3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
9 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
10 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
11 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
12 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
13 * Improved subtitles encoding support
16 * Cook (Real audio) support
18 Playlist / Services discovery :
22 * New video filters : magnify, gradient and edge detection
25 * System to inform the user and request information
30 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
32 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
33 - Improved playlist handling
34 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
36 - Overlay control panel
39 - Much improved default interface pages
42 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
48 * Ability to log to syslog
49 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
57 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
58 ---------------------------------
61 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
62 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
65 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
66 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
69 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
72 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
73 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
79 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
81 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
82 --------------------------------
85 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
89 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
90 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
91 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
94 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
95 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
96 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
97 * GnomeVFS input module
98 * Support for RTP packet reordering
99 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
102 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
103 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
104 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
107 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
108 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
114 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
115 Mixer and Dolby Surround
118 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
119 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
120 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
123 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
125 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
126 - New extended controls panel
127 - New bookmarks window
128 - Fixed playlist sorting
129 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
131 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
132 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
133 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
134 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
138 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
139 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
141 - Include macro to include other files
145 * Should now work outside IE as well
148 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
151 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
152 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
155 The following languages were added:
160 The following languages were re-added:
163 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
164 --------------------------------
167 * Rewrite of the playlist
169 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
170 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
171 * Preferences improvements:
172 - New organization, designed to improve usability
173 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
175 * Core image manipulation support
176 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
177 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
178 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
179 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
180 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
181 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
182 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
183 now separated by ':' instead of ','
184 * Access filter architecture
185 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
186 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
190 * Support for SOCKS proxy
191 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
192 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
193 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
194 * Better support for Kasenna streams
195 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
196 * Massive Matroska improvements
197 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
199 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
200 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
201 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
202 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
203 * Support for FTP over IPv6
206 * Dirac decoder and encoder
207 * PNG decoder/encoder
208 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
209 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
212 * New Record and Timeshift filters
215 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
216 * Brand new SAP module
217 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
218 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
219 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
220 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
221 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
222 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
226 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
229 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
230 * Image file video output (png)
231 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
232 * Improvements to wall video filter
233 * Support for font color and opacity
239 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
240 - Seeking support in VoD streams
241 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
245 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
246 - Improved preferences
247 - Improvements to the wizard
248 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
250 - Redesigned playlist
251 - Improved preferences
253 - Support for multiple actions
256 - Support for the new playlist system
258 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
261 * Screensaver disabling fix
262 * DirectShow tuner configuration
263 * Support for no-decoration windows
266 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
267 * The OpenGL video output is back
268 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
269 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
270 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
271 is not yet available in the new module
272 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
275 * Support for single-buffered overlay
284 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
287 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
290 The following languages were added:
296 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
297 -----------------------------------------------------
300 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
301 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
304 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
305 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
306 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
309 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
312 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
315 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
318 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
319 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
320 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
324 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
326 * Support of playlist group announcement
328 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
329 -----------------------------------------------------
332 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
333 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
334 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
335 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
336 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
337 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
340 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
341 (Stream your desktop)
342 * Improved DVD support:
343 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
344 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
345 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
346 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
347 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
348 (selection of titles/chapters).
351 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
352 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
353 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
354 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
355 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
356 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
357 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
358 * Improved Ogg demuxer
359 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
360 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
363 * G.726 audio support
364 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
365 * MPEG-4 text support
366 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
367 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
368 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
372 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
373 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
374 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
375 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
376 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
377 * DVB subtitles encoder
378 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
379 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
381 * Text track muxing for mp4
382 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
383 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
384 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
385 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
386 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
389 * H.263 RTP streaming support
390 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
391 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
394 * New audio equalizer filter
395 * Very trivial volume normalizer
396 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
397 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
398 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
401 * Roku HD1000 Video output
402 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
403 with support for effects.
404 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
405 - New filters can be streamed.
406 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
407 - Centralized scaling and blending
409 - "time", to display current time
410 - "marq", to display a marquee
413 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
414 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
415 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
416 * A few skins2 improvements
417 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
418 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
419 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
420 * Improved CORBA control module
423 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
424 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
425 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
428 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
429 * Experimental SVG rendering module
430 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
433 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
434 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
435 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
436 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
437 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
440 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
443 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
444 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
447 * Server/client network synchronization module
448 * VBrick streams fully supported
449 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
452 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
453 --------------------------------
456 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
457 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
458 * Improved HTTP daemon.
459 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
462 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
463 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
464 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
465 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
466 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
467 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
468 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
471 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
472 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
473 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
474 * Improved directory access module.
475 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
476 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
477 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
478 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
479 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
482 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
483 * mmsh streaming fixes.
484 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
487 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
488 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
489 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
492 * Improved session announcement system.
493 * Minimize threads usage by default.
494 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
495 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
496 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
497 * Improved transrater.
498 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
499 * New configuration system.
500 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
503 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
504 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
505 * Supports live streams and VoD.
506 * Supports scheduling.
507 * Telnet interface for vlm.
508 * HTTP interface for vlm.
511 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
512 - Ability to embed video output.
513 - Support for bitmap fonts.
514 - Lots of improvements.
515 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
516 - New design and set of icons.
517 - Ability to embed video output.
518 - Support for hotkeys.
519 - Support for bookmarks.
521 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
522 - Better hotkeys handling.
525 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
526 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
527 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
528 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
531 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
532 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
533 * Improved Windows installer.
539 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
540 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
542 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
543 ---------------------------------
546 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
547 * Playing MOD files is working now.
550 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
551 ---------------------------------
554 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
555 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
558 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
559 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
560 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
561 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
564 * Internal improvments
565 * Improved import/export
568 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
570 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
571 small and strange formats.
573 * New MOD audio demux.
574 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
575 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
576 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
577 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
580 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
581 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
582 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
588 * New opengl video output plugin.
591 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
592 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
594 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
595 ---------------------------------
598 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
599 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
600 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
601 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
602 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
603 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
604 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
605 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
608 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
613 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
614 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
615 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
616 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
617 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
618 * Reworked DVB tuning.
619 * Better Icecast support.
620 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
621 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
624 * Support for Theora video encoding.
625 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
626 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
627 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
628 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
629 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
630 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
633 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
634 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
635 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
636 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
637 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
638 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
639 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
640 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
641 * Preliminary RTP support.
642 * Fixes to SAP announces.
647 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
648 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
650 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
651 - Improvements and help in preferences
652 - New streaming wizard
653 - Revised Disc Open menu
655 - Improvements of the standard pages
656 - Support for new commands
657 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
660 * Many fixes to the SAP module
661 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
664 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
665 * Text subtitles autodetection.
666 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
667 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
668 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
669 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
670 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
671 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
672 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
675 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
677 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
678 * Support for Panther.
679 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
680 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
683 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
684 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
685 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
686 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
687 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
688 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
689 * Multimonitor support (untested).
690 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
693 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
694 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
695 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
698 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
701 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
702 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
703 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
704 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
706 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
707 ---------------------------------
710 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
713 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
714 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
717 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
718 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
721 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
724 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
725 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
728 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
731 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
734 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
735 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
738 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
739 ---------------------------------
742 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
743 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
747 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
748 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
749 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
751 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
752 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
755 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
758 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
761 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
762 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
765 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
766 ---------------------------------
769 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
770 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
774 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
775 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
776 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
777 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
778 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
781 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
782 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
783 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
786 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
787 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
788 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
791 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
792 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
793 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
794 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
795 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
798 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
799 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
800 * A new CORBA control plugin.
803 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
806 * Improved build system.
807 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
808 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
809 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
810 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
813 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
814 ---------------------------------
817 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
820 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
821 * Fixed large file support on Windows
822 * Video 4 Linux support
823 * CD Digital Audio support
824 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
827 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
828 * Support for OpenDML avi files
829 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
830 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
833 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
834 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
835 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
836 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
837 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
838 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
839 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
842 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
843 * New HTTP remote control interface
846 * 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.
847 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
848 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
849 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
852 * New reset option for the preferences
853 * You can set your language in the prefences
854 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
855 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
856 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
857 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
860 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
861 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
862 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
865 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
866 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
867 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
868 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
869 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
870 * New icons by Davor Orel.
871 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
872 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
873 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
874 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
877 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
878 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
879 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
880 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
881 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
882 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
883 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
886 * Interface localization
887 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
888 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
889 * New full-featured Preferences window
891 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
892 ---------------------------------
895 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
896 * support for skins at the interface level
897 * new OSD module using Freetype2
898 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
899 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
900 input level before dropping out of date frames.
901 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
904 * fixed HTTP redirects
905 * support for opening an entire directory
906 * EOF should be detected more reliably
907 * new video4linux access plug-in
908 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
911 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
912 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
913 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
916 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
917 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
918 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
919 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
920 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
921 * new codec for raw I420 video
922 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
925 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
926 (although it still misses some important features)
927 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
930 * new HTTP output support
931 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
932 * fixed AV synchronization issues
935 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
938 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
941 * reorderable playlist
942 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
943 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
944 * support for mono audio output devices
945 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
946 * fixed several cosmetic issues
947 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
948 * the messages window remembers more lines
949 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
950 * http and ogg stream output options
951 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
954 * new skinnable interface
955 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
957 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
958 * support for FLAC audio format
959 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
961 * network tab in the interface
962 * "apply" handling in preferences
965 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
966 ---------------------------------
969 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
970 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
971 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
972 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
974 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
978 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
979 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
980 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
981 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
984 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
985 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
988 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
991 * fixed the GNU-pth support
994 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
996 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
997 * rc interface is now fully useable
998 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1001 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1002 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1003 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1004 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1005 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1007 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1008 * support for mouse gestures
1009 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1012 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1013 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1016 * improved ID3 tag detection
1017 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1018 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1019 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1021 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1024 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1025 ---------------------------------
1028 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1029 English was set as the preferred language
1032 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1033 --------------------------------
1036 * new mouse gesture interface
1037 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1041 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1042 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1043 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1046 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1047 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1051 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1054 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1055 without the user consent
1058 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1060 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1061 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1062 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1065 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1066 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1067 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1068 * playlist enhancements
1069 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1070 * new step forward/step backward commands
1071 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1072 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1073 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1076 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1077 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1078 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1081 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1082 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1085 * native video output is working again
1086 * only commandline interface support
1087 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1090 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1091 --------------------------------
1094 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1095 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1096 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1097 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1098 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1099 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1100 and A/52 streams are supported)
1101 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1106 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1107 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1108 * VCD entry points support
1109 * VCD image file support
1112 * support for *.asf format
1113 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1114 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1115 * support for ogg encapsulation
1116 * support for raw DV format
1117 * support for *.wav format
1118 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1121 Stream discovery & playlists:
1122 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1123 * support for .m3u file format
1124 * support for .asx file format
1125 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1128 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1129 (only available with the .avi demux)
1130 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1131 * support for raw PCM data
1132 * support for Cinepak video codec
1133 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1134 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1135 * support for Xvid codec
1136 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1137 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1138 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1140 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1142 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1145 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1148 * new WxWindows interface
1149 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1150 device and the channels configuration
1151 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1152 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1153 format that VLC can play
1154 * new swedish translation
1155 * enhancements of the playlist window
1156 * new messages window to see debug info
1157 * fixed a few crashes
1160 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1161 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1162 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1163 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working