3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
41 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
42 * MKV USF subtitles support
43 * HTML based subtitles support
44 * Flash Screen Video support
47 * Flash Screen Video support
49 Video output and filters:
50 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
51 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
52 * New puzzle video output filter
53 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
54 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
56 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
57 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
58 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
60 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
61 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
62 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
63 was previously part of the mosaic module.
66 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
70 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
72 * Improved user interaction
74 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
77 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
78 ----------------------------------
79 Various bugfixes notably:
80 * out-of-bound read in demuxers
81 * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
82 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
83 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
86 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
87 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
90 * rectified behaviour and improved usability
92 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
93 * diverse usability improvements
94 * new wizard option to include subtitles
95 * screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
96 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
99 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
100 ---------------------------------
103 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
106 * Fullscreen controller improvements
109 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
110 --------------------------------
113 * Shoutcast TV listings support
116 * Support for RTSP authentication
117 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
118 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
119 * ATSC support for DVB input
120 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
121 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
122 * Improved support for Flash Video files
125 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
126 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
127 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
128 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
129 * Matroska WavPack support
130 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
131 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
132 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
135 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
136 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
137 * Improved libcaca support
141 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
142 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
144 * Systray support in skins
146 * Support for Apple Remote control
147 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
148 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
149 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
150 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
152 * Notifications using notification-daemon
155 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
157 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
158 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
159 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
160 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
161 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
163 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
164 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
173 * Updates to the libvlc API
174 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
178 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
179 ---------------------------------
182 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
183 * Support for downloading updates
187 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
188 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
189 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
190 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
192 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
193 * Improved subtitles encoding support
194 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
197 * Cook (Real audio) support
199 Playlist / Services discovery:
200 * XSPF playlist support
202 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
205 * New JACK audio output
209 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
210 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
211 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
212 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
213 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
214 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
217 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
220 * System to inform the user and request information
221 - HTTP authentication
225 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
226 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
227 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
230 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
231 - Improved playlist handling
232 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
234 - Embedded Video output
235 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
236 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
237 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
238 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
239 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
241 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
242 - A bunch of new RPN functions
245 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
248 * Mac-Intel compatibility
249 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
250 * Growl "Now playing" support
253 * Ability to log to syslog
254 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
257 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
259 * A bit more automatic testing
261 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
262 ---------------------------------
265 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
266 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
269 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
270 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
273 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
276 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
277 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
283 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
285 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
286 --------------------------------
289 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
293 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
294 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
295 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
298 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
299 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
300 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
301 * GnomeVFS input module
302 * Support for RTP packet reordering
303 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
306 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
307 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
308 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
311 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
312 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
318 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
319 Mixer and Dolby Surround
322 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
323 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
324 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
327 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
329 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
330 - New extended controls panel
331 - New bookmarks window
332 - Fixed playlist sorting
333 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
335 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
336 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
337 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
338 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
342 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
343 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
345 - Include macro to include other files
349 * Should now work outside IE as well
352 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
355 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
356 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
359 The following languages were added:
364 The following languages were re-added:
367 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
368 --------------------------------
371 * Rewrite of the playlist
373 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
374 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
375 * Preferences improvements:
376 - New organization, designed to improve usability
377 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
379 * Core image manipulation support
380 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
381 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
382 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
383 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
384 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
385 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
386 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
387 now separated by ':' instead of ','
388 * Access filter architecture
389 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
390 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
394 * Support for SOCKS proxy
395 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
396 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
397 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
398 * Better support for Kasenna streams
399 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
400 * Massive Matroska improvements
401 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
403 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
404 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
405 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
406 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
407 * Support for FTP over IPv6
410 * Dirac decoder and encoder
411 * PNG decoder/encoder
412 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
413 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
416 * New Record and Timeshift filters
419 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
420 * Brand new SAP module
421 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
422 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
423 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
424 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
425 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
426 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
430 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
433 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
434 * Image file video output (png)
435 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
436 * Improvements to wall video filter
437 * Support for font color and opacity
443 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
444 - Seeking support in VoD streams
445 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
449 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
450 - Improved preferences
451 - Improvements to the wizard
452 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
454 - Redesigned playlist
455 - Improved preferences
457 - Support for multiple actions
460 - Support for the new playlist system
462 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
465 * Screensaver disabling fix
466 * DirectShow tuner configuration
467 * Support for no-decoration windows
470 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
471 * The OpenGL video output is back
472 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
473 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
474 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
475 is not yet available in the new module
476 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
479 * Support for single-buffered overlay
488 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
491 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
494 The following languages were added:
500 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
501 -----------------------------------------------------
504 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
505 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
508 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
509 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
510 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
513 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
516 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
519 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
522 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
523 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
524 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
528 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
530 * Support of playlist group announcement
532 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
533 -----------------------------------------------------
536 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
537 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
538 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
539 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
540 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
541 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
544 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
545 (Stream your desktop)
546 * Improved DVD support:
547 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
548 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
549 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
550 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
551 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
552 (selection of titles/chapters).
555 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
556 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
557 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
558 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
559 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
560 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
561 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
562 * Improved Ogg demuxer
563 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
564 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
567 * G.726 audio support
568 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
569 * MPEG-4 text support
570 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
571 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
572 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
576 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
577 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
578 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
579 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
580 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
581 * DVB subtitles encoder
582 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
583 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
585 * Text track muxing for mp4
586 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
587 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
588 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
589 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
590 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
593 * H.263 RTP streaming support
594 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
595 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
598 * New audio equalizer filter
599 * Very trivial volume normalizer
600 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
601 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
602 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
605 * Roku HD1000 Video output
606 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
607 with support for effects.
608 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
609 - New filters can be streamed.
610 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
611 - Centralized scaling and blending
613 - "time", to display current time
614 - "marq", to display a marquee
617 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
618 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
619 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
620 * A few skins2 improvements
621 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
622 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
623 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
624 * Improved CORBA control module
627 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
628 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
629 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
632 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
633 * Experimental SVG rendering module
634 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
637 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
638 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
639 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
640 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
641 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
644 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
647 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
648 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
651 * Server/client network synchronization module
652 * VBrick streams fully supported
653 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
656 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
657 --------------------------------
660 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
661 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
662 * Improved HTTP daemon.
663 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
666 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
667 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
668 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
669 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
670 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
671 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
672 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
675 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
676 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
677 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
678 * Improved directory access module.
679 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
680 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
681 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
682 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
683 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
686 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
687 * mmsh streaming fixes.
688 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
691 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
692 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
693 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
696 * Improved session announcement system.
697 * Minimize threads usage by default.
698 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
699 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
700 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
701 * Improved transrater.
702 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
703 * New configuration system.
704 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
707 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
708 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
709 * Supports live streams and VoD.
710 * Supports scheduling.
711 * Telnet interface for vlm.
712 * HTTP interface for vlm.
715 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
716 - Ability to embed video output.
717 - Support for bitmap fonts.
718 - Lots of improvements.
719 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
720 - New design and set of icons.
721 - Ability to embed video output.
722 - Support for hotkeys.
723 - Support for bookmarks.
725 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
726 - Better hotkeys handling.
729 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
730 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
731 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
732 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
735 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
736 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
737 * Improved Windows installer.
743 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
744 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
746 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
747 ---------------------------------
750 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
751 * Playing MOD files is working now.
754 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
755 ---------------------------------
758 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
759 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
762 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
763 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
764 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
765 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
768 * Internal improvments
769 * Improved import/export
772 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
774 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
775 small and strange formats.
777 * New MOD audio demux.
778 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
779 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
780 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
781 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
784 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
785 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
786 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
792 * New opengl video output plugin.
795 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
796 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
798 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
799 ---------------------------------
802 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
803 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
804 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
805 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
806 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
807 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
808 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
809 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
812 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
817 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
818 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
819 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
820 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
821 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
822 * Reworked DVB tuning.
823 * Better Icecast support.
824 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
825 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
828 * Support for Theora video encoding.
829 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
830 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
831 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
832 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
833 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
834 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
837 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
838 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
839 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
840 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
841 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
842 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
843 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
844 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
845 * Preliminary RTP support.
846 * Fixes to SAP announces.
851 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
852 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
854 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
855 - Improvements and help in preferences
856 - New streaming wizard
857 - Revised Disc Open menu
859 - Improvements of the standard pages
860 - Support for new commands
861 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
864 * Many fixes to the SAP module
865 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
868 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
869 * Text subtitles autodetection.
870 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
871 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
872 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
873 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
874 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
875 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
876 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
879 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
881 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
882 * Support for Panther.
883 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
884 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
887 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
888 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
889 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
890 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
891 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
892 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
893 * Multimonitor support (untested).
894 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
897 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
898 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
899 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
902 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
905 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
906 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
907 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
908 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
910 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
911 ---------------------------------
914 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
917 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
918 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
921 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
922 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
925 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
928 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
929 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
932 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
935 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
938 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
939 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
942 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
943 ---------------------------------
946 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
947 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
951 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
952 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
953 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
955 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
956 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
959 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
962 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
965 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
966 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
969 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
970 ---------------------------------
973 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
974 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
978 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
979 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
980 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
981 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
982 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
985 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
986 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
987 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
990 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
991 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
992 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
995 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
996 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
997 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
998 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
999 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1002 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1003 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1004 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1007 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1010 * Improved build system.
1011 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1012 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1013 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1014 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1017 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1018 ---------------------------------
1021 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1024 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1025 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1026 * Video 4 Linux support
1027 * CD Digital Audio support
1028 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1031 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1032 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1033 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1034 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1037 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1038 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1039 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1040 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1041 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1042 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1043 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1046 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1047 * New HTTP remote control interface
1050 * 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.
1051 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1052 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1053 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1056 * New reset option for the preferences
1057 * You can set your language in the prefences
1058 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1059 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1060 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1061 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1064 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1065 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1066 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1069 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1070 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1071 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1072 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1073 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1074 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1075 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1076 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1077 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1078 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1081 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1082 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1083 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1084 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1085 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1086 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1087 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1090 * Interface localization
1091 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1092 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1093 * New full-featured Preferences window
1095 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1096 ---------------------------------
1099 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1100 * support for skins at the interface level
1101 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1102 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1103 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1104 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1105 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1108 * fixed HTTP redirects
1109 * support for opening an entire directory
1110 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1111 * new video4linux access plug-in
1112 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1115 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1116 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1117 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1120 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1121 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1122 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1123 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1124 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1125 * new codec for raw I420 video
1126 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1129 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1130 (although it still misses some important features)
1131 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1134 * new HTTP output support
1135 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1136 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1139 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1142 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1145 * reorderable playlist
1146 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1147 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1148 * support for mono audio output devices
1149 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1150 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1151 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1152 * the messages window remembers more lines
1153 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1154 * http and ogg stream output options
1155 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1158 * new skinnable interface
1159 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1161 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1162 * support for FLAC audio format
1163 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1165 * network tab in the interface
1166 * "apply" handling in preferences
1169 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1170 ---------------------------------
1173 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1174 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1175 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1176 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1178 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1179 * DTS S/PDIF support
1182 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1183 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1184 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1185 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1188 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1189 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1192 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1195 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1198 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1200 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1201 * rc interface is now fully useable
1202 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1205 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1206 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1207 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1208 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1209 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1211 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1212 * support for mouse gestures
1213 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1216 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1217 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1220 * improved ID3 tag detection
1221 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1222 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1223 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1225 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1228 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1229 ---------------------------------
1232 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1233 English was set as the preferred language
1236 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1237 --------------------------------
1240 * new mouse gesture interface
1241 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1245 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1246 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1247 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1250 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1251 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1255 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1258 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1259 without the user consent
1262 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1264 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1265 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1266 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1269 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1270 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1271 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1272 * playlist enhancements
1273 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1274 * new step forward/step backward commands
1275 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1276 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1277 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1280 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1281 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1282 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1285 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1286 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1289 * native video output is working again
1290 * only commandline interface support
1291 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1294 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1295 --------------------------------
1298 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1299 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1300 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1301 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1302 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1303 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1304 and A/52 streams are supported)
1305 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1310 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1311 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1312 * VCD entry points support
1313 * VCD image file support
1316 * support for *.asf format
1317 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1318 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1319 * support for ogg encapsulation
1320 * support for raw DV format
1321 * support for *.wav format
1322 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1325 Stream discovery & playlists:
1326 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1327 * support for .m3u file format
1328 * support for .asx file format
1329 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1332 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1333 (only available with the .avi demux)
1334 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1335 * support for raw PCM data
1336 * support for Cinepak video codec
1337 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1338 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1339 * support for Xvid codec
1340 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1341 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1342 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1344 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1346 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1349 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1352 * new WxWindows interface
1353 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1354 device and the channels configuration
1355 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1356 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1357 format that VLC can play
1358 * new swedish translation
1359 * enhancements of the playlist window
1360 * new messages window to see debug info
1361 * fixed a few crashes
1364 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1365 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1366 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1367 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working