1 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-pre1:
2 ------------------------------------
3 Important changes for users:
5 Important changes for packagers:
6 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
7 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
8 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
9 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
10 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
14 * Support for the sftp protocol
15 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
16 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
17 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
18 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
19 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
22 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
23 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
24 * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage
26 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
27 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
28 * Invmem module improvements
29 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
30 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
31 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles .SRT and .SSA
32 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
33 * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms
34 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
35 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
36 * Direct rendering is always used with H.264 in avcodec module
37 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
40 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
41 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
42 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
43 * Various EGP improvements
44 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
47 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
48 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
49 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
50 * Podcast images are now displayed
53 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
54 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
55 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
56 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
57 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
58 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
59 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
60 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
61 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
62 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
63 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
66 * New content extensions lua framework
70 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
71 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
72 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
73 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
74 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
75 * NEON assembly audio converter module
76 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
79 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
82 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
83 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
84 * Service discovery based on libudev
85 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
88 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
89 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
90 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
91 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
92 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
93 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
96 * New smem module, streaming to memory
97 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
98 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
101 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
103 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
106 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
107 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
108 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
109 by Andy Matuschak et al.
110 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
111 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
114 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
115 * Experimental playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
118 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
119 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
120 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
124 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
125 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
128 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
129 * phonon bindings are now usable
132 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
133 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
134 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
135 * transrate: broken since too long
136 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
137 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
138 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
139 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
140 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
141 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
142 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
143 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
144 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
145 * cddax: use cdda instead.
146 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
147 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
148 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
149 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
152 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
153 --------------------------------
156 * SubRip extra styles improvements
157 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
160 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
163 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
164 increase performance and fix x264 issues
167 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
168 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
169 Russian, Slovak translation updates
170 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
173 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
174 --------------------------------
177 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
178 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
181 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
182 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
185 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
186 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
189 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
192 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
193 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
196 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
197 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
200 * New Walloon translation
201 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
204 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
205 --------------------------------
208 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
209 regressions in most popular drivers
210 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
213 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
214 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
215 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
218 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
219 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
222 * Update for appletrailers lua script
223 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
224 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
225 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
226 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
229 * New udev module for linux
232 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
235 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
238 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
239 --------------------------------
242 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
243 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
244 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
247 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
248 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
251 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
252 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
255 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
258 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
259 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
260 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
261 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
264 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
265 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
266 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
267 - no support for Goom and SDL
268 - limited text rendering support
269 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
272 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
273 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
274 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
275 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
276 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
277 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
278 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
279 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
280 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
284 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
287 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
290 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
291 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
292 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
293 Arabic and French translation updates
296 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
297 --------------------------------
300 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
301 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
302 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
303 * Fix Dailymotion access script
304 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
305 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
308 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
309 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
312 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
313 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
314 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
317 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
320 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
321 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
324 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
325 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
326 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
327 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
328 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
329 * Fix various crashes
332 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
334 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
337 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
338 ---------------------------------
342 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
343 See 'Access:' for more info.
344 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
347 * Instantaneous pausing
348 * Frame-by-Frame playback
349 * Finer speed control
350 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
351 * Timeshift for most medias
352 * RTSP trickplay support
353 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
356 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
357 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
358 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
359 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
360 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
361 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
362 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
363 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
364 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
365 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
368 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
369 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
370 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
371 * Metadata for mod files are supported
372 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
373 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
374 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
377 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
378 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
381 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
382 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
383 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
384 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
385 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
386 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
387 * DVB scanning on linux
388 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
389 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
390 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
391 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
392 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
393 * MTP device access on Unix
394 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
395 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
398 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
399 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
400 Windows and Mac OS X.
403 * Export the playlist in HTML
404 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
405 * Better metadata handling and reading
407 Linux/Windows interface:
408 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
409 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
410 * Recently played items list
411 * Interface toolbar customizations
412 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
415 - Improvements on many dialogs
416 - New dialog for plugins listing
417 - Fixed-size mode for videos
418 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
419 * Better integration in GTK environments
422 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
423 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
424 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
425 * Additional usability improvements
428 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
429 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
430 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
431 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
432 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
435 * New Maemo port with:
436 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
437 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
440 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
443 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
444 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
445 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
446 * Support for latest iSight models
449 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
450 * Surround support for PulseAudio
453 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
454 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
455 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
456 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
457 The old image video output has been removed.
458 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
459 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
462 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
470 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
471 --------------------------------------
477 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
478 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
479 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
480 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
481 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
482 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
483 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
485 Various fixes to the following modules:
488 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
489 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
492 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
497 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
498 ---------------------------------
501 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
502 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
505 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
506 ---------------------------------
509 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
512 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
515 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
516 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
517 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
518 main controller window.
519 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
522 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
527 * Updates of other localizations
530 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
531 * Lots of small bugfixes.
532 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
533 * Telnet fixes on Windows
534 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
537 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
538 ---------------------------------
541 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
543 Bunch of small bugfixes.
546 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
547 --------------------------------
552 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
553 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
556 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
557 --------------------------------
559 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
560 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
563 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
566 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
567 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
570 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
571 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
574 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
575 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
576 * Various fixed in playlist
579 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
582 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
585 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
586 ------------------------------------
588 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
589 * Fixes several memory leaks.
592 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
593 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
594 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
597 * Stability fix for the video output.
600 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
601 --------------------------------
604 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
605 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
606 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
607 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
608 * Fixed update system bugs
609 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
612 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
613 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
614 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
615 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
616 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
617 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
618 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
619 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
620 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
621 modern Mac OS X versions
624 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
625 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
627 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
628 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
631 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
632 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
633 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
634 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
635 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
636 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
639 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
640 --------------------------------
642 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
643 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
647 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
648 --------------------------------
650 * Multiple bug fixes.
653 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
654 ---------------------------------
658 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
659 recent to work correctly
660 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
661 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
662 edit the ".hosts" file.
663 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
664 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
665 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
666 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
667 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
668 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
669 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
670 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
671 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
672 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
673 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
674 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
675 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
676 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
677 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
678 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
679 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
680 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
681 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
682 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
683 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
684 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
685 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
686 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
687 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
688 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
689 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
690 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
691 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
692 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
693 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
694 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
695 and postproc modules.
696 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
697 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
698 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
699 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
701 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
703 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
704 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
706 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
707 * Glide video output module has been removed.
713 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
715 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
716 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
719 * Vastly improved playlist support:
720 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
722 * Shoutcast TV listings
723 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
725 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
726 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
728 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
731 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
732 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
733 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
734 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
735 * JACK audio input support
736 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
737 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
738 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
739 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
740 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
741 * Experimental EyeTV access module
742 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
743 (available as a separate download).
744 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
746 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
747 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
748 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
750 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
751 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
754 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
755 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
756 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
757 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
759 * APEv1/2 tags support
760 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
761 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
763 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
764 * TiVo Series 2 support
765 * CD+G karaoke Files support
770 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
771 * Flash Screen Video support
772 * CamStudio Screen Video support
773 * DosBox Capture support
774 * Karl Morton's Video support
775 * limited atrac3 support
777 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
778 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
779 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
781 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
782 * NellyMoser ASAO support
783 * APE (Monkey audio) support
784 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
785 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
788 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
789 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
790 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
791 * AQTitle subtitles support
792 * MKV USF subtitles support
793 * HTML-based subtitles support
794 * MPSub subtitles support
795 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
796 * MPL2 subtitles support
797 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
798 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
799 * Realtext subtitle support
800 * DKS subtitle support
801 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
802 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
805 * Flash Screen Video support
806 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
808 Video outputs and filters:
809 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
810 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
811 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
812 * New puzzle video output filter
813 * Re-written motion detection video filter
814 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
816 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
817 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
818 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
819 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
820 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
821 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
822 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
823 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
824 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
825 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
826 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
827 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
828 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
829 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
831 Audio outputs and filters:
832 * Replay gain support
833 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
834 new scaletempo audio filter)
835 * New spatializer audio filter
836 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
839 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
840 * New RTP payload formats:
841 * Speex voice audio codec
842 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
843 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
844 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
845 * DCCP transport for RTP
846 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
851 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
852 end-user suitable way.
853 * Improved user interaction
854 * Improved mouse gestures
855 * Vastly improved Update checker
856 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
858 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
859 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
861 * Improved video output features
862 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
863 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
864 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
865 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
866 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
868 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
869 if libncursesw is available.
870 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
871 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
872 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
874 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
875 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
876 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
877 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
878 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
879 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
880 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
881 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
884 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
885 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
886 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
889 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
890 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
891 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
892 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
893 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
894 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
897 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
898 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
908 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
909 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
910 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
913 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
914 ----------------------------------
917 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
920 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
921 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
922 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
923 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
924 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
925 * Updated Polish translation
928 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
929 ----------------------------------
932 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
933 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
934 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
937 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
938 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
939 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
940 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
941 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
942 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
943 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
944 to an unexpected application termination
945 * New Serbian translation
946 * Updated Romanian translation
949 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
950 ----------------------------------
953 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
954 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
955 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
956 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
957 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
958 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
959 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
960 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
963 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
964 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
965 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
966 * Fixed AAC resampling
967 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
968 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
971 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
972 ----------------------------------
975 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
976 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
977 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
978 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
979 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
982 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
983 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
984 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
985 * Close MMS access on network timeout
986 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
989 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
990 ----------------------------------
993 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
994 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
997 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
998 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
999 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1000 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1002 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1006 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1009 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1012 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1015 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1018 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1019 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1020 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1021 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1022 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1024 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1025 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1026 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1027 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1030 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1033 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1034 ----------------------------------
1037 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1038 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1039 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1041 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1042 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1044 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1045 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1048 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1050 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1051 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1052 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1053 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1054 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1055 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1056 two different movies
1057 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1058 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1059 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1062 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1065 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1066 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1067 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1068 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1071 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1072 ----------------------------------
1074 Various bugfixes, notably:
1075 * Windows Vista compatibility
1076 * Cropping in Direct3D
1077 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1078 * RSS filter string overflow
1080 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1082 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1083 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1086 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1087 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1090 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1093 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1096 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1099 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1100 ----------------------------------
1102 Various bugfixes, notably:
1103 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1104 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1105 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1106 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1107 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1108 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1111 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1112 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1115 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1117 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1118 * Diverse usability improvements
1119 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1120 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1121 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1124 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1125 ---------------------------------
1127 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1128 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1131 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1134 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1135 --------------------------------
1138 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1141 * Support for RTSP authentication
1142 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1143 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1144 * ATSC support for DVB input
1145 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1146 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1147 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1150 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1151 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1152 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1153 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1154 * Matroska WavPack support
1155 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1156 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1157 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1160 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1161 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1162 * Improved libcaca support
1166 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1167 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1169 * Systray support in skins
1171 * Support for Apple Remote control
1172 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1173 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1174 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1175 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1177 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1180 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1181 Windows 9x/ME users:
1182 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1183 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1184 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1185 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1186 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1188 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1189 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1198 * Updates to the libvlc API
1199 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1202 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1203 --------------------------------
1206 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1207 * Support for downloading updates
1211 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1212 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1213 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1214 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1216 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1217 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1218 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1221 * Cook (Real audio) support
1223 Playlist / Services discovery:
1224 * XSPF playlist support
1226 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1229 * New JACK audio output
1232 * New video filters:
1233 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1234 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1235 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1236 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1237 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1238 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1241 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1244 * System to inform the user and request information
1245 - HTTP authentication
1249 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1250 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1251 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1254 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1255 - Improved playlist handling
1256 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1258 - Embedded Video output
1259 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1260 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1261 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1262 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1263 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1265 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1266 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1269 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1272 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1273 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1274 * Growl "Now playing" support
1277 * Ability to log to syslog
1278 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1281 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1283 * A bit more automatic testing
1286 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1287 ---------------------------------
1290 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1291 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1294 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1295 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1298 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1301 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1302 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1308 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1311 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1312 --------------------------------
1315 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1319 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1320 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1321 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1324 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1325 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1326 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1327 * GnomeVFS input module
1328 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1329 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1332 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1333 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1334 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1337 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1338 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1344 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1345 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1348 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1349 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1350 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1353 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1355 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1356 - New extended controls panel
1357 - New bookmarks window
1358 - Fixed playlist sorting
1359 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1361 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1362 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1363 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1364 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1368 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1369 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1371 - Include macro to include other files
1375 * Should now work outside IE as well
1378 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1381 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1382 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1385 The following languages were added:
1389 * Simplified Chinese
1390 The following languages were re-added:
1394 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1395 --------------------------------
1398 * Rewrite of the playlist
1400 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1401 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1402 * Preferences improvements:
1403 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1404 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1406 * Core image manipulation support
1407 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1408 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1409 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1410 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1411 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1412 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1413 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1414 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1415 * Access filter architecture
1416 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1417 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1421 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1422 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1423 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1424 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1425 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1426 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1427 * Massive Matroska improvements
1428 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1430 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1431 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1432 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1433 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1434 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1436 Decoders / Encoders:
1437 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1438 * PNG decoder/encoder
1439 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1440 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1443 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1446 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1447 * Brand new SAP module
1448 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1449 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1450 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1451 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1452 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1453 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1457 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1460 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1461 * Image file video output (png)
1462 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1463 * Improvements to wall video filter
1464 * Support for font color and opacity
1470 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1471 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1472 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1476 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1477 - Improved preferences
1478 - Improvements to the wizard
1479 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1481 - Redesigned playlist
1482 - Improved preferences
1484 - Support for multiple actions
1487 - Support for the new playlist system
1489 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1492 * Screensaver disabling fix
1493 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1494 * Support for no-decoration windows
1497 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1498 * The OpenGL video output is back
1499 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1500 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1501 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1502 is not yet available in the new module
1503 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1506 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1515 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1518 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1521 The following languages were added:
1527 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1528 --------------------------------
1531 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1532 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1535 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1536 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1537 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1540 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1543 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1546 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1549 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1550 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1551 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1555 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1557 * Support of playlist group announcement
1560 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1561 --------------------------------
1564 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1565 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1566 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1567 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1568 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1569 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1572 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1573 (Stream your desktop)
1574 * Improved DVD support:
1575 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1576 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1577 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1578 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1579 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1580 (selection of titles/chapters).
1583 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1584 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1585 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1586 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1587 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1588 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1589 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1590 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1591 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1592 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1595 * G.726 audio support
1596 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1597 * MPEG-4 text support
1598 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1599 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1600 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1604 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1605 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1606 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1607 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1608 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1609 * DVB subtitles encoder
1610 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1611 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1613 * Text track muxing for mp4
1614 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1615 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1616 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1617 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1618 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1619 * Improved ASF muxer
1621 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1622 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1623 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1626 * New audio equalizer filter
1627 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1628 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1629 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1630 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1633 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1634 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1635 with support for effects.
1636 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1637 - New filters can be streamed.
1638 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1639 - Centralized scaling and blending
1641 - "time", to display current time
1642 - "marq", to display a marquee
1645 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1646 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1647 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1648 * A few skins2 improvements
1649 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1650 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1651 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1652 * Improved CORBA control module
1655 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1656 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1657 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1660 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1661 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1662 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1665 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1666 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1667 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1668 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1669 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1672 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1675 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1676 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1679 * Server/client network synchronization module
1680 * VBrick streams fully supported
1681 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1685 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1686 --------------------------------
1689 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1690 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1691 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1692 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1695 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1696 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1697 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1698 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1699 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1700 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1701 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1704 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1705 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1706 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1707 * Improved directory access module.
1708 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1709 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1710 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1711 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1712 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1715 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1716 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1717 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1720 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1721 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1722 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1725 * Improved session announcement system.
1726 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1727 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1728 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1729 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1730 * Improved transrater.
1731 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1732 * New configuration system.
1733 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1736 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1737 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1738 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1739 * Supports scheduling.
1740 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1741 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1744 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1745 - Ability to embed video output.
1746 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1747 - Lots of improvements.
1748 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1749 - New design and set of icons.
1750 - Ability to embed video output.
1751 - Support for hotkeys.
1752 - Support for bookmarks.
1754 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1755 - Better hotkeys handling.
1758 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1759 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1760 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1761 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1764 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1765 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1766 * Improved Windows installer.
1772 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1773 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1776 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1777 ---------------------------------
1780 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1781 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1784 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1785 --------------------------------
1788 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1789 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1792 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1793 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1794 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1795 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1798 * Internal improvments
1799 * Improved import/export
1802 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1804 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1805 small and strange formats.
1807 * New MOD audio demux.
1808 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1809 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1810 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1811 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1814 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1815 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1816 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1822 * New opengl video output plugin.
1825 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1826 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1829 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1830 --------------------------------
1833 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1834 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1835 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1836 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1837 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1838 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1839 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1840 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1843 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1848 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1849 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1850 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1851 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1852 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1853 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1854 * Better Icecast support.
1855 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1856 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1859 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1860 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1861 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1862 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1863 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1864 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1865 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1868 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1869 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1870 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1871 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1872 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1873 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1874 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1875 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1876 * Preliminary RTP support.
1877 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1882 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1883 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1885 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1886 - Improvements and help in preferences
1887 - New streaming wizard
1888 - Revised Disc Open menu
1890 - Improvements of the standard pages
1891 - Support for new commands
1892 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1895 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1896 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1899 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1900 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1901 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1902 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1903 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1904 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1905 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1906 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1907 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1910 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1912 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1913 * Support for Panther.
1914 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1915 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1918 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1919 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1920 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1921 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1922 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1923 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1924 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1925 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1928 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1929 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1930 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1933 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1936 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1937 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1938 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1939 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1942 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1943 --------------------------------
1946 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1949 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1950 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1953 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1954 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1957 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1960 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1961 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1964 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1967 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1970 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1971 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1975 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1976 --------------------------------
1979 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1980 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1984 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1985 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1986 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1988 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1989 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1992 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1995 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1998 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1999 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2003 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2004 --------------------------------
2007 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2008 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2012 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2013 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2014 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2015 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2016 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2019 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2020 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2021 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2024 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2025 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2026 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2029 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2030 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2031 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2032 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2033 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2036 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2037 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2038 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2041 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2044 * Improved build system.
2045 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2046 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2047 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2048 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2051 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2052 --------------------------------
2055 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2058 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2059 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2060 * Video 4 Linux support
2061 * CD Digital Audio support
2062 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2065 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2066 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2067 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2068 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2071 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2072 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2073 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2074 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2075 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2076 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2077 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2080 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2081 * New HTTP remote control interface
2084 * 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.
2085 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2086 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2087 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2090 * New reset option for the preferences
2091 * You can set your language in the prefences
2092 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2093 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2094 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2095 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2098 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2099 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2100 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2103 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2104 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2105 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2106 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2107 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2108 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2109 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2110 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2111 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2112 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2115 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2116 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2117 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2118 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2119 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2120 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2121 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2124 * Interface localization
2125 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2126 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2127 * New full-featured Preferences window
2130 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2131 --------------------------------
2134 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2135 * support for skins at the interface level
2136 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2137 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2138 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2139 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2140 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2143 * fixed HTTP redirects
2144 * support for opening an entire directory
2145 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2146 * new video4linux access plug-in
2147 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2150 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2151 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2152 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2155 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2156 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2157 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2158 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2159 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2160 * new codec for raw I420 video
2161 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2164 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2165 (although it still misses some important features)
2166 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2169 * new HTTP output support
2170 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2171 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2174 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2177 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2180 * reorderable playlist
2181 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2182 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2183 * support for mono audio output devices
2184 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2185 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2186 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2187 * the messages window remembers more lines
2188 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2189 * http and ogg stream output options
2190 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2193 * new skinnable interface
2194 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2196 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2197 * support for FLAC audio format
2198 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2200 * network tab in the interface
2201 * "apply" handling in preferences
2204 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2205 ---------------------------------
2208 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2209 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2210 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2211 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2213 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2214 * DTS S/PDIF support
2217 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2218 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2219 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2220 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2223 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2224 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2227 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2230 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2233 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2235 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2236 * rc interface is now fully useable
2237 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2240 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2241 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2242 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2243 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2244 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2246 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2247 * support for mouse gestures
2248 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2251 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2252 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2255 * improved ID3 tag detection
2256 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2257 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2258 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2260 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2263 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2264 ---------------------------------
2267 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2268 English was set as the preferred language
2271 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2272 --------------------------------
2275 * new mouse gesture interface
2276 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2280 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2281 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2282 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2285 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2286 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2290 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2293 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2294 without the user consent
2297 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2299 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2300 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2301 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2304 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2305 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2306 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2307 * playlist enhancements
2308 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2309 * new step forward/step backward commands
2310 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2311 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2312 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2315 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2316 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2317 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2320 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2321 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2324 * native video output is working again
2325 * only commandline interface support
2326 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2329 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2330 --------------------------------
2333 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2334 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2335 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2336 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2337 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2338 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2339 and A/52 streams are supported)
2340 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2345 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2346 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2347 * VCD entry points support
2348 * VCD image file support
2351 * support for *.asf format
2352 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2353 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2354 * support for ogg encapsulation
2355 * support for raw DV format
2356 * support for *.wav format
2357 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2360 Stream discovery & playlists:
2361 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2362 * support for .m3u file format
2363 * support for .asx file format
2364 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2367 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2368 (only available with the .avi demux)
2369 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2370 * support for raw PCM data
2371 * support for Cinepak video codec
2372 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2373 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2374 * support for Xvid codec
2375 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2376 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2377 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2379 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2381 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2384 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2387 * new WxWindows interface
2388 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2389 device and the channels configuration
2390 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2391 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2392 format that VLC can play
2393 * new swedish translation
2394 * enhancements of the playlist window
2395 * new messages window to see debug info
2396 * fixed a few crashes
2399 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2400 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2401 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2402 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working