1 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
6 * Support for the sftp protocol
7 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version
8 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
9 * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory
10 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams
14 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support
15 * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
16 * Invmem module improvements
17 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities
18 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 on Windows Vista and 7
19 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles, especially on Windows
22 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
23 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
24 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
25 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
26 * Various EGP improvements
29 * WPL playlist support
30 * ZPL playlist support
31 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
32 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
33 * Podcast images are now displayed
36 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
37 * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter
38 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler,
39 linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and
40 * NEON assembly audio converter module
43 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
44 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
45 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
46 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
47 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
48 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
51 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
52 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
53 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
54 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
55 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
56 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
59 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
62 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
63 * Service discovery based on libudev
66 * New smem module, streaming to memory
69 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
71 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
74 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
77 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
78 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
79 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
80 by Andy Matuschak et al.
81 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
84 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
85 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
88 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
94 * csri codec. Use libass module instead.
95 * galaktos. Use new projectM module instead.
96 * showintf. Useless in qt and mac os X
98 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx. Use new XCB modules instead.
99 * HAL. Use libudev instead.
100 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
101 * WinCE and qnx interfaces
102 * opie, qte and qte_main
103 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one.
104 * XvMC accelerated modules. Use VAAPI instead.
106 * cddax. Use cdda instead
109 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 (not yet released):
110 ---------------------------------------------------
112 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
115 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
116 --------------------------------
119 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
120 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
123 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
124 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
127 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
128 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
131 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
134 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
135 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
138 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
139 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
142 * New Walloon translation
143 * Swedish, Ukrainian an French translation update
146 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
147 --------------------------------
150 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
151 regressions in most popular drivers
152 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
155 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
156 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
157 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
160 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
161 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
164 * Update for appletrailers lua script
165 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
166 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
167 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
168 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
171 * New udev module for linux
174 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
177 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
180 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
181 --------------------------------
184 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
185 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
186 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
189 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
190 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
193 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
194 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
197 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
200 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
201 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
202 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
203 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
206 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
207 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
208 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
209 - no support for Goom and SDL
210 - limited text rendering support
211 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
214 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
215 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
216 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
217 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
218 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
219 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
220 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
221 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
222 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
226 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
229 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
232 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
233 --------------------------------
236 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
237 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
238 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
239 * Fix Dailymotion access script
240 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
241 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
244 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
245 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
248 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
249 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
250 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
253 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
256 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
257 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
260 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
261 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
262 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
263 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
264 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
265 * Fix various crashes
268 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
270 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
273 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
274 ---------------------------------
278 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
279 See 'Access:' for more info.
280 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
283 * Instantaneous pausing
284 * Frame-by-Frame playback
285 * Finer speed control
286 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
287 * Timeshift for most medias
288 * RTSP trickplay support
289 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
292 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
293 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
294 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
295 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
296 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
297 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
298 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
299 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
300 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
301 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
304 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
305 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
306 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
307 * Metadata for mod files are supported
308 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
309 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
310 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
313 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
314 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
317 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
318 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
319 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
320 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
321 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
322 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
323 * DVB scanning on linux
324 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
325 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
326 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
327 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
328 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
329 * MTP device access on Unix
330 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
331 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
334 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
335 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
336 Windows and Mac OS X.
339 * Export the playlist in HTML
340 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
341 * Better metadata handling and reading
343 Linux/Windows interface:
344 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
345 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
346 * Recently played items list
347 * Interface toolbar customizations
348 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
351 - Improvements on many dialogs
352 - New dialog for plugins listing
353 - Fixed-size mode for videos
354 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
355 * Better integration in GTK environments
358 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
359 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
360 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
361 * Additional usability improvements
364 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
365 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
366 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
367 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
368 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
371 * New Maemo port with:
372 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
373 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
376 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
379 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
380 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
381 * Support for latest iSight models
384 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
385 * Surround support for PulseAudio
388 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
389 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
390 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
391 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
392 The old image video output has been removed.
393 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
394 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
397 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
402 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
403 ---------------------------------
406 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
407 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
410 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
411 ---------------------------------
414 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
417 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
420 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
421 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
422 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
423 main controller window.
424 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
427 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
432 * Updates of other localizations
435 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
436 * Lots of small bugfixes.
437 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
438 * Telnet fixes on Windows
439 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
441 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
442 ---------------------------------
445 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
447 Bunch of small bugfixes.
450 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
451 --------------------------------
456 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
457 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
460 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
461 --------------------------------
463 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
464 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
467 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
470 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
471 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
474 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
475 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
478 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
479 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
480 * Various fixed in playlist
483 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
486 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
489 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
490 ------------------------------------
492 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
493 * Fixes several memory leaks.
496 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
497 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
498 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
501 * Stability fix for the video output.
504 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
505 --------------------------------
508 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
509 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
510 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
511 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
512 * Fixed update system bugs
513 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
516 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
517 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
518 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
519 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
520 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
521 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
522 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
523 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
524 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
525 modern Mac OS X versions
528 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
529 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
531 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
532 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
535 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
536 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
537 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
538 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
539 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
540 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
543 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
544 --------------------------------
546 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
547 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
551 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
552 --------------------------------
554 * Multiple bug fixes.
557 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
558 ---------------------------------
562 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
563 recent to work correctly
564 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
565 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
566 edit the ".hosts" file.
567 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
568 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
569 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
570 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
571 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
572 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
573 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
574 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
575 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
576 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
577 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
578 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
579 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
580 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
581 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
582 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
583 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
584 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
585 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
586 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
587 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
588 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
589 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
590 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
591 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
592 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
593 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
594 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
595 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
596 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
597 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
598 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
599 and postproc modules.
600 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
601 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
602 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
603 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
605 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
607 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
608 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
610 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
611 * Glide video output module has been removed.
617 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
619 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
620 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
623 * Vastly improved playlist support:
624 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
626 * Shoutcast TV listings
627 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
629 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
630 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
632 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
635 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
636 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
637 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
638 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
639 * JACK audio input support
640 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
641 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
642 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
643 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
644 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
645 * Experimental EyeTV access module
646 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
647 (available as a separate download).
648 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
650 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
651 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
652 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
654 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
655 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
658 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
659 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
660 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
661 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
663 * APEv1/2 tags support
664 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
665 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
667 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
668 * TiVo Series 2 support
669 * CD+G karaoke Files support
674 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
675 * Flash Screen Video support
676 * CamStudio Screen Video support
677 * DosBox Capture support
678 * Karl Morton's Video support
679 * limited atrac3 support
681 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
682 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
683 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
685 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
686 * NellyMoser ASAO support
687 * APE (Monkey audio) support
688 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
689 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
692 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
693 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
694 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
695 * AQTitle subtitles support
696 * MKV USF subtitles support
697 * HTML-based subtitles support
698 * MPSub subtitles support
699 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
700 * MPL2 subtitles support
701 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
702 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
703 * Realtext subtitle support
704 * DKS subtitle support
705 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
706 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
709 * Flash Screen Video support
710 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
712 Video outputs and filters:
713 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
714 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
715 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
716 * New puzzle video output filter
717 * Re-written motion detection video filter
718 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
720 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
721 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
722 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
723 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
724 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
725 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
726 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
727 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
728 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
729 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
730 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
731 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
732 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
733 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
735 Audio outputs and filters:
736 * Replay gain support
737 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
738 new scaletempo audio filter)
739 * New spatializer audio filter
740 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
743 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
744 * New RTP payload formats:
745 * Speex voice audio codec
746 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
747 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
748 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
749 * DCCP transport for RTP
750 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
755 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
756 end-user suitable way.
757 * Improved user interaction
758 * Improved mouse gestures
759 * Vastly improved Update checker
760 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
762 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
763 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
765 * Improved video output features
766 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
767 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
768 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
769 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
770 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
772 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
773 if libncursesw is available.
774 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
775 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
776 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
778 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
779 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
780 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
781 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
782 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
783 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
784 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
785 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
788 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
789 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
790 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
793 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
794 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
795 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
796 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
797 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
798 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
801 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
802 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
812 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
813 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
814 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
817 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
818 ----------------------------------
821 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
824 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
825 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
826 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
827 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
828 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
829 * Updated Polish translation
832 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
833 ----------------------------------
836 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
837 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
838 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
841 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
842 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
843 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
844 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
845 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
846 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
847 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
848 to an unexpected application termination
849 * New Serbian translation
850 * Updated Romanian translation
853 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
854 ----------------------------------
857 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
858 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
859 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
860 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
861 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
862 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
863 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
864 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
867 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
868 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
869 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
870 * Fixed AAC resampling
871 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
872 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
875 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
876 ----------------------------------
879 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
880 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
881 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
882 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
883 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
886 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
887 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
888 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
889 * Close MMS access on network timeout
890 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
893 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
894 ----------------------------------
897 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
898 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
901 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
902 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
903 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
904 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
906 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
910 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
913 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
916 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
919 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
922 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
923 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
924 encoding on multi-cpu systems
925 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
926 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
928 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
929 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
930 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
931 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
934 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
937 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
938 ----------------------------------
941 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
942 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
943 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
945 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
946 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
948 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
949 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
952 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
954 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
955 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
956 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
957 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
958 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
959 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
961 * Support for current Ogg file formats
962 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
963 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
966 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
969 * The automatic updating facility was removed
970 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
971 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
972 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
975 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
976 ----------------------------------
978 Various bugfixes, notably:
979 * Windows Vista compatibility
980 * Cropping in Direct3D
981 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
982 * RSS filter string overflow
984 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
986 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
987 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
990 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
991 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
994 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
997 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1000 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1003 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1004 ----------------------------------
1006 Various bugfixes, notably:
1007 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1008 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1009 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1010 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1011 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1012 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1015 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1016 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1019 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1021 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1022 * Diverse usability improvements
1023 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1024 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1025 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1028 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1029 ---------------------------------
1031 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1032 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1035 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1038 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1039 --------------------------------
1042 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1045 * Support for RTSP authentication
1046 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1047 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1048 * ATSC support for DVB input
1049 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1050 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1051 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1054 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1055 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1056 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1057 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1058 * Matroska WavPack support
1059 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1060 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1061 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1064 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1065 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1066 * Improved libcaca support
1070 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1071 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1073 * Systray support in skins
1075 * Support for Apple Remote control
1076 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1077 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1078 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1079 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1081 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1084 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1085 Windows 9x/ME users:
1086 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1087 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1088 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1089 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1090 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1092 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1093 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1102 * Updates to the libvlc API
1103 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1106 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1107 --------------------------------
1110 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1111 * Support for downloading updates
1115 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1116 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1117 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1118 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1120 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1121 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1122 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1125 * Cook (Real audio) support
1127 Playlist / Services discovery:
1128 * XSPF playlist support
1130 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1133 * New JACK audio output
1136 * New video filters:
1137 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1138 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1139 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1140 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1141 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1142 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1145 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1148 * System to inform the user and request information
1149 - HTTP authentication
1153 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1154 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1155 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1158 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1159 - Improved playlist handling
1160 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1162 - Embedded Video output
1163 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1164 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1165 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1166 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1167 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1169 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1170 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1173 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1176 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1177 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1178 * Growl "Now playing" support
1181 * Ability to log to syslog
1182 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1185 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1187 * A bit more automatic testing
1190 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1191 ---------------------------------
1194 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1195 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1198 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1199 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1202 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1205 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1206 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1212 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1215 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1216 --------------------------------
1219 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1223 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1224 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1225 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1228 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1229 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1230 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1231 * GnomeVFS input module
1232 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1233 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1236 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1237 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1238 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1241 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1242 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1248 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1249 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1252 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1253 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1254 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1257 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1259 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1260 - New extended controls panel
1261 - New bookmarks window
1262 - Fixed playlist sorting
1263 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1265 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1266 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1267 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1268 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1272 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1273 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1275 - Include macro to include other files
1279 * Should now work outside IE as well
1282 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1285 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1286 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1289 The following languages were added:
1293 * Simplified Chinese
1294 The following languages were re-added:
1298 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1299 --------------------------------
1302 * Rewrite of the playlist
1304 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1305 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1306 * Preferences improvements:
1307 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1308 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1310 * Core image manipulation support
1311 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1312 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1313 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1314 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1315 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1316 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1317 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1318 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1319 * Access filter architecture
1320 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1321 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1325 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1326 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1327 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1328 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1329 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1330 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1331 * Massive Matroska improvements
1332 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1334 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1335 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1336 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1337 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1338 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1340 Decoders / Encoders:
1341 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1342 * PNG decoder/encoder
1343 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1344 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1347 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1350 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1351 * Brand new SAP module
1352 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1353 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1354 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1355 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1356 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1357 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1361 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1364 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1365 * Image file video output (png)
1366 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1367 * Improvements to wall video filter
1368 * Support for font color and opacity
1374 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1375 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1376 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1380 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1381 - Improved preferences
1382 - Improvements to the wizard
1383 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1385 - Redesigned playlist
1386 - Improved preferences
1388 - Support for multiple actions
1391 - Support for the new playlist system
1393 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1396 * Screensaver disabling fix
1397 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1398 * Support for no-decoration windows
1401 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1402 * The OpenGL video output is back
1403 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1404 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1405 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1406 is not yet available in the new module
1407 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1410 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1419 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1422 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1425 The following languages were added:
1431 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1432 --------------------------------
1435 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1436 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1439 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1440 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1441 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1444 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1447 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1450 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1453 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1454 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1455 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1459 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1461 * Support of playlist group announcement
1464 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1465 --------------------------------
1468 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1469 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1470 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1471 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1472 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1473 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1476 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1477 (Stream your desktop)
1478 * Improved DVD support:
1479 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1480 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1481 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1482 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1483 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1484 (selection of titles/chapters).
1487 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1488 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1489 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1490 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1491 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1492 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1493 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1494 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1495 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1496 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1499 * G.726 audio support
1500 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1501 * MPEG-4 text support
1502 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1503 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1504 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1508 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1509 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1510 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1511 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1512 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1513 * DVB subtitles encoder
1514 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1515 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1517 * Text track muxing for mp4
1518 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1519 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1520 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1521 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1522 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1523 * Improved ASF muxer
1525 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1526 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1527 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1530 * New audio equalizer filter
1531 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1532 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1533 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1534 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1537 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1538 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1539 with support for effects.
1540 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1541 - New filters can be streamed.
1542 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1543 - Centralized scaling and blending
1545 - "time", to display current time
1546 - "marq", to display a marquee
1549 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1550 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1551 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1552 * A few skins2 improvements
1553 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1554 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1555 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1556 * Improved CORBA control module
1559 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1560 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1561 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1564 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1565 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1566 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1569 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1570 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1571 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1572 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1573 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1576 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1579 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1580 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1583 * Server/client network synchronization module
1584 * VBrick streams fully supported
1585 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1589 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1590 --------------------------------
1593 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1594 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1595 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1596 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1599 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1600 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1601 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1602 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1603 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1604 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1605 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1608 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1609 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1610 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1611 * Improved directory access module.
1612 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1613 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1614 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1615 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1616 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1619 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1620 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1621 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1624 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1625 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1626 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1629 * Improved session announcement system.
1630 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1631 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1632 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1633 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1634 * Improved transrater.
1635 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1636 * New configuration system.
1637 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1640 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1641 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1642 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1643 * Supports scheduling.
1644 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1645 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1648 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1649 - Ability to embed video output.
1650 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1651 - Lots of improvements.
1652 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1653 - New design and set of icons.
1654 - Ability to embed video output.
1655 - Support for hotkeys.
1656 - Support for bookmarks.
1658 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1659 - Better hotkeys handling.
1662 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1663 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1664 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1665 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1668 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1669 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1670 * Improved Windows installer.
1676 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1677 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1680 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1681 ---------------------------------
1684 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1685 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1688 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1689 --------------------------------
1692 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1693 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1696 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1697 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1698 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1699 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1702 * Internal improvments
1703 * Improved import/export
1706 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1708 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1709 small and strange formats.
1711 * New MOD audio demux.
1712 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1713 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1714 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1715 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1718 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1719 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1720 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1726 * New opengl video output plugin.
1729 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1730 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1733 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1734 --------------------------------
1737 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1738 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1739 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1740 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1741 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1742 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1743 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1744 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1747 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1752 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1753 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1754 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1755 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1756 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1757 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1758 * Better Icecast support.
1759 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1760 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1763 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1764 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1765 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1766 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1767 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1768 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1769 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1772 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1773 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1774 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1775 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1776 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1777 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1778 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1779 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1780 * Preliminary RTP support.
1781 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1786 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1787 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1789 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1790 - Improvements and help in preferences
1791 - New streaming wizard
1792 - Revised Disc Open menu
1794 - Improvements of the standard pages
1795 - Support for new commands
1796 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1799 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1800 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1803 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1804 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1805 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1806 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1807 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1808 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1809 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1810 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1811 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1814 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1816 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1817 * Support for Panther.
1818 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1819 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1822 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1823 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1824 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1825 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1826 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1827 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1828 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1829 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1832 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1833 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1834 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1837 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1840 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1841 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1842 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1843 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1846 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1847 --------------------------------
1850 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1853 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1854 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1857 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1858 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1861 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1864 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1865 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1868 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1871 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1874 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1875 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1879 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1880 --------------------------------
1883 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1884 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1888 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1889 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1890 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1892 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1893 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1896 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1899 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1902 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1903 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1907 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1908 --------------------------------
1911 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1912 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1916 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1917 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1918 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1919 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1920 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1923 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1924 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1925 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1928 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1929 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1930 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1933 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1934 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1935 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1936 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1937 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1940 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1941 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1942 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1945 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1948 * Improved build system.
1949 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1950 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1951 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1952 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1955 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1956 --------------------------------
1959 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1962 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1963 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1964 * Video 4 Linux support
1965 * CD Digital Audio support
1966 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1969 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1970 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1971 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1972 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1975 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1976 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1977 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1978 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1979 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1980 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1981 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1984 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1985 * New HTTP remote control interface
1988 * 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.
1989 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1990 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1991 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1994 * New reset option for the preferences
1995 * You can set your language in the prefences
1996 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1997 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1998 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1999 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2002 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2003 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2004 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2007 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2008 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2009 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2010 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2011 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2012 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2013 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2014 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2015 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2016 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2019 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2020 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2021 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2022 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2023 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2024 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2025 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2028 * Interface localization
2029 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2030 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2031 * New full-featured Preferences window
2034 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2035 --------------------------------
2038 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2039 * support for skins at the interface level
2040 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2041 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2042 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2043 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2044 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2047 * fixed HTTP redirects
2048 * support for opening an entire directory
2049 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2050 * new video4linux access plug-in
2051 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2054 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2055 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2056 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2059 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2060 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2061 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2062 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2063 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2064 * new codec for raw I420 video
2065 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2068 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2069 (although it still misses some important features)
2070 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2073 * new HTTP output support
2074 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2075 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2078 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2081 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2084 * reorderable playlist
2085 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2086 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2087 * support for mono audio output devices
2088 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2089 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2090 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2091 * the messages window remembers more lines
2092 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2093 * http and ogg stream output options
2094 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2097 * new skinnable interface
2098 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2100 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2101 * support for FLAC audio format
2102 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2104 * network tab in the interface
2105 * "apply" handling in preferences
2108 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2109 ---------------------------------
2112 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2113 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2114 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2115 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2117 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2118 * DTS S/PDIF support
2121 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2122 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2123 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2124 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2127 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2128 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2131 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2134 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2137 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2139 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2140 * rc interface is now fully useable
2141 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2144 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2145 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2146 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2147 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2148 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2150 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2151 * support for mouse gestures
2152 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2155 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2156 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2159 * improved ID3 tag detection
2160 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2161 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2162 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2164 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2167 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2168 ---------------------------------
2171 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2172 English was set as the preferred language
2175 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2176 --------------------------------
2179 * new mouse gesture interface
2180 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2184 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2185 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2186 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2189 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2190 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2194 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2197 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2198 without the user consent
2201 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2203 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2204 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2205 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2208 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2209 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2210 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2211 * playlist enhancements
2212 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2213 * new step forward/step backward commands
2214 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2215 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2216 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2219 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2220 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2221 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2224 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2225 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2228 * native video output is working again
2229 * only commandline interface support
2230 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2233 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2234 --------------------------------
2237 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2238 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2239 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2240 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2241 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2242 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2243 and A/52 streams are supported)
2244 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2249 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2250 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2251 * VCD entry points support
2252 * VCD image file support
2255 * support for *.asf format
2256 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2257 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2258 * support for ogg encapsulation
2259 * support for raw DV format
2260 * support for *.wav format
2261 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2264 Stream discovery & playlists:
2265 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2266 * support for .m3u file format
2267 * support for .asx file format
2268 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2271 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2272 (only available with the .avi demux)
2273 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2274 * support for raw PCM data
2275 * support for Cinepak video codec
2276 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2277 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2278 * support for Xvid codec
2279 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2280 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2281 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2283 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2285 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2288 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2291 * new WxWindows interface
2292 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2293 device and the channels configuration
2294 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2295 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2296 format that VLC can play
2297 * new swedish translation
2298 * enhancements of the playlist window
2299 * new messages window to see debug info
2300 * fixed a few crashes
2303 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2304 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2305 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2306 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working