3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-svn2:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Rewrite of the playlist
9 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
10 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
11 * Preferences improvements:
12 - New organization, designed to improve usability
13 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
15 * Core image manipulation support
16 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
17 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
18 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
19 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
20 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
21 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
22 Multiple video filters are now seperated by ',' instead of ':'
23 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
27 * Support for SOCKS proxy
28 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
29 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
30 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
31 * Better support for Kasenna streams
32 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
33 * Massive Matroska improvements
34 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
35 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
36 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
37 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
38 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
41 * Dirac decoder and encoder
43 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
44 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
47 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
48 * Brand new SAP module
49 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
50 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
51 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
52 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
55 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
58 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
59 * Image file video output (png)
60 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
61 * Improvements to wall video filter
62 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
63 * Support for font color and opacity
64 * Fixed Mac OS X OpenGL output
70 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
71 - Seeking support in VoD streams
75 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
76 - Improved preferences
77 - Improvements to the wizard
78 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
84 - Support for the new playlist system
86 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
89 * Screensaver disabling fix
90 * DirectShow tuner configuration
91 * Support for no-decoration windows
94 * Support for single-buffered overlay
103 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back
106 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
109 The following languages were added
119 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
120 -----------------------------------------------------
123 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
124 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
127 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
128 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
129 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
132 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
135 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
138 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
141 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
142 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
143 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
147 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
149 * Support of playlist group announcement
151 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
152 -----------------------------------------------------
155 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
156 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
157 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
158 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
159 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
160 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
163 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
164 (Stream your desktop)
165 * Improved DVD support:
166 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
167 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
168 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
169 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
170 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
171 (selection of titles/chapters).
174 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
175 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
176 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
177 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
178 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
179 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
180 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
181 * Improved Ogg demuxer
182 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
183 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
186 * G.726 audio support
187 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
188 * MPEG-4 text support
189 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
190 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
191 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
195 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
196 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
197 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
198 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
199 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
200 * DVB subtitles encoder
201 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
202 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
204 * Text track muxing for mp4
205 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
206 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
207 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
208 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
209 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
212 * H.263 RTP streaming support
213 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
214 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
217 * New audio equalizer filter
218 * Very trivial volume normalizer
219 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
220 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
221 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
224 * Roku HD1000 Video output
225 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
226 with support for effects.
227 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
228 - New filters can be streamed.
229 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
230 - Centralized scaling and blending
232 - "time", to display current time
233 - "marq", to display a marquee
236 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
237 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
238 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
239 * A few skins2 improvements
240 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
241 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
242 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
243 * Improved CORBA control module
246 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
247 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
248 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
251 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
252 * Experimental SVG rendering module
253 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
256 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
257 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
258 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
259 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
260 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
263 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
266 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
267 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
270 * Server/client network synchronization module
271 * VBrick streams fully supported
272 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
275 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
276 --------------------------------
279 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
280 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
281 * Improved HTTP daemon.
282 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
285 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
286 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
287 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
288 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
289 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
290 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
291 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
294 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
295 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
296 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
297 * Improved directory access module.
298 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
299 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
300 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
301 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
302 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
305 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
306 * mmsh streaming fixes.
307 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
310 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
311 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
312 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
315 * Improved session announcement system.
316 * Minimize threads usage by default.
317 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
318 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
319 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
320 * Improved transrater.
321 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
322 * New configuration system.
323 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
326 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
327 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
328 * Supports live streams and VoD.
329 * Supports scheduling.
330 * Telnet interface for vlm.
331 * HTTP interface for vlm.
334 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
335 - Ability to embed video output.
336 - Support for bitmap fonts.
337 - Lots of improvements.
338 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
339 - New design and set of icons.
340 - Ability to embed video output.
341 - Support for hotkeys.
342 - Support for bookmarks.
344 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
345 - Better hotkeys handling.
348 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
349 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
350 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
351 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
354 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
355 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
356 * Improved Windows installer.
362 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
363 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
365 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
366 ---------------------------------
369 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
370 * Playing MOD files is working now.
373 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
374 ---------------------------------
377 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
378 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
381 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
382 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
383 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
384 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
387 * Internal improvments
388 * Improved import/export
391 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
393 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
394 small and strange formats.
396 * New MOD audio demux.
397 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
398 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
399 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
400 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
403 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
404 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
405 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
411 * New opengl video output plugin.
414 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
415 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
417 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
418 ---------------------------------
421 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
422 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
423 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
424 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
425 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
426 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
427 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
428 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
431 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
436 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
437 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
438 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
439 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
440 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
441 * Reworked DVB tuning.
442 * Better Icecast support.
443 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
444 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
447 * Support for Theora video encoding.
448 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
449 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
450 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
451 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
452 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
453 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
456 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
457 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
458 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
459 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
460 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
461 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
462 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
463 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
464 * Preliminary RTP support.
465 * Fixes to SAP announces.
470 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
471 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
473 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
474 - Improvements and help in preferences
475 - New streaming wizard
476 - Revised Disc Open menu
478 - Improvements of the standard pages
479 - Support for new commands
480 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
483 * Many fixes to the SAP module
484 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
487 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
488 * Text subtitles autodetection.
489 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
490 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
491 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
492 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
493 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
494 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
495 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
498 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
500 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
501 * Support for Panther.
502 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
503 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
506 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
507 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
508 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
509 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
510 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
511 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
512 * Multimonitor support (untested).
513 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
516 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
517 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
518 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
521 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
524 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
525 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
526 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
527 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
529 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
530 ---------------------------------
533 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
536 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
537 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
540 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
541 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
544 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
547 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
548 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
551 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
554 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
557 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
558 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
561 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
562 ---------------------------------
565 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
566 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
570 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
571 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
572 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
574 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
575 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
578 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
581 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
584 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
585 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
588 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
589 ---------------------------------
592 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
593 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
597 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
598 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
599 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
600 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
601 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
604 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
605 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
606 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
609 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
610 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
611 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
614 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
615 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
616 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
617 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
618 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
621 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
622 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
623 * A new CORBA control plugin.
626 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
629 * Improved build system.
630 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
631 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
632 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
633 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
636 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
637 ---------------------------------
640 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
643 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
644 * Fixed large file support on Windows
645 * Video 4 Linux support
646 * CD Digital Audio support
647 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
650 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
651 * Support for OpenDML avi files
652 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
653 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
656 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
657 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
658 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
659 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
660 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
661 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
662 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
665 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
666 * New HTTP remote control interface
669 * 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.
670 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
671 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
672 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
675 * New reset option for the preferences
676 * You can set your language in the prefences
677 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
678 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
679 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
680 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
683 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
684 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
685 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
688 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
689 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
690 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
691 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
692 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
693 * New icons by Davor Orel.
694 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
695 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
696 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
697 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
700 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
701 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
702 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
703 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
704 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
705 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
706 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
709 * Interface localization
710 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
711 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
712 * New full-featured Preferences window
714 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
715 ---------------------------------
718 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
719 * support for skins at the interface level
720 * new OSD module using Freetype2
721 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
722 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
723 input level before dropping out of date frames.
724 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
727 * fixed HTTP redirects
728 * support for opening an entire directory
729 * EOF should be detected more reliably
730 * new video4linux access plug-in
731 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
734 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
735 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
736 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
739 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
740 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
741 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
742 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
743 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
744 * new codec for raw I420 video
745 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
748 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
749 (although it still misses some important features)
750 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
753 * new HTTP output support
754 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
755 * fixed AV synchronization issues
758 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
761 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
764 * reorderable playlist
765 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
766 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
767 * support for mono audio output devices
768 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
769 * fixed several cosmetic issues
770 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
771 * the messages window remembers more lines
772 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
773 * http and ogg stream output options
774 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
777 * new skinnable interface
778 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
780 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
781 * support for FLAC audio format
782 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
784 * network tab in the interface
785 * "apply" handling in preferences
788 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
789 ---------------------------------
792 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
793 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
794 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
795 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
797 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
801 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
802 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
803 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
804 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
807 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
808 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
811 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
814 * fixed the GNU-pth support
817 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
819 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
820 * rc interface is now fully useable
821 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
824 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
825 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
826 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
827 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
828 * VLC now uses the default audio device
830 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
831 * support for mouse gestures
832 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
835 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
836 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
839 * improved ID3 tag detection
840 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
841 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
842 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
844 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
847 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
848 ---------------------------------
851 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
852 English was set as the preferred language
855 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
856 --------------------------------
859 * new mouse gesture interface
860 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
864 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
865 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
866 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
869 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
870 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
874 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
877 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
878 without the user consent
881 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
883 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
884 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
885 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
888 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
889 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
890 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
891 * playlist enhancements
892 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
893 * new step forward/step backward commands
894 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
895 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
896 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
899 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
900 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
901 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
904 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
905 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
908 * native video output is working again
909 * only commandline interface support
910 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
913 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
914 --------------------------------
917 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
918 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
919 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
920 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
921 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
922 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
923 and A/52 streams are supported)
924 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
929 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
930 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
931 * VCD entry points support
932 * VCD image file support
935 * support for *.asf format
936 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
937 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
938 * support for ogg encapsulation
939 * support for raw DV format
940 * support for *.wav format
941 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
944 Stream discovery & playlists:
945 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
946 * support for .m3u file format
947 * support for .asx file format
948 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
951 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
952 (only available with the .avi demux)
953 * support for ADPCM audio codec
954 * support for raw PCM data
955 * support for Cinepak video codec
956 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
957 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
958 * support for Xvid codec
959 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
960 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
961 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
963 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
965 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
968 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
971 * new WxWindows interface
972 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
973 device and the channels configuration
974 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
975 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
976 format that VLC can play
977 * new swedish translation
978 * enhancements of the playlist window
979 * new messages window to see debug info
980 * fixed a few crashes
983 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
984 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
985 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
986 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working