1 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
8 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
9 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
10 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
11 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) files
14 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
17 * WPL playlist support
18 * ZPL playlist support
19 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
22 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
25 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
26 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
27 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
28 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given, uses ABR and if qp-value is set
32 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
33 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
34 * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB
37 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
40 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
50 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
51 --------------------------------
54 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
55 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
56 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
57 * Fix Dailymotion access script
58 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
59 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
62 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
63 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
66 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
67 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
68 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
71 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
74 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
75 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
78 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
79 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
80 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
81 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
82 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
86 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
88 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
91 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
92 ---------------------------------
96 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
97 See 'Access:' for more info.
98 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
101 * Instantaneous pausing
102 * Frame-by-Frame playback
103 * Finer speed control
104 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
105 * Timeshift for most medias
106 * RTSP trickplay support
107 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
110 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
111 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
112 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
113 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
114 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
115 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
116 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
117 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
118 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
119 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
122 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
123 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
124 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
125 * Metadata for mod files are supported
126 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
127 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
128 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
131 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
132 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
135 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
136 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
137 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
138 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
139 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
140 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
141 * DVB scanning on linux
142 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
143 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
144 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
145 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
146 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
147 * MTP device access on Unix
148 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
149 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
152 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
153 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
154 Windows and Mac OS X.
157 * Export the playlist in HTML
158 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
159 * Better metadata handling and reading
161 Linux/Windows interface:
162 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
163 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
164 * Recently played items list
165 * Interface toolbar customizations
166 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
169 - Improvements on many dialogs
170 - New dialog for plugins listing
171 - Fixed-size mode for videos
172 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
173 * Better integration in GTK environments
176 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
177 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
178 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
179 * Additional usability improvements
182 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
183 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
184 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
185 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
186 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
189 * New Maemo port with:
190 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
191 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
194 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
197 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
198 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
199 * Support for latest iSight models
202 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
203 * Surround support for PulseAudio
206 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
207 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
208 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
209 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
210 The old image video output has been removed.
211 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
212 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
215 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
218 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
219 ---------------------------------
222 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
223 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
226 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
227 ---------------------------------
230 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
233 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
236 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
237 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
238 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
239 main controller window.
240 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
243 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
248 * Updates of other localizations
251 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
252 * Lots of small bugfixes.
253 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
254 * Telnet fixes on Windows
255 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
257 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
258 ---------------------------------
261 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
263 Bunch of small bugfixes.
266 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
267 --------------------------------
272 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
273 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
276 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
277 --------------------------------
279 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
280 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
283 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
286 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
287 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
290 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
291 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
294 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
295 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
296 * Various fixed in playlist
299 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
302 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
305 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
306 ------------------------------------
308 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
309 * Fixes several memory leaks.
312 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
313 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
314 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
317 * Stability fix for the video output.
320 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
321 --------------------------------
324 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
325 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
326 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
327 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
328 * Fixed update system bugs
329 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
332 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
333 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
334 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
335 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
336 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
337 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
338 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
339 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
340 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
341 modern Mac OS X versions
344 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
345 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
347 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
348 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
351 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
352 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
353 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
354 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
355 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
356 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
359 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
360 --------------------------------
362 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
363 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
367 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
368 --------------------------------
370 * Multiple bug fixes.
373 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
374 ---------------------------------
378 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
379 recent to work correctly
380 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
381 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
382 edit the ".hosts" file.
383 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
384 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
385 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
386 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
387 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
388 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
389 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
390 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
391 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
392 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
393 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
394 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
395 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
396 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
397 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
398 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
399 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
400 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
401 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
402 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
403 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
404 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
405 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
406 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
407 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
408 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
409 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
410 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
411 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
412 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
413 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
414 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
415 and postproc modules.
416 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
417 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
418 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
419 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
421 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
423 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
424 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
426 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
427 * Glide video output module has been removed.
433 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
435 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
436 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
439 * Vastly improved playlist support:
440 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
442 * Shoutcast TV listings
443 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
445 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
446 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
448 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
451 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
452 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
453 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
454 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
455 * JACK audio input support
456 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
457 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
458 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
459 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
460 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
461 * Experimental EyeTV access module
462 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
463 (available as a separate download).
464 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
466 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
467 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
468 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
470 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
471 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
474 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
475 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
476 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
477 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
479 * APEv1/2 tags support
480 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
481 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
483 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
484 * TiVo Series 2 support
485 * CD+G karaoke Files support
490 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
491 * Flash Screen Video support
492 * CamStudio Screen Video support
493 * DosBox Capture support
494 * Karl Morton's Video support
495 * limited atrac3 support
497 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
498 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
499 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
501 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
502 * NellyMoser ASAO support
503 * APE (Monkey audio) support
504 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
505 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
508 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
509 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
510 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
511 * AQTitle subtitles support
512 * MKV USF subtitles support
513 * HTML-based subtitles support
514 * MPSub subtitles support
515 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
516 * MPL2 subtitles support
517 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
518 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
519 * Realtext subtitle support
520 * DKS subtitle support
521 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
522 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
525 * Flash Screen Video support
526 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
528 Video outputs and filters:
529 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
530 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
531 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
532 * New puzzle video output filter
533 * Re-written motion detection video filter
534 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
536 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
537 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
538 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
539 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
540 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
541 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
542 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
543 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
544 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
545 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
546 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
547 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
548 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
549 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
551 Audio outputs and filters:
552 * Replay gain support
553 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
554 new scaletempo audio filter)
555 * New spatializer audio filter
556 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
559 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
560 * New RTP payload formats:
561 * Speex voice audio codec
562 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
563 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
564 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
565 * DCCP transport for RTP
566 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
571 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
572 end-user suitable way.
573 * Improved user interaction
574 * Improved mouse gestures
575 * Vastly improved Update checker
576 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
578 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
579 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
581 * Improved video output features
582 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
583 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
584 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
585 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
586 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
588 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
589 if libncursesw is available.
590 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
591 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
592 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
594 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
595 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
596 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
597 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
598 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
599 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
600 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
601 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
604 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
605 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
606 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
609 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
610 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
611 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
612 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
613 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
614 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
617 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
618 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
628 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
629 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
630 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
633 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
634 ----------------------------------
637 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
640 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
641 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
642 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
643 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
644 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
645 * Updated Polish translation
648 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
649 ----------------------------------
652 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
653 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
654 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
657 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
658 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
659 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
660 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
661 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
662 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
663 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
664 to an unexpected application termination
665 * New Serbian translation
666 * Updated Romanian translation
669 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
670 ----------------------------------
673 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
674 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
675 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
676 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
677 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
678 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
679 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
680 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
683 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
684 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
685 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
686 * Fixed AAC resampling
687 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
688 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
691 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
692 ----------------------------------
695 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
696 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
697 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
698 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
699 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
702 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
703 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
704 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
705 * Close MMS access on network timeout
706 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
709 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
710 ----------------------------------
713 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
714 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
717 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
718 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
719 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
720 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
722 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
726 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
729 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
732 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
735 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
738 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
739 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
740 encoding on multi-cpu systems
741 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
742 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
744 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
745 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
746 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
747 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
750 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
753 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
754 ----------------------------------
757 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
758 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
759 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
761 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
762 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
764 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
765 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
768 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
770 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
771 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
772 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
773 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
774 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
775 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
777 * Support for current Ogg file formats
778 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
779 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
782 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
785 * The automatic updating facility was removed
786 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
787 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
788 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
791 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
792 ----------------------------------
794 Various bugfixes, notably:
795 * Windows Vista compatibility
796 * Cropping in Direct3D
797 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
798 * RSS filter string overflow
800 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
802 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
803 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
806 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
807 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
810 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
813 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
816 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
819 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
820 ----------------------------------
822 Various bugfixes, notably:
823 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
824 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
825 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
826 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
827 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
828 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
831 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
832 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
835 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
837 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
838 * Diverse usability improvements
839 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
840 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
841 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
844 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
845 ---------------------------------
848 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
851 * Fullscreen controller improvements
854 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
855 --------------------------------
858 * Shoutcast TV listings support
861 * Support for RTSP authentication
862 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
863 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
864 * ATSC support for DVB input
865 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
866 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
867 * Improved support for Flash Video files
870 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
871 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
872 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
873 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
874 * Matroska WavPack support
875 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
876 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
877 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
880 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
881 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
882 * Improved libcaca support
886 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
887 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
889 * Systray support in skins
891 * Support for Apple Remote control
892 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
893 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
894 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
895 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
897 * Notifications using notification-daemon
900 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
902 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
903 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
904 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
905 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
906 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
908 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
909 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
918 * Updates to the libvlc API
919 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
922 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
923 --------------------------------
926 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
927 * Support for downloading updates
931 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
932 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
933 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
934 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
936 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
937 * Improved subtitles encoding support
938 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
941 * Cook (Real audio) support
943 Playlist / Services discovery:
944 * XSPF playlist support
946 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
949 * New JACK audio output
953 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
954 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
955 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
956 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
957 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
958 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
961 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
964 * System to inform the user and request information
965 - HTTP authentication
969 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
970 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
971 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
974 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
975 - Improved playlist handling
976 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
978 - Embedded Video output
979 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
980 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
981 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
982 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
983 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
985 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
986 - A bunch of new RPN functions
989 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
992 * Mac-Intel compatibility
993 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
994 * Growl "Now playing" support
997 * Ability to log to syslog
998 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1001 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1003 * A bit more automatic testing
1006 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1007 ---------------------------------
1010 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1011 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1014 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1015 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1018 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1021 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1022 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1028 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1031 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1032 --------------------------------
1035 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1039 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1040 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1041 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1044 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1045 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1046 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1047 * GnomeVFS input module
1048 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1049 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1052 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1053 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1054 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1057 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1058 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1064 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1065 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1068 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1069 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1070 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1073 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1075 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1076 - New extended controls panel
1077 - New bookmarks window
1078 - Fixed playlist sorting
1079 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1081 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1082 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1083 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1084 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1088 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1089 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1091 - Include macro to include other files
1095 * Should now work outside IE as well
1098 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1101 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1102 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1105 The following languages were added:
1109 * Simplified Chinese
1110 The following languages were re-added:
1114 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1115 --------------------------------
1118 * Rewrite of the playlist
1120 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1121 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1122 * Preferences improvements:
1123 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1124 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1126 * Core image manipulation support
1127 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1128 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1129 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1130 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1131 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1132 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1133 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1134 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1135 * Access filter architecture
1136 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1137 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1141 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1142 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1143 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1144 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1145 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1146 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1147 * Massive Matroska improvements
1148 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1150 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1151 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1152 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1153 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1154 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1156 Decoders / Encoders:
1157 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1158 * PNG decoder/encoder
1159 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1160 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1163 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1166 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1167 * Brand new SAP module
1168 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1169 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1170 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1171 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1172 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1173 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1177 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1180 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1181 * Image file video output (png)
1182 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1183 * Improvements to wall video filter
1184 * Support for font color and opacity
1190 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1191 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1192 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1196 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1197 - Improved preferences
1198 - Improvements to the wizard
1199 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1201 - Redesigned playlist
1202 - Improved preferences
1204 - Support for multiple actions
1207 - Support for the new playlist system
1209 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1212 * Screensaver disabling fix
1213 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1214 * Support for no-decoration windows
1217 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1218 * The OpenGL video output is back
1219 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1220 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1221 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1222 is not yet available in the new module
1223 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1226 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1235 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1238 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1241 The following languages were added:
1247 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1248 --------------------------------
1251 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1252 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1255 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1256 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1257 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1260 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1263 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1266 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1269 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1270 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1271 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1275 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1277 * Support of playlist group announcement
1280 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1281 --------------------------------
1284 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1285 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1286 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1287 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1288 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1289 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1292 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1293 (Stream your desktop)
1294 * Improved DVD support:
1295 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1296 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1297 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1298 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1299 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1300 (selection of titles/chapters).
1303 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1304 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1305 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1306 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1307 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1308 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1309 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1310 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1311 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1312 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1315 * G.726 audio support
1316 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1317 * MPEG-4 text support
1318 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1319 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1320 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1324 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1325 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1326 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1327 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1328 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1329 * DVB subtitles encoder
1330 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1331 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1333 * Text track muxing for mp4
1334 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1335 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1336 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1337 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1338 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1339 * Improved ASF muxer
1341 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1342 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1343 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1346 * New audio equalizer filter
1347 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1348 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1349 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1350 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1353 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1354 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1355 with support for effects.
1356 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1357 - New filters can be streamed.
1358 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1359 - Centralized scaling and blending
1361 - "time", to display current time
1362 - "marq", to display a marquee
1365 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1366 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1367 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1368 * A few skins2 improvements
1369 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1370 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1371 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1372 * Improved CORBA control module
1375 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1376 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1377 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1380 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1381 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1382 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1385 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1386 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1387 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1388 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1389 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1392 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1395 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1396 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1399 * Server/client network synchronization module
1400 * VBrick streams fully supported
1401 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1405 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1406 --------------------------------
1409 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1410 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1411 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1412 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1415 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1416 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1417 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1418 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1419 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1420 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1421 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1424 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1425 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1426 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1427 * Improved directory access module.
1428 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1429 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1430 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1431 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1432 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1435 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1436 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1437 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1440 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1441 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1442 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1445 * Improved session announcement system.
1446 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1447 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1448 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1449 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1450 * Improved transrater.
1451 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1452 * New configuration system.
1453 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1456 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1457 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1458 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1459 * Supports scheduling.
1460 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1461 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1464 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1465 - Ability to embed video output.
1466 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1467 - Lots of improvements.
1468 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1469 - New design and set of icons.
1470 - Ability to embed video output.
1471 - Support for hotkeys.
1472 - Support for bookmarks.
1474 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1475 - Better hotkeys handling.
1478 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1479 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1480 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1481 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1484 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1485 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1486 * Improved Windows installer.
1492 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1493 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1496 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1497 ---------------------------------
1500 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1501 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1504 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1505 --------------------------------
1508 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1509 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1512 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1513 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1514 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1515 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1518 * Internal improvments
1519 * Improved import/export
1522 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1524 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1525 small and strange formats.
1527 * New MOD audio demux.
1528 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1529 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1530 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1531 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1534 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1535 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1536 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1542 * New opengl video output plugin.
1545 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1546 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1549 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1550 --------------------------------
1553 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1554 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1555 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1556 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1557 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1558 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1559 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1560 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1563 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1568 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1569 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1570 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1571 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1572 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1573 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1574 * Better Icecast support.
1575 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1576 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1579 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1580 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1581 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1582 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1583 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1584 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1585 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1588 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1589 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1590 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1591 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1592 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1593 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1594 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1595 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1596 * Preliminary RTP support.
1597 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1602 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1603 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1605 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1606 - Improvements and help in preferences
1607 - New streaming wizard
1608 - Revised Disc Open menu
1610 - Improvements of the standard pages
1611 - Support for new commands
1612 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1615 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1616 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1619 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1620 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1621 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1622 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1623 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1624 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1625 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1626 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1627 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1630 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1632 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1633 * Support for Panther.
1634 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1635 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1638 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1639 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1640 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1641 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1642 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1643 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1644 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1645 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1648 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1649 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1650 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1653 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1656 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1657 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1658 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1659 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1662 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1663 --------------------------------
1666 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1669 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1670 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1673 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1674 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1677 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1680 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1681 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1684 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1687 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1690 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1691 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1695 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1696 --------------------------------
1699 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1700 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1704 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1705 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1706 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1708 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1709 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1712 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1715 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1718 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1719 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1723 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1724 --------------------------------
1727 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1728 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1732 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1733 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1734 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1735 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1736 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1739 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1740 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1741 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1744 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1745 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1746 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1749 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1750 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1751 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1752 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1753 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1756 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1757 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1758 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1761 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1764 * Improved build system.
1765 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1766 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1767 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1768 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1771 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1772 --------------------------------
1775 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1778 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1779 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1780 * Video 4 Linux support
1781 * CD Digital Audio support
1782 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1785 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1786 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1787 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1788 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1791 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1792 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1793 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1794 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1795 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1796 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1797 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1800 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1801 * New HTTP remote control interface
1804 * 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.
1805 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1806 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1807 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1810 * New reset option for the preferences
1811 * You can set your language in the prefences
1812 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1813 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1814 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1815 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1818 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1819 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1820 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1823 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1824 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1825 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1826 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1827 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1828 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1829 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1830 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1831 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1832 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1835 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1836 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1837 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1838 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1839 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1840 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1841 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1844 * Interface localization
1845 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1846 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1847 * New full-featured Preferences window
1850 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1851 --------------------------------
1854 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1855 * support for skins at the interface level
1856 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1857 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1858 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1859 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1860 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1863 * fixed HTTP redirects
1864 * support for opening an entire directory
1865 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1866 * new video4linux access plug-in
1867 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1870 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1871 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1872 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1875 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1876 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1877 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1878 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1879 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1880 * new codec for raw I420 video
1881 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1884 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1885 (although it still misses some important features)
1886 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1889 * new HTTP output support
1890 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1891 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1894 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1897 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1900 * reorderable playlist
1901 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1902 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1903 * support for mono audio output devices
1904 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1905 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1906 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1907 * the messages window remembers more lines
1908 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1909 * http and ogg stream output options
1910 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1913 * new skinnable interface
1914 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1916 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1917 * support for FLAC audio format
1918 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1920 * network tab in the interface
1921 * "apply" handling in preferences
1924 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1925 ---------------------------------
1928 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1929 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1930 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1931 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1933 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1934 * DTS S/PDIF support
1937 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1938 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1939 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1940 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1943 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1944 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1947 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1950 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1953 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1955 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1956 * rc interface is now fully useable
1957 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1960 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1961 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1962 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1963 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1964 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1966 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1967 * support for mouse gestures
1968 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1971 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1972 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1975 * improved ID3 tag detection
1976 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1977 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1978 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1980 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1983 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1984 ---------------------------------
1987 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1988 English was set as the preferred language
1991 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1992 --------------------------------
1995 * new mouse gesture interface
1996 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2000 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2001 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2002 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2005 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2006 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2010 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2013 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2014 without the user consent
2017 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2019 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2020 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2021 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2024 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2025 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2026 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2027 * playlist enhancements
2028 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2029 * new step forward/step backward commands
2030 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2031 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2032 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2035 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2036 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2037 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2040 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2041 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2044 * native video output is working again
2045 * only commandline interface support
2046 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2049 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2050 --------------------------------
2053 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2054 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2055 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2056 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2057 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2058 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2059 and A/52 streams are supported)
2060 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2065 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2066 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2067 * VCD entry points support
2068 * VCD image file support
2071 * support for *.asf format
2072 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2073 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2074 * support for ogg encapsulation
2075 * support for raw DV format
2076 * support for *.wav format
2077 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2080 Stream discovery & playlists:
2081 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2082 * support for .m3u file format
2083 * support for .asx file format
2084 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2087 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2088 (only available with the .avi demux)
2089 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2090 * support for raw PCM data
2091 * support for Cinepak video codec
2092 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2093 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2094 * support for Xvid codec
2095 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2096 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2097 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2099 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2101 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2104 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2107 * new WxWindows interface
2108 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2109 device and the channels configuration
2110 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2111 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2112 format that VLC can play
2113 * new swedish translation
2114 * enhancements of the playlist window
2115 * new messages window to see debug info
2116 * fixed a few crashes
2119 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2120 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2121 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2122 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working