1 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2 ---------------------------------
6 * This release will not work with Windows 98/ME and Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther)
7 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
8 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
9 edit the ".hosts" file.
10 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
11 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
12 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
13 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
14 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
15 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
16 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
17 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
18 This interface has a fullscreen controller. This interface lacks the
19 "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
20 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
21 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
22 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
23 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
24 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
25 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
26 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
27 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
28 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
29 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
30 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
31 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
32 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
33 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
34 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
35 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
36 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
37 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
38 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
40 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
41 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
42 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
43 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
45 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
47 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
48 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
50 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
51 * Glide video output module has been removed.
52 * Due to lack of maintainer, the Skins interface might not work properly.
53 * Transcoding multiple audio channels to mono does not work anymore.
59 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-??)
62 * Vastly improved playlist support:
63 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
65 * Shoutcast TV listings
66 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
68 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
69 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
70 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
71 share/lua/meta/README.txt
74 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
75 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
76 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
77 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
78 * JACK audio input support
79 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
80 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
81 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
82 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
83 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
84 * Experimental EyeTV access module
85 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
86 (available as a separate download).
87 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
89 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
90 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
91 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
93 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
94 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
97 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
98 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
99 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
100 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
102 * APEv1/2 tags support
103 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
104 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
106 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
107 * TiVo Series 2 support
108 * CD+G karaoke Files support
113 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
114 * Flash Screen Video support
115 * CamStudio Screen Video support
116 * DosBox Capture support
117 * Karl Morton's Video support
118 * limited atrac3 support
120 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
121 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
122 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
124 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
125 * NellyMoser ASAO support
126 * APE (Monkey audio) support
127 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
128 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
131 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
132 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
133 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
134 * AQTitle subtitles support
135 * MKV USF subtitles support
136 * HTML-based subtitles support
137 * MPSub subtitles support
138 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
139 * MPL2 subtitles support
140 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
141 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
142 * Realtext subtitle support
143 * DKS subtitle support
144 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
145 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
148 * Flash Screen Video support
149 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
151 Video outputs and filters:
152 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
153 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
154 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
155 * New puzzle video output filter
156 * Re-written motion detection video filter
157 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
159 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
160 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
161 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
162 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
163 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
164 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
165 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
166 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
167 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
168 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
169 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
170 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
171 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
173 Audio outputs and filters:
174 * Replay gain support
175 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
176 new scaletempo audio filter)
177 * New spatializer audio filter
178 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
181 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
182 * New RTP payload formats:
183 * Speex voice audio codec
184 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
185 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
186 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
187 * DCCP transport for RTP
188 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
193 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
194 end-user suitable way.
195 * Improved user interaction
196 * Improved mouse gestures
197 * Vastly improved Update checker
198 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
200 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
201 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
203 * Improved video output features
204 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
205 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
206 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
207 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
208 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
210 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
211 if libncursesw is available.
212 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
213 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
215 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
216 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
217 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
218 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
219 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
220 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
221 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
222 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
225 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
226 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
227 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
230 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
231 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
232 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
233 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
234 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
235 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
238 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
239 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
248 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
249 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
250 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
253 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
254 ----------------------------------
257 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
260 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
261 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
262 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
263 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
264 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
265 * Updated Polish translation
268 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
269 ----------------------------------
272 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
273 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
274 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
277 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
278 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
279 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
280 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
281 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
282 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
283 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
284 to an unexpected application termination
285 * New Serbian translation
286 * Updated Romanian translation
289 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
290 ----------------------------------
293 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
294 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
295 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
296 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
297 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
298 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
299 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
300 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
303 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
304 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
305 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
306 * Fixed AAC resampling
307 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
308 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
311 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
312 ----------------------------------
315 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
316 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
317 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
318 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
319 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
322 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
323 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
324 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
325 * Close MMS access on network timeout
326 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
329 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
330 ----------------------------------
333 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
334 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
337 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
338 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
339 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
340 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
342 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
346 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
349 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
352 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
355 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
358 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
359 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
360 encoding on multi-cpu systems
361 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
362 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
364 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
365 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
366 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
367 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
370 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
373 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
374 ----------------------------------
377 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
378 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
379 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
381 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
382 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
384 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
385 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
388 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
390 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
391 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
392 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
393 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
394 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
395 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
397 * Support for current Ogg file formats
398 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
399 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
402 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
405 * The automatic updating facility was removed
406 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
407 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
408 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
411 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
412 ----------------------------------
414 Various bugfixes, notably:
415 * Windows Vista compatibility
416 * Cropping in Direct3D
417 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
418 * RSS filter string overflow
420 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
422 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
423 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
426 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
427 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
430 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
433 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
436 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
439 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
440 ----------------------------------
442 Various bugfixes, notably:
443 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
444 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
445 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
446 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
447 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
448 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
451 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
452 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
455 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
457 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
458 * Diverse usability improvements
459 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
460 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
461 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
464 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
465 ---------------------------------
468 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
471 * Fullscreen controller improvements
474 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
475 --------------------------------
478 * Shoutcast TV listings support
481 * Support for RTSP authentication
482 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
483 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
484 * ATSC support for DVB input
485 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
486 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
487 * Improved support for Flash Video files
490 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
491 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
492 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
493 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
494 * Matroska WavPack support
495 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
496 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
497 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
500 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
501 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
502 * Improved libcaca support
506 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
507 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
509 * Systray support in skins
511 * Support for Apple Remote control
512 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
513 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
514 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
515 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
517 * Notifications using notification-daemon
520 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
522 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
523 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
524 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
525 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
526 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
528 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
529 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
538 * Updates to the libvlc API
539 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
542 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
543 --------------------------------
546 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
547 * Support for downloading updates
551 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
552 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
553 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
554 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
556 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
557 * Improved subtitles encoding support
558 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
561 * Cook (Real audio) support
563 Playlist / Services discovery:
564 * XSPF playlist support
566 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
569 * New JACK audio output
573 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
574 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
575 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
576 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
577 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
578 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
581 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
584 * System to inform the user and request information
585 - HTTP authentication
589 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
590 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
591 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
594 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
595 - Improved playlist handling
596 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
598 - Embedded Video output
599 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
600 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
601 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
602 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
603 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
605 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
606 - A bunch of new RPN functions
609 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
612 * Mac-Intel compatibility
613 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
614 * Growl "Now playing" support
617 * Ability to log to syslog
618 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
621 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
623 * A bit more automatic testing
626 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
627 ---------------------------------
630 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
631 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
634 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
635 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
638 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
641 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
642 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
648 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
651 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
652 --------------------------------
655 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
659 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
660 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
661 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
664 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
665 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
666 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
667 * GnomeVFS input module
668 * Support for RTP packet reordering
669 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
672 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
673 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
674 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
677 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
678 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
684 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
685 Mixer and Dolby Surround
688 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
689 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
690 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
693 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
695 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
696 - New extended controls panel
697 - New bookmarks window
698 - Fixed playlist sorting
699 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
701 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
702 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
703 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
704 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
708 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
709 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
711 - Include macro to include other files
715 * Should now work outside IE as well
718 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
721 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
722 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
725 The following languages were added:
730 The following languages were re-added:
734 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
735 --------------------------------
738 * Rewrite of the playlist
740 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
741 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
742 * Preferences improvements:
743 - New organization, designed to improve usability
744 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
746 * Core image manipulation support
747 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
748 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
749 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
750 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
751 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
752 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
753 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
754 now separated by ':' instead of ','
755 * Access filter architecture
756 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
757 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
761 * Support for SOCKS proxy
762 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
763 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
764 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
765 * Better support for Kasenna streams
766 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
767 * Massive Matroska improvements
768 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
770 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
771 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
772 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
773 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
774 * Support for FTP over IPv6
777 * Dirac decoder and encoder
778 * PNG decoder/encoder
779 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
780 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
783 * New Record and Timeshift filters
786 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
787 * Brand new SAP module
788 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
789 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
790 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
791 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
792 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
793 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
797 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
800 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
801 * Image file video output (png)
802 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
803 * Improvements to wall video filter
804 * Support for font color and opacity
810 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
811 - Seeking support in VoD streams
812 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
816 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
817 - Improved preferences
818 - Improvements to the wizard
819 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
821 - Redesigned playlist
822 - Improved preferences
824 - Support for multiple actions
827 - Support for the new playlist system
829 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
832 * Screensaver disabling fix
833 * DirectShow tuner configuration
834 * Support for no-decoration windows
837 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
838 * The OpenGL video output is back
839 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
840 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
841 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
842 is not yet available in the new module
843 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
846 * Support for single-buffered overlay
855 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
858 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
861 The following languages were added:
867 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
868 --------------------------------
871 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
872 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
875 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
876 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
877 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
880 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
883 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
886 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
889 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
890 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
891 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
895 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
897 * Support of playlist group announcement
900 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
901 --------------------------------
904 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
905 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
906 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
907 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
908 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
909 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
912 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
913 (Stream your desktop)
914 * Improved DVD support:
915 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
916 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
917 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
918 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
919 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
920 (selection of titles/chapters).
923 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
924 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
925 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
926 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
927 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
928 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
929 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
930 * Improved Ogg demuxer
931 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
932 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
935 * G.726 audio support
936 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
937 * MPEG-4 text support
938 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
939 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
940 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
944 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
945 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
946 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
947 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
948 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
949 * DVB subtitles encoder
950 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
951 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
953 * Text track muxing for mp4
954 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
955 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
956 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
957 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
958 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
961 * H.263 RTP streaming support
962 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
963 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
966 * New audio equalizer filter
967 * Very trivial volume normalizer
968 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
969 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
970 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
973 * Roku HD1000 Video output
974 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
975 with support for effects.
976 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
977 - New filters can be streamed.
978 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
979 - Centralized scaling and blending
981 - "time", to display current time
982 - "marq", to display a marquee
985 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
986 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
987 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
988 * A few skins2 improvements
989 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
990 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
991 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
992 * Improved CORBA control module
995 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
996 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
997 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1000 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1001 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1002 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1005 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1006 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1007 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1008 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1009 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1012 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1015 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1016 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1019 * Server/client network synchronization module
1020 * VBrick streams fully supported
1021 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1025 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1026 --------------------------------
1029 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1030 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1031 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1032 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1035 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1036 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1037 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1038 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1039 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1040 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1041 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1044 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1045 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1046 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1047 * Improved directory access module.
1048 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1049 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1050 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1051 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1052 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1055 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1056 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1057 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1060 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1061 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1062 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1065 * Improved session announcement system.
1066 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1067 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1068 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1069 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1070 * Improved transrater.
1071 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1072 * New configuration system.
1073 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1076 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1077 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1078 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1079 * Supports scheduling.
1080 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1081 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1084 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1085 - Ability to embed video output.
1086 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1087 - Lots of improvements.
1088 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1089 - New design and set of icons.
1090 - Ability to embed video output.
1091 - Support for hotkeys.
1092 - Support for bookmarks.
1094 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1095 - Better hotkeys handling.
1098 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1099 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1100 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1101 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1104 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1105 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1106 * Improved Windows installer.
1112 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1113 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1116 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1117 ---------------------------------
1120 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1121 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1124 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1125 --------------------------------
1128 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1129 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1132 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1133 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1134 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1135 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1138 * Internal improvments
1139 * Improved import/export
1142 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1144 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1145 small and strange formats.
1147 * New MOD audio demux.
1148 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1149 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1150 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1151 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1154 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1155 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1156 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1162 * New opengl video output plugin.
1165 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1166 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1169 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1170 --------------------------------
1173 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1174 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1175 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1176 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1177 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1178 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1179 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1180 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1183 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1188 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1189 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1190 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1191 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1192 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1193 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1194 * Better Icecast support.
1195 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1196 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1199 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1200 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1201 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1202 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1203 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1204 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1205 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1208 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1209 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1210 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1211 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1212 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1213 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1214 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1215 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1216 * Preliminary RTP support.
1217 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1222 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1223 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1225 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1226 - Improvements and help in preferences
1227 - New streaming wizard
1228 - Revised Disc Open menu
1230 - Improvements of the standard pages
1231 - Support for new commands
1232 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1235 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1236 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1239 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1240 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1241 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1242 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1243 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1244 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1245 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1246 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1247 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1250 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1252 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1253 * Support for Panther.
1254 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1255 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1258 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1259 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1260 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1261 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1262 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1263 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1264 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1265 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1268 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1269 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1270 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1273 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1276 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1277 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1278 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1279 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1282 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1283 --------------------------------
1286 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1289 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1290 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1293 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1294 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1297 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1300 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1301 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1304 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1307 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1310 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1311 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1315 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1316 --------------------------------
1319 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1320 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1324 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1325 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1326 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1328 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1329 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1332 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1335 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1338 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1339 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1343 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1344 --------------------------------
1347 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1348 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1352 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1353 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1354 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1355 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1356 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1359 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1360 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1361 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1364 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1365 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1366 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1369 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1370 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1371 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1372 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1373 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1376 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1377 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1378 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1381 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1384 * Improved build system.
1385 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1386 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1387 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1388 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1391 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1392 --------------------------------
1395 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1398 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1399 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1400 * Video 4 Linux support
1401 * CD Digital Audio support
1402 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1405 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1406 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1407 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1408 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1411 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1412 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1413 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1414 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1415 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1416 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1417 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1420 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1421 * New HTTP remote control interface
1424 * 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.
1425 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1426 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1427 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1430 * New reset option for the preferences
1431 * You can set your language in the prefences
1432 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1433 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1434 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1435 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1438 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1439 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1440 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1443 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1444 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1445 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1446 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1447 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1448 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1449 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1450 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1451 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1452 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1455 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1456 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1457 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1458 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1459 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1460 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1461 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1464 * Interface localization
1465 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1466 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1467 * New full-featured Preferences window
1470 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1471 --------------------------------
1474 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1475 * support for skins at the interface level
1476 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1477 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1478 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1479 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1480 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1483 * fixed HTTP redirects
1484 * support for opening an entire directory
1485 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1486 * new video4linux access plug-in
1487 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1490 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1491 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1492 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1495 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1496 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1497 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1498 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1499 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1500 * new codec for raw I420 video
1501 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1504 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1505 (although it still misses some important features)
1506 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1509 * new HTTP output support
1510 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1511 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1514 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1517 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1520 * reorderable playlist
1521 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1522 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1523 * support for mono audio output devices
1524 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1525 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1526 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1527 * the messages window remembers more lines
1528 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1529 * http and ogg stream output options
1530 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1533 * new skinnable interface
1534 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1536 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1537 * support for FLAC audio format
1538 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1540 * network tab in the interface
1541 * "apply" handling in preferences
1544 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1545 ---------------------------------
1548 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1549 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1550 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1551 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1553 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1554 * DTS S/PDIF support
1557 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1558 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1559 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1560 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1563 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1564 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1567 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1570 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1573 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1575 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1576 * rc interface is now fully useable
1577 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1580 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1581 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1582 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1583 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1584 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1586 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1587 * support for mouse gestures
1588 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1591 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1592 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1595 * improved ID3 tag detection
1596 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1597 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1598 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1600 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1603 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1604 ---------------------------------
1607 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1608 English was set as the preferred language
1611 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1612 --------------------------------
1615 * new mouse gesture interface
1616 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1620 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1621 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1622 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1625 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1626 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1630 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1633 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1634 without the user consent
1637 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1639 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1640 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1641 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1644 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1645 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1646 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1647 * playlist enhancements
1648 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1649 * new step forward/step backward commands
1650 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1651 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1652 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1655 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1656 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1657 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1660 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1661 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1664 * native video output is working again
1665 * only commandline interface support
1666 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1669 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1670 --------------------------------
1673 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1674 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1675 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1676 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1677 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1678 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1679 and A/52 streams are supported)
1680 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1685 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1686 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1687 * VCD entry points support
1688 * VCD image file support
1691 * support for *.asf format
1692 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1693 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1694 * support for ogg encapsulation
1695 * support for raw DV format
1696 * support for *.wav format
1697 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1700 Stream discovery & playlists:
1701 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1702 * support for .m3u file format
1703 * support for .asx file format
1704 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1707 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1708 (only available with the .avi demux)
1709 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1710 * support for raw PCM data
1711 * support for Cinepak video codec
1712 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1713 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1714 * support for Xvid codec
1715 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1716 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1717 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1719 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1721 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1724 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1727 * new WxWindows interface
1728 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1729 device and the channels configuration
1730 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1731 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1732 format that VLC can play
1733 * new swedish translation
1734 * enhancements of the playlist window
1735 * new messages window to see debug info
1736 * fixed a few crashes
1739 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1740 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1741 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1742 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working