3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
10 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
11 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
12 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
13 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
14 * Improved subtitles encoding support
17 * Cook (Real audio) support
19 Playlist / Services discovery :
23 * New JACK audio output
26 * New video filters: magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen
27 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
28 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
31 * System to inform the user and request information
36 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
38 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
39 - Improved playlist handling
40 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
42 - Embedded Video output
44 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
45 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
46 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
48 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
49 - A bunch of new RPN functions
52 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
55 * Mac-Intel compatibility
56 * enhanced support of various audio output devices
59 * Ability to log to syslog
60 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
63 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
66 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
67 ---------------------------------
70 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
71 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
74 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
75 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
78 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
81 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
82 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
88 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
90 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
91 --------------------------------
94 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
98 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
99 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
100 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
103 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
104 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
105 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
106 * GnomeVFS input module
107 * Support for RTP packet reordering
108 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
111 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
112 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
113 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
116 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
117 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
123 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
124 Mixer and Dolby Surround
127 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
128 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
129 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
132 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
134 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
135 - New extended controls panel
136 - New bookmarks window
137 - Fixed playlist sorting
138 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
140 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
141 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
142 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
143 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
147 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
148 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
150 - Include macro to include other files
154 * Should now work outside IE as well
157 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
160 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
161 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
164 The following languages were added:
169 The following languages were re-added:
172 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
173 --------------------------------
176 * Rewrite of the playlist
178 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
179 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
180 * Preferences improvements:
181 - New organization, designed to improve usability
182 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
184 * Core image manipulation support
185 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
186 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
187 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
188 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
189 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
190 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
191 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
192 now separated by ':' instead of ','
193 * Access filter architecture
194 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
195 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
199 * Support for SOCKS proxy
200 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
201 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
202 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
203 * Better support for Kasenna streams
204 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
205 * Massive Matroska improvements
206 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
208 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
209 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
210 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
211 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
212 * Support for FTP over IPv6
215 * Dirac decoder and encoder
216 * PNG decoder/encoder
217 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
218 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
221 * New Record and Timeshift filters
224 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
225 * Brand new SAP module
226 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
227 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
228 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
229 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
230 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
231 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
235 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
238 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
239 * Image file video output (png)
240 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
241 * Improvements to wall video filter
242 * Support for font color and opacity
248 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
249 - Seeking support in VoD streams
250 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
254 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
255 - Improved preferences
256 - Improvements to the wizard
257 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
259 - Redesigned playlist
260 - Improved preferences
262 - Support for multiple actions
265 - Support for the new playlist system
267 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
270 * Screensaver disabling fix
271 * DirectShow tuner configuration
272 * Support for no-decoration windows
275 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
276 * The OpenGL video output is back
277 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
278 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
279 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
280 is not yet available in the new module
281 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
284 * Support for single-buffered overlay
293 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
296 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
299 The following languages were added:
305 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
306 -----------------------------------------------------
309 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
310 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
313 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
314 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
315 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
318 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
321 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
324 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
327 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
328 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
329 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
333 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
335 * Support of playlist group announcement
337 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
338 -----------------------------------------------------
341 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
342 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
343 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
344 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
345 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
346 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
349 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
350 (Stream your desktop)
351 * Improved DVD support:
352 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
353 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
354 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
355 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
356 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
357 (selection of titles/chapters).
360 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
361 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
362 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
363 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
364 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
365 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
366 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
367 * Improved Ogg demuxer
368 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
369 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
372 * G.726 audio support
373 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
374 * MPEG-4 text support
375 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
376 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
377 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
381 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
382 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
383 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
384 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
385 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
386 * DVB subtitles encoder
387 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
388 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
390 * Text track muxing for mp4
391 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
392 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
393 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
394 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
395 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
398 * H.263 RTP streaming support
399 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
400 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
403 * New audio equalizer filter
404 * Very trivial volume normalizer
405 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
406 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
407 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
410 * Roku HD1000 Video output
411 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
412 with support for effects.
413 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
414 - New filters can be streamed.
415 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
416 - Centralized scaling and blending
418 - "time", to display current time
419 - "marq", to display a marquee
422 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
423 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
424 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
425 * A few skins2 improvements
426 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
427 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
428 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
429 * Improved CORBA control module
432 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
433 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
434 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
437 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
438 * Experimental SVG rendering module
439 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
442 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
443 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
444 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
445 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
446 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
449 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
452 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
453 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
456 * Server/client network synchronization module
457 * VBrick streams fully supported
458 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
461 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
462 --------------------------------
465 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
466 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
467 * Improved HTTP daemon.
468 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
471 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
472 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
473 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
474 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
475 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
476 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
477 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
480 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
481 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
482 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
483 * Improved directory access module.
484 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
485 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
486 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
487 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
488 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
491 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
492 * mmsh streaming fixes.
493 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
496 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
497 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
498 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
501 * Improved session announcement system.
502 * Minimize threads usage by default.
503 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
504 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
505 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
506 * Improved transrater.
507 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
508 * New configuration system.
509 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
512 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
513 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
514 * Supports live streams and VoD.
515 * Supports scheduling.
516 * Telnet interface for vlm.
517 * HTTP interface for vlm.
520 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
521 - Ability to embed video output.
522 - Support for bitmap fonts.
523 - Lots of improvements.
524 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
525 - New design and set of icons.
526 - Ability to embed video output.
527 - Support for hotkeys.
528 - Support for bookmarks.
530 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
531 - Better hotkeys handling.
534 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
535 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
536 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
537 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
540 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
541 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
542 * Improved Windows installer.
548 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
549 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
551 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
552 ---------------------------------
555 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
556 * Playing MOD files is working now.
559 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
560 ---------------------------------
563 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
564 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
567 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
568 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
569 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
570 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
573 * Internal improvments
574 * Improved import/export
577 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
579 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
580 small and strange formats.
582 * New MOD audio demux.
583 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
584 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
585 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
586 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
589 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
590 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
591 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
597 * New opengl video output plugin.
600 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
601 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
603 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
604 ---------------------------------
607 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
608 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
609 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
610 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
611 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
612 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
613 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
614 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
617 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
622 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
623 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
624 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
625 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
626 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
627 * Reworked DVB tuning.
628 * Better Icecast support.
629 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
630 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
633 * Support for Theora video encoding.
634 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
635 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
636 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
637 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
638 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
639 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
642 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
643 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
644 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
645 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
646 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
647 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
648 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
649 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
650 * Preliminary RTP support.
651 * Fixes to SAP announces.
656 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
657 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
659 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
660 - Improvements and help in preferences
661 - New streaming wizard
662 - Revised Disc Open menu
664 - Improvements of the standard pages
665 - Support for new commands
666 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
669 * Many fixes to the SAP module
670 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
673 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
674 * Text subtitles autodetection.
675 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
676 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
677 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
678 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
679 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
680 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
681 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
684 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
686 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
687 * Support for Panther.
688 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
689 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
692 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
693 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
694 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
695 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
696 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
697 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
698 * Multimonitor support (untested).
699 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
702 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
703 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
704 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
707 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
710 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
711 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
712 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
713 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
715 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
716 ---------------------------------
719 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
722 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
723 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
726 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
727 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
730 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
733 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
734 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
737 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
740 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
743 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
744 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
747 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
748 ---------------------------------
751 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
752 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
756 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
757 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
758 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
760 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
761 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
764 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
767 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
770 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
771 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
774 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
775 ---------------------------------
778 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
779 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
783 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
784 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
785 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
786 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
787 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
790 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
791 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
792 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
795 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
796 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
797 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
800 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
801 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
802 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
803 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
804 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
807 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
808 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
809 * A new CORBA control plugin.
812 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
815 * Improved build system.
816 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
817 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
818 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
819 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
822 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
823 ---------------------------------
826 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
829 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
830 * Fixed large file support on Windows
831 * Video 4 Linux support
832 * CD Digital Audio support
833 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
836 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
837 * Support for OpenDML avi files
838 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
839 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
842 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
843 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
844 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
845 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
846 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
847 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
848 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
851 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
852 * New HTTP remote control interface
855 * 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.
856 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
857 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
858 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
861 * New reset option for the preferences
862 * You can set your language in the prefences
863 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
864 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
865 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
866 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
869 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
870 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
871 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
874 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
875 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
876 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
877 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
878 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
879 * New icons by Davor Orel.
880 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
881 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
882 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
883 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
886 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
887 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
888 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
889 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
890 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
891 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
892 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
895 * Interface localization
896 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
897 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
898 * New full-featured Preferences window
900 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
901 ---------------------------------
904 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
905 * support for skins at the interface level
906 * new OSD module using Freetype2
907 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
908 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
909 input level before dropping out of date frames.
910 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
913 * fixed HTTP redirects
914 * support for opening an entire directory
915 * EOF should be detected more reliably
916 * new video4linux access plug-in
917 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
920 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
921 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
922 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
925 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
926 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
927 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
928 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
929 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
930 * new codec for raw I420 video
931 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
934 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
935 (although it still misses some important features)
936 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
939 * new HTTP output support
940 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
941 * fixed AV synchronization issues
944 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
947 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
950 * reorderable playlist
951 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
952 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
953 * support for mono audio output devices
954 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
955 * fixed several cosmetic issues
956 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
957 * the messages window remembers more lines
958 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
959 * http and ogg stream output options
960 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
963 * new skinnable interface
964 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
966 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
967 * support for FLAC audio format
968 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
970 * network tab in the interface
971 * "apply" handling in preferences
974 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
975 ---------------------------------
978 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
979 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
980 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
981 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
983 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
987 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
988 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
989 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
990 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
993 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
994 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
997 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1000 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1003 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1005 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1006 * rc interface is now fully useable
1007 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1010 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1011 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1012 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1013 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1014 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1016 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1017 * support for mouse gestures
1018 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1021 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1022 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1025 * improved ID3 tag detection
1026 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1027 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1028 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1030 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1033 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1034 ---------------------------------
1037 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1038 English was set as the preferred language
1041 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1042 --------------------------------
1045 * new mouse gesture interface
1046 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1050 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1051 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1052 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1055 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1056 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1060 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1063 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1064 without the user consent
1067 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1069 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1070 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1071 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1074 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1075 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1076 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1077 * playlist enhancements
1078 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1079 * new step forward/step backward commands
1080 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1081 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1082 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1085 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1086 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1087 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1090 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1091 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1094 * native video output is working again
1095 * only commandline interface support
1096 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1099 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1100 --------------------------------
1103 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1104 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1105 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1106 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1107 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1108 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1109 and A/52 streams are supported)
1110 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1115 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1116 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1117 * VCD entry points support
1118 * VCD image file support
1121 * support for *.asf format
1122 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1123 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1124 * support for ogg encapsulation
1125 * support for raw DV format
1126 * support for *.wav format
1127 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1130 Stream discovery & playlists:
1131 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1132 * support for .m3u file format
1133 * support for .asx file format
1134 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1137 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1138 (only available with the .avi demux)
1139 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1140 * support for raw PCM data
1141 * support for Cinepak video codec
1142 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1143 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1144 * support for Xvid codec
1145 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1146 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1147 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1149 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1151 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1154 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1157 * new WxWindows interface
1158 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1159 device and the channels configuration
1160 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1161 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1162 format that VLC can play
1163 * new swedish translation
1164 * enhancements of the playlist window
1165 * new messages window to see debug info
1166 * fixed a few crashes
1169 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1170 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1171 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1172 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working