3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-svn:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Rewrite of the playlist
9 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
10 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
11 * Preferences improvements :
12 - New organization, designed to improve usability
13 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
15 * Core image manipulation support
16 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
19 * Support for SOCKS proxy
20 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
21 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
22 * Better support for Kasenna streams
23 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
24 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
27 * AMR decoding via ffmpeg
28 * Dirac decoder and encoder
32 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
33 * Brand new SAP module
34 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
35 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
39 * Image file video output
40 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
46 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
47 - Seeking support in VoD streams
51 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
52 - Improved preferences
53 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
59 - Support for the new playlist system
62 * Screensaver disabling fix
63 * DirectShow tuner configuration
64 * Support for no-decoration windows
67 * Support for single-buffered overlay
77 Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
83 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
84 -----------------------------------------------------
87 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
88 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
91 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
92 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
93 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
96 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
99 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
102 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
105 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
106 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
110 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
112 * Support of playlist group announcement
114 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
115 -----------------------------------------------------
118 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
119 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
120 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
121 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
122 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
123 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
126 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
127 (Stream your desktop)
128 * Improved DVD support:
129 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
130 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
131 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
132 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
133 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
134 (selection of titles/chapters).
137 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
138 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
139 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
140 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
141 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
142 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
143 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
144 * Improved Ogg demuxer
145 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
146 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
149 * G.726 audio support
150 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
151 * MPEG-4 text support
152 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
153 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
154 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
158 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
159 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
160 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
161 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
162 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
163 * DVB subtitles encoder
164 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
165 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
167 * Text track muxing for mp4
168 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
169 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
170 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
171 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
172 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
175 * H.263 RTP streaming support
176 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
177 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
180 * New audio equalizer filter
181 * Very trivial volume normalizer
182 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
183 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
184 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
187 * Roku HD1000 Video output
188 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
189 with support for effects.
190 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
191 - New filters can be streamed.
192 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
193 - Centralized scaling and blending
195 - "time", to display current time
196 - "marq", to display a marquee
199 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
200 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
201 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
202 * A few skins2 improvements
203 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
204 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
205 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
206 * Improved CORBA control module
209 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
210 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
211 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
214 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
215 * Experimental SVG rendering module
216 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
219 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
220 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
221 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
222 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
223 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
226 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
229 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
230 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
233 * Server/client network synchronization module
234 * VBrick streams fully supported
235 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
238 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
239 --------------------------------
242 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
243 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
244 * Improved HTTP daemon.
245 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
248 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
249 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
250 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
251 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
252 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
253 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
254 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
257 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
258 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
259 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
260 * Improved directory access module.
261 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
262 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
263 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
264 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
265 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
268 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
269 * mmsh streaming fixes.
270 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
273 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
274 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
275 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
278 * Improved session announcement system.
279 * Minimize threads usage by default.
280 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
281 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
282 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
283 * Improved transrater.
284 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
285 * New configuration system.
286 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
289 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
290 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
291 * Supports live streams and VoD.
292 * Supports scheduling.
293 * Telnet interface for vlm.
294 * HTTP interface for vlm.
297 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
298 - Ability to embed video output.
299 - Support for bitmap fonts.
300 - Lots of improvements.
301 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
302 - New design and set of icons.
303 - Ability to embed video output.
304 - Support for hotkeys.
305 - Support for bookmarks.
307 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
308 - Better hotkeys handling.
311 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
312 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
313 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
314 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
317 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
318 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
319 * Improved Windows installer.
325 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
326 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
328 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
329 ---------------------------------
332 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
333 * Playing MOD files is working now.
336 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
337 ---------------------------------
340 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
341 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
344 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
345 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
346 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
347 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
350 * Internal improvments
351 * Improved import/export
354 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
356 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
357 small and strange formats.
359 * New MOD audio demux.
360 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
361 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
362 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
363 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
366 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
367 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
368 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
374 * New opengl video output plugin.
377 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
378 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
380 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
381 ---------------------------------
384 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
385 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
386 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
387 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
388 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
389 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
390 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
391 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
394 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
399 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
400 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
401 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
402 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
403 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
404 * Reworked DVB tuning.
405 * Better Icecast support.
406 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
407 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
410 * Support for Theora video encoding.
411 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
412 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
413 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
414 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
415 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
416 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
419 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
420 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
421 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
422 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
423 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
424 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
425 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
426 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
427 * Preliminary RTP support.
428 * Fixes to SAP announces.
433 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
434 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
436 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
437 - Improvements and help in preferences
438 - New streaming wizard
439 - Revised Disc Open menu
441 - Improvements of the standard pages
442 - Support for new commands
443 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
446 * Many fixes to the SAP module
447 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
450 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
451 * Text subtitles autodetection.
452 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
453 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
454 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
455 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
456 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
457 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
458 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
461 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
463 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
464 * Support for Panther.
465 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
466 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
469 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
470 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
471 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
472 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
473 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
474 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
475 * Multimonitor support (untested).
476 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
479 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
480 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
481 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
484 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
487 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
488 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
489 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
490 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
492 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
493 ---------------------------------
496 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
499 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
500 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
503 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
504 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
507 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
510 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
511 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
514 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
517 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
520 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
521 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
524 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
525 ---------------------------------
528 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
529 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
533 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
534 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
535 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
537 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
538 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
541 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
544 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
547 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
548 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
551 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
552 ---------------------------------
555 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
556 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
560 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
561 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
562 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
563 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
564 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
567 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
568 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
569 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
572 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
573 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
574 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
577 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
578 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
579 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
580 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
581 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
584 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
585 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
586 * A new CORBA control plugin.
589 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
592 * Improved build system.
593 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
594 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
595 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
596 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
599 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
600 ---------------------------------
603 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
606 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
607 * Fixed large file support on Windows
608 * Video 4 Linux support
609 * CD Digital Audio support
610 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
613 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
614 * Support for OpenDML avi files
615 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
616 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
619 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
620 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
621 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
622 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
623 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
624 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
625 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
628 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
629 * New HTTP remote control interface
632 * 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.
633 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
634 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
635 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
638 * New reset option for the preferences
639 * You can set your language in the prefences
640 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
641 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
642 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
643 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
646 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
647 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
648 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
651 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
652 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
653 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
654 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
655 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
656 * New icons by Davor Orel.
657 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
658 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
659 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
660 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
663 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
664 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
665 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
666 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
667 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
668 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
669 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
672 * Interface localization
673 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
674 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
675 * New full-featured Preferences window
677 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
678 ---------------------------------
681 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
682 * support for skins at the interface level
683 * new OSD module using Freetype2
684 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
685 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
686 input level before dropping out of date frames.
687 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
690 * fixed HTTP redirects
691 * support for opening an entire directory
692 * EOF should be detected more reliably
693 * new video4linux access plug-in
694 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
697 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
698 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
699 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
702 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
703 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
704 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
705 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
706 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
707 * new codec for raw I420 video
708 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
711 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
712 (although it still misses some important features)
713 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
716 * new HTTP output support
717 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
718 * fixed AV synchronization issues
721 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
724 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
727 * reorderable playlist
728 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
729 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
730 * support for mono audio output devices
731 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
732 * fixed several cosmetic issues
733 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
734 * the messages window remembers more lines
735 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
736 * http and ogg stream output options
737 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
740 * new skinnable interface
741 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
743 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
744 * support for FLAC audio format
745 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
747 * network tab in the interface
748 * "apply" handling in preferences
751 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
752 ---------------------------------
755 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
756 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
757 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
758 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
760 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
764 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
765 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
766 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
767 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
770 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
771 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
774 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
777 * fixed the GNU-pth support
780 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
782 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
783 * rc interface is now fully useable
784 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
787 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
788 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
789 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
790 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
791 * VLC now uses the default audio device
793 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
794 * support for mouse gestures
795 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
798 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
799 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
802 * improved ID3 tag detection
803 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
804 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
805 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
807 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
810 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
811 ---------------------------------
814 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
815 English was set as the preferred language
818 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
819 --------------------------------
822 * new mouse gesture interface
823 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
827 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
828 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
829 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
832 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
833 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
837 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
840 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
841 without the user consent
844 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
846 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
847 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
848 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
851 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
852 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
853 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
854 * playlist enhancements
855 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
856 * new step forward/step backward commands
857 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
858 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
859 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
862 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
863 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
864 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
867 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
868 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
871 * native video output is working again
872 * only commandline interface support
873 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
876 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
877 --------------------------------
880 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
881 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
882 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
883 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
884 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
885 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
886 and A/52 streams are supported)
887 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
892 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
893 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
894 * VCD entry points support
895 * VCD image file support
898 * support for *.asf format
899 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
900 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
901 * support for ogg encapsulation
902 * support for raw DV format
903 * support for *.wav format
904 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
907 Stream discovery & playlists:
908 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
909 * support for .m3u file format
910 * support for .asx file format
911 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
914 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
915 (only available with the .avi demux)
916 * support for ADPCM audio codec
917 * support for raw PCM data
918 * support for Cinepak video codec
919 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
920 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
921 * support for Xvid codec
922 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
923 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
924 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
926 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
928 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
931 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
934 * new WxWindows interface
935 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
936 device and the channels configuration
937 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
938 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
939 format that VLC can play
940 * new swedish translation
941 * enhancements of the playlist window
942 * new messages window to see debug info
943 * fixed a few crashes
946 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
947 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
948 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
949 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working