3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
12 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
13 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
14 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
15 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
16 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
17 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
18 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
19 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
20 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
21 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
22 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
23 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
25 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
26 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
27 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
28 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
29 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
30 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
31 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
32 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
33 Old: '#std{access=rtp,dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
34 New: '#rtp{dst=239.255.1.2,sap}'
40 * Vastly improved playlist support:
41 * Media library support
43 * Shoutcast TV listings
44 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
46 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
47 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
48 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
49 share/luameta/README.txt
52 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
53 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
54 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
55 * JACK audio input support
56 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
57 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
58 * Fixed aiff stereo file
59 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
60 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
62 * APEv1/2 tags support
63 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
64 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
66 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
67 * Tivo Series 2 support
68 * v4l2 access module support
69 * CD+G karaoke Files support
73 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
74 * MKV USF subtitles support
75 * HTML based subtitles support
76 * Flash Screen Video support
77 * CamStudio Screen Video support
78 * DosBox Capture support
79 * Karl Morton's Video support
80 * limited atrac3 support
81 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
82 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
83 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
84 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, Tivo, DVB/ATSC)
86 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
87 * NellyMoser ASAO support
88 * APE ( Monkey audio ) support
89 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
92 * Flash Screen Video support
94 Video output and filters:
95 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
96 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
97 * New puzzle video output filter
98 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
99 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
101 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
102 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
103 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
105 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
106 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
107 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
108 was previously part of the mosaic module.
109 * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
110 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
111 * Support for Intel SSE2 intruction set in chroma converters
112 * Improved use of Intel MMX intruction set in chroma converters
114 Audio output and filters
115 * Replay gain support.
116 * Play audio when going slower/faster ( no pitch filter yet ).
117 * New spatializer audio filter.
120 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
121 * New RTP payload formats:
122 * Speex voice audio codec
123 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
124 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
125 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
126 * DCCP transport for RTP
127 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
131 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
133 * Improved user interaction
134 * Improved mouse gestures
135 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
137 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
138 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
139 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
140 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
141 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
142 * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
143 * Ncurses interface now uses ncursesw to correctly display wide characters
144 when using an UTF-8 locale.
145 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
148 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
149 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
150 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
153 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
154 applications. (Google Summer Of Code Student project).
157 * Event management and various improvement in libvlc.
158 (Part of a Google Summer Of Code Student project).
161 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
170 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
171 ----------------------------------
173 Various bugfixes, notably:
174 * Windows Vista compatibility
175 * Cropping in Direct3D
176 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
177 * RSS filter string overflow
179 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
181 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
182 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316)
185 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
188 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
191 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
194 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
197 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
198 ----------------------------------
200 Various bugfixes, notably:
201 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
202 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
203 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
204 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
205 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
206 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
209 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
210 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
213 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
215 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
216 * Diverse usability improvements
217 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
218 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
219 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
222 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
223 ---------------------------------
226 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
229 * Fullscreen controller improvements
232 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
233 --------------------------------
236 * Shoutcast TV listings support
239 * Support for RTSP authentication
240 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
241 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
242 * ATSC support for DVB input
243 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
244 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
245 * Improved support for Flash Video files
248 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
249 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
250 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
251 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
252 * Matroska WavPack support
253 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
254 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
255 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
258 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
259 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
260 * Improved libcaca support
264 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
265 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
267 * Systray support in skins
269 * Support for Apple Remote control
270 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
271 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
272 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
273 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
275 * Notifications using notification-daemon
278 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
280 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
281 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
282 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
283 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
284 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
286 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
287 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
296 * Updates to the libvlc API
297 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
300 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
301 --------------------------------
304 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
305 * Support for downloading updates
309 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
310 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
311 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
312 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
314 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
315 * Improved subtitles encoding support
316 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
319 * Cook (Real audio) support
321 Playlist / Services discovery:
322 * XSPF playlist support
324 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
327 * New JACK audio output
331 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
332 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
333 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
334 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
335 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
336 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
339 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
342 * System to inform the user and request information
343 - HTTP authentication
347 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
348 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
349 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
352 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
353 - Improved playlist handling
354 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
356 - Embedded Video output
357 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
358 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
359 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
360 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
361 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
363 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
364 - A bunch of new RPN functions
367 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
370 * Mac-Intel compatibility
371 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
372 * Growl "Now playing" support
375 * Ability to log to syslog
376 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
379 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
381 * A bit more automatic testing
384 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
385 ---------------------------------
388 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
389 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
392 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
393 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
396 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
399 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
400 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
406 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
409 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
410 --------------------------------
413 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
417 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
418 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
419 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
422 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
423 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
424 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
425 * GnomeVFS input module
426 * Support for RTP packet reordering
427 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
430 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
431 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
432 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
435 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
436 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
442 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
443 Mixer and Dolby Surround
446 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
447 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
448 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
451 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
453 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
454 - New extended controls panel
455 - New bookmarks window
456 - Fixed playlist sorting
457 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
459 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
460 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
461 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
462 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
466 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
467 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
469 - Include macro to include other files
473 * Should now work outside IE as well
476 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
479 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
480 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
483 The following languages were added:
488 The following languages were re-added:
492 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
493 --------------------------------
496 * Rewrite of the playlist
498 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
499 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
500 * Preferences improvements:
501 - New organization, designed to improve usability
502 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
504 * Core image manipulation support
505 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
506 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
507 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
508 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
509 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
510 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
511 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
512 now separated by ':' instead of ','
513 * Access filter architecture
514 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
515 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
519 * Support for SOCKS proxy
520 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
521 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
522 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
523 * Better support for Kasenna streams
524 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
525 * Massive Matroska improvements
526 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
528 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
529 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
530 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
531 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
532 * Support for FTP over IPv6
535 * Dirac decoder and encoder
536 * PNG decoder/encoder
537 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
538 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
541 * New Record and Timeshift filters
544 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
545 * Brand new SAP module
546 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
547 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
548 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
549 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
550 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
551 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
555 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
558 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
559 * Image file video output (png)
560 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
561 * Improvements to wall video filter
562 * Support for font color and opacity
568 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
569 - Seeking support in VoD streams
570 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
574 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
575 - Improved preferences
576 - Improvements to the wizard
577 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
579 - Redesigned playlist
580 - Improved preferences
582 - Support for multiple actions
585 - Support for the new playlist system
587 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
590 * Screensaver disabling fix
591 * DirectShow tuner configuration
592 * Support for no-decoration windows
595 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
596 * The OpenGL video output is back
597 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
598 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
599 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
600 is not yet available in the new module
601 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
604 * Support for single-buffered overlay
613 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
616 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
619 The following languages were added:
625 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
626 --------------------------------
629 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
630 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
633 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
634 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
635 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
638 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
641 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
644 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
647 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
648 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
649 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
653 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
655 * Support of playlist group announcement
658 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
659 --------------------------------
662 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
663 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
664 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
665 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
666 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
667 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
670 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
671 (Stream your desktop)
672 * Improved DVD support:
673 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
674 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
675 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
676 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
677 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
678 (selection of titles/chapters).
681 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
682 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
683 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
684 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
685 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
686 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
687 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
688 * Improved Ogg demuxer
689 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
690 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
693 * G.726 audio support
694 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
695 * MPEG-4 text support
696 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
697 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
698 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
702 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
703 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
704 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
705 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
706 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
707 * DVB subtitles encoder
708 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
709 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
711 * Text track muxing for mp4
712 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
713 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
714 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
715 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
716 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
719 * H.263 RTP streaming support
720 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
721 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
724 * New audio equalizer filter
725 * Very trivial volume normalizer
726 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
727 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
728 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
731 * Roku HD1000 Video output
732 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
733 with support for effects.
734 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
735 - New filters can be streamed.
736 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
737 - Centralized scaling and blending
739 - "time", to display current time
740 - "marq", to display a marquee
743 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
744 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
745 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
746 * A few skins2 improvements
747 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
748 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
749 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
750 * Improved CORBA control module
753 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
754 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
755 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
758 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
759 * Experimental SVG rendering module
760 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
763 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
764 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
765 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
766 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
767 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
770 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
773 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
774 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
777 * Server/client network synchronization module
778 * VBrick streams fully supported
779 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
783 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
784 --------------------------------
787 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
788 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
789 * Improved HTTP daemon.
790 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
793 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
794 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
795 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
796 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
797 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
798 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
799 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
802 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
803 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
804 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
805 * Improved directory access module.
806 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
807 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
808 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
809 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
810 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
813 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
814 * mmsh streaming fixes.
815 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
818 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
819 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
820 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
823 * Improved session announcement system.
824 * Minimize threads usage by default.
825 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
826 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
827 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
828 * Improved transrater.
829 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
830 * New configuration system.
831 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
834 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
835 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
836 * Supports live streams and VoD.
837 * Supports scheduling.
838 * Telnet interface for vlm.
839 * HTTP interface for vlm.
842 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
843 - Ability to embed video output.
844 - Support for bitmap fonts.
845 - Lots of improvements.
846 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
847 - New design and set of icons.
848 - Ability to embed video output.
849 - Support for hotkeys.
850 - Support for bookmarks.
852 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
853 - Better hotkeys handling.
856 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
857 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
858 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
859 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
862 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
863 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
864 * Improved Windows installer.
870 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
871 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
874 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
875 ---------------------------------
878 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
879 * Playing MOD files is working now.
882 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
883 --------------------------------
886 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
887 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
890 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
891 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
892 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
893 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
896 * Internal improvments
897 * Improved import/export
900 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
902 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
903 small and strange formats.
905 * New MOD audio demux.
906 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
907 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
908 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
909 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
912 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
913 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
914 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
920 * New opengl video output plugin.
923 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
924 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
927 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
928 --------------------------------
931 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
932 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
933 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
934 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
935 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
936 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
937 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
938 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
941 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
946 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
947 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
948 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
949 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
950 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
951 * Reworked DVB tuning.
952 * Better Icecast support.
953 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
954 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
957 * Support for Theora video encoding.
958 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
959 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
960 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
961 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
962 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
963 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
966 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
967 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
968 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
969 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
970 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
971 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
972 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
973 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
974 * Preliminary RTP support.
975 * Fixes to SAP announces.
980 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
981 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
983 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
984 - Improvements and help in preferences
985 - New streaming wizard
986 - Revised Disc Open menu
988 - Improvements of the standard pages
989 - Support for new commands
990 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
993 * Many fixes to the SAP module
994 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
997 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
998 * Text subtitles autodetection.
999 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1000 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1001 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1002 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1003 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1004 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1005 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1008 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1010 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1011 * Support for Panther.
1012 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1013 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1016 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1017 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1018 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1019 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1020 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1021 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1022 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1023 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1026 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1027 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1028 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1031 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1034 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1035 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1036 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1037 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1040 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1041 --------------------------------
1044 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1047 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1048 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1051 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1052 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1055 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1058 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1059 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1062 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1065 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1068 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1069 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1073 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1074 --------------------------------
1077 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1078 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1082 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1083 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1084 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1086 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1087 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1090 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1093 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1096 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1097 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1101 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1102 --------------------------------
1105 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1106 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1110 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1111 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1112 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1113 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1114 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1117 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1118 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1119 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1122 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1123 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1124 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1127 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1128 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1129 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1130 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1131 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1134 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1135 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1136 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1139 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1142 * Improved build system.
1143 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1144 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1145 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1146 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1149 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1150 --------------------------------
1153 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1156 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1157 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1158 * Video 4 Linux support
1159 * CD Digital Audio support
1160 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1163 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1164 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1165 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1166 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1169 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1170 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1171 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1172 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1173 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1174 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1175 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1178 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1179 * New HTTP remote control interface
1182 * 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.
1183 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1184 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1185 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1188 * New reset option for the preferences
1189 * You can set your language in the prefences
1190 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1191 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1192 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1193 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1196 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1197 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1198 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1201 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1202 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1203 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1204 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1205 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1206 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1207 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1208 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1209 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1210 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1213 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1214 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1215 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1216 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1217 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1218 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1219 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1222 * Interface localization
1223 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1224 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1225 * New full-featured Preferences window
1228 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1229 --------------------------------
1232 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1233 * support for skins at the interface level
1234 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1235 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1236 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1237 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1238 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1241 * fixed HTTP redirects
1242 * support for opening an entire directory
1243 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1244 * new video4linux access plug-in
1245 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1248 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1249 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1250 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1253 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1254 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1255 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1256 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1257 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1258 * new codec for raw I420 video
1259 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1262 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1263 (although it still misses some important features)
1264 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1267 * new HTTP output support
1268 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1269 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1272 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1275 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1278 * reorderable playlist
1279 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1280 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1281 * support for mono audio output devices
1282 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1283 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1284 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1285 * the messages window remembers more lines
1286 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1287 * http and ogg stream output options
1288 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1291 * new skinnable interface
1292 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1294 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1295 * support for FLAC audio format
1296 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1298 * network tab in the interface
1299 * "apply" handling in preferences
1302 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1303 ---------------------------------
1306 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1307 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1308 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1309 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1311 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1312 * DTS S/PDIF support
1315 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1316 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1317 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1318 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1321 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1322 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1325 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1328 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1331 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1333 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1334 * rc interface is now fully useable
1335 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1338 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1339 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1340 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1341 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1342 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1344 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1345 * support for mouse gestures
1346 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1349 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1350 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1353 * improved ID3 tag detection
1354 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1355 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1356 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1358 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1361 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1362 ---------------------------------
1365 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1366 English was set as the preferred language
1369 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1370 --------------------------------
1373 * new mouse gesture interface
1374 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1378 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1379 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1380 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1383 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1384 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1388 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1391 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1392 without the user consent
1395 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1397 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1398 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1399 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1402 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1403 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1404 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1405 * playlist enhancements
1406 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1407 * new step forward/step backward commands
1408 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1409 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1410 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1413 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1414 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1415 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1418 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1419 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1422 * native video output is working again
1423 * only commandline interface support
1424 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1427 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1428 --------------------------------
1431 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1432 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1433 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1434 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1435 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1436 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1437 and A/52 streams are supported)
1438 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1443 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1444 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1445 * VCD entry points support
1446 * VCD image file support
1449 * support for *.asf format
1450 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1451 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1452 * support for ogg encapsulation
1453 * support for raw DV format
1454 * support for *.wav format
1455 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1458 Stream discovery & playlists:
1459 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1460 * support for .m3u file format
1461 * support for .asx file format
1462 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1465 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1466 (only available with the .avi demux)
1467 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1468 * support for raw PCM data
1469 * support for Cinepak video codec
1470 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1471 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1472 * support for Xvid codec
1473 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1474 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1475 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1477 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1479 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1482 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1485 * new WxWindows interface
1486 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1487 device and the channels configuration
1488 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1489 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1490 format that VLC can play
1491 * new swedish translation
1492 * enhancements of the playlist window
1493 * new messages window to see debug info
1494 * fixed a few crashes
1497 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1498 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1499 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1500 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working