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:
24 * XSPF playlist support
28 * New JACK audio output
32 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
33 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
34 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
35 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
36 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
37 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
40 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
43 * System to inform the user and request information
48 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
49 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
50 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
52 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
53 - Improved playlist handling
54 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
56 - Embedded Video output
57 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
58 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
59 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
60 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
61 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
63 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
64 - A bunch of new RPN functions
67 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
70 * Mac-Intel compatibility
71 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
72 * Growl "Now playing" support
75 * Ability to log to syslog
76 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
79 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
81 * A bit more automatic testing
83 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
84 ---------------------------------
87 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
88 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
91 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
92 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
95 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
98 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
99 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
105 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
107 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
108 --------------------------------
111 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
115 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
116 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
117 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
120 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
121 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
122 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
123 * GnomeVFS input module
124 * Support for RTP packet reordering
125 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
128 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
129 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
130 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
133 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
134 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
140 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
141 Mixer and Dolby Surround
144 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
145 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
146 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
149 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
151 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
152 - New extended controls panel
153 - New bookmarks window
154 - Fixed playlist sorting
155 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
157 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
158 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
159 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
160 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
164 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
165 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
167 - Include macro to include other files
171 * Should now work outside IE as well
174 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
177 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
178 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
181 The following languages were added:
186 The following languages were re-added:
189 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
190 --------------------------------
193 * Rewrite of the playlist
195 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
196 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
197 * Preferences improvements:
198 - New organization, designed to improve usability
199 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
201 * Core image manipulation support
202 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
203 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
204 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
205 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
206 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
207 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
208 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
209 now separated by ':' instead of ','
210 * Access filter architecture
211 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
212 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
216 * Support for SOCKS proxy
217 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
218 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
219 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
220 * Better support for Kasenna streams
221 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
222 * Massive Matroska improvements
223 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
225 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
226 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
227 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
228 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
229 * Support for FTP over IPv6
232 * Dirac decoder and encoder
233 * PNG decoder/encoder
234 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
235 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
238 * New Record and Timeshift filters
241 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
242 * Brand new SAP module
243 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
244 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
245 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
246 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
247 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
248 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
252 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
255 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
256 * Image file video output (png)
257 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
258 * Improvements to wall video filter
259 * Support for font color and opacity
265 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
266 - Seeking support in VoD streams
267 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
271 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
272 - Improved preferences
273 - Improvements to the wizard
274 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
276 - Redesigned playlist
277 - Improved preferences
279 - Support for multiple actions
282 - Support for the new playlist system
284 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
287 * Screensaver disabling fix
288 * DirectShow tuner configuration
289 * Support for no-decoration windows
292 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
293 * The OpenGL video output is back
294 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
295 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
296 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
297 is not yet available in the new module
298 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
301 * Support for single-buffered overlay
310 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
313 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
316 The following languages were added:
322 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
323 -----------------------------------------------------
326 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
327 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
330 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
331 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
332 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
335 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
338 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
341 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
344 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
345 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
346 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
350 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
352 * Support of playlist group announcement
354 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
355 -----------------------------------------------------
358 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
359 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
360 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
361 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
362 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
363 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
366 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
367 (Stream your desktop)
368 * Improved DVD support:
369 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
370 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
371 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
372 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
373 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
374 (selection of titles/chapters).
377 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
378 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
379 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
380 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
381 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
382 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
383 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
384 * Improved Ogg demuxer
385 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
386 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
389 * G.726 audio support
390 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
391 * MPEG-4 text support
392 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
393 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
394 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
398 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
399 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
400 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
401 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
402 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
403 * DVB subtitles encoder
404 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
405 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
407 * Text track muxing for mp4
408 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
409 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
410 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
411 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
412 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
415 * H.263 RTP streaming support
416 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
417 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
420 * New audio equalizer filter
421 * Very trivial volume normalizer
422 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
423 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
424 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
427 * Roku HD1000 Video output
428 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
429 with support for effects.
430 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
431 - New filters can be streamed.
432 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
433 - Centralized scaling and blending
435 - "time", to display current time
436 - "marq", to display a marquee
439 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
440 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
441 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
442 * A few skins2 improvements
443 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
444 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
445 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
446 * Improved CORBA control module
449 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
450 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
451 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
454 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
455 * Experimental SVG rendering module
456 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
459 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
460 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
461 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
462 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
463 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
466 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
469 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
470 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
473 * Server/client network synchronization module
474 * VBrick streams fully supported
475 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
478 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
479 --------------------------------
482 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
483 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
484 * Improved HTTP daemon.
485 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
488 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
489 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
490 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
491 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
492 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
493 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
494 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
497 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
498 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
499 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
500 * Improved directory access module.
501 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
502 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
503 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
504 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
505 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
508 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
509 * mmsh streaming fixes.
510 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
513 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
514 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
515 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
518 * Improved session announcement system.
519 * Minimize threads usage by default.
520 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
521 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
522 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
523 * Improved transrater.
524 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
525 * New configuration system.
526 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
529 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
530 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
531 * Supports live streams and VoD.
532 * Supports scheduling.
533 * Telnet interface for vlm.
534 * HTTP interface for vlm.
537 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
538 - Ability to embed video output.
539 - Support for bitmap fonts.
540 - Lots of improvements.
541 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
542 - New design and set of icons.
543 - Ability to embed video output.
544 - Support for hotkeys.
545 - Support for bookmarks.
547 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
548 - Better hotkeys handling.
551 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
552 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
553 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
554 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
557 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
558 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
559 * Improved Windows installer.
565 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
566 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
568 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
569 ---------------------------------
572 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
573 * Playing MOD files is working now.
576 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
577 ---------------------------------
580 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
581 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
584 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
585 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
586 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
587 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
590 * Internal improvments
591 * Improved import/export
594 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
596 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
597 small and strange formats.
599 * New MOD audio demux.
600 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
601 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
602 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
603 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
606 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
607 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
608 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
614 * New opengl video output plugin.
617 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
618 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
620 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
621 ---------------------------------
624 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
625 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
626 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
627 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
628 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
629 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
630 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
631 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
634 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
639 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
640 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
641 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
642 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
643 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
644 * Reworked DVB tuning.
645 * Better Icecast support.
646 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
647 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
650 * Support for Theora video encoding.
651 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
652 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
653 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
654 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
655 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
656 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
659 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
660 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
661 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
662 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
663 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
664 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
665 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
666 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
667 * Preliminary RTP support.
668 * Fixes to SAP announces.
673 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
674 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
676 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
677 - Improvements and help in preferences
678 - New streaming wizard
679 - Revised Disc Open menu
681 - Improvements of the standard pages
682 - Support for new commands
683 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
686 * Many fixes to the SAP module
687 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
690 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
691 * Text subtitles autodetection.
692 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
693 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
694 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
695 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
696 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
697 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
698 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
701 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
703 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
704 * Support for Panther.
705 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
706 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
709 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
710 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
711 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
712 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
713 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
714 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
715 * Multimonitor support (untested).
716 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
719 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
720 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
721 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
724 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
727 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
728 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
729 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
730 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
732 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
733 ---------------------------------
736 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
739 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
740 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
743 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
744 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
747 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
750 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
751 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
754 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
757 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
760 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
761 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
764 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
765 ---------------------------------
768 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
769 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
773 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
774 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
775 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
777 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
778 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
781 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
784 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
787 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
788 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
791 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
792 ---------------------------------
795 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
796 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
800 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
801 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
802 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
803 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
804 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
807 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
808 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
809 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
812 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
813 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
814 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
817 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
818 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
819 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
820 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
821 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
824 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
825 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
826 * A new CORBA control plugin.
829 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
832 * Improved build system.
833 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
834 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
835 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
836 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
839 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
840 ---------------------------------
843 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
846 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
847 * Fixed large file support on Windows
848 * Video 4 Linux support
849 * CD Digital Audio support
850 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
853 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
854 * Support for OpenDML avi files
855 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
856 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
859 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
860 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
861 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
862 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
863 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
864 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
865 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
868 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
869 * New HTTP remote control interface
872 * 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.
873 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
874 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
875 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
878 * New reset option for the preferences
879 * You can set your language in the prefences
880 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
881 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
882 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
883 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
886 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
887 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
888 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
891 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
892 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
893 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
894 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
895 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
896 * New icons by Davor Orel.
897 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
898 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
899 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
900 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
903 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
904 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
905 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
906 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
907 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
908 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
909 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
912 * Interface localization
913 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
914 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
915 * New full-featured Preferences window
917 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
918 ---------------------------------
921 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
922 * support for skins at the interface level
923 * new OSD module using Freetype2
924 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
925 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
926 input level before dropping out of date frames.
927 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
930 * fixed HTTP redirects
931 * support for opening an entire directory
932 * EOF should be detected more reliably
933 * new video4linux access plug-in
934 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
937 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
938 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
939 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
942 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
943 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
944 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
945 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
946 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
947 * new codec for raw I420 video
948 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
951 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
952 (although it still misses some important features)
953 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
956 * new HTTP output support
957 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
958 * fixed AV synchronization issues
961 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
964 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
967 * reorderable playlist
968 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
969 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
970 * support for mono audio output devices
971 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
972 * fixed several cosmetic issues
973 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
974 * the messages window remembers more lines
975 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
976 * http and ogg stream output options
977 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
980 * new skinnable interface
981 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
983 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
984 * support for FLAC audio format
985 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
987 * network tab in the interface
988 * "apply" handling in preferences
991 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
992 ---------------------------------
995 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
996 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
997 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
998 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1000 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1001 * DTS S/PDIF support
1004 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1005 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1006 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1007 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1010 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1011 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1014 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1017 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1020 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1022 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1023 * rc interface is now fully useable
1024 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1027 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1028 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1029 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1030 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1031 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1033 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1034 * support for mouse gestures
1035 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1038 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1039 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1042 * improved ID3 tag detection
1043 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1044 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1045 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1047 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1050 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1051 ---------------------------------
1054 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1055 English was set as the preferred language
1058 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1059 --------------------------------
1062 * new mouse gesture interface
1063 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1067 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1068 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1069 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1072 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1073 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1077 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1080 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1081 without the user consent
1084 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1086 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1087 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1088 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1091 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1092 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1093 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1094 * playlist enhancements
1095 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1096 * new step forward/step backward commands
1097 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1098 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1099 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1102 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1103 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1104 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1107 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1108 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1111 * native video output is working again
1112 * only commandline interface support
1113 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1116 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1117 --------------------------------
1120 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1121 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1122 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1123 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1124 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1125 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1126 and A/52 streams are supported)
1127 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1132 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1133 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1134 * VCD entry points support
1135 * VCD image file support
1138 * support for *.asf format
1139 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1140 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1141 * support for ogg encapsulation
1142 * support for raw DV format
1143 * support for *.wav format
1144 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1147 Stream discovery & playlists:
1148 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1149 * support for .m3u file format
1150 * support for .asx file format
1151 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1154 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1155 (only available with the .avi demux)
1156 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1157 * support for raw PCM data
1158 * support for Cinepak video codec
1159 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1160 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1161 * support for Xvid codec
1162 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1163 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1164 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1166 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1168 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1171 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1174 * new WxWindows interface
1175 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1176 device and the channels configuration
1177 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1178 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1179 format that VLC can play
1180 * new swedish translation
1181 * enhancements of the playlist window
1182 * new messages window to see debug info
1183 * fixed a few crashes
1186 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1187 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1188 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1189 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working