3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-test1:
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 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
23 now seperated by ':' instead of ','
24 * Access filter architecture
25 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
26 * Zsh autocompletion for vlc's arguments
30 * Support for SOCKS proxy
31 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
32 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
33 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
34 * Better support for Kasenna streams
35 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
36 * Massive Matroska improvements
37 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
39 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
40 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
41 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
42 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
43 * Support for FTP over IPv6
46 * Dirac decoder and encoder
48 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
49 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
52 * New Record and Timeshift filters
55 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
56 * Brand new SAP module
57 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
58 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
59 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
60 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
61 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
62 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
66 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
69 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
70 * Image file video output (png)
71 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
72 * Improvements to wall video filter
73 * Support for font color and opacity
74 * Fixed Mac OS X OpenGL output
80 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
81 - Seeking support in VoD streams
82 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
86 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
87 - Improved preferences
88 - Improvements to the wizard
89 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
92 - Improved preferences
94 - Support for multiple actions
97 - Support for the new playlist system
99 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
102 * Screensaver disabling fix
103 * DirectShow tuner configuration
104 * Support for no-decoration windows
107 * Many Tiger related fixes
110 * Support for single-buffered overlay
119 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back
122 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
125 The following languages were added
136 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
137 -----------------------------------------------------
140 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
141 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
144 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
145 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
146 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
149 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
152 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
155 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
158 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
159 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
160 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
164 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
166 * Support of playlist group announcement
168 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
169 -----------------------------------------------------
172 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
173 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
174 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
175 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
176 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
177 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
180 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
181 (Stream your desktop)
182 * Improved DVD support:
183 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
184 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
185 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
186 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
187 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
188 (selection of titles/chapters).
191 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
192 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
193 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
194 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
195 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
196 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
197 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
198 * Improved Ogg demuxer
199 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
200 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
203 * G.726 audio support
204 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
205 * MPEG-4 text support
206 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
207 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
208 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
212 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
213 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
214 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
215 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
216 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
217 * DVB subtitles encoder
218 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
219 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
221 * Text track muxing for mp4
222 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
223 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
224 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
225 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
226 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
229 * H.263 RTP streaming support
230 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
231 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
234 * New audio equalizer filter
235 * Very trivial volume normalizer
236 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
237 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
238 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
241 * Roku HD1000 Video output
242 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
243 with support for effects.
244 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
245 - New filters can be streamed.
246 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
247 - Centralized scaling and blending
249 - "time", to display current time
250 - "marq", to display a marquee
253 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
254 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
255 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
256 * A few skins2 improvements
257 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
258 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
259 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
260 * Improved CORBA control module
263 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
264 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
265 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
268 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
269 * Experimental SVG rendering module
270 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
273 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
274 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
275 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
276 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
277 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
280 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
283 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
284 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
287 * Server/client network synchronization module
288 * VBrick streams fully supported
289 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
292 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
293 --------------------------------
296 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
297 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
298 * Improved HTTP daemon.
299 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
302 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
303 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
304 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
305 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
306 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
307 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
308 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
311 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
312 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
313 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
314 * Improved directory access module.
315 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
316 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
317 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
318 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
319 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
322 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
323 * mmsh streaming fixes.
324 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
327 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
328 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
329 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
332 * Improved session announcement system.
333 * Minimize threads usage by default.
334 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
335 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
336 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
337 * Improved transrater.
338 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
339 * New configuration system.
340 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
343 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
344 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
345 * Supports live streams and VoD.
346 * Supports scheduling.
347 * Telnet interface for vlm.
348 * HTTP interface for vlm.
351 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
352 - Ability to embed video output.
353 - Support for bitmap fonts.
354 - Lots of improvements.
355 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
356 - New design and set of icons.
357 - Ability to embed video output.
358 - Support for hotkeys.
359 - Support for bookmarks.
361 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
362 - Better hotkeys handling.
365 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
366 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
367 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
368 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
371 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
372 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
373 * Improved Windows installer.
379 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
380 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
382 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
383 ---------------------------------
386 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
387 * Playing MOD files is working now.
390 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
391 ---------------------------------
394 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
395 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
398 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
399 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
400 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
401 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
404 * Internal improvments
405 * Improved import/export
408 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
410 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
411 small and strange formats.
413 * New MOD audio demux.
414 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
415 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
416 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
417 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
420 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
421 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
422 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
428 * New opengl video output plugin.
431 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
432 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
434 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
435 ---------------------------------
438 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
439 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
440 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
441 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
442 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
443 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
444 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
445 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
448 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
453 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
454 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
455 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
456 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
457 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
458 * Reworked DVB tuning.
459 * Better Icecast support.
460 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
461 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
464 * Support for Theora video encoding.
465 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
466 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
467 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
468 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
469 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
470 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
473 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
474 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
475 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
476 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
477 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
478 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
479 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
480 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
481 * Preliminary RTP support.
482 * Fixes to SAP announces.
487 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
488 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
490 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
491 - Improvements and help in preferences
492 - New streaming wizard
493 - Revised Disc Open menu
495 - Improvements of the standard pages
496 - Support for new commands
497 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
500 * Many fixes to the SAP module
501 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
504 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
505 * Text subtitles autodetection.
506 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
507 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
508 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
509 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
510 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
511 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
512 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
515 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
517 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
518 * Support for Panther.
519 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
520 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
523 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
524 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
525 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
526 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
527 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
528 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
529 * Multimonitor support (untested).
530 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
533 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
534 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
535 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
538 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
541 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
542 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
543 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
544 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
546 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
547 ---------------------------------
550 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
553 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
554 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
557 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
558 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
561 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
564 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
565 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
568 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
571 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
574 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
575 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
578 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
579 ---------------------------------
582 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
583 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
587 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
588 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
589 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
591 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
592 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
595 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
598 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
601 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
602 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
605 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
606 ---------------------------------
609 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
610 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
614 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
615 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
616 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
617 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
618 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
621 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
622 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
623 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
626 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
627 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
628 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
631 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
632 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
633 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
634 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
635 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
638 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
639 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
640 * A new CORBA control plugin.
643 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
646 * Improved build system.
647 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
648 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
649 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
650 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
653 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
654 ---------------------------------
657 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
660 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
661 * Fixed large file support on Windows
662 * Video 4 Linux support
663 * CD Digital Audio support
664 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
667 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
668 * Support for OpenDML avi files
669 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
670 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
673 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
674 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
675 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
676 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
677 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
678 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
679 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
682 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
683 * New HTTP remote control interface
686 * 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.
687 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
688 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
689 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
692 * New reset option for the preferences
693 * You can set your language in the prefences
694 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
695 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
696 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
697 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
700 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
701 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
702 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
705 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
706 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
707 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
708 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
709 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
710 * New icons by Davor Orel.
711 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
712 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
713 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
714 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
717 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
718 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
719 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
720 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
721 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
722 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
723 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
726 * Interface localization
727 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
728 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
729 * New full-featured Preferences window
731 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
732 ---------------------------------
735 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
736 * support for skins at the interface level
737 * new OSD module using Freetype2
738 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
739 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
740 input level before dropping out of date frames.
741 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
744 * fixed HTTP redirects
745 * support for opening an entire directory
746 * EOF should be detected more reliably
747 * new video4linux access plug-in
748 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
751 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
752 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
753 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
756 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
757 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
758 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
759 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
760 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
761 * new codec for raw I420 video
762 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
765 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
766 (although it still misses some important features)
767 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
770 * new HTTP output support
771 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
772 * fixed AV synchronization issues
775 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
778 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
781 * reorderable playlist
782 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
783 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
784 * support for mono audio output devices
785 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
786 * fixed several cosmetic issues
787 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
788 * the messages window remembers more lines
789 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
790 * http and ogg stream output options
791 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
794 * new skinnable interface
795 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
797 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
798 * support for FLAC audio format
799 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
801 * network tab in the interface
802 * "apply" handling in preferences
805 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
806 ---------------------------------
809 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
810 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
811 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
812 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
814 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
818 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
819 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
820 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
821 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
824 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
825 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
828 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
831 * fixed the GNU-pth support
834 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
836 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
837 * rc interface is now fully useable
838 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
841 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
842 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
843 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
844 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
845 * VLC now uses the default audio device
847 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
848 * support for mouse gestures
849 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
852 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
853 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
856 * improved ID3 tag detection
857 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
858 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
859 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
861 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
864 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
865 ---------------------------------
868 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
869 English was set as the preferred language
872 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
873 --------------------------------
876 * new mouse gesture interface
877 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
881 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
882 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
883 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
886 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
887 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
891 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
894 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
895 without the user consent
898 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
900 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
901 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
902 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
905 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
906 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
907 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
908 * playlist enhancements
909 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
910 * new step forward/step backward commands
911 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
912 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
913 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
916 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
917 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
918 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
921 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
922 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
925 * native video output is working again
926 * only commandline interface support
927 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
930 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
931 --------------------------------
934 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
935 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
936 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
937 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
938 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
939 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
940 and A/52 streams are supported)
941 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
946 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
947 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
948 * VCD entry points support
949 * VCD image file support
952 * support for *.asf format
953 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
954 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
955 * support for ogg encapsulation
956 * support for raw DV format
957 * support for *.wav format
958 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
961 Stream discovery & playlists:
962 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
963 * support for .m3u file format
964 * support for .asx file format
965 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
968 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
969 (only available with the .avi demux)
970 * support for ADPCM audio codec
971 * support for raw PCM data
972 * support for Cinepak video codec
973 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
974 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
975 * support for Xvid codec
976 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
977 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
978 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
980 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
982 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
985 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
988 * new WxWindows interface
989 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
990 device and the channels configuration
991 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
992 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
993 format that VLC can play
994 * new swedish translation
995 * enhancements of the playlist window
996 * new messages window to see debug info
997 * fixed a few crashes
1000 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1001 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1002 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1003 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working