1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
6 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
7 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
8 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
9 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
10 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
11 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
12 --http-crl (optional CRL).
13 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
14 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
16 Important changes for packagers:
17 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
18 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
19 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
20 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
21 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
22 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
23 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
24 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
25 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
26 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
27 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
29 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
30 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
33 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
34 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
35 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
36 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
37 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
38 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
41 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
42 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
43 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
44 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
45 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
46 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
47 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
48 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
49 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
50 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
51 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
52 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
53 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
54 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
55 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
58 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
59 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
60 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
61 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
62 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
63 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
66 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
67 * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
68 * Ogg seeking improvements
69 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
70 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
71 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
72 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
75 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
76 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
77 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
78 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
79 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
80 and important cleanups and optimisations
81 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
82 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
83 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
84 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
85 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
86 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
87 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
88 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
89 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
90 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
91 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
94 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
95 * New video output for iOS platform
96 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
97 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
98 * Various vmem improvements
99 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
101 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
102 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
103 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which requires a Quartz Extreme capable Mac
106 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
107 * New audio output in memory (amem)
108 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
109 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
110 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
113 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
114 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
115 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
116 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
117 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
118 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
119 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
120 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
121 * New anti-flickering filter
122 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
123 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
124 blackbox and customizable shadow
127 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
130 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
131 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
132 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
133 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
134 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
135 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
136 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
137 * Major rework of VoD support
138 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
139 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
140 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
141 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
142 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
143 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
144 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
145 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
146 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
149 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
150 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
153 * New capabilities for libVLC:
154 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
155 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
156 list of available audio and video filters
157 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks, libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
158 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
161 * asademux: use libass only
162 * subsass: use libass
163 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
164 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
166 * upnp: use upnp_intel
167 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
168 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
169 * removal of the noise filter
170 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
173 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
174 ----------------------------------
177 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
178 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
181 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
182 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
183 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
184 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
185 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
187 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
188 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
189 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
191 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
192 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
195 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
198 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
201 * Fix quitting on Linux
202 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
206 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
209 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
212 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
213 ---------------------------------
215 Windows and Mac OS X:
216 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
219 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
220 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
223 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
226 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
229 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
231 Miscellaneous fixes in:
232 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
234 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
235 * RTP output and XML export
236 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
240 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
241 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
242 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
243 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
246 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
247 --------------------------------
249 Windows and Mac OS X:
250 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
253 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
256 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
257 * Improve Apple Remote handling
258 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
259 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
260 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
261 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
264 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
265 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
269 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
270 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
271 * New Luganda Translation
274 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
275 --------------------------------
278 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
281 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
282 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
283 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
284 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
287 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
289 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
290 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
291 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
292 * mp4 demuxer improvements
293 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
294 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
295 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
296 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
298 Miscellaneous fixes in:
299 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
300 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
301 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
302 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
303 * Configure and build system improvements
304 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
307 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
308 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
309 * New icelandic translation
312 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
313 --------------------------------
316 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
320 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
321 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
322 and stability reasons
325 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
329 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
332 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
333 ----------------------------------
336 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
339 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
340 ---------------------------------
343 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
344 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
345 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
346 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
349 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
352 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
353 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
354 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
355 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
358 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
359 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
360 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
362 Subtitles and renderer:
363 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
364 * Mark more freetype options as safe
365 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
366 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
367 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
370 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
371 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
372 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
373 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
376 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
377 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
380 * KDE device solid actions
382 * Transcode integer overflow
383 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
384 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
387 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
388 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
389 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
392 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
393 ----------------------------------
396 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
400 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
403 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
406 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
407 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
408 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
409 * Taglib thread-safety fix
412 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
416 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
419 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
422 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
423 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
425 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
429 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
430 * Miscellaneous fixes
433 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
434 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
436 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
437 * New Asturian translation
440 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
441 ----------------------------------
444 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
446 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
449 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
452 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
453 * Various fixes for Windows
456 * New Armenian translation
457 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
458 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
461 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
462 --------------------------------
465 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
467 * Fix folders opening from the interface
470 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
471 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
474 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
475 --------------------------------
478 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
479 * fix for podcasts parsing
480 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
483 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
484 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
487 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
488 * fix m3u playlists exports
491 * fix video autoresize behaviour
494 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
497 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
500 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
503 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
506 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
507 --------------------------------
510 * Avformat fps displaying fix
511 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
514 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
515 of mono streams, especially on Windows
518 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
519 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
520 * fix console output encoding
522 Interface and extensions:
523 * Youtube and other scripts updates
524 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
527 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
528 --------------------------------
531 * New capabilities for libVLC:
532 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
533 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
534 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
535 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
536 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
537 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
538 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
539 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
540 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
541 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
542 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
543 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
544 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
545 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
546 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
550 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
551 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
552 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
553 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
554 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
557 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
560 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
561 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
562 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
566 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
569 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
570 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
571 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
574 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
575 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
576 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
577 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
580 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
581 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
584 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
585 --------------------------------
587 Important changes for users:
588 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
589 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
591 Important changes for packagers:
592 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
593 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
594 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
595 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
596 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
598 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
600 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
601 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
602 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
603 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
604 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
607 * Support for the sftp protocol
608 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
609 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
610 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
611 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
612 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
615 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
616 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
617 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
619 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
620 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
621 * Invmem module improvements
622 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
623 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
624 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
625 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
626 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
627 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
628 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
629 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
630 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
631 * Support for VP8 codec
632 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
635 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
636 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
637 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
638 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
639 * Various EGP improvements
640 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
641 * Metadata and cover art improvements
644 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
645 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
646 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
647 * Podcast images are now displayed
650 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
651 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
652 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
653 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
654 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
655 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
656 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
657 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
658 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
659 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
660 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
663 * New content extensions lua framework
666 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
667 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
668 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
669 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
670 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
671 * NEON assembly audio converter module
672 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
675 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
676 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
677 * Service discovery based on libudev
678 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
681 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
682 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
683 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
684 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
685 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
686 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
687 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
690 * New smem module, streaming to memory
691 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
692 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
695 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
697 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
698 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
701 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
704 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
705 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
706 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
707 by Andy Matuschak et al.
708 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
709 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
710 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
713 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
714 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
717 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
718 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
719 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
723 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
724 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
725 * Improved Solaris port
728 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
729 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
732 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
733 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
734 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
735 * transrate: broken since too long
736 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
737 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
738 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
739 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
740 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
741 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
742 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
743 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
744 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
745 * cddax: use cdda instead.
746 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
747 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
748 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
749 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
752 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
753 --------------------------------
756 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
758 Decoders/Packetizers:
759 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
762 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
763 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
764 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
765 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
766 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
769 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
770 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
773 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
774 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
777 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
778 and Walloon translations updated
779 * Sinhala translation started
782 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
783 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
786 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
787 --------------------------------
790 * SubRip extra styles improvements
791 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
794 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
797 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
798 increase performance and fix x264 issues
801 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
802 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
803 Russian, Slovak translation updates
804 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
807 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
808 --------------------------------
811 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
812 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
815 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
816 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
819 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
820 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
823 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
826 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
827 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
830 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
831 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
834 * New Walloon translation
835 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
838 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
839 --------------------------------
842 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
843 regressions in most popular drivers
844 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
847 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
848 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
849 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
852 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
853 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
856 * Update for appletrailers lua script
857 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
858 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
859 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
860 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
863 * New udev module for linux
866 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
869 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
872 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
873 --------------------------------
876 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
877 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
878 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
881 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
882 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
885 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
886 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
889 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
892 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
893 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
894 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
895 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
898 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
899 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
900 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
901 - no support for Goom and SDL
902 - limited text rendering support
903 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
906 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
907 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
908 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
909 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
910 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
911 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
912 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
913 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
914 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
918 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
921 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
924 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
925 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
926 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
927 Arabic and French translation updates
930 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
931 --------------------------------
934 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
935 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
936 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
937 * Fix Dailymotion access script
938 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
939 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
942 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
943 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
946 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
947 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
948 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
951 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
954 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
955 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
958 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
959 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
960 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
961 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
962 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
963 * Fix various crashes
966 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
968 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
971 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
972 ---------------------------------
976 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
977 See 'Access:' for more info.
978 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
981 * Instantaneous pausing
982 * Frame-by-Frame playback
983 * Finer speed control
984 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
985 * Timeshift for most medias
986 * RTSP trickplay support
987 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
990 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
991 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
992 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
993 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
994 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
995 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
996 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
997 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
998 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
999 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1002 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1003 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1004 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1005 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1006 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1007 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1008 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1011 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1012 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1015 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1016 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1017 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1018 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1019 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1020 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1021 * DVB scanning on linux
1022 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1023 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1024 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1025 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1026 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1027 * MTP device access on Unix
1028 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1029 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1032 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1033 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1034 Windows and Mac OS X.
1037 * Export the playlist in HTML
1038 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1039 * Better metadata handling and reading
1041 Linux/Windows interface:
1042 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1043 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1044 * Recently played items list
1045 * Interface toolbar customizations
1046 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1047 - More menus actions
1048 - Finer speed slider
1049 - Improvements on many dialogs
1050 - New dialog for plugins listing
1051 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1052 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1053 * Better integration in GTK environments
1056 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1057 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1058 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1059 * Additional usability improvements
1062 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1063 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1064 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1065 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1066 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1069 * New Maemo port with:
1070 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1071 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1074 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1077 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1078 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1079 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1080 * Support for latest iSight models
1083 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1084 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1087 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1088 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1089 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1090 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1091 The old image video output has been removed.
1092 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1093 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1096 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1104 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1105 --------------------------------------
1111 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1112 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1113 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1114 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1115 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1116 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1117 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1119 Various fixes to the following modules:
1122 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1123 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1124 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1126 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1131 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1132 ---------------------------------
1135 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1136 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1139 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1140 ---------------------------------
1143 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1146 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1149 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1150 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1151 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1152 main controller window.
1153 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1156 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1161 * Updates of other localizations
1164 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1165 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1166 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1167 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1168 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1171 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1172 ---------------------------------
1175 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1177 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1180 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1181 --------------------------------
1186 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1187 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1190 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1191 --------------------------------
1193 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1194 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1197 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1200 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1201 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1204 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1205 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1208 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1209 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1210 * Various fixed in playlist
1213 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1216 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1219 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1220 ------------------------------------
1222 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1223 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1226 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1227 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1228 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1231 * Stability fix for the video output.
1234 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1235 --------------------------------
1238 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1239 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1240 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1241 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1242 * Fixed update system bugs
1243 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1246 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1247 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1248 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1249 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1250 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1251 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1252 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1253 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1254 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1255 modern Mac OS X versions
1258 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1259 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1261 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1262 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1265 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1266 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1267 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1268 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1269 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1270 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1273 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1274 --------------------------------
1276 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1277 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1278 * Multiple bugfixes.
1281 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1282 --------------------------------
1284 * Multiple bug fixes.
1287 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1288 ---------------------------------
1292 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1293 recent to work correctly
1294 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1295 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1296 edit the ".hosts" file.
1297 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1298 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1299 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1300 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1301 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1302 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1303 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1304 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1305 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1306 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1307 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1308 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1309 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1310 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1311 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1312 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1313 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1314 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1315 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1316 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1317 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1318 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1319 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1320 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1321 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1322 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1323 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1324 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1325 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1326 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1327 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1328 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1329 and postproc modules.
1330 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1331 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1332 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1333 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1335 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1336 filter. For example:
1337 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1338 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1340 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1341 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1347 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1349 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1350 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1353 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1354 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1356 * Shoutcast TV listings
1357 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1359 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1360 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1362 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1365 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1366 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1367 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1368 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1369 * JACK audio input support
1370 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1371 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1372 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1373 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1374 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1375 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1376 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1377 (available as a separate download).
1378 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1379 * RTMP input support
1380 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1381 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1382 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1384 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1385 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1388 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1389 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1390 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1391 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1393 * APEv1/2 tags support
1394 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1395 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1397 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1398 * TiVo Series 2 support
1399 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1404 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1405 * Flash Screen Video support
1406 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1407 * DosBox Capture support
1408 * Karl Morton's Video support
1409 * limited atrac3 support
1411 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1412 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1413 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1414 * H.264 PAFF support
1415 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1416 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1417 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1418 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1419 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1422 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1423 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1424 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1425 * AQTitle subtitles support
1426 * MKV USF subtitles support
1427 * HTML-based subtitles support
1428 * MPSub subtitles support
1429 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1430 * MPL2 subtitles support
1431 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1432 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1433 * Realtext subtitle support
1434 * DKS subtitle support
1435 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1436 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1439 * Flash Screen Video support
1440 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1442 Video outputs and filters:
1443 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1444 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1445 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1446 * New puzzle video output filter
1447 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1448 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1450 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1451 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1452 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1453 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1454 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1455 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1456 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1457 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1458 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1459 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1460 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1461 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1462 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1463 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1465 Audio outputs and filters:
1466 * Replay gain support
1467 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1468 new scaletempo audio filter)
1469 * New spatializer audio filter
1470 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1473 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1474 * New RTP payload formats:
1475 * Speex voice audio codec
1476 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1477 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1478 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1479 * DCCP transport for RTP
1480 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1485 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1486 end-user suitable way.
1487 * Improved user interaction
1488 * Improved mouse gestures
1489 * Vastly improved Update checker
1490 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1492 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1493 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1495 * Improved video output features
1496 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1497 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1498 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1499 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1500 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1502 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1503 if libncursesw is available.
1504 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1505 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1506 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1508 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1509 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1510 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1511 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1512 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1513 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1514 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1515 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1518 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1519 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1520 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1523 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1524 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1525 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1526 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1527 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1528 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1531 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1532 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1542 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1543 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1544 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1547 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1548 ----------------------------------
1551 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1554 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1555 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1556 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1557 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1558 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1559 * Updated Polish translation
1562 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1563 ----------------------------------
1566 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1567 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1568 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1571 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1572 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1573 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1574 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1575 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1576 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1577 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1578 to an unexpected application termination
1579 * New Serbian translation
1580 * Updated Romanian translation
1583 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1584 ----------------------------------
1587 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1588 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1589 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1590 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1591 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1592 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1593 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1594 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1597 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1598 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1599 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1600 * Fixed AAC resampling
1601 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1602 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1605 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1606 ----------------------------------
1609 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1610 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1611 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1612 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1613 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1616 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1617 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1618 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1619 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1620 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1623 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1624 ----------------------------------
1627 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1628 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1631 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1632 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1633 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1634 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1636 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1640 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1643 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1646 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1649 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1652 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1653 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1654 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1655 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1656 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1658 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1659 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1660 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1661 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1664 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1667 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1668 ----------------------------------
1671 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1672 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1673 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1675 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1676 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1678 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1679 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1682 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1684 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1685 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1686 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1687 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1688 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1689 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1690 two different movies
1691 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1692 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1693 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1696 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1699 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1700 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1701 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1702 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1705 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1706 ----------------------------------
1708 Various bugfixes, notably:
1709 * Windows Vista compatibility
1710 * Cropping in Direct3D
1711 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1712 * RSS filter string overflow
1714 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1716 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1717 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1720 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1721 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1724 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1727 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1730 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1733 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1734 ----------------------------------
1736 Various bugfixes, notably:
1737 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1738 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1739 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1740 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1741 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1742 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1745 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1746 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1749 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1751 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1752 * Diverse usability improvements
1753 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1754 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1755 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1758 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1759 ---------------------------------
1761 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1762 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1765 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1768 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1769 --------------------------------
1772 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1775 * Support for RTSP authentication
1776 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1777 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1778 * ATSC support for DVB input
1779 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1780 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1781 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1784 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1785 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1786 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1787 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1788 * Matroska WavPack support
1789 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1790 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1791 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1794 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1795 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1796 * Improved libcaca support
1800 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1801 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1803 * Systray support in skins
1805 * Support for Apple Remote control
1806 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1807 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1808 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1809 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1811 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1814 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1815 Windows 9x/ME users:
1816 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1817 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1818 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1819 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1820 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1822 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1823 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1832 * Updates to the libvlc API
1833 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1836 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1837 --------------------------------
1840 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1841 * Support for downloading updates
1845 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1846 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1847 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1848 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1850 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1851 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1852 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1855 * Cook (Real audio) support
1857 Playlist / Services discovery:
1858 * XSPF playlist support
1860 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1863 * New JACK audio output
1866 * New video filters:
1867 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1868 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1869 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1870 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1871 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1872 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1875 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1878 * System to inform the user and request information
1879 - HTTP authentication
1883 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1884 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1885 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1888 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1889 - Improved playlist handling
1890 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1892 - Embedded Video output
1893 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1894 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1895 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1896 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1897 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1899 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1900 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1903 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1906 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1907 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1908 * Growl "Now playing" support
1911 * Ability to log to syslog
1912 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1915 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1917 * A bit more automatic testing
1920 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1921 ---------------------------------
1924 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1925 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1928 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1929 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1932 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1935 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1936 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1942 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1945 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1946 --------------------------------
1949 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1953 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1954 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1955 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1958 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1959 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1960 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1961 * GnomeVFS input module
1962 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1963 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1966 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1967 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1968 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1971 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1972 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1978 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1979 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1982 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1983 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1984 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1987 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1989 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1990 - New extended controls panel
1991 - New bookmarks window
1992 - Fixed playlist sorting
1993 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1995 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1996 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1997 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1998 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2002 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2003 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2005 - Include macro to include other files
2009 * Should now work outside IE as well
2012 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2015 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2016 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2019 The following languages were added:
2023 * Simplified Chinese
2024 The following languages were re-added:
2028 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2029 --------------------------------
2032 * Rewrite of the playlist
2034 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2035 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2036 * Preferences improvements:
2037 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2038 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2040 * Core image manipulation support
2041 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2042 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2043 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2044 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2045 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2046 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2047 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2048 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2049 * Access filter architecture
2050 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2051 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2055 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2056 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2057 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2058 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2059 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2060 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2061 * Massive Matroska improvements
2062 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2064 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2065 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2066 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2067 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2068 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2070 Decoders / Encoders:
2071 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2072 * PNG decoder/encoder
2073 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2074 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2077 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2080 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2081 * Brand new SAP module
2082 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2083 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2084 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2085 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2086 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2087 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2091 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2094 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2095 * Image file video output (png)
2096 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2097 * Improvements to wall video filter
2098 * Support for font color and opacity
2104 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2105 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2106 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2110 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2111 - Improved preferences
2112 - Improvements to the wizard
2113 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2115 - Redesigned playlist
2116 - Improved preferences
2118 - Support for multiple actions
2121 - Support for the new playlist system
2123 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2126 * Screensaver disabling fix
2127 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2128 * Support for no-decoration windows
2131 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2132 * The OpenGL video output is back
2133 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2134 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2135 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2136 is not yet available in the new module
2137 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2140 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2149 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2152 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2155 The following languages were added:
2161 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2162 --------------------------------
2165 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2166 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2169 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2170 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2171 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2174 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2177 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2180 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2183 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2184 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2185 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2189 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2191 * Support of playlist group announcement
2194 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2195 --------------------------------
2198 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2199 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2200 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2201 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2202 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2203 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2206 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2207 (Stream your desktop)
2208 * Improved DVD support:
2209 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2210 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2211 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2212 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2213 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2214 (selection of titles/chapters).
2217 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2218 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2219 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2220 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2221 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2222 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2223 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2224 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2225 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2226 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2229 * G.726 audio support
2230 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2231 * MPEG-4 text support
2232 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2233 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2234 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2238 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2239 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2240 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2241 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2242 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2243 * DVB subtitles encoder
2244 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2245 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2247 * Text track muxing for mp4
2248 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2249 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2250 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2251 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2252 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2253 * Improved ASF muxer
2255 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2256 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2257 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2260 * New audio equalizer filter
2261 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2262 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2263 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2264 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2267 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2268 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2269 with support for effects.
2270 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2271 - New filters can be streamed.
2272 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2273 - Centralized scaling and blending
2275 - "time", to display current time
2276 - "marq", to display a marquee
2279 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2280 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2281 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2282 * A few skins2 improvements
2283 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2284 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2285 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2286 * Improved CORBA control module
2289 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2290 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2291 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2294 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2295 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2296 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2299 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2300 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2301 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2302 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2303 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2306 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2309 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2310 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2313 * Server/client network synchronization module
2314 * VBrick streams fully supported
2315 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2319 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2320 --------------------------------
2323 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2324 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2325 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2326 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2329 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2330 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2331 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2332 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2333 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2334 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2335 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2338 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2339 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2340 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2341 * Improved directory access module.
2342 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2343 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2344 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2345 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2346 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2349 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2350 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2351 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2354 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2355 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2356 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2359 * Improved session announcement system.
2360 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2361 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2362 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2363 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2364 * Improved transrater.
2365 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2366 * New configuration system.
2367 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2370 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2371 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2372 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2373 * Supports scheduling.
2374 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2375 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2378 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2379 - Ability to embed video output.
2380 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2381 - Lots of improvements.
2382 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2383 - New design and set of icons.
2384 - Ability to embed video output.
2385 - Support for hotkeys.
2386 - Support for bookmarks.
2388 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2389 - Better hotkeys handling.
2392 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2393 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2394 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2395 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2398 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2399 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2400 * Improved Windows installer.
2406 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2407 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2410 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2411 ---------------------------------
2414 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2415 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2418 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2419 --------------------------------
2422 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2423 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2426 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2427 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2428 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2429 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2432 * Internal improvments
2433 * Improved import/export
2436 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2438 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2439 small and strange formats.
2441 * New MOD audio demux.
2442 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2443 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2444 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2445 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2448 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2449 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2450 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2456 * New opengl video output plugin.
2459 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2460 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2463 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2464 --------------------------------
2467 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2468 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2469 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2470 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2471 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2472 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2473 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2474 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2477 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2482 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2483 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2484 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2485 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2486 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2487 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2488 * Better Icecast support.
2489 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2490 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2493 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2494 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2495 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2496 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2497 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2498 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2499 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2502 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2503 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2504 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2505 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2506 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2507 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2508 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2509 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2510 * Preliminary RTP support.
2511 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2516 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2517 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2519 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2520 - Improvements and help in preferences
2521 - New streaming wizard
2522 - Revised Disc Open menu
2524 - Improvements of the standard pages
2525 - Support for new commands
2526 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2529 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2530 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2533 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2534 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2535 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2536 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2537 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2538 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2539 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2540 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2541 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2544 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2546 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2547 * Support for Panther.
2548 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2549 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2552 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2553 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2554 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2555 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2556 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2557 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2558 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2559 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2562 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2563 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2564 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2567 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2570 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2571 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2572 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2573 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2576 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2577 --------------------------------
2580 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2583 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2584 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2587 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2588 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2591 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2594 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2595 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2598 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2601 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2604 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2605 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2609 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2610 --------------------------------
2613 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2614 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2618 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2619 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2620 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2622 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2623 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2626 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2629 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2632 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2633 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2637 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2638 --------------------------------
2641 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2642 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2646 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2647 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2648 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2649 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2650 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2653 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2654 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2655 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2658 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2659 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2660 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2663 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2664 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2665 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2666 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2667 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2670 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2671 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2672 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2675 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2678 * Improved build system.
2679 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2680 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2681 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2682 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2685 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2686 --------------------------------
2689 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2692 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2693 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2694 * Video 4 Linux support
2695 * CD Digital Audio support
2696 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2699 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2700 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2701 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2702 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2705 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2706 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2707 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2708 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2709 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2710 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2711 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2714 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2715 * New HTTP remote control interface
2718 * 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.
2719 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2720 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2721 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2724 * New reset option for the preferences
2725 * You can set your language in the prefences
2726 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2727 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2728 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2729 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2732 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2733 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2734 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2737 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2738 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2739 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2740 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2741 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2742 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2743 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2744 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2745 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2746 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2749 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2750 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2751 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2752 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2753 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2754 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2755 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2758 * Interface localization
2759 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2760 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2761 * New full-featured Preferences window
2764 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2765 --------------------------------
2768 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2769 * support for skins at the interface level
2770 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2771 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2772 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2773 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2774 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2777 * fixed HTTP redirects
2778 * support for opening an entire directory
2779 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2780 * new video4linux access plug-in
2781 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2784 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2785 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2786 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2789 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2790 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2791 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2792 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2793 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2794 * new codec for raw I420 video
2795 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2798 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2799 (although it still misses some important features)
2800 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2803 * new HTTP output support
2804 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2805 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2808 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2811 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2814 * reorderable playlist
2815 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2816 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2817 * support for mono audio output devices
2818 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2819 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2820 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2821 * the messages window remembers more lines
2822 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2823 * http and ogg stream output options
2824 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2827 * new skinnable interface
2828 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2830 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2831 * support for FLAC audio format
2832 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2834 * network tab in the interface
2835 * "apply" handling in preferences
2838 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2839 ---------------------------------
2842 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2843 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2844 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2845 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2847 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2848 * DTS S/PDIF support
2851 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2852 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2853 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2854 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2857 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2858 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2861 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2864 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2867 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2869 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2870 * rc interface is now fully useable
2871 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2874 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2875 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2876 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2877 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2878 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2880 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2881 * support for mouse gestures
2882 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2885 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2886 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2889 * improved ID3 tag detection
2890 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2891 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2892 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2894 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2897 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2898 ---------------------------------
2901 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2902 English was set as the preferred language
2905 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2906 --------------------------------
2909 * new mouse gesture interface
2910 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2914 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2915 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2916 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2919 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2920 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2924 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2927 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2928 without the user consent
2931 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2933 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2934 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2935 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2938 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2939 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2940 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2941 * playlist enhancements
2942 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2943 * new step forward/step backward commands
2944 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2945 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2946 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2949 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2950 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2951 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2954 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2955 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2958 * native video output is working again
2959 * only commandline interface support
2960 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2963 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2964 --------------------------------
2967 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2968 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2969 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2970 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2971 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2972 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2973 and A/52 streams are supported)
2974 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2979 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2980 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2981 * VCD entry points support
2982 * VCD image file support
2985 * support for *.asf format
2986 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2987 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2988 * support for ogg encapsulation
2989 * support for raw DV format
2990 * support for *.wav format
2991 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2994 Stream discovery & playlists:
2995 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2996 * support for .m3u file format
2997 * support for .asx file format
2998 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3001 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3002 (only available with the .avi demux)
3003 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3004 * support for raw PCM data
3005 * support for Cinepak video codec
3006 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3007 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3008 * support for Xvid codec
3009 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3010 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3011 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3013 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3015 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3018 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3021 * new WxWindows interface
3022 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3023 device and the channels configuration
3024 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3025 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3026 format that VLC can play
3027 * new swedish translation
3028 * enhancements of the playlist window
3029 * new messages window to see debug info
3030 * fixed a few crashes
3033 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3034 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3035 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3036 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working