1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.66 2003/09/20 02:47:41 hartman Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
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7 * Video outputs are recycled if possible. This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
8 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
11 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
14 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
15 * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
18 * Support for AAC + SBR.
22 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
25 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
26 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
27 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
30 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
31 * Text subtitles filename and charset autodetection.
32 * Text subtitles for mpeg files.
33 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
34 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
35 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
37 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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41 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
44 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
45 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
48 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
49 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
52 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
55 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
56 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
59 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
62 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
65 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
66 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
69 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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73 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
74 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
78 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
79 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
80 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
81 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
82 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
85 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
86 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
87 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
90 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
91 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
92 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
95 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
96 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
97 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
98 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
99 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
102 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
103 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
104 * A new CORBA control plugin.
107 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
110 * Improved build system.
111 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
112 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
113 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
114 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
117 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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121 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
124 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
125 * Fixed large file support on Windows
126 * Video 4 Linux support
127 * CD Digital Audio support
128 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
131 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
132 * Support for OpenDML avi files
133 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
134 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
137 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
138 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
139 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
140 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
141 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
142 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
143 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
146 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
147 * New HTTP remote control interface
150 * 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.
151 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
152 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
153 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
156 * New reset option for the preferences
157 * You can set your language in the prefences
158 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
159 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
160 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
161 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
164 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
165 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
166 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
169 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
170 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
171 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
172 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
173 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
174 * New icons by Davor Orel.
175 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
176 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
177 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
178 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
181 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
182 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
183 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
184 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
185 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
186 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
187 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
190 * Interface localization
191 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
192 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
193 * New full-featured Preferences window
195 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
196 ---------------------------------
199 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
200 * support for skins at the interface level
201 * new OSD module using Freetype2
202 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
203 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
204 input level before dropping out of date frames.
205 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
208 * fixed HTTP redirects
209 * support for opening an entire directory
210 * EOF should be detected more reliably
211 * new video4linux access plug-in
212 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
215 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
216 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
217 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
220 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
221 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
222 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
223 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
224 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
225 * new codec for raw I420 video
226 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
229 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
230 (although it still misses some important features)
231 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
234 * new HTTP output support
235 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
236 * fixed AV synchronization issues
239 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
242 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
245 * reorderable playlist
246 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
247 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
248 * support for mono audio output devices
249 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
250 * fixed several cosmetic issues
251 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
252 * the messages window remembers more lines
253 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
254 * http and ogg stream output options
255 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
258 * new skinnable interface
259 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
261 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
262 * support for FLAC audio format
263 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
265 * network tab in the interface
266 * "apply" handling in preferences
269 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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273 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
274 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
275 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
276 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
278 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
282 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
283 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
284 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
285 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
288 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
289 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
292 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
295 * fixed the GNU-pth support
298 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
300 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
301 * rc interface is now fully useable
302 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
305 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
306 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
307 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
308 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
309 * VLC now uses the default audio device
311 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
312 * support for mouse gestures
313 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
316 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
317 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
320 * improved ID3 tag detection
321 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
322 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
323 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
325 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
328 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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332 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
333 English was set as the preferred language
336 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
337 --------------------------------
340 * new mouse gesture interface
341 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
345 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
346 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
347 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
350 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
351 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
355 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
358 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
359 without the user consent
362 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
364 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
365 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
366 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
369 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
370 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
371 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
372 * playlist enhancements
373 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
374 * new step forward/step backward commands
375 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
376 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
377 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
380 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
381 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
382 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
385 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
386 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
389 * native video output is working again
390 * only commandline interface support
391 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
394 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
395 --------------------------------
398 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
399 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
400 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
401 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
402 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
403 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
404 and A/52 streams are supported)
405 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
410 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
411 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
412 * VCD entry points support
413 * VCD image file support
416 * support for *.asf format
417 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
418 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
419 * support for ogg encapsulation
420 * support for raw DV format
421 * support for *.wav format
422 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
425 Stream discovery & playlists:
426 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
427 * support for .m3u file format
428 * support for .asx file format
429 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
432 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
433 (only available with the .avi demux)
434 * support for ADPCM audio codec
435 * support for raw PCM data
436 * support for Cinepak video codec
437 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
438 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
439 * support for Xvid codec
440 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
441 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
442 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
444 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
446 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
449 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
452 * new WxWindows interface
453 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
454 device and the channels configuration
455 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
456 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
457 format that VLC can play
458 * new swedish translation
459 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
461 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
462 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
463 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
466 * localization support via GNU gettext software
467 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
468 * new preferences panel
469 * new open panel with full features
470 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
471 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
472 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
475 * preferences dialog box redesigned
476 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
478 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
479 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
480 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
481 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
484 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
486 * enhancements of the playlist window
487 * new messages window to see debug info
488 * fixed a few crashes
491 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
492 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
493 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
494 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working