3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
8 * Support for downloading updates
11 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
12 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
13 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
14 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
16 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
17 * Improved subtitles encoding support
18 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
21 * Cook (Real audio) support
23 Playlist / Services discovery:
27 * New JACK audio output
31 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
32 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
33 - bluescreen: overlay a video transparently on another one
34 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
35 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
36 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
39 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
42 * System to inform the user and request information
47 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
48 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
49 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
51 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
52 - Improved playlist handling
53 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
55 - Embedded Video output
56 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
57 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
58 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
59 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
61 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
62 - A bunch of new RPN functions
65 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
68 * Mac-Intel compatibility
69 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
70 * Growl "Now playing" support
73 * Ability to log to syslog
74 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
77 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
79 * A bit more automatic testing
81 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
82 ---------------------------------
85 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
86 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
89 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
90 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
93 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
96 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
97 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
103 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
105 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
106 --------------------------------
109 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
113 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
114 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
115 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
118 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
119 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
120 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
121 * GnomeVFS input module
122 * Support for RTP packet reordering
123 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
126 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
127 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
128 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
131 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
132 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
138 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
139 Mixer and Dolby Surround
142 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
143 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
144 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
147 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
149 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
150 - New extended controls panel
151 - New bookmarks window
152 - Fixed playlist sorting
153 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
155 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
156 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
157 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
158 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
162 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
163 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
165 - Include macro to include other files
169 * Should now work outside IE as well
172 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
175 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
176 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
179 The following languages were added:
184 The following languages were re-added:
187 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
188 --------------------------------
191 * Rewrite of the playlist
193 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
194 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
195 * Preferences improvements:
196 - New organization, designed to improve usability
197 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
199 * Core image manipulation support
200 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
201 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
202 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
203 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
204 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
205 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
206 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
207 now separated by ':' instead of ','
208 * Access filter architecture
209 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
210 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
214 * Support for SOCKS proxy
215 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
216 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
217 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
218 * Better support for Kasenna streams
219 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
220 * Massive Matroska improvements
221 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
223 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
224 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
225 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
226 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
227 * Support for FTP over IPv6
230 * Dirac decoder and encoder
231 * PNG decoder/encoder
232 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
233 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
236 * New Record and Timeshift filters
239 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
240 * Brand new SAP module
241 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
242 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
243 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
244 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
245 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
246 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
250 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
253 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
254 * Image file video output (png)
255 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
256 * Improvements to wall video filter
257 * Support for font color and opacity
263 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
264 - Seeking support in VoD streams
265 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
269 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
270 - Improved preferences
271 - Improvements to the wizard
272 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
274 - Redesigned playlist
275 - Improved preferences
277 - Support for multiple actions
280 - Support for the new playlist system
282 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
285 * Screensaver disabling fix
286 * DirectShow tuner configuration
287 * Support for no-decoration windows
290 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
291 * The OpenGL video output is back
292 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
293 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
294 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
295 is not yet available in the new module
296 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
299 * Support for single-buffered overlay
308 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
311 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
314 The following languages were added:
320 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
321 -----------------------------------------------------
324 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
325 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
328 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
329 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
330 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
333 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
336 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
339 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
342 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
343 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
344 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
348 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
350 * Support of playlist group announcement
352 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
353 -----------------------------------------------------
356 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
357 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
358 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
359 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
360 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
361 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
364 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
365 (Stream your desktop)
366 * Improved DVD support:
367 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
368 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
369 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
370 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
371 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
372 (selection of titles/chapters).
375 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
376 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
377 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
378 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
379 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
380 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
381 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
382 * Improved Ogg demuxer
383 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
384 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
387 * G.726 audio support
388 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
389 * MPEG-4 text support
390 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
391 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
392 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
396 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
397 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
398 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
399 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
400 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
401 * DVB subtitles encoder
402 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
403 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
405 * Text track muxing for mp4
406 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
407 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
408 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
409 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
410 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
413 * H.263 RTP streaming support
414 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
415 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
418 * New audio equalizer filter
419 * Very trivial volume normalizer
420 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
421 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
422 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
425 * Roku HD1000 Video output
426 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
427 with support for effects.
428 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
429 - New filters can be streamed.
430 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
431 - Centralized scaling and blending
433 - "time", to display current time
434 - "marq", to display a marquee
437 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
438 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
439 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
440 * A few skins2 improvements
441 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
442 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
443 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
444 * Improved CORBA control module
447 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
448 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
449 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
452 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
453 * Experimental SVG rendering module
454 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
457 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
458 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
459 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
460 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
461 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
464 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
467 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
468 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
471 * Server/client network synchronization module
472 * VBrick streams fully supported
473 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
476 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
477 --------------------------------
480 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
481 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
482 * Improved HTTP daemon.
483 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
486 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
487 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
488 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
489 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
490 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
491 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
492 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
495 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
496 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
497 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
498 * Improved directory access module.
499 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
500 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
501 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
502 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
503 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
506 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
507 * mmsh streaming fixes.
508 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
511 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
512 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
513 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
516 * Improved session announcement system.
517 * Minimize threads usage by default.
518 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
519 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
520 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
521 * Improved transrater.
522 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
523 * New configuration system.
524 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
527 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
528 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
529 * Supports live streams and VoD.
530 * Supports scheduling.
531 * Telnet interface for vlm.
532 * HTTP interface for vlm.
535 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
536 - Ability to embed video output.
537 - Support for bitmap fonts.
538 - Lots of improvements.
539 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
540 - New design and set of icons.
541 - Ability to embed video output.
542 - Support for hotkeys.
543 - Support for bookmarks.
545 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
546 - Better hotkeys handling.
549 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
550 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
551 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
552 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
555 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
556 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
557 * Improved Windows installer.
563 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
564 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
566 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
567 ---------------------------------
570 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
571 * Playing MOD files is working now.
574 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
575 ---------------------------------
578 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
579 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
582 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
583 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
584 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
585 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
588 * Internal improvments
589 * Improved import/export
592 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
594 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
595 small and strange formats.
597 * New MOD audio demux.
598 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
599 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
600 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
601 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
604 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
605 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
606 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
612 * New opengl video output plugin.
615 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
616 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
618 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
619 ---------------------------------
622 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
623 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
624 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
625 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
626 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
627 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
628 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
629 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
632 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
637 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
638 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
639 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
640 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
641 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
642 * Reworked DVB tuning.
643 * Better Icecast support.
644 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
645 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
648 * Support for Theora video encoding.
649 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
650 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
651 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
652 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
653 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
654 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
657 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
658 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
659 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
660 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
661 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
662 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
663 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
664 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
665 * Preliminary RTP support.
666 * Fixes to SAP announces.
671 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
672 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
674 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
675 - Improvements and help in preferences
676 - New streaming wizard
677 - Revised Disc Open menu
679 - Improvements of the standard pages
680 - Support for new commands
681 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
684 * Many fixes to the SAP module
685 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
688 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
689 * Text subtitles autodetection.
690 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
691 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
692 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
693 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
694 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
695 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
696 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
699 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
701 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
702 * Support for Panther.
703 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
704 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
707 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
708 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
709 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
710 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
711 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
712 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
713 * Multimonitor support (untested).
714 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
717 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
718 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
719 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
722 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
725 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
726 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
727 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
728 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
730 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
731 ---------------------------------
734 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
737 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
738 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
741 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
742 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
745 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
748 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
749 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
752 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
755 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
758 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
759 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
762 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
763 ---------------------------------
766 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
767 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
771 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
772 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
773 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
775 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
776 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
779 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
782 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
785 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
786 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
789 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
790 ---------------------------------
793 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
794 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
798 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
799 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
800 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
801 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
802 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
805 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
806 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
807 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
810 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
811 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
812 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
815 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
816 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
817 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
818 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
819 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
822 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
823 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
824 * A new CORBA control plugin.
827 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
830 * Improved build system.
831 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
832 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
833 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
834 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
837 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
838 ---------------------------------
841 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
844 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
845 * Fixed large file support on Windows
846 * Video 4 Linux support
847 * CD Digital Audio support
848 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
851 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
852 * Support for OpenDML avi files
853 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
854 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
857 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
858 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
859 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
860 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
861 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
862 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
863 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
866 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
867 * New HTTP remote control interface
870 * 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.
871 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
872 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
873 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
876 * New reset option for the preferences
877 * You can set your language in the prefences
878 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
879 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
880 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
881 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
884 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
885 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
886 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
889 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
890 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
891 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
892 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
893 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
894 * New icons by Davor Orel.
895 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
896 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
897 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
898 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
901 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
902 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
903 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
904 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
905 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
906 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
907 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
910 * Interface localization
911 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
912 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
913 * New full-featured Preferences window
915 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
916 ---------------------------------
919 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
920 * support for skins at the interface level
921 * new OSD module using Freetype2
922 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
923 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
924 input level before dropping out of date frames.
925 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
928 * fixed HTTP redirects
929 * support for opening an entire directory
930 * EOF should be detected more reliably
931 * new video4linux access plug-in
932 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
935 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
936 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
937 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
940 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
941 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
942 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
943 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
944 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
945 * new codec for raw I420 video
946 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
949 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
950 (although it still misses some important features)
951 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
954 * new HTTP output support
955 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
956 * fixed AV synchronization issues
959 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
962 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
965 * reorderable playlist
966 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
967 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
968 * support for mono audio output devices
969 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
970 * fixed several cosmetic issues
971 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
972 * the messages window remembers more lines
973 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
974 * http and ogg stream output options
975 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
978 * new skinnable interface
979 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
981 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
982 * support for FLAC audio format
983 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
985 * network tab in the interface
986 * "apply" handling in preferences
989 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
990 ---------------------------------
993 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
994 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
995 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
996 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
998 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1002 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1003 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1004 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1005 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1008 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1009 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1012 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1015 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1018 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1020 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1021 * rc interface is now fully useable
1022 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1025 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1026 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1027 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1028 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1029 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1031 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1032 * support for mouse gestures
1033 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1036 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1037 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1040 * improved ID3 tag detection
1041 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1042 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1043 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1045 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1048 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1049 ---------------------------------
1052 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1053 English was set as the preferred language
1056 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1057 --------------------------------
1060 * new mouse gesture interface
1061 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1065 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1066 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1067 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1070 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1071 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1075 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1078 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1079 without the user consent
1082 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1084 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1085 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1086 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1089 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1090 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1091 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1092 * playlist enhancements
1093 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1094 * new step forward/step backward commands
1095 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1096 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1097 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1100 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1101 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1102 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1105 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1106 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1109 * native video output is working again
1110 * only commandline interface support
1111 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1114 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1115 --------------------------------
1118 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1119 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1120 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1121 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1122 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1123 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1124 and A/52 streams are supported)
1125 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1130 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1131 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1132 * VCD entry points support
1133 * VCD image file support
1136 * support for *.asf format
1137 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1138 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1139 * support for ogg encapsulation
1140 * support for raw DV format
1141 * support for *.wav format
1142 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1145 Stream discovery & playlists:
1146 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1147 * support for .m3u file format
1148 * support for .asx file format
1149 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1152 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1153 (only available with the .avi demux)
1154 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1155 * support for raw PCM data
1156 * support for Cinepak video codec
1157 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1158 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1159 * support for Xvid codec
1160 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1161 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1162 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1164 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1166 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1169 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1172 * new WxWindows interface
1173 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1174 device and the channels configuration
1175 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1176 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1177 format that VLC can play
1178 * new swedish translation
1179 * enhancements of the playlist window
1180 * new messages window to see debug info
1181 * fixed a few crashes
1184 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1185 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1186 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1187 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working