3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-aspect-ratio option
15 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
16 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
18 * GnomeVFS input module
21 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
24 * UPnP service discovery
25 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi
31 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
32 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
36 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
37 - New extended controls panel
38 - New bookmarks window
39 - Fixed playlist sorting
40 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
42 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
43 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
48 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
49 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
51 - Include macro to include other files
55 * Should now work outside IE as well
58 The following languages were added:
62 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
63 --------------------------------
66 * Rewrite of the playlist
68 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
69 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
70 * Preferences improvements:
71 - New organization, designed to improve usability
72 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
74 * Core image manipulation support
75 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
76 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
77 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
78 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
79 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
80 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
81 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
82 now separated by ':' instead of ','
83 * Access filter architecture
84 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
85 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
89 * Support for SOCKS proxy
90 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
91 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
92 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
93 * Better support for Kasenna streams
94 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
95 * Massive Matroska improvements
96 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
98 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
99 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
100 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
101 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
102 * Support for FTP over IPv6
105 * Dirac decoder and encoder
106 * PNG decoder/encoder
107 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
108 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
111 * New Record and Timeshift filters
114 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
115 * Brand new SAP module
116 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
117 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
118 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
119 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
120 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
121 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
125 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
128 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
129 * Image file video output (png)
130 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
131 * Improvements to wall video filter
132 * Support for font color and opacity
138 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
139 - Seeking support in VoD streams
140 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
144 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
145 - Improved preferences
146 - Improvements to the wizard
147 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
149 - Redesigned playlist
150 - Improved preferences
152 - Support for multiple actions
155 - Support for the new playlist system
157 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
160 * Screensaver disabling fix
161 * DirectShow tuner configuration
162 * Support for no-decoration windows
165 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
166 * The OpenGL video output is back
167 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
168 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
169 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
170 is not yet available in the new module
171 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
174 * Support for single-buffered overlay
183 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
186 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
189 The following languages were added:
195 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
196 -----------------------------------------------------
199 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
200 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
203 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
204 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
205 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
208 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
211 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
214 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
217 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
218 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
219 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
223 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
225 * Support of playlist group announcement
227 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
228 -----------------------------------------------------
231 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
232 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
233 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
234 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
235 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
236 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
239 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
240 (Stream your desktop)
241 * Improved DVD support:
242 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
243 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
244 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
245 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
246 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
247 (selection of titles/chapters).
250 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
251 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
252 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
253 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
254 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
255 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
256 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
257 * Improved Ogg demuxer
258 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
259 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
262 * G.726 audio support
263 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
264 * MPEG-4 text support
265 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
266 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
267 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
271 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
272 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
273 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
274 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
275 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
276 * DVB subtitles encoder
277 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
278 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
280 * Text track muxing for mp4
281 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
282 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
283 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
284 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
285 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
288 * H.263 RTP streaming support
289 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
290 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
293 * New audio equalizer filter
294 * Very trivial volume normalizer
295 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
296 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
297 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
300 * Roku HD1000 Video output
301 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
302 with support for effects.
303 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
304 - New filters can be streamed.
305 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
306 - Centralized scaling and blending
308 - "time", to display current time
309 - "marq", to display a marquee
312 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
313 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
314 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
315 * A few skins2 improvements
316 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
317 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
318 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
319 * Improved CORBA control module
322 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
323 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
324 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
327 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
328 * Experimental SVG rendering module
329 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
332 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
333 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
334 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
335 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
336 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
339 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
342 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
343 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
346 * Server/client network synchronization module
347 * VBrick streams fully supported
348 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
351 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
352 --------------------------------
355 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
356 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
357 * Improved HTTP daemon.
358 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
361 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
362 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
363 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
364 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
365 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
366 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
367 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
370 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
371 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
372 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
373 * Improved directory access module.
374 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
375 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
376 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
377 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
378 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
381 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
382 * mmsh streaming fixes.
383 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
386 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
387 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
388 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
391 * Improved session announcement system.
392 * Minimize threads usage by default.
393 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
394 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
395 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
396 * Improved transrater.
397 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
398 * New configuration system.
399 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
402 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
403 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
404 * Supports live streams and VoD.
405 * Supports scheduling.
406 * Telnet interface for vlm.
407 * HTTP interface for vlm.
410 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
411 - Ability to embed video output.
412 - Support for bitmap fonts.
413 - Lots of improvements.
414 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
415 - New design and set of icons.
416 - Ability to embed video output.
417 - Support for hotkeys.
418 - Support for bookmarks.
420 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
421 - Better hotkeys handling.
424 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
425 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
426 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
427 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
430 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
431 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
432 * Improved Windows installer.
438 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
439 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
441 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
442 ---------------------------------
445 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
446 * Playing MOD files is working now.
449 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
450 ---------------------------------
453 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
454 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
457 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
458 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
459 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
460 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
463 * Internal improvments
464 * Improved import/export
467 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
469 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
470 small and strange formats.
472 * New MOD audio demux.
473 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
474 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
475 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
476 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
479 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
480 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
481 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
487 * New opengl video output plugin.
490 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
491 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
493 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
494 ---------------------------------
497 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
498 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
499 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
500 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
501 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
502 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
503 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
504 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
507 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
512 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
513 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
514 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
515 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
516 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
517 * Reworked DVB tuning.
518 * Better Icecast support.
519 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
520 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
523 * Support for Theora video encoding.
524 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
525 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
526 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
527 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
528 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
529 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
532 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
533 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
534 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
535 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
536 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
537 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
538 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
539 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
540 * Preliminary RTP support.
541 * Fixes to SAP announces.
546 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
547 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
549 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
550 - Improvements and help in preferences
551 - New streaming wizard
552 - Revised Disc Open menu
554 - Improvements of the standard pages
555 - Support for new commands
556 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
559 * Many fixes to the SAP module
560 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
563 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
564 * Text subtitles autodetection.
565 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
566 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
567 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
568 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
569 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
570 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
571 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
574 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
576 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
577 * Support for Panther.
578 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
579 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
582 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
583 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
584 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
585 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
586 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
587 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
588 * Multimonitor support (untested).
589 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
592 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
593 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
594 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
597 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
600 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
601 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
602 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
603 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
605 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
606 ---------------------------------
609 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
612 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
613 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
616 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
617 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
620 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
623 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
624 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
627 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
630 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
633 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
634 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
637 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
638 ---------------------------------
641 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
642 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
646 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
647 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
648 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
650 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
651 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
654 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
657 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
660 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
661 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
664 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
665 ---------------------------------
668 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
669 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
673 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
674 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
675 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
676 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
677 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
680 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
681 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
682 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
685 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
686 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
687 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
690 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
691 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
692 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
693 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
694 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
697 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
698 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
699 * A new CORBA control plugin.
702 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
705 * Improved build system.
706 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
707 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
708 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
709 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
712 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
713 ---------------------------------
716 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
719 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
720 * Fixed large file support on Windows
721 * Video 4 Linux support
722 * CD Digital Audio support
723 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
726 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
727 * Support for OpenDML avi files
728 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
729 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
732 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
733 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
734 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
735 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
736 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
737 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
738 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
741 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
742 * New HTTP remote control interface
745 * 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.
746 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
747 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
748 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
751 * New reset option for the preferences
752 * You can set your language in the prefences
753 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
754 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
755 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
756 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
759 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
760 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
761 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
764 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
765 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
766 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
767 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
768 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
769 * New icons by Davor Orel.
770 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
771 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
772 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
773 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
776 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
777 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
778 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
779 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
780 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
781 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
782 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
785 * Interface localization
786 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
787 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
788 * New full-featured Preferences window
790 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
791 ---------------------------------
794 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
795 * support for skins at the interface level
796 * new OSD module using Freetype2
797 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
798 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
799 input level before dropping out of date frames.
800 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
803 * fixed HTTP redirects
804 * support for opening an entire directory
805 * EOF should be detected more reliably
806 * new video4linux access plug-in
807 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
810 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
811 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
812 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
815 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
816 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
817 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
818 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
819 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
820 * new codec for raw I420 video
821 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
824 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
825 (although it still misses some important features)
826 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
829 * new HTTP output support
830 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
831 * fixed AV synchronization issues
834 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
837 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
840 * reorderable playlist
841 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
842 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
843 * support for mono audio output devices
844 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
845 * fixed several cosmetic issues
846 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
847 * the messages window remembers more lines
848 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
849 * http and ogg stream output options
850 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
853 * new skinnable interface
854 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
856 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
857 * support for FLAC audio format
858 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
860 * network tab in the interface
861 * "apply" handling in preferences
864 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
865 ---------------------------------
868 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
869 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
870 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
871 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
873 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
877 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
878 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
879 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
880 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
883 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
884 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
887 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
890 * fixed the GNU-pth support
893 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
895 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
896 * rc interface is now fully useable
897 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
900 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
901 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
902 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
903 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
904 * VLC now uses the default audio device
906 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
907 * support for mouse gestures
908 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
911 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
912 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
915 * improved ID3 tag detection
916 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
917 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
918 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
920 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
923 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
924 ---------------------------------
927 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
928 English was set as the preferred language
931 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
932 --------------------------------
935 * new mouse gesture interface
936 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
940 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
941 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
942 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
945 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
946 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
950 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
953 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
954 without the user consent
957 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
959 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
960 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
961 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
964 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
965 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
966 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
967 * playlist enhancements
968 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
969 * new step forward/step backward commands
970 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
971 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
972 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
975 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
976 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
977 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
980 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
981 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
984 * native video output is working again
985 * only commandline interface support
986 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
989 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
990 --------------------------------
993 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
994 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
995 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
996 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
997 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
998 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
999 and A/52 streams are supported)
1000 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1005 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1006 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1007 * VCD entry points support
1008 * VCD image file support
1011 * support for *.asf format
1012 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1013 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1014 * support for ogg encapsulation
1015 * support for raw DV format
1016 * support for *.wav format
1017 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1020 Stream discovery & playlists:
1021 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1022 * support for .m3u file format
1023 * support for .asx file format
1024 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1027 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1028 (only available with the .avi demux)
1029 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1030 * support for raw PCM data
1031 * support for Cinepak video codec
1032 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1033 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1034 * support for Xvid codec
1035 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1036 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1037 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1039 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1041 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1044 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1047 * new WxWindows interface
1048 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1049 device and the channels configuration
1050 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1051 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1052 format that VLC can play
1053 * new swedish translation
1054 * enhancements of the playlist window
1055 * new messages window to see debug info
1056 * fixed a few crashes
1059 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1060 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1061 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1062 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working