3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-aspect-ratio option
15 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
16 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
18 * GnomeVFS input module
21 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
24 * UPnP service discovery
25 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi
31 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
32 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
36 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
37 - New extended controls panel
38 - New bookmarks window
39 - Fixed playlist sorting
40 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
42 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
43 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
46 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
47 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
49 - Include macro to include other files
52 * Should now work outside IE as well
55 The following languages were added:
59 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
60 --------------------------------
63 * Rewrite of the playlist
65 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
66 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
67 * Preferences improvements:
68 - New organization, designed to improve usability
69 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
71 * Core image manipulation support
72 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
73 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
74 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
75 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
76 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
77 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
78 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
79 now separated by ':' instead of ','
80 * Access filter architecture
81 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
82 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
86 * Support for SOCKS proxy
87 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
88 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
89 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
90 * Better support for Kasenna streams
91 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
92 * Massive Matroska improvements
93 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
95 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
96 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
97 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
98 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
99 * Support for FTP over IPv6
102 * Dirac decoder and encoder
103 * PNG decoder/encoder
104 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
105 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
108 * New Record and Timeshift filters
111 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
112 * Brand new SAP module
113 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
114 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
115 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
116 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
117 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
118 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
122 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
125 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
126 * Image file video output (png)
127 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
128 * Improvements to wall video filter
129 * Support for font color and opacity
135 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
136 - Seeking support in VoD streams
137 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
141 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
142 - Improved preferences
143 - Improvements to the wizard
144 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
146 - Redesigned playlist
147 - Improved preferences
149 - Support for multiple actions
152 - Support for the new playlist system
154 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
157 * Screensaver disabling fix
158 * DirectShow tuner configuration
159 * Support for no-decoration windows
162 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
163 * The OpenGL video output is back
164 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
165 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
166 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
167 is not yet available in the new module
168 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
171 * Support for single-buffered overlay
180 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
183 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
186 The following languages were added:
192 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
193 -----------------------------------------------------
196 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
197 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
200 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
201 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
202 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
205 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
208 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
211 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
214 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
215 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
216 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
220 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
222 * Support of playlist group announcement
224 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
225 -----------------------------------------------------
228 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
229 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
230 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
231 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
232 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
233 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
236 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
237 (Stream your desktop)
238 * Improved DVD support:
239 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
240 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
241 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
242 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
243 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
244 (selection of titles/chapters).
247 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
248 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
249 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
250 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
251 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
252 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
253 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
254 * Improved Ogg demuxer
255 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
256 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
259 * G.726 audio support
260 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
261 * MPEG-4 text support
262 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
263 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
264 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
268 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
269 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
270 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
271 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
272 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
273 * DVB subtitles encoder
274 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
275 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
277 * Text track muxing for mp4
278 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
279 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
280 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
281 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
282 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
285 * H.263 RTP streaming support
286 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
287 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
290 * New audio equalizer filter
291 * Very trivial volume normalizer
292 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
293 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
294 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
297 * Roku HD1000 Video output
298 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
299 with support for effects.
300 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
301 - New filters can be streamed.
302 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
303 - Centralized scaling and blending
305 - "time", to display current time
306 - "marq", to display a marquee
309 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
310 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
311 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
312 * A few skins2 improvements
313 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
314 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
315 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
316 * Improved CORBA control module
319 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
320 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
321 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
324 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
325 * Experimental SVG rendering module
326 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
329 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
330 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
331 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
332 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
333 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
336 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
339 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
340 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
343 * Server/client network synchronization module
344 * VBrick streams fully supported
345 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
348 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
349 --------------------------------
352 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
353 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
354 * Improved HTTP daemon.
355 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
358 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
359 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
360 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
361 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
362 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
363 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
364 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
367 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
368 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
369 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
370 * Improved directory access module.
371 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
372 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
373 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
374 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
375 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
378 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
379 * mmsh streaming fixes.
380 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
383 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
384 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
385 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
388 * Improved session announcement system.
389 * Minimize threads usage by default.
390 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
391 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
392 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
393 * Improved transrater.
394 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
395 * New configuration system.
396 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
399 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
400 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
401 * Supports live streams and VoD.
402 * Supports scheduling.
403 * Telnet interface for vlm.
404 * HTTP interface for vlm.
407 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
408 - Ability to embed video output.
409 - Support for bitmap fonts.
410 - Lots of improvements.
411 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
412 - New design and set of icons.
413 - Ability to embed video output.
414 - Support for hotkeys.
415 - Support for bookmarks.
417 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
418 - Better hotkeys handling.
421 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
422 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
423 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
424 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
427 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
428 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
429 * Improved Windows installer.
435 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
436 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
438 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
439 ---------------------------------
442 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
443 * Playing MOD files is working now.
446 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
447 ---------------------------------
450 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
451 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
454 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
455 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
456 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
457 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
460 * Internal improvments
461 * Improved import/export
464 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
466 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
467 small and strange formats.
469 * New MOD audio demux.
470 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
471 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
472 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
473 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
476 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
477 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
478 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
484 * New opengl video output plugin.
487 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
488 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
490 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
491 ---------------------------------
494 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
495 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
496 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
497 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
498 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
499 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
500 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
501 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
504 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
509 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
510 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
511 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
512 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
513 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
514 * Reworked DVB tuning.
515 * Better Icecast support.
516 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
517 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
520 * Support for Theora video encoding.
521 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
522 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
523 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
524 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
525 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
526 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
529 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
530 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
531 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
532 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
533 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
534 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
535 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
536 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
537 * Preliminary RTP support.
538 * Fixes to SAP announces.
543 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
544 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
546 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
547 - Improvements and help in preferences
548 - New streaming wizard
549 - Revised Disc Open menu
551 - Improvements of the standard pages
552 - Support for new commands
553 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
556 * Many fixes to the SAP module
557 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
560 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
561 * Text subtitles autodetection.
562 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
563 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
564 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
565 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
566 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
567 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
568 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
571 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
573 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
574 * Support for Panther.
575 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
576 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
579 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
580 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
581 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
582 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
583 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
584 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
585 * Multimonitor support (untested).
586 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
589 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
590 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
591 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
594 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
597 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
598 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
599 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
600 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
602 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
603 ---------------------------------
606 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
609 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
610 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
613 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
614 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
617 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
620 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
621 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
624 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
627 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
630 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
631 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
634 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
635 ---------------------------------
638 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
639 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
643 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
644 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
645 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
647 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
648 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
651 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
654 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
657 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
658 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
661 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
662 ---------------------------------
665 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
666 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
670 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
671 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
672 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
673 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
674 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
677 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
678 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
679 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
682 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
683 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
684 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
687 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
688 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
689 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
690 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
691 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
694 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
695 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
696 * A new CORBA control plugin.
699 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
702 * Improved build system.
703 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
704 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
705 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
706 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
709 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
710 ---------------------------------
713 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
716 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
717 * Fixed large file support on Windows
718 * Video 4 Linux support
719 * CD Digital Audio support
720 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
723 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
724 * Support for OpenDML avi files
725 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
726 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
729 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
730 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
731 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
732 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
733 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
734 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
735 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
738 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
739 * New HTTP remote control interface
742 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
743 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
744 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
745 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
748 * New reset option for the preferences
749 * You can set your language in the prefences
750 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
751 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
752 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
753 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
756 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
757 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
758 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
761 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
762 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
763 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
764 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
765 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
766 * New icons by Davor Orel.
767 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
768 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
769 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
770 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
773 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
774 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
775 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
776 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
777 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
778 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
779 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
782 * Interface localization
783 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
784 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
785 * New full-featured Preferences window
787 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
788 ---------------------------------
791 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
792 * support for skins at the interface level
793 * new OSD module using Freetype2
794 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
795 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
796 input level before dropping out of date frames.
797 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
800 * fixed HTTP redirects
801 * support for opening an entire directory
802 * EOF should be detected more reliably
803 * new video4linux access plug-in
804 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
807 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
808 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
809 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
812 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
813 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
814 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
815 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
816 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
817 * new codec for raw I420 video
818 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
821 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
822 (although it still misses some important features)
823 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
826 * new HTTP output support
827 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
828 * fixed AV synchronization issues
831 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
834 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
837 * reorderable playlist
838 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
839 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
840 * support for mono audio output devices
841 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
842 * fixed several cosmetic issues
843 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
844 * the messages window remembers more lines
845 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
846 * http and ogg stream output options
847 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
850 * new skinnable interface
851 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
853 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
854 * support for FLAC audio format
855 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
857 * network tab in the interface
858 * "apply" handling in preferences
861 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
862 ---------------------------------
865 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
866 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
867 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
868 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
870 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
874 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
875 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
876 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
877 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
880 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
881 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
884 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
887 * fixed the GNU-pth support
890 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
892 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
893 * rc interface is now fully useable
894 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
897 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
898 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
899 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
900 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
901 * VLC now uses the default audio device
903 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
904 * support for mouse gestures
905 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
908 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
909 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
912 * improved ID3 tag detection
913 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
914 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
915 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
917 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
920 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
921 ---------------------------------
924 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
925 English was set as the preferred language
928 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
929 --------------------------------
932 * new mouse gesture interface
933 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
937 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
938 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
939 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
942 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
943 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
947 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
950 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
951 without the user consent
954 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
956 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
957 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
958 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
961 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
962 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
963 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
964 * playlist enhancements
965 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
966 * new step forward/step backward commands
967 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
968 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
969 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
972 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
973 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
974 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
977 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
978 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
981 * native video output is working again
982 * only commandline interface support
983 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
986 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
987 --------------------------------
990 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
991 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
992 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
993 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
994 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
995 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
996 and A/52 streams are supported)
997 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1002 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1003 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1004 * VCD entry points support
1005 * VCD image file support
1008 * support for *.asf format
1009 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1010 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1011 * support for ogg encapsulation
1012 * support for raw DV format
1013 * support for *.wav format
1014 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1017 Stream discovery & playlists:
1018 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1019 * support for .m3u file format
1020 * support for .asx file format
1021 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1024 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1025 (only available with the .avi demux)
1026 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1027 * support for raw PCM data
1028 * support for Cinepak video codec
1029 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1030 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1031 * support for Xvid codec
1032 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1033 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1034 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1036 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1038 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1041 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1044 * new WxWindows interface
1045 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1046 device and the channels configuration
1047 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1048 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1049 format that VLC can play
1050 * new swedish translation
1051 * enhancements of the playlist window
1052 * new messages window to see debug info
1053 * fixed a few crashes
1056 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1057 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1058 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1059 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working