3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-svn:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Rewrite of the playlist
10 * Support for single-buffered overlay
12 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
13 -----------------------------------------------------
16 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
17 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
20 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
21 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
22 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
25 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
28 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
31 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
34 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
35 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
39 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
41 * Support of playlist group announcement
43 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
44 -----------------------------------------------------
47 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
48 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
49 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
50 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
51 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
52 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
55 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
57 * Improved DVD support:
58 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
59 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
60 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
61 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
62 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
63 (selection of titles/chapters).
66 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
67 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
68 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
69 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
70 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
71 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
72 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
73 * Improved Ogg demuxer
74 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
75 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
79 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
81 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
82 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
83 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
87 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
88 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
89 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
90 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
91 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
92 * DVB subtitles encoder
93 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
94 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
96 * Text track muxing for mp4
97 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
98 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
99 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
100 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
101 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
104 * H.263 RTP streaming support
105 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
106 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
109 * New audio equalizer filter
110 * Very trivial volume normalizer
111 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
112 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
113 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
116 * Roku HD1000 Video output
117 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
118 with support for effects.
119 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
120 - New filters can be streamed.
121 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
122 - Centralized scaling and blending
124 - "time", to display current time
125 - "marq", to display a marquee
128 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
129 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
130 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
131 * A few skins2 improvements
132 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
133 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
134 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
135 * Improved CORBA control module
138 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
139 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
140 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
143 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
144 * Experimental SVG rendering module
145 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
148 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
149 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
150 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
151 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
152 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
155 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
158 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
159 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
162 * Server/client network synchronization module
163 * VBrick streams fully supported
164 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
167 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
168 --------------------------------
171 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
172 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
173 * Improved HTTP daemon.
174 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
177 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
178 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
179 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
180 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
181 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
182 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
183 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
186 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
187 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
188 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
189 * Improved directory access module.
190 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
191 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
192 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
193 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
194 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
197 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
198 * mmsh streaming fixes.
199 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
202 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
203 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
204 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
207 * Improved session announcement system.
208 * Minimize threads usage by default.
209 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
210 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
211 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
212 * Improved transrater.
213 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
214 * New configuration system.
215 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
218 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
219 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
220 * Supports live streams and VoD.
221 * Supports scheduling.
222 * Telnet interface for vlm.
223 * HTTP interface for vlm.
226 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
227 - Ability to embed video output.
228 - Support for bitmap fonts.
229 - Lots of improvements.
230 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
231 - New design and set of icons.
232 - Ability to embed video output.
233 - Support for hotkeys.
234 - Support for bookmarks.
236 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
237 - Better hotkeys handling.
240 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
241 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
242 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
243 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
246 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
247 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
248 * Improved Windows installer.
254 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
255 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
257 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
258 ---------------------------------
261 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
262 * Playing MOD files is working now.
265 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
266 ---------------------------------
269 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
270 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
273 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
274 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
275 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
276 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
279 * Internal improvments
280 * Improved import/export
283 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
285 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
286 small and strange formats.
288 * New MOD audio demux.
289 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
290 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
291 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
292 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
295 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
296 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
297 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
303 * New opengl video output plugin.
306 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
307 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
309 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
310 ---------------------------------
313 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
314 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
315 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
316 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
317 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
318 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
319 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
320 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
323 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
328 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
329 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
330 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
331 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
332 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
333 * Reworked DVB tuning.
334 * Better Icecast support.
335 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
336 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
339 * Support for Theora video encoding.
340 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
341 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
342 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
343 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
344 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
345 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
348 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
349 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
350 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
351 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
352 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
353 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
354 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
355 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
356 * Preliminary RTP support.
357 * Fixes to SAP announces.
362 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
363 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
365 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
366 - Improvements and help in preferences
367 - New streaming wizard
368 - Revised Disc Open menu
370 - Improvements of the standard pages
371 - Support for new commands
372 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
375 * Many fixes to the SAP module
376 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
379 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
380 * Text subtitles autodetection.
381 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
382 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
383 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
384 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
385 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
386 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
387 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
390 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
392 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
393 * Support for Panther.
394 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
395 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
398 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
399 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
400 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
401 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
402 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
403 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
404 * Multimonitor support (untested).
405 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
408 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
409 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
410 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
413 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
416 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
417 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
418 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
419 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
421 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
422 ---------------------------------
425 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
428 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
429 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
432 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
433 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
436 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
439 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
440 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
443 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
446 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
449 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
450 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
453 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
454 ---------------------------------
457 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
458 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
462 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
463 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
464 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
466 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
467 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
470 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
473 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
476 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
477 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
480 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
481 ---------------------------------
484 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
485 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
489 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
490 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
491 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
492 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
493 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
496 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
497 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
498 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
501 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
502 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
503 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
506 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
507 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
508 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
509 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
510 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
513 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
514 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
515 * A new CORBA control plugin.
518 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
521 * Improved build system.
522 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
523 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
524 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
525 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
528 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
529 ---------------------------------
532 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
535 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
536 * Fixed large file support on Windows
537 * Video 4 Linux support
538 * CD Digital Audio support
539 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
542 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
543 * Support for OpenDML avi files
544 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
545 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
548 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
549 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
550 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
551 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
552 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
553 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
554 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
557 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
558 * New HTTP remote control interface
561 * 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.
562 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
563 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
564 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
567 * New reset option for the preferences
568 * You can set your language in the prefences
569 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
570 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
571 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
572 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
575 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
576 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
577 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
580 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
581 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
582 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
583 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
584 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
585 * New icons by Davor Orel.
586 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
587 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
588 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
589 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
592 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
593 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
594 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
595 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
596 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
597 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
598 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
601 * Interface localization
602 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
603 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
604 * New full-featured Preferences window
606 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
607 ---------------------------------
610 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
611 * support for skins at the interface level
612 * new OSD module using Freetype2
613 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
614 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
615 input level before dropping out of date frames.
616 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
619 * fixed HTTP redirects
620 * support for opening an entire directory
621 * EOF should be detected more reliably
622 * new video4linux access plug-in
623 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
626 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
627 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
628 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
631 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
632 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
633 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
634 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
635 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
636 * new codec for raw I420 video
637 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
640 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
641 (although it still misses some important features)
642 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
645 * new HTTP output support
646 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
647 * fixed AV synchronization issues
650 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
653 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
656 * reorderable playlist
657 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
658 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
659 * support for mono audio output devices
660 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
661 * fixed several cosmetic issues
662 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
663 * the messages window remembers more lines
664 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
665 * http and ogg stream output options
666 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
669 * new skinnable interface
670 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
672 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
673 * support for FLAC audio format
674 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
676 * network tab in the interface
677 * "apply" handling in preferences
680 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
681 ---------------------------------
684 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
685 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
686 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
687 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
689 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
693 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
694 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
695 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
696 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
699 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
700 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
703 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
706 * fixed the GNU-pth support
709 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
711 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
712 * rc interface is now fully useable
713 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
716 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
717 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
718 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
719 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
720 * VLC now uses the default audio device
722 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
723 * support for mouse gestures
724 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
727 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
728 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
731 * improved ID3 tag detection
732 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
733 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
734 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
736 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
739 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
740 ---------------------------------
743 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
744 English was set as the preferred language
747 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
748 --------------------------------
751 * new mouse gesture interface
752 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
756 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
757 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
758 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
761 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
762 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
766 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
769 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
770 without the user consent
773 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
775 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
776 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
777 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
780 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
781 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
782 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
783 * playlist enhancements
784 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
785 * new step forward/step backward commands
786 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
787 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
788 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
791 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
792 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
793 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
796 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
797 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
800 * native video output is working again
801 * only commandline interface support
802 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
805 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
806 --------------------------------
809 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
810 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
811 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
812 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
813 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
814 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
815 and A/52 streams are supported)
816 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
821 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
822 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
823 * VCD entry points support
824 * VCD image file support
827 * support for *.asf format
828 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
829 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
830 * support for ogg encapsulation
831 * support for raw DV format
832 * support for *.wav format
833 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
836 Stream discovery & playlists:
837 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
838 * support for .m3u file format
839 * support for .asx file format
840 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
843 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
844 (only available with the .avi demux)
845 * support for ADPCM audio codec
846 * support for raw PCM data
847 * support for Cinepak video codec
848 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
849 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
850 * support for Xvid codec
851 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
852 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
853 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
855 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
857 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
860 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
863 * new WxWindows interface
864 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
865 device and the channels configuration
866 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
867 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
868 format that VLC can play
869 * new swedish translation
870 * enhancements of the playlist window
871 * new messages window to see debug info
872 * fixed a few crashes
875 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
876 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
877 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
878 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working