1070 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1071 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1072 * Improved Windows installer.
1078 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1079 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1082 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1083 ---------------------------------
1086 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1087 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1090 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1091 --------------------------------
1094 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1095 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1098 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1099 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1100 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1101 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1104 * Internal improvments
1105 * Improved import/export
1108 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1110 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1111 small and strange formats.
1113 * New MOD audio demux.
1114 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1115 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1116 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1117 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1120 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1121 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1122 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1128 * New opengl video output plugin.
1131 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1132 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1135 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1136 --------------------------------
1139 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1140 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1141 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1142 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1143 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1144 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1145 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1146 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1149 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1154 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1155 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1156 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1157 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1158 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1159 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1160 * Better Icecast support.
1161 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1162 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1165 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1166 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1167 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1168 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1169 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1170 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1171 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1174 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1175 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1176 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1177 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1178 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1179 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1180 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1181 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1182 * Preliminary RTP support.
1183 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1188 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1189 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1191 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1192 - Improvements and help in preferences
1193 - New streaming wizard
1194 - Revised Disc Open menu
1196 - Improvements of the standard pages
1197 - Support for new commands
1198 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1201 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1202 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1205 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1206 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1207 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1208 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1209 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1210 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1211 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1212 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1213 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1216 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1218 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1219 * Support for Panther.
1220 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1221 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1224 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1225 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1226 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1227 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1228 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1229 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1230 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1231 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1234 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1235 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1236 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1239 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1242 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1243 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1244 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1245 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1248 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1249 --------------------------------
1252 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1255 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1256 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1259 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1260 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1263 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1266 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1267 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1270 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1273 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1276 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1277 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1281 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1282 --------------------------------
1285 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1286 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1290 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1291 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1292 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1294 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1295 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1298 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1301 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1304 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1305 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1309 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1310 --------------------------------
1313 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1314 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1318 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1319 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1320 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1321 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1322 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1325 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1326 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1327 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1330 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1331 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1332 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1335 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1336 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1337 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1338 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1339 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1342 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1343 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1344 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1347 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1350 * Improved build system.
1351 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1352 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1353 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1354 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1357 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1358 --------------------------------
1361 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1364 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1365 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1366 * Video 4 Linux support
1367 * CD Digital Audio support
1368 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1371 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1372 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1373 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1374 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1377 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1378 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1379 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1380 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1381 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1382 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1383 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1386 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1387 * New HTTP remote control interface
1390 * 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.
1391 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1392 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1393 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1396 * New reset option for the preferences
1397 * You can set your language in the prefences
1398 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1399 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1400 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1401 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1404 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1405 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1406 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1409 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1410 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1411 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1412 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1413 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1414 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1415 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1416 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1417 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1418 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1421 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1422 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1423 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1424 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1425 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1426 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1427 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1430 * Interface localization
1431 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1432 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1433 * New full-featured Preferences window
1436 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1437 --------------------------------
1440 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1441 * support for skins at the interface level
1442 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1443 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1444 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1445 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1446 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1449 * fixed HTTP redirects
1450 * support for opening an entire directory
1451 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1452 * new video4linux access plug-in
1453 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1456 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1457 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1458 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1461 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1462 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1463 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1464 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1465 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1466 * new codec for raw I420 video
1467 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1470 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1471 (although it still misses some important features)
1472 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1475 * new HTTP output support
1476 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1477 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1480 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1483 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1486 * reorderable playlist
1487 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1488 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1489 * support for mono audio output devices
1490 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1491 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1492 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1493 * the messages window remembers more lines
1494 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1495 * http and ogg stream output options
1496 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1499 * new skinnable interface
1500 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1502 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1503 * support for FLAC audio format
1504 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1506 * network tab in the interface
1507 * "apply" handling in preferences
1510 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1511 ---------------------------------
1514 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1515 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1516 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1517 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1519 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1520 * DTS S/PDIF support
1523 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1524 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1525 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1526 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1529 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1530 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1533 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1536 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1539 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1541 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1542 * rc interface is now fully useable
1543 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1546 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1547 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1548 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1549 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1550 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1552 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1553 * support for mouse gestures
1554 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1557 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1558 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1561 * improved ID3 tag detection
1562 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1563 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1564 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1566 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1569 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1570 ---------------------------------
1573 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1574 English was set as the preferred language
1577 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1578 --------------------------------
1581 * new mouse gesture interface
1582 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1586 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1587 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1588 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1591 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1592 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1596 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1599 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1600 without the user consent
1603 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1605 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1606 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1607 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1610 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1611 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1612 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1613 * playlist enhancements
1614 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1615 * new step forward/step backward commands
1616 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1617 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1618 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1621 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1622 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1623 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1626 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1627 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1630 * native video output is working again
1631 * only commandline interface support
1632 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1635 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1636 --------------------------------
1639 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1640 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1641 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1642 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1643 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1644 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1645 and A/52 streams are supported)
1646 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1651 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1652 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1653 * VCD entry points support
1654 * VCD image file support
1657 * support for *.asf format
1658 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1659 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1660 * support for ogg encapsulation
1661 * support for raw DV format
1662 * support for *.wav format
1663 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1666 Stream discovery & playlists:
1667 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1668 * support for .m3u file format
1669 * support for .asx file format
1670 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1673 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1674 (only available with the .avi demux)
1675 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1676 * support for raw PCM data
1677 * support for Cinepak video codec
1678 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1679 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1680 * support for Xvid codec
1681 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1682 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1683 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1685 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1687 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1690 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1693 * new WxWindows interface
1694 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1695 device and the channels configuration
1696 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1697 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1698 format that VLC can play
1699 * new swedish translation
1700 * enhancements of the playlist window
1701 * new messages window to see debug info
1702 * fixed a few crashes
1705 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1706 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1707 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1708 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working