1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.85 2004/02/29 19:12:00 gbazin Exp $
2 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
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6 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
7 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
10 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
11 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
12 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
13 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
16 * Internal improvments
17 * Improved import/export
20 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
22 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
23 small and strange formats.
25 * New MOD audio demux.
26 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
27 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
28 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
29 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
32 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
33 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
34 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
40 * New opengl video output plugin.
43 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
44 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
46 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
47 ---------------------------------
50 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
51 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
52 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
53 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
54 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
55 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
56 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
57 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
60 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
65 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
66 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
67 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
68 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
69 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
70 * Reworked DVB tuning.
71 * Better Icecast support.
72 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
73 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
76 * Support for Theora video encoding.
77 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
78 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
79 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
80 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
81 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
82 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
85 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
86 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
87 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
88 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
89 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
90 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
91 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
92 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
93 * Preliminary RTP support.
94 * Fixes to SAP announces.
99 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
100 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
102 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
103 - Improvements and help in preferences
104 - New streaming wizard
105 - Revised Disc Open menu
107 - Improvements of the standard pages
108 - Support for new commands
109 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
112 * Many fixes to the SAP module
113 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
116 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
117 * Text subtitles autodetection.
118 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
119 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
120 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
121 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
122 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
123 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
124 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
127 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
129 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
130 * Support for Panther.
131 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
132 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
135 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
136 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
137 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
138 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
139 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
140 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
141 * Multimonitor support (untested).
142 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
145 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
146 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
147 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
150 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
153 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
154 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
155 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
156 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
158 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
159 ---------------------------------
162 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
165 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
166 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
169 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
170 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
173 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
176 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
177 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
180 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
183 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
186 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
187 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
190 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
191 ---------------------------------
194 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
195 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
199 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
200 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
201 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
203 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
204 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
207 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
210 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
213 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
214 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
217 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
218 ---------------------------------
221 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
222 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
226 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
227 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
228 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
229 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
230 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
233 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
234 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
235 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
238 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
239 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
240 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
243 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
244 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
245 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
246 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
247 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
250 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
251 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
252 * A new CORBA control plugin.
255 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
258 * Improved build system.
259 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
260 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
261 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
262 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
265 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
266 ---------------------------------
269 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
272 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
273 * Fixed large file support on Windows
274 * Video 4 Linux support
275 * CD Digital Audio support
276 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
279 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
280 * Support for OpenDML avi files
281 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
282 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
285 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
286 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
287 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
288 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
289 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
290 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
291 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
294 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
295 * New HTTP remote control interface
298 * 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.
299 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
300 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
301 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
304 * New reset option for the preferences
305 * You can set your language in the prefences
306 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
307 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
308 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
309 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
312 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
313 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
314 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
317 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
318 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
319 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
320 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
321 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
322 * New icons by Davor Orel.
323 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
324 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
325 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
326 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
329 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
330 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
331 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
332 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
333 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
334 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
335 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
338 * Interface localization
339 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
340 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
341 * New full-featured Preferences window
343 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
344 ---------------------------------
347 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
348 * support for skins at the interface level
349 * new OSD module using Freetype2
350 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
351 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
352 input level before dropping out of date frames.
353 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
356 * fixed HTTP redirects
357 * support for opening an entire directory
358 * EOF should be detected more reliably
359 * new video4linux access plug-in
360 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
363 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
364 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
365 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
368 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
369 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
370 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
371 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
372 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
373 * new codec for raw I420 video
374 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
377 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
378 (although it still misses some important features)
379 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
382 * new HTTP output support
383 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
384 * fixed AV synchronization issues
387 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
390 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
393 * reorderable playlist
394 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
395 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
396 * support for mono audio output devices
397 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
398 * fixed several cosmetic issues
399 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
400 * the messages window remembers more lines
401 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
402 * http and ogg stream output options
403 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
406 * new skinnable interface
407 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
409 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
410 * support for FLAC audio format
411 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
413 * network tab in the interface
414 * "apply" handling in preferences
417 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
418 ---------------------------------
421 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
422 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
423 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
424 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
426 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
430 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
431 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
432 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
433 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
436 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
437 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
440 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
443 * fixed the GNU-pth support
446 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
448 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
449 * rc interface is now fully useable
450 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
453 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
454 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
455 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
456 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
457 * VLC now uses the default audio device
459 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
460 * support for mouse gestures
461 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
464 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
465 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
468 * improved ID3 tag detection
469 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
470 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
471 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
473 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
476 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
477 ---------------------------------
480 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
481 English was set as the preferred language
484 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
485 --------------------------------
488 * new mouse gesture interface
489 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
493 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
494 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
495 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
498 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
499 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
503 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
506 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
507 without the user consent
510 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
512 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
513 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
514 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
517 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
518 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
519 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
520 * playlist enhancements
521 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
522 * new step forward/step backward commands
523 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
524 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
525 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
528 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
529 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
530 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
533 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
534 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
537 * native video output is working again
538 * only commandline interface support
539 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
542 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
543 --------------------------------
546 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
547 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
548 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
549 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
550 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
551 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
552 and A/52 streams are supported)
553 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
558 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
559 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
560 * VCD entry points support
561 * VCD image file support
564 * support for *.asf format
565 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
566 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
567 * support for ogg encapsulation
568 * support for raw DV format
569 * support for *.wav format
570 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
573 Stream discovery & playlists:
574 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
575 * support for .m3u file format
576 * support for .asx file format
577 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
580 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
581 (only available with the .avi demux)
582 * support for ADPCM audio codec
583 * support for raw PCM data
584 * support for Cinepak video codec
585 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
586 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
587 * support for Xvid codec
588 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
589 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
590 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
592 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
594 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
597 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
600 * new WxWindows interface
601 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
602 device and the channels configuration
603 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
604 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
605 format that VLC can play
606 * new swedish translation
607 * enhancements of the playlist window
608 * new messages window to see debug info
609 * fixed a few crashes
612 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
613 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
614 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
615 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working