3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
13 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
16 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
17 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
18 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
19 * GnomeVFS input module
20 * Support for RTP packet reordering
21 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
24 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
25 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
26 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
29 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
30 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
36 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
37 Mixer and Dolby Surround
40 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
41 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
42 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
46 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
47 - New extended controls panel
48 - New bookmarks window
49 - Fixed playlist sorting
50 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
52 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
53 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
54 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
55 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
59 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
60 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
62 - Include macro to include other files
66 * Should now work outside IE as well
69 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
72 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
73 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
76 The following languages were added:
81 The following language was re-added:
84 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
85 --------------------------------
88 * Rewrite of the playlist
90 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
91 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
92 * Preferences improvements:
93 - New organization, designed to improve usability
94 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
96 * Core image manipulation support
97 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
98 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
99 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
100 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
101 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
102 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
103 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
104 now separated by ':' instead of ','
105 * Access filter architecture
106 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
107 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
111 * Support for SOCKS proxy
112 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
113 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
114 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
115 * Better support for Kasenna streams
116 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
117 * Massive Matroska improvements
118 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
120 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
121 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
122 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
123 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
124 * Support for FTP over IPv6
127 * Dirac decoder and encoder
128 * PNG decoder/encoder
129 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
130 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
133 * New Record and Timeshift filters
136 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
137 * Brand new SAP module
138 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
139 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
140 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
141 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
142 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
143 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
147 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
150 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
151 * Image file video output (png)
152 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
153 * Improvements to wall video filter
154 * Support for font color and opacity
160 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
161 - Seeking support in VoD streams
162 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
166 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
167 - Improved preferences
168 - Improvements to the wizard
169 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
171 - Redesigned playlist
172 - Improved preferences
174 - Support for multiple actions
177 - Support for the new playlist system
179 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
182 * Screensaver disabling fix
183 * DirectShow tuner configuration
184 * Support for no-decoration windows
187 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
188 * The OpenGL video output is back
189 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
190 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
191 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
192 is not yet available in the new module
193 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
196 * Support for single-buffered overlay
205 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
208 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
211 The following languages were added:
217 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
218 -----------------------------------------------------
221 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
222 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
225 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
226 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
227 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
230 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
233 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
236 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
239 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
240 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
241 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
245 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
247 * Support of playlist group announcement
249 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
250 -----------------------------------------------------
253 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
254 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
255 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
256 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
257 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
258 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
261 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
262 (Stream your desktop)
263 * Improved DVD support:
264 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
265 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
266 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
267 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
268 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
269 (selection of titles/chapters).
272 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
273 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
274 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
275 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
276 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
277 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
278 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
279 * Improved Ogg demuxer
280 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
281 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
284 * G.726 audio support
285 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
286 * MPEG-4 text support
287 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
288 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
289 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
293 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
294 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
295 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
296 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
297 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
298 * DVB subtitles encoder
299 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
300 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
302 * Text track muxing for mp4
303 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
304 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
305 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
306 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
307 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
310 * H.263 RTP streaming support
311 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
312 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
315 * New audio equalizer filter
316 * Very trivial volume normalizer
317 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
318 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
319 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
322 * Roku HD1000 Video output
323 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
324 with support for effects.
325 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
326 - New filters can be streamed.
327 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
328 - Centralized scaling and blending
330 - "time", to display current time
331 - "marq", to display a marquee
334 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
335 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
336 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
337 * A few skins2 improvements
338 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
339 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
340 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
341 * Improved CORBA control module
344 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
345 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
346 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
349 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
350 * Experimental SVG rendering module
351 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
354 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
355 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
356 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
357 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
358 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
361 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
364 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
365 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
368 * Server/client network synchronization module
369 * VBrick streams fully supported
370 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
373 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
374 --------------------------------
377 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
378 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
379 * Improved HTTP daemon.
380 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
383 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
384 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
385 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
386 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
387 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
388 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
389 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
392 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
393 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
394 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
395 * Improved directory access module.
396 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
397 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
398 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
399 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
400 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
403 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
404 * mmsh streaming fixes.
405 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
408 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
409 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
410 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
413 * Improved session announcement system.
414 * Minimize threads usage by default.
415 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
416 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
417 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
418 * Improved transrater.
419 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
420 * New configuration system.
421 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
424 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
425 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
426 * Supports live streams and VoD.
427 * Supports scheduling.
428 * Telnet interface for vlm.
429 * HTTP interface for vlm.
432 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
433 - Ability to embed video output.
434 - Support for bitmap fonts.
435 - Lots of improvements.
436 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
437 - New design and set of icons.
438 - Ability to embed video output.
439 - Support for hotkeys.
440 - Support for bookmarks.
442 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
443 - Better hotkeys handling.
446 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
447 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
448 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
449 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
452 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
453 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
454 * Improved Windows installer.
460 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
461 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
463 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
464 ---------------------------------
467 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
468 * Playing MOD files is working now.
471 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
472 ---------------------------------
475 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
476 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
479 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
480 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
481 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
482 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
485 * Internal improvments
486 * Improved import/export
489 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
491 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
492 small and strange formats.
494 * New MOD audio demux.
495 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
496 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
497 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
498 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
501 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
502 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
503 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
509 * New opengl video output plugin.
512 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
513 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
515 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
516 ---------------------------------
519 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
520 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
521 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
522 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
523 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
524 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
525 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
526 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
529 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
534 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
535 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
536 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
537 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
538 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
539 * Reworked DVB tuning.
540 * Better Icecast support.
541 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
542 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
545 * Support for Theora video encoding.
546 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
547 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
548 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
549 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
550 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
551 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
554 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
555 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
556 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
557 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
558 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
559 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
560 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
561 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
562 * Preliminary RTP support.
563 * Fixes to SAP announces.
568 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
569 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
571 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
572 - Improvements and help in preferences
573 - New streaming wizard
574 - Revised Disc Open menu
576 - Improvements of the standard pages
577 - Support for new commands
578 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
581 * Many fixes to the SAP module
582 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
585 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
586 * Text subtitles autodetection.
587 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
588 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
589 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
590 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
591 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
592 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
593 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
596 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
598 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
599 * Support for Panther.
600 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
601 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
604 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
605 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
606 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
607 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
608 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
609 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
610 * Multimonitor support (untested).
611 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
614 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
615 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
616 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
619 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
622 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
623 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
624 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
625 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
627 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
628 ---------------------------------
631 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
634 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
635 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
638 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
639 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
642 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
645 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
646 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
649 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
652 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
655 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
656 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
659 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
660 ---------------------------------
663 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
664 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
668 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
669 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
670 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
672 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
673 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
676 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
679 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
682 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
683 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
686 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
687 ---------------------------------
690 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
691 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
695 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
696 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
697 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
698 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
699 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
702 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
703 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
704 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
707 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
708 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
709 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
712 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
713 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
714 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
715 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
716 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
719 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
720 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
721 * A new CORBA control plugin.
724 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
727 * Improved build system.
728 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
729 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
730 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
731 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
734 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
735 ---------------------------------
738 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
741 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
742 * Fixed large file support on Windows
743 * Video 4 Linux support
744 * CD Digital Audio support
745 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
748 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
749 * Support for OpenDML avi files
750 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
751 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
754 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
755 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
756 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
757 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
758 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
759 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
760 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
763 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
764 * New HTTP remote control interface
767 * 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.
768 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
769 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
770 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
773 * New reset option for the preferences
774 * You can set your language in the prefences
775 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
776 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
777 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
778 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
781 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
782 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
783 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
786 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
787 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
788 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
789 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
790 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
791 * New icons by Davor Orel.
792 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
793 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
794 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
795 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
798 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
799 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
800 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
801 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
802 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
803 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
804 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
807 * Interface localization
808 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
809 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
810 * New full-featured Preferences window
812 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
813 ---------------------------------
816 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
817 * support for skins at the interface level
818 * new OSD module using Freetype2
819 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
820 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
821 input level before dropping out of date frames.
822 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
825 * fixed HTTP redirects
826 * support for opening an entire directory
827 * EOF should be detected more reliably
828 * new video4linux access plug-in
829 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
832 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
833 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
834 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
837 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
838 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
839 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
840 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
841 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
842 * new codec for raw I420 video
843 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
846 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
847 (although it still misses some important features)
848 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
851 * new HTTP output support
852 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
853 * fixed AV synchronization issues
856 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
859 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
862 * reorderable playlist
863 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
864 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
865 * support for mono audio output devices
866 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
867 * fixed several cosmetic issues
868 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
869 * the messages window remembers more lines
870 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
871 * http and ogg stream output options
872 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
875 * new skinnable interface
876 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
878 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
879 * support for FLAC audio format
880 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
882 * network tab in the interface
883 * "apply" handling in preferences
886 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
887 ---------------------------------
890 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
891 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
892 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
893 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
895 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
899 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
900 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
901 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
902 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
905 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
906 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
909 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
912 * fixed the GNU-pth support
915 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
917 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
918 * rc interface is now fully useable
919 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
922 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
923 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
924 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
925 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
926 * VLC now uses the default audio device
928 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
929 * support for mouse gestures
930 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
933 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
934 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
937 * improved ID3 tag detection
938 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
939 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
940 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
942 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
945 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
946 ---------------------------------
949 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
950 English was set as the preferred language
953 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
954 --------------------------------
957 * new mouse gesture interface
958 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
962 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
963 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
964 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
967 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
968 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
972 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
975 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
976 without the user consent
979 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
981 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
982 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
983 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
986 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
987 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
988 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
989 * playlist enhancements
990 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
991 * new step forward/step backward commands
992 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
993 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
994 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
997 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
998 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
999 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1002 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1003 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1006 * native video output is working again
1007 * only commandline interface support
1008 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1011 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1012 --------------------------------
1015 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1016 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1017 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1018 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1019 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1020 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1021 and A/52 streams are supported)
1022 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1027 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1028 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1029 * VCD entry points support
1030 * VCD image file support
1033 * support for *.asf format
1034 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1035 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1036 * support for ogg encapsulation
1037 * support for raw DV format
1038 * support for *.wav format
1039 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1042 Stream discovery & playlists:
1043 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1044 * support for .m3u file format
1045 * support for .asx file format
1046 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1049 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1050 (only available with the .avi demux)
1051 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1052 * support for raw PCM data
1053 * support for Cinepak video codec
1054 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1055 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1056 * support for Xvid codec
1057 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1058 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1059 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1061 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1063 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1066 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1069 * new WxWindows interface
1070 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1071 device and the channels configuration
1072 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1073 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1074 format that VLC can play
1075 * new swedish translation
1076 * enhancements of the playlist window
1077 * new messages window to see debug info
1078 * fixed a few crashes
1081 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1082 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1083 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1084 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working