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 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
80 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
81 -----------------------------------------------------------
82 Various bugfixes, notably:
83 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
84 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
85 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
86 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
87 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
88 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
91 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
92 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
95 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
97 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
98 * Diverse usability improvements
99 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
100 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
101 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
104 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
105 ---------------------------------
108 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
111 * Fullscreen controller improvements
114 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
115 --------------------------------
118 * Shoutcast TV listings support
121 * Support for RTSP authentication
122 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
123 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
124 * ATSC support for DVB input
125 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
126 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
127 * Improved support for Flash Video files
130 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
131 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
132 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
133 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
134 * Matroska WavPack support
135 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
136 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
137 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
140 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
141 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
142 * Improved libcaca support
146 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
147 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
149 * Systray support in skins
151 * Support for Apple Remote control
152 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
153 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
154 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
155 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
157 * Notifications using notification-daemon
160 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
162 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
163 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
164 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
165 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
166 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
168 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
169 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
178 * Updates to the libvlc API
179 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
183 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
184 ---------------------------------
187 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
188 * Support for downloading updates
192 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
193 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
194 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
195 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
197 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
198 * Improved subtitles encoding support
199 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
202 * Cook (Real audio) support
204 Playlist / Services discovery:
205 * XSPF playlist support
207 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
210 * New JACK audio output
214 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
215 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
216 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
217 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
218 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
219 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
222 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
225 * System to inform the user and request information
226 - HTTP authentication
230 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
231 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
232 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
235 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
236 - Improved playlist handling
237 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
239 - Embedded Video output
240 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
241 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
242 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
243 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
244 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
246 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
247 - A bunch of new RPN functions
250 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
253 * Mac-Intel compatibility
254 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
255 * Growl "Now playing" support
258 * Ability to log to syslog
259 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
262 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
264 * A bit more automatic testing
266 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
267 ---------------------------------
270 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
271 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
274 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
275 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
278 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
281 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
282 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
288 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
290 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
291 --------------------------------
294 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
298 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
299 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
300 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
303 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
304 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
305 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
306 * GnomeVFS input module
307 * Support for RTP packet reordering
308 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
311 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
312 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
313 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
316 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
317 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
323 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
324 Mixer and Dolby Surround
327 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
328 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
329 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
332 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
334 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
335 - New extended controls panel
336 - New bookmarks window
337 - Fixed playlist sorting
338 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
340 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
341 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
342 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
343 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
347 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
348 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
350 - Include macro to include other files
354 * Should now work outside IE as well
357 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
360 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
361 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
364 The following languages were added:
369 The following languages were re-added:
372 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
373 --------------------------------
376 * Rewrite of the playlist
378 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
379 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
380 * Preferences improvements:
381 - New organization, designed to improve usability
382 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
384 * Core image manipulation support
385 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
386 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
387 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
388 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
389 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
390 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
391 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
392 now separated by ':' instead of ','
393 * Access filter architecture
394 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
395 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
399 * Support for SOCKS proxy
400 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
401 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
402 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
403 * Better support for Kasenna streams
404 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
405 * Massive Matroska improvements
406 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
408 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
409 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
410 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
411 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
412 * Support for FTP over IPv6
415 * Dirac decoder and encoder
416 * PNG decoder/encoder
417 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
418 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
421 * New Record and Timeshift filters
424 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
425 * Brand new SAP module
426 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
427 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
428 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
429 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
430 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
431 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
435 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
438 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
439 * Image file video output (png)
440 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
441 * Improvements to wall video filter
442 * Support for font color and opacity
448 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
449 - Seeking support in VoD streams
450 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
454 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
455 - Improved preferences
456 - Improvements to the wizard
457 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
459 - Redesigned playlist
460 - Improved preferences
462 - Support for multiple actions
465 - Support for the new playlist system
467 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
470 * Screensaver disabling fix
471 * DirectShow tuner configuration
472 * Support for no-decoration windows
475 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
476 * The OpenGL video output is back
477 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
478 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
479 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
480 is not yet available in the new module
481 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
484 * Support for single-buffered overlay
493 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
496 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
499 The following languages were added:
505 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
506 -----------------------------------------------------
509 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
510 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
513 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
514 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
515 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
518 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
521 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
524 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
527 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
528 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
529 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
533 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
535 * Support of playlist group announcement
537 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
538 -----------------------------------------------------
541 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
542 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
543 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
544 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
545 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
546 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
549 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
550 (Stream your desktop)
551 * Improved DVD support:
552 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
553 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
554 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
555 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
556 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
557 (selection of titles/chapters).
560 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
561 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
562 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
563 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
564 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
565 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
566 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
567 * Improved Ogg demuxer
568 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
569 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
572 * G.726 audio support
573 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
574 * MPEG-4 text support
575 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
576 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
577 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
581 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
582 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
583 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
584 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
585 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
586 * DVB subtitles encoder
587 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
588 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
590 * Text track muxing for mp4
591 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
592 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
593 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
594 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
595 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
598 * H.263 RTP streaming support
599 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
600 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
603 * New audio equalizer filter
604 * Very trivial volume normalizer
605 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
606 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
607 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
610 * Roku HD1000 Video output
611 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
612 with support for effects.
613 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
614 - New filters can be streamed.
615 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
616 - Centralized scaling and blending
618 - "time", to display current time
619 - "marq", to display a marquee
622 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
623 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
624 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
625 * A few skins2 improvements
626 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
627 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
628 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
629 * Improved CORBA control module
632 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
633 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
634 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
637 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
638 * Experimental SVG rendering module
639 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
642 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
643 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
644 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
645 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
646 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
649 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
652 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
653 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
656 * Server/client network synchronization module
657 * VBrick streams fully supported
658 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
661 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
662 --------------------------------
665 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
666 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
667 * Improved HTTP daemon.
668 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
671 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
672 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
673 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
674 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
675 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
676 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
677 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
680 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
681 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
682 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
683 * Improved directory access module.
684 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
685 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
686 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
687 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
688 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
691 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
692 * mmsh streaming fixes.
693 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
696 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
697 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
698 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
701 * Improved session announcement system.
702 * Minimize threads usage by default.
703 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
704 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
705 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
706 * Improved transrater.
707 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
708 * New configuration system.
709 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
712 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
713 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
714 * Supports live streams and VoD.
715 * Supports scheduling.
716 * Telnet interface for vlm.
717 * HTTP interface for vlm.
720 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
721 - Ability to embed video output.
722 - Support for bitmap fonts.
723 - Lots of improvements.
724 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
725 - New design and set of icons.
726 - Ability to embed video output.
727 - Support for hotkeys.
728 - Support for bookmarks.
730 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
731 - Better hotkeys handling.
734 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
735 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
736 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
737 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
740 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
741 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
742 * Improved Windows installer.
748 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
749 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
751 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
752 ---------------------------------
755 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
756 * Playing MOD files is working now.
759 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
760 ---------------------------------
763 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
764 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
767 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
768 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
769 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
770 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
773 * Internal improvments
774 * Improved import/export
777 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
779 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
780 small and strange formats.
782 * New MOD audio demux.
783 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
784 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
785 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
786 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
789 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
790 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
791 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
797 * New opengl video output plugin.
800 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
801 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
803 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
804 ---------------------------------
807 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
808 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
809 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
810 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
811 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
812 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
813 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
814 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
817 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
822 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
823 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
824 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
825 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
826 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
827 * Reworked DVB tuning.
828 * Better Icecast support.
829 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
830 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
833 * Support for Theora video encoding.
834 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
835 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
836 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
837 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
838 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
839 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
842 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
843 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
844 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
845 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
846 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
847 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
848 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
849 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
850 * Preliminary RTP support.
851 * Fixes to SAP announces.
856 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
857 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
859 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
860 - Improvements and help in preferences
861 - New streaming wizard
862 - Revised Disc Open menu
864 - Improvements of the standard pages
865 - Support for new commands
866 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
869 * Many fixes to the SAP module
870 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
873 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
874 * Text subtitles autodetection.
875 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
876 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
877 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
878 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
879 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
880 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
881 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
884 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
886 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
887 * Support for Panther.
888 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
889 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
892 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
893 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
894 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
895 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
896 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
897 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
898 * Multimonitor support (untested).
899 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
902 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
903 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
904 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
907 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
910 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
911 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
912 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
913 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
915 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
916 ---------------------------------
919 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
922 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
923 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
926 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
927 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
930 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
933 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
934 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
937 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
940 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
943 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
944 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
947 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
948 ---------------------------------
951 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
952 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
956 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
957 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
958 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
960 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
961 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
964 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
967 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
970 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
971 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
974 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
975 ---------------------------------
978 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
979 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
983 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
984 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
985 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
986 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
987 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
990 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
991 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
992 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
995 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
996 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
997 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1000 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1001 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1002 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1003 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1004 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1007 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1008 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1009 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1012 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1015 * Improved build system.
1016 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1017 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1018 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1019 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1022 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1023 ---------------------------------
1026 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1029 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1030 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1031 * Video 4 Linux support
1032 * CD Digital Audio support
1033 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1036 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1037 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1038 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1039 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1042 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1043 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1044 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1045 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1046 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1047 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1048 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1051 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1052 * New HTTP remote control interface
1055 * 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.
1056 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1057 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1058 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1061 * New reset option for the preferences
1062 * You can set your language in the prefences
1063 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1064 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1065 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1066 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1069 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1070 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1071 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1074 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1075 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1076 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1077 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1078 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1079 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1080 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1081 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1082 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1083 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1086 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1087 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1088 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1089 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1090 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1091 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1092 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1095 * Interface localization
1096 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1097 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1098 * New full-featured Preferences window
1100 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1101 ---------------------------------
1104 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1105 * support for skins at the interface level
1106 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1107 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1108 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1109 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1110 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1113 * fixed HTTP redirects
1114 * support for opening an entire directory
1115 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1116 * new video4linux access plug-in
1117 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1120 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1121 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1122 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1125 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1126 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1127 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1128 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1129 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1130 * new codec for raw I420 video
1131 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1134 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1135 (although it still misses some important features)
1136 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1139 * new HTTP output support
1140 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1141 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1144 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1147 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1150 * reorderable playlist
1151 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1152 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1153 * support for mono audio output devices
1154 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1155 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1156 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1157 * the messages window remembers more lines
1158 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1159 * http and ogg stream output options
1160 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1163 * new skinnable interface
1164 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1166 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1167 * support for FLAC audio format
1168 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1170 * network tab in the interface
1171 * "apply" handling in preferences
1174 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1175 ---------------------------------
1178 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1179 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1180 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1181 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1183 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1184 * DTS S/PDIF support
1187 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1188 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1189 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1190 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1193 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1194 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1197 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1200 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1203 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1205 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1206 * rc interface is now fully useable
1207 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1210 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1211 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1212 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1213 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1214 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1216 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1217 * support for mouse gestures
1218 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1221 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1222 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1225 * improved ID3 tag detection
1226 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1227 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1228 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1230 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1233 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1234 ---------------------------------
1237 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1238 English was set as the preferred language
1241 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1242 --------------------------------
1245 * new mouse gesture interface
1246 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1250 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1251 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1252 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1255 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1256 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1260 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1263 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1264 without the user consent
1267 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1269 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1270 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1271 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1274 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1275 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1276 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1277 * playlist enhancements
1278 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1279 * new step forward/step backward commands
1280 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1281 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1282 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1285 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1286 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1287 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1290 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1291 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1294 * native video output is working again
1295 * only commandline interface support
1296 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1299 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1300 --------------------------------
1303 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1304 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1305 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1306 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1307 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1308 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1309 and A/52 streams are supported)
1310 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1315 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1316 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1317 * VCD entry points support
1318 * VCD image file support
1321 * support for *.asf format
1322 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1323 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1324 * support for ogg encapsulation
1325 * support for raw DV format
1326 * support for *.wav format
1327 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1330 Stream discovery & playlists:
1331 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1332 * support for .m3u file format
1333 * support for .asx file format
1334 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1337 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1338 (only available with the .avi demux)
1339 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1340 * support for raw PCM data
1341 * support for Cinepak video codec
1342 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1343 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1344 * support for Xvid codec
1345 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1346 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1347 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1349 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1351 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1354 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1357 * new WxWindows interface
1358 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1359 device and the channels configuration
1360 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1361 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1362 format that VLC can play
1363 * new swedish translation
1364 * enhancements of the playlist window
1365 * new messages window to see debug info
1366 * fixed a few crashes
1369 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1370 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1371 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1372 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working