1 Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
6 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
9 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
12 * New Oldmovie effect filter
15 * ios video output: use ios2
18 Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0:
19 --------------------------------
22 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
23 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
24 VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now on 64bit hardware
25 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
26 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
28 3rd party libraries (contrib):
29 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner system in /contrib
33 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
34 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
35 * Partial support for Windows Store App
37 * Add an audio fingerprinter
38 * Disabled and marked obsolete --language selection
41 * Support for OPUS via libopus.
42 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
43 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec
44 * Support for Ulead DV audio
45 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
46 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
47 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
48 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
49 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
50 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
51 * Support for VDPAU hardware video decoding acceleration on Linux
52 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
55 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
56 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
59 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
60 remove support for previous OS X releases
61 * Major improvements in DASH support
62 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
63 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
64 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
65 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
66 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
67 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
68 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
69 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
70 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
71 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation
74 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
75 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
76 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
77 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
78 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
79 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
80 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
81 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
82 * Support for more MJPEG streams
83 * Add support for liveleak streams
84 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
85 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV causing the
87 * Add protection against several heap buffer overflow in libebml
90 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
91 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
92 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES module
93 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
94 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
95 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
96 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
97 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
98 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
99 * Rewrite of AudioQueue module for iOS (and OS X)
100 * New, simplified AudioUnit output module for iOS
103 * New remapping channel filter
104 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
105 * New VSXu visualization plugin
106 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
107 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
110 * New module to output using Decklink Blackmagic cards
111 * New module using OpenMAX IL to output video
112 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
113 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
114 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 modules
115 Also, subpictures now work in the OpenGL ES2 module
116 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
117 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
120 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
121 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
122 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
123 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
124 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
125 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
126 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
129 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
130 * Options support for AVIO output module
131 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
132 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
133 * Livehttp stream encryption support
134 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
135 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
138 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
141 * configurable password for the HTTP server.
142 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
143 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
144 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
145 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
146 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
150 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
153 * Add support for multiple video outputs
154 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
156 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
157 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
158 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
159 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
160 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
161 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
162 VLC's internal volume level
163 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
165 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
166 selection and to manage the list of presets
167 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
168 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
169 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
170 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
171 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
172 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
173 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
174 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
175 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
176 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
178 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
179 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
180 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
181 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
182 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
183 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
184 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
185 3rd party applications
186 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
187 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
188 (system-wide settings)
189 * Add support for the Video Title option
190 * Add support for the Boss Key
191 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
192 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release.
195 * Partial support for Qt5.0
196 * Menus modifications and improvements
197 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
198 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
199 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
200 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
201 * EPG display fixes and improvements
202 * Add SD pixmap sources
203 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
204 * Display playlist total duration
205 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
207 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
208 * Remove language preference
209 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality.
214 * Extend sliders, offsets options
215 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
216 * Numerous fixes and improvements
217 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
220 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
221 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
222 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
223 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
224 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
225 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
226 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
227 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
228 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
229 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
232 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
233 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
234 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
235 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
236 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
237 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
239 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
240 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
241 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
242 * Broken crop video filter
244 * OSD parser and menu
245 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
246 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
247 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
248 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
252 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
253 --------------------------------
256 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
257 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
261 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
264 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
267 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
270 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
274 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
277 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
280 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
281 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
282 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
285 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
286 --------------------------------
289 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
292 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
295 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
296 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
297 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
298 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
299 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
300 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
303 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
304 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
305 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
306 * 3rd party codecs updates
309 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
310 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
311 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
312 in the advanced preferences panel
313 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
314 * Fix crash within the video output code
315 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
316 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
317 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
318 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
320 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
323 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
326 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
327 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
330 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
333 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
334 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
335 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
336 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
337 Dutch, Danish, translations
338 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
341 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
342 --------------------------------
345 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
348 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
349 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
350 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
353 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
354 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
355 * Fix koreus lua parser
356 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
357 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
358 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
359 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
362 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
363 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
366 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
369 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
370 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
371 * Fix Time counter UI look
372 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
375 * Fix https streaming
378 * Fix audio and video track selection:
379 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
380 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
383 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
384 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
385 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
386 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
387 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
390 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
391 --------------------------------
394 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
395 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
396 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
397 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
398 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
399 during playback on Mac OS X
402 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
403 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
404 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
407 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
408 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
409 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
410 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
411 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
414 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
415 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
416 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
417 * Support Youtube live streams
420 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
423 * Fix media info dialog update
424 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
425 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
426 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
427 * Fix album art display at start
430 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
431 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
432 * Fix menus display and behavior
433 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
434 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
435 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
436 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
437 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
438 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
439 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
442 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
443 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
444 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
445 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
446 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
447 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
448 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
449 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
450 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
453 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
454 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
455 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
456 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
457 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
460 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
461 --------------------------------
464 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
467 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
468 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
471 * Add GateKeeper support
472 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
473 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
474 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
477 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
480 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
481 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
482 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
483 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
484 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
487 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
488 --------------------------------
491 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
492 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
493 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
494 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
495 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
496 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
497 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
498 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
499 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
500 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
501 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
505 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
506 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
507 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
508 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
509 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
510 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
511 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
512 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
513 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
514 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
515 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
516 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
519 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
520 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
522 * Fix MP3 free format support
525 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
526 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
527 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
528 * Fix for DVB channels file support
529 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
532 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
533 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
535 Audio filters and output:
536 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
537 * Fix DirectSound device selection
538 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
539 * Do not apply volume in file output
540 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
541 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
544 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
545 the persistant media library
546 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
547 to the media library or the temporary playlist
548 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
549 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
550 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
551 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
552 press on the Play/Pause button
553 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
554 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
555 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
556 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
557 * Many Fullscreen fixes
558 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
559 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
560 Synchronization panel
561 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
562 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
563 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
564 * Fix crashes on exit
565 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
567 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
568 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
569 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
570 automatically reset on the first launch.
571 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
572 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
573 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
576 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
577 * Fixes for icecast SD
580 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
581 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
582 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
583 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
584 * Fix tags and file names display
585 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
588 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
589 * Fix for key events and focus loss
592 * Fix display of some buttons
593 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
594 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
597 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
598 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
599 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
602 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
603 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
604 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
605 Thai translations update
606 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
609 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
610 --------------------------------
613 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
614 * fix the samba module compilation
615 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
616 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
617 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
618 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
621 * Support for MXPEG files
622 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
623 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
626 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
627 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
628 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
631 * Fix ogm header creation
634 * limit spatializer filter distortions
635 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
638 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
639 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
640 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
641 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
644 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
647 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
648 * allow to hide the sidebar
649 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
650 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
651 * noticebly faster launch time
652 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
653 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
654 * improve track synchronization panel
655 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
656 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
659 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
660 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
661 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
662 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
665 * fix for menus display
666 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
667 * documentation update
670 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
671 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
674 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
675 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
676 * Update Jamendo selections
680 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
681 * fix a crash on VLM close
684 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
685 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
686 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
687 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
690 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
693 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
694 ---------------------------------
697 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
698 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
699 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
700 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
701 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
702 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
703 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
704 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
705 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
706 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
707 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
708 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
709 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
710 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
711 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
712 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
713 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
714 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
715 --http-crl (optional CRL).
716 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
717 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
718 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
719 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
720 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
721 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
722 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
724 Important changes for packagers:
725 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
726 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
727 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
728 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
729 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
730 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
731 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
732 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
733 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
734 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
737 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
738 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
739 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
740 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
741 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
742 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
743 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
746 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
747 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
748 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
749 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
750 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
751 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
752 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
753 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
754 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
755 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
756 * PulseAudio audio input support
757 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
758 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
759 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
760 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
761 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
762 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
763 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
764 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
767 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
768 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
769 are notably concerned.
770 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
771 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
772 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
773 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
774 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
775 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
776 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
777 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
778 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
779 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
780 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
781 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
782 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
783 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
784 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
787 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
788 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
789 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
790 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
791 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
792 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
793 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
794 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
795 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
796 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
797 * Improved support of tracker files
798 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
801 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
802 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
803 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
804 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
805 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
806 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
807 and important cleanups and optimisations
808 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
809 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
810 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
811 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
812 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
813 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
814 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
815 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
816 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
817 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
818 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
819 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
820 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
821 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
822 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
823 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
824 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
825 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
826 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
827 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
828 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
831 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
832 * New video output for iOS platform
833 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
834 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
835 * Various vmem improvements
836 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
837 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
838 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
839 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
840 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
841 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
843 Audio Output and Filters:
844 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
845 * New audio output in memory (amem)
846 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
847 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
848 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
849 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
850 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
851 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
852 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
853 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
856 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
857 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
858 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
859 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
860 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
861 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
862 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
863 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
864 * New anti-flickering filter
865 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
866 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
867 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
868 blackbox and customizable shadow.
869 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
870 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
871 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
874 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
875 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
876 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
877 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
878 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
879 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
880 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
881 * Major rework of VoD support
882 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
883 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
884 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
885 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
886 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
887 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
888 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
889 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
890 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
891 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
894 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
895 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
898 * New capabilities for libVLC:
899 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
900 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
901 list of available audio and video filters
902 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
903 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
904 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
907 * asademux, subsass: use libass
908 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
909 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
911 * upnp: use upnp_intel
912 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
913 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
914 * removal of the noise filter
915 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
916 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
917 removed in Growl's next release, too.
918 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
921 * Update of translations for most languages.
922 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
925 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
926 ----------------------------------
929 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
930 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
933 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
934 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
937 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
938 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
939 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
942 * Camtasia decoding fix.
945 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
946 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
949 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
952 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
953 ----------------------------------
956 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
957 including support for OS X Lion
958 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
959 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
962 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
965 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
966 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
967 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
970 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
973 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
974 ----------------------------------
977 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
978 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
981 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
982 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
983 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
984 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
985 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
987 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
988 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
989 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
991 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
992 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
995 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
998 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1001 * Fix quitting on Linux
1002 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1006 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1009 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1012 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1013 ---------------------------------
1015 Windows and Mac OS X:
1016 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1019 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1020 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1023 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1026 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1029 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1031 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1032 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1034 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1035 * RTP output and XML export
1036 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1040 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1041 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1042 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1043 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1046 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1047 --------------------------------
1049 Windows and Mac OS X:
1050 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1053 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1056 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1057 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1058 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1059 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1060 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1061 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1064 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1065 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1069 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1070 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1071 * New Luganda Translation
1074 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1075 --------------------------------
1078 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1081 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1082 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1083 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1084 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1087 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1089 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1090 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1091 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1092 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1093 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1094 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1095 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1096 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1098 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1099 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1100 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1101 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1102 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1103 * Configure and build system improvements
1104 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1107 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1108 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1109 * New icelandic translation
1112 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1113 --------------------------------
1116 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1117 #234484 and #260719.
1120 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1121 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1122 and stability reasons
1125 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1129 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1132 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1133 ----------------------------------
1136 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1139 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1140 ---------------------------------
1143 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1144 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1145 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1146 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1149 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1152 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1153 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1154 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1155 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1158 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1159 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1160 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1162 Subtitles and renderer:
1163 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1164 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1165 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1166 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1167 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1170 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1171 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1172 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1173 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1176 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1177 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1179 Miscellaneous fixes:
1180 * KDE device solid actions
1182 * Transcode integer overflow
1183 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1184 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1187 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1188 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1189 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1192 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1193 ----------------------------------
1196 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1200 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1203 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1206 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1207 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1208 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1209 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1212 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1216 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1219 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1222 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1223 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1225 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1229 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1230 * Miscellaneous fixes
1233 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1234 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1235 French and Ukrainian
1236 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1237 * New Asturian translation
1240 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1241 ----------------------------------
1244 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1246 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1249 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1252 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1253 * Various fixes for Windows
1256 * New Armenian translation
1257 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1258 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1261 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1262 --------------------------------
1265 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1266 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1267 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1270 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1271 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1274 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1275 --------------------------------
1277 Access and demuxers:
1278 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1279 * fix for podcasts parsing
1280 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1283 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1284 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1287 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1288 * fix m3u playlists exports
1291 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1294 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1297 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1300 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1303 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1306 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1307 --------------------------------
1310 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1311 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1314 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1315 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1318 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1319 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1320 * fix console output encoding
1322 Interface and extensions:
1323 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1324 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1327 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1328 --------------------------------
1331 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1332 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1333 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1334 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1335 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1336 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1337 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1338 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1339 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1340 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1341 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1342 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1343 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1344 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1345 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1346 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1350 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1351 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1352 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1353 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1354 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1357 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1360 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1361 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1362 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1366 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1369 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1370 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1371 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1374 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1375 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1376 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1377 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1380 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1381 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1384 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1385 --------------------------------
1387 Important changes for users:
1388 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1389 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1391 Important changes for packagers:
1392 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1393 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1394 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1395 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1396 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1398 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1400 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1401 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1402 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1403 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1404 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1407 * Support for the sftp protocol
1408 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1409 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1410 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1411 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1412 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1415 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1416 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1417 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1419 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1420 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1421 * Invmem module improvements
1422 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1423 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1424 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1425 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1426 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1427 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1428 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1429 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1430 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1431 * Support for VP8 codec
1432 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1435 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1436 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1437 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1438 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1439 * Various EGP improvements
1440 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1441 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1444 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1445 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1446 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1447 * Podcast images are now displayed
1450 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1451 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1452 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1453 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1454 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1455 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1456 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1457 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1458 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1459 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1460 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1463 * New content extensions lua framework
1466 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1467 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1468 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1469 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1470 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1471 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1472 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1475 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1476 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1477 * Service discovery based on libudev
1478 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1481 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1482 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1483 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1484 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1485 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1486 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1487 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1490 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1491 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1492 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1495 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1497 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1498 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1501 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1504 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1505 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1506 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1507 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1508 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1509 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1510 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1513 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1514 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1517 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1518 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1519 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1523 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1524 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1525 * Improved Solaris port
1528 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1529 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1532 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1533 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1534 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1535 * transrate: broken since too long
1536 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1537 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1538 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1539 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1540 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1541 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1542 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1543 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1544 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1545 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1546 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1547 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1548 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1549 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1552 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1553 --------------------------------
1556 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1558 Decoders/Packetizers:
1559 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1562 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1563 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1564 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1565 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1566 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1569 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1570 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1573 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1574 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1577 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1578 and Walloon translations updated
1579 * Sinhala translation started
1582 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1583 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1586 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1587 --------------------------------
1590 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1591 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1594 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1597 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1598 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1601 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1602 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1603 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1604 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1607 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1608 --------------------------------
1611 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1612 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1615 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1616 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1619 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1620 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1623 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1626 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1627 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1630 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1631 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1634 * New Walloon translation
1635 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1638 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1639 --------------------------------
1642 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1643 regressions in most popular drivers
1644 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1647 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1648 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1649 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1652 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1653 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1656 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1657 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1658 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1659 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1660 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1663 * New udev module for linux
1666 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1669 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1672 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1673 --------------------------------
1676 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1677 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1678 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1681 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1682 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1685 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1686 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1689 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1692 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1693 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1694 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1695 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1698 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1699 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1700 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1701 - no support for Goom and SDL
1702 - limited text rendering support
1703 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1706 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1707 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1708 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1709 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1710 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1711 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1712 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1713 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1714 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1718 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1721 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1724 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1725 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1726 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1727 Arabic and French translation updates
1730 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1731 --------------------------------
1734 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1735 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1736 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1737 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1738 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1739 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1742 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1743 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1744 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1747 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1748 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1749 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1752 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1755 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1756 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1759 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1760 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1761 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1762 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1763 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1764 * Fix various crashes
1767 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1769 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1773 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1774 ---------------------------------
1778 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1779 See 'Access:' for more info.
1780 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1783 * Instantaneous pausing
1784 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1785 * Finer speed control
1786 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1787 * Timeshift for most medias
1788 * RTSP trickplay support
1789 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1792 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1793 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1794 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1795 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1796 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1797 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1798 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1799 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1800 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1801 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1804 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1805 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1806 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1807 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1808 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1809 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1810 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1813 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1814 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1817 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1818 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1819 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1820 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1821 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1822 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1823 * DVB scanning on linux
1824 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1825 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1826 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1827 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1828 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1829 * MTP device access on Unix
1830 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1831 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1834 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1835 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1836 Windows and Mac OS X.
1839 * Export the playlist in HTML
1840 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1841 * Better metadata handling and reading
1843 Linux/Windows interface:
1844 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1845 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1846 * Recently played items list
1847 * Interface toolbar customizations
1848 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1849 - More menus actions
1850 - Finer speed slider
1851 - Improvements on many dialogs
1852 - New dialog for plugins listing
1853 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1854 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1855 * Better integration in GTK environments
1858 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1859 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1860 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1861 * Additional usability improvements
1864 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1865 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1866 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1867 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1868 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1871 * New Maemo port with:
1872 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1873 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1876 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1879 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1880 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1881 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1882 * Support for latest iSight models
1885 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1886 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1889 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1890 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1891 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1892 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1893 The old image video output has been removed.
1894 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1895 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1898 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1906 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1907 --------------------------------------
1913 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1914 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1915 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1916 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1917 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1918 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1919 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1921 Various fixes to the following modules:
1924 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1925 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1926 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1928 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1933 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1934 ---------------------------------
1937 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1938 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1941 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1942 ---------------------------------
1945 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1948 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1951 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1952 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1953 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1954 main controller window.
1955 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1958 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1963 * Updates of other localizations
1966 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1967 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1968 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1969 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1970 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1973 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1974 ---------------------------------
1977 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1979 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1982 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1983 --------------------------------
1988 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1989 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1992 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1993 --------------------------------
1995 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1996 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1999 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2002 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2003 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2006 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2007 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2010 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2011 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2012 * Various fixed in playlist
2015 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2018 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2021 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2022 ------------------------------------
2024 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2025 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2028 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2029 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2030 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2033 * Stability fix for the video output.
2036 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2037 --------------------------------
2040 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2041 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2042 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2043 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2044 * Fixed update system bugs
2045 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2048 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2049 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2050 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2051 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2052 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2053 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2054 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2055 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2056 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2057 modern Mac OS X versions
2060 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2061 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2063 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2064 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2067 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2068 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2069 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2070 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2071 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2072 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2075 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2076 --------------------------------
2078 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2079 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2080 * Multiple bugfixes.
2083 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2084 --------------------------------
2086 * Multiple bug fixes.
2089 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2090 ---------------------------------
2094 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2095 recent to work correctly
2096 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2097 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2098 edit the ".hosts" file.
2099 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2100 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2101 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2102 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2103 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2104 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2105 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2106 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2107 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2108 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2109 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2110 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2111 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2112 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2113 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2114 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2115 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2116 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2117 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2118 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2119 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2120 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2121 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2122 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2123 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2124 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2125 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2126 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2127 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2128 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2129 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2130 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2131 and postproc modules.
2132 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2133 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2134 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2135 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2137 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2138 filter. For example:
2139 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2140 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2142 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2143 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2149 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2151 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2152 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2155 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2156 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2158 * Shoutcast TV listings
2159 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2161 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2162 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2164 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2167 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2168 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2169 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2170 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2171 * JACK audio input support
2172 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2173 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2174 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2175 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2176 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2177 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2178 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2179 (available as a separate download).
2180 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2181 * RTMP input support
2182 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2183 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2184 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2186 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2187 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2190 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2191 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2192 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2193 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2195 * APEv1/2 tags support
2196 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2197 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2199 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2200 * TiVo Series 2 support
2201 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2206 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2207 * Flash Screen Video support
2208 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2209 * DosBox Capture support
2210 * Karl Morton's Video support
2211 * limited atrac3 support
2213 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2214 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2215 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2216 * H.264 PAFF support
2217 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2218 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2219 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2220 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2221 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2224 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2225 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2226 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2227 * AQTitle subtitles support
2228 * MKV USF subtitles support
2229 * HTML-based subtitles support
2230 * MPSub subtitles support
2231 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2232 * MPL2 subtitles support
2233 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2234 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2235 * Realtext subtitle support
2236 * DKS subtitle support
2237 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2238 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2241 * Flash Screen Video support
2242 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2244 Video outputs and filters:
2245 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2246 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2247 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2248 * New puzzle video output filter
2249 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2250 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2252 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2253 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2254 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2255 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2256 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2257 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2258 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2259 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2260 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2261 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2262 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2263 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2264 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2265 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2267 Audio outputs and filters:
2268 * Replay gain support
2269 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2270 new scaletempo audio filter)
2271 * New spatializer audio filter
2272 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2275 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2276 * New RTP payload formats:
2277 * Speex voice audio codec
2278 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2279 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2280 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2281 * DCCP transport for RTP
2282 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2287 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2288 end-user suitable way.
2289 * Improved user interaction
2290 * Improved mouse gestures
2291 * Vastly improved Update checker
2292 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2294 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2295 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2297 * Improved video output features
2298 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2299 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2300 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2301 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2302 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2304 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2305 if libncursesw is available.
2306 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2307 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2308 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2310 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2311 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2312 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2313 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2314 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2315 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2316 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2317 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2320 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2321 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2322 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2325 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2326 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2327 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2328 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2329 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2330 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2333 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2334 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2344 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2345 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2346 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2349 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2350 ----------------------------------
2353 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2356 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2357 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2358 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2359 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2360 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2361 * Updated Polish translation
2364 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2365 ----------------------------------
2368 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2369 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2370 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2373 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2374 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2375 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2376 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2377 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2378 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2379 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2380 to an unexpected application termination
2381 * New Serbian translation
2382 * Updated Romanian translation
2385 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2386 ----------------------------------
2389 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2390 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2391 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2392 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2393 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2394 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2395 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2396 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2399 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2400 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2401 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2402 * Fixed AAC resampling
2403 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2404 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2407 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2408 ----------------------------------
2411 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2412 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2413 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2414 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2415 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2418 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2419 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2420 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2421 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2422 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2425 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2426 ----------------------------------
2429 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2430 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2433 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2434 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2435 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2436 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2438 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2442 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2445 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2448 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2451 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2454 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2455 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2456 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2457 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2458 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2460 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2461 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2462 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2463 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2466 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2469 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2470 ----------------------------------
2473 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2474 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2475 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2477 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2478 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2480 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2481 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2484 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2486 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2487 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2488 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2489 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2490 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2491 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2492 two different movies
2493 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2494 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2495 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2498 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2501 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2502 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2503 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2504 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2507 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2508 ----------------------------------
2510 Various bugfixes, notably:
2511 * Windows Vista compatibility
2512 * Cropping in Direct3D
2513 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2514 * RSS filter string overflow
2516 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2518 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2519 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2522 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2523 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2526 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2529 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2532 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2535 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2536 ----------------------------------
2538 Various bugfixes, notably:
2539 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2540 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2541 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2542 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2543 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2544 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2547 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2548 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2551 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2553 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2554 * Diverse usability improvements
2555 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2556 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2557 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2560 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2561 ---------------------------------
2563 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2564 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2567 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2570 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2571 --------------------------------
2574 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2577 * Support for RTSP authentication
2578 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2579 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2580 * ATSC support for DVB input
2581 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2582 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2583 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2586 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2587 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2588 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2589 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2590 * Matroska WavPack support
2591 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2592 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2593 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2596 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2597 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2598 * Improved libcaca support
2602 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2603 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2605 * Systray support in skins
2607 * Support for Apple Remote control
2608 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2609 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2610 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2611 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2613 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2616 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2617 Windows 9x/ME users:
2618 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2619 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2620 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2621 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2622 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2624 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2625 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2634 * Updates to the libvlc API
2635 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2638 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2639 --------------------------------
2642 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2643 * Support for downloading updates
2647 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2648 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2649 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2650 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2652 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2653 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2654 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2657 * Cook (Real audio) support
2659 Playlist / Services discovery:
2660 * XSPF playlist support
2662 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2665 * New JACK audio output
2668 * New video filters:
2669 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2670 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2671 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2672 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2673 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2674 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2677 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2680 * System to inform the user and request information
2681 - HTTP authentication
2685 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2686 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2687 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2690 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2691 - Improved playlist handling
2692 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2694 - Embedded Video output
2695 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2696 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2697 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2698 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2699 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2701 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2702 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2705 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2708 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2709 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2710 * Growl "Now playing" support
2713 * Ability to log to syslog
2714 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2717 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2719 * A bit more automatic testing
2722 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2723 ---------------------------------
2726 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2727 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2730 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2731 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2734 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2737 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2738 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2744 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2747 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2748 --------------------------------
2751 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2755 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2756 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2757 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2760 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2761 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2762 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2763 * GnomeVFS input module
2764 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2765 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2768 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2769 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2770 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2773 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2774 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2780 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2781 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2784 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2785 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2786 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2789 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2791 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2792 - New extended controls panel
2793 - New bookmarks window
2794 - Fixed playlist sorting
2795 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2797 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2798 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2799 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2800 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2804 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2805 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2807 - Include macro to include other files
2811 * Should now work outside IE as well
2814 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2817 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2818 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2821 The following languages were added:
2825 * Simplified Chinese
2826 The following languages were re-added:
2830 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2831 --------------------------------
2834 * Rewrite of the playlist
2836 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2837 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2838 * Preferences improvements:
2839 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2840 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2842 * Core image manipulation support
2843 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2844 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2845 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2846 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2847 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2848 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2849 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2850 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2851 * Access filter architecture
2852 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2853 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2857 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2858 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2859 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2860 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2861 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2862 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2863 * Massive Matroska improvements
2864 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2866 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2867 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2868 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2869 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2870 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2872 Decoders / Encoders:
2873 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2874 * PNG decoder/encoder
2875 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2876 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2879 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2882 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2883 * Brand new SAP module
2884 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2885 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2886 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2887 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2888 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2889 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2893 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2896 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2897 * Image file video output (png)
2898 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2899 * Improvements to wall video filter
2900 * Support for font color and opacity
2906 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2907 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2908 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2912 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2913 - Improved preferences
2914 - Improvements to the wizard
2915 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2917 - Redesigned playlist
2918 - Improved preferences
2920 - Support for multiple actions
2923 - Support for the new playlist system
2925 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2928 * Screensaver disabling fix
2929 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2930 * Support for no-decoration windows
2933 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2934 * The OpenGL video output is back
2935 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2936 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2937 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2938 is not yet available in the new module
2939 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2942 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2951 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2954 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2957 The following languages were added:
2963 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2964 --------------------------------
2967 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2968 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2971 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2972 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2973 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2976 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2979 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2982 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2985 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2986 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2987 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2991 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2993 * Support of playlist group announcement
2996 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2997 --------------------------------
3000 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3001 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3002 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3003 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3004 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3005 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3008 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3009 (Stream your desktop)
3010 * Improved DVD support:
3011 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3012 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3013 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3014 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3015 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3016 (selection of titles/chapters).
3019 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3020 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3021 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3022 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3023 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3024 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3025 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3026 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3027 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3028 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3031 * G.726 audio support
3032 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3033 * MPEG-4 text support
3034 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3035 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3036 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3040 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3041 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3042 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3043 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3044 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3045 * DVB subtitles encoder
3046 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3047 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3049 * Text track muxing for mp4
3050 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3051 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3052 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3053 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3054 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3055 * Improved ASF muxer
3057 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3058 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3059 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3062 * New audio equalizer filter
3063 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3064 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3065 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3066 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3069 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3070 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3071 with support for effects.
3072 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3073 - New filters can be streamed.
3074 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3075 - Centralized scaling and blending
3077 - "time", to display current time
3078 - "marq", to display a marquee
3081 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3082 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3083 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3084 * A few skins2 improvements
3085 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3086 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3087 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3088 * Improved CORBA control module
3091 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3092 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3093 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3096 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3097 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3098 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3101 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3102 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3103 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3104 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3105 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3108 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3111 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3112 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3115 * Server/client network synchronization module
3116 * VBrick streams fully supported
3117 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3121 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3122 --------------------------------
3125 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3126 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3127 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3128 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3131 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3132 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3133 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3134 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3135 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3136 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3137 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3140 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3141 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3142 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3143 * Improved directory access module.
3144 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3145 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3146 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3147 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3148 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3151 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3152 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3153 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3156 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3157 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3158 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3161 * Improved session announcement system.
3162 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3163 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3164 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3165 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3166 * Improved transrater.
3167 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3168 * New configuration system.
3169 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3172 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3173 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3174 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3175 * Supports scheduling.
3176 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3177 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3180 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3181 - Ability to embed video output.
3182 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3183 - Lots of improvements.
3184 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3185 - New design and set of icons.
3186 - Ability to embed video output.
3187 - Support for hotkeys.
3188 - Support for bookmarks.
3190 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3191 - Better hotkeys handling.
3194 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3195 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3196 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3197 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3200 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3201 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3202 * Improved Windows installer.
3208 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3209 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3212 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3213 ---------------------------------
3216 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3217 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3220 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3221 --------------------------------
3224 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3225 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3228 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3229 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3230 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3231 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3234 * Internal improvments
3235 * Improved import/export
3238 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3240 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3241 small and strange formats.
3243 * New MOD audio demux.
3244 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3245 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3246 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3247 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3250 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3251 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3252 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3258 * New opengl video output plugin.
3261 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3262 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3265 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3266 --------------------------------
3269 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3270 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3271 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3272 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3273 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3274 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3275 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3276 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3279 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3284 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3285 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3286 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3287 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3288 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3289 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3290 * Better Icecast support.
3291 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3292 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3295 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3296 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3297 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3298 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3299 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3300 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3301 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3304 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3305 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3306 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3307 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3308 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3309 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3310 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3311 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3312 * Preliminary RTP support.
3313 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3318 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3319 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3321 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3322 - Improvements and help in preferences
3323 - New streaming wizard
3324 - Revised Disc Open menu
3326 - Improvements of the standard pages
3327 - Support for new commands
3328 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3331 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3332 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3335 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3336 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3337 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3338 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3339 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3340 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3341 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3342 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3343 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3346 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3348 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3349 * Support for Panther.
3350 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3351 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3354 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3355 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3356 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3357 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3358 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3359 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3360 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3361 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3364 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3365 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3366 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3369 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3372 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3373 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3374 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3375 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3378 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3379 --------------------------------
3382 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3385 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3386 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3389 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3390 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3393 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3396 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3397 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3400 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3403 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3406 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3407 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3411 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3412 --------------------------------
3415 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3416 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3420 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3421 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3422 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3424 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3425 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3428 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3431 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3434 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3435 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3439 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3440 --------------------------------
3443 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3444 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3448 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3449 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3450 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3451 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3452 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3455 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3456 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3457 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3460 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3461 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3462 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3465 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3466 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3467 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3468 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3469 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3472 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3473 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3474 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3477 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3480 * Improved build system.
3481 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3482 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3483 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3484 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3487 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3488 --------------------------------
3491 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3494 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3495 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3496 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3497 * Video 4 Linux support
3498 * CD Digital Audio support
3499 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3502 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3503 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3504 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3505 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3508 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3509 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3510 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3511 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3512 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3513 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3514 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3517 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3518 * New HTTP remote control interface
3521 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3522 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3523 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3524 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3525 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3528 * New reset option for the preferences
3529 * You can set your language in the prefences
3530 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3531 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3532 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3533 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3536 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3537 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3538 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3541 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3542 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3543 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3544 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3545 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3546 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3547 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3548 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3549 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3550 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3553 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3554 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3555 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3556 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3557 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3558 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3559 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3562 * Interface localization
3563 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3564 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3565 * New full-featured Preferences window
3568 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3569 --------------------------------
3572 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3573 * support for skins at the interface level
3574 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3575 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3576 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3577 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3578 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3581 * fixed HTTP redirects
3582 * support for opening an entire directory
3583 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3584 * new video4linux access plug-in
3585 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3588 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3589 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3590 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3593 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3594 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3595 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3596 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3597 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3598 * new codec for raw I420 video
3599 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3602 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3603 (although it still misses some important features)
3604 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3607 * new HTTP output support
3608 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3609 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3612 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3615 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3618 * reorderable playlist
3619 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3620 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3621 * support for mono audio output devices
3622 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3623 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3624 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3625 * the messages window remembers more lines
3626 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3627 * http and ogg stream output options
3628 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3631 * new skinnable interface
3632 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3634 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3635 * support for FLAC audio format
3636 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3638 * network tab in the interface
3639 * "apply" handling in preferences
3642 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3643 ---------------------------------
3646 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3647 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3648 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3649 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3651 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3652 * DTS S/PDIF support
3655 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3656 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3657 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3658 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3661 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3662 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3665 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3668 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3671 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3673 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3674 * rc interface is now fully useable
3675 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3678 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3679 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3680 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3681 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3682 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3684 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3685 * support for mouse gestures
3686 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3689 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3690 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3693 * improved ID3 tag detection
3694 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3695 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3696 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3698 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3701 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3702 ---------------------------------
3705 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3706 English was set as the preferred language
3709 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3710 --------------------------------
3713 * new mouse gesture interface
3714 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3718 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3719 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3720 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3723 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3724 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3728 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3731 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3732 without the user consent
3735 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3737 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3738 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3739 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3742 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3743 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3744 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3745 * playlist enhancements
3746 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3747 * new step forward/step backward commands
3748 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3749 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3750 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3753 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3754 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3755 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3758 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3759 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3762 * native video output is working again
3763 * only commandline interface support
3764 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3767 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3768 --------------------------------
3771 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3772 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3773 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3774 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3775 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3776 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3777 and A/52 streams are supported)
3778 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3783 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3784 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3785 * VCD entry points support
3786 * VCD image file support
3789 * support for *.asf format
3790 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3791 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3792 * support for ogg encapsulation
3793 * support for raw DV format
3794 * support for *.wav format
3795 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3798 Stream discovery & playlists:
3799 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3800 * support for .m3u file format
3801 * support for .asx file format
3802 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3805 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3806 (only available with the .avi demux)
3807 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3808 * support for raw PCM data
3809 * support for Cinepak video codec
3810 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3811 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3812 * support for Xvid codec
3813 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3814 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3815 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3817 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3819 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3822 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3825 * new WxWindows interface
3826 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3827 device and the channels configuration
3828 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3829 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3830 format that VLC can play
3831 * new swedish translation
3832 * enhancements of the playlist window
3833 * new messages window to see debug info
3834 * fixed a few crashes
3837 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3838 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3839 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3840 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working