3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-aspect-ratio option
15 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
16 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
18 * GnomeVFS input module
21 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
22 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
25 * UPnP service discovery
26 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
32 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
33 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
37 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
38 - New extended controls panel
39 - New bookmarks window
40 - Fixed playlist sorting
41 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
43 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
44 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
46 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
50 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
51 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
53 - Include macro to include other files
57 * Should now work outside IE as well
60 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
63 The following languages were added:
67 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
68 --------------------------------
71 * Rewrite of the playlist
73 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
74 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
75 * Preferences improvements:
76 - New organization, designed to improve usability
77 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
79 * Core image manipulation support
80 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
81 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
82 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
83 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
84 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
85 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
86 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
87 now separated by ':' instead of ','
88 * Access filter architecture
89 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
90 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
94 * Support for SOCKS proxy
95 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
96 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
97 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
98 * Better support for Kasenna streams
99 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
100 * Massive Matroska improvements
101 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
103 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
104 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
105 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
106 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
107 * Support for FTP over IPv6
110 * Dirac decoder and encoder
111 * PNG decoder/encoder
112 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
113 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
116 * New Record and Timeshift filters
119 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
120 * Brand new SAP module
121 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
122 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
123 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
124 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
125 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
126 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
130 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
133 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
134 * Image file video output (png)
135 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
136 * Improvements to wall video filter
137 * Support for font color and opacity
143 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
144 - Seeking support in VoD streams
145 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
149 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
150 - Improved preferences
151 - Improvements to the wizard
152 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
154 - Redesigned playlist
155 - Improved preferences
157 - Support for multiple actions
160 - Support for the new playlist system
162 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
165 * Screensaver disabling fix
166 * DirectShow tuner configuration
167 * Support for no-decoration windows
170 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
171 * The OpenGL video output is back
172 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
173 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
174 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
175 is not yet available in the new module
176 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
179 * Support for single-buffered overlay
188 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
191 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
194 The following languages were added:
200 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
201 -----------------------------------------------------
204 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
205 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
208 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
209 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
210 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
213 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
216 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
219 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
222 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
223 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
224 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
228 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
230 * Support of playlist group announcement
232 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
233 -----------------------------------------------------
236 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
237 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
238 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
239 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
240 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
241 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
244 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
245 (Stream your desktop)
246 * Improved DVD support:
247 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
248 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
249 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
250 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
251 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
252 (selection of titles/chapters).
255 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
256 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
257 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
258 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
259 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
260 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
261 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
262 * Improved Ogg demuxer
263 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
264 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
267 * G.726 audio support
268 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
269 * MPEG-4 text support
270 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
271 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
272 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
276 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
277 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
278 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
279 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
280 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
281 * DVB subtitles encoder
282 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
283 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
285 * Text track muxing for mp4
286 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
287 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
288 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
289 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
290 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
293 * H.263 RTP streaming support
294 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
295 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
298 * New audio equalizer filter
299 * Very trivial volume normalizer
300 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
301 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
302 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
305 * Roku HD1000 Video output
306 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
307 with support for effects.
308 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
309 - New filters can be streamed.
310 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
311 - Centralized scaling and blending
313 - "time", to display current time
314 - "marq", to display a marquee
317 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
318 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
319 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
320 * A few skins2 improvements
321 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
322 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
323 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
324 * Improved CORBA control module
327 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
328 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
329 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
332 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
333 * Experimental SVG rendering module
334 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
337 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
338 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
339 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
340 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
341 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
344 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
347 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
348 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
351 * Server/client network synchronization module
352 * VBrick streams fully supported
353 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
356 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
357 --------------------------------
360 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
361 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
362 * Improved HTTP daemon.
363 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
366 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
367 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
368 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
369 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
370 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
371 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
372 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
375 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
376 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
377 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
378 * Improved directory access module.
379 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
380 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
381 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
382 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
383 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
386 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
387 * mmsh streaming fixes.
388 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
391 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
392 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
393 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
396 * Improved session announcement system.
397 * Minimize threads usage by default.
398 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
399 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
400 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
401 * Improved transrater.
402 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
403 * New configuration system.
404 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
407 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
408 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
409 * Supports live streams and VoD.
410 * Supports scheduling.
411 * Telnet interface for vlm.
412 * HTTP interface for vlm.
415 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
416 - Ability to embed video output.
417 - Support for bitmap fonts.
418 - Lots of improvements.
419 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
420 - New design and set of icons.
421 - Ability to embed video output.
422 - Support for hotkeys.
423 - Support for bookmarks.
425 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
426 - Better hotkeys handling.
429 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
430 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
431 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
432 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
435 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
436 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
437 * Improved Windows installer.
443 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
444 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
446 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
447 ---------------------------------
450 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
451 * Playing MOD files is working now.
454 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
455 ---------------------------------
458 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
459 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
462 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
463 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
464 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
465 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
468 * Internal improvments
469 * Improved import/export
472 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
474 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
475 small and strange formats.
477 * New MOD audio demux.
478 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
479 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
480 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
481 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
484 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
485 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
486 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
492 * New opengl video output plugin.
495 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
496 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
498 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
499 ---------------------------------
502 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
503 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
504 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
505 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
506 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
507 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
508 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
509 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
512 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
517 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
518 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
519 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
520 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
521 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
522 * Reworked DVB tuning.
523 * Better Icecast support.
524 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
525 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
528 * Support for Theora video encoding.
529 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
530 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
531 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
532 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
533 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
534 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
537 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
538 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
539 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
540 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
541 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
542 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
543 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
544 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
545 * Preliminary RTP support.
546 * Fixes to SAP announces.
551 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
552 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
554 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
555 - Improvements and help in preferences
556 - New streaming wizard
557 - Revised Disc Open menu
559 - Improvements of the standard pages
560 - Support for new commands
561 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
564 * Many fixes to the SAP module
565 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
568 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
569 * Text subtitles autodetection.
570 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
571 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
572 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
573 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
574 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
575 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
576 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
579 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
581 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
582 * Support for Panther.
583 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
584 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
587 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
588 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
589 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
590 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
591 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
592 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
593 * Multimonitor support (untested).
594 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
597 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
598 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
599 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
602 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
605 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
606 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
607 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
608 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
610 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
611 ---------------------------------
614 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
617 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
618 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
621 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
622 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
625 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
628 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
629 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
632 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
635 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
638 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
639 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
642 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
643 ---------------------------------
646 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
647 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
651 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
652 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
653 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
655 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
656 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
659 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
662 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
665 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
666 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
669 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
670 ---------------------------------
673 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
674 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
678 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
679 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
680 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
681 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
682 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
685 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
686 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
687 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
690 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
691 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
692 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
695 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
696 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
697 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
698 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
699 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
702 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
703 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
704 * A new CORBA control plugin.
707 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
710 * Improved build system.
711 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
712 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
713 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
714 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
717 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
718 ---------------------------------
721 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
724 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
725 * Fixed large file support on Windows
726 * Video 4 Linux support
727 * CD Digital Audio support
728 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
731 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
732 * Support for OpenDML avi files
733 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
734 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
737 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
738 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
739 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
740 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
741 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
742 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
743 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
746 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
747 * New HTTP remote control interface
750 * 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.
751 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
752 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
753 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
756 * New reset option for the preferences
757 * You can set your language in the prefences
758 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
759 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
760 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
761 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
764 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
765 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
766 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
769 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
770 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
771 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
772 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
773 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
774 * New icons by Davor Orel.
775 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
776 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
777 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
778 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
781 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
782 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
783 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
784 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
785 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
786 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
787 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
790 * Interface localization
791 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
792 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
793 * New full-featured Preferences window
795 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
796 ---------------------------------
799 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
800 * support for skins at the interface level
801 * new OSD module using Freetype2
802 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
803 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
804 input level before dropping out of date frames.
805 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
808 * fixed HTTP redirects
809 * support for opening an entire directory
810 * EOF should be detected more reliably
811 * new video4linux access plug-in
812 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
815 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
816 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
817 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
820 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
821 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
822 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
823 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
824 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
825 * new codec for raw I420 video
826 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
829 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
830 (although it still misses some important features)
831 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
834 * new HTTP output support
835 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
836 * fixed AV synchronization issues
839 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
842 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
845 * reorderable playlist
846 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
847 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
848 * support for mono audio output devices
849 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
850 * fixed several cosmetic issues
851 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
852 * the messages window remembers more lines
853 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
854 * http and ogg stream output options
855 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
858 * new skinnable interface
859 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
861 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
862 * support for FLAC audio format
863 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
865 * network tab in the interface
866 * "apply" handling in preferences
869 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
870 ---------------------------------
873 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
874 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
875 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
876 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
878 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
882 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
883 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
884 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
885 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
888 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
889 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
892 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
895 * fixed the GNU-pth support
898 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
900 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
901 * rc interface is now fully useable
902 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
905 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
906 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
907 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
908 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
909 * VLC now uses the default audio device
911 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
912 * support for mouse gestures
913 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
916 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
917 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
920 * improved ID3 tag detection
921 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
922 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
923 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
925 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
928 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
929 ---------------------------------
932 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
933 English was set as the preferred language
936 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
937 --------------------------------
940 * new mouse gesture interface
941 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
945 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
946 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
947 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
950 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
951 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
955 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
958 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
959 without the user consent
962 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
964 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
965 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
966 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
969 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
970 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
971 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
972 * playlist enhancements
973 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
974 * new step forward/step backward commands
975 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
976 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
977 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
980 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
981 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
982 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
985 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
986 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
989 * native video output is working again
990 * only commandline interface support
991 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
994 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
995 --------------------------------
998 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
999 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1000 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1001 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1002 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1003 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1004 and A/52 streams are supported)
1005 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1010 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1011 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1012 * VCD entry points support
1013 * VCD image file support
1016 * support for *.asf format
1017 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1018 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1019 * support for ogg encapsulation
1020 * support for raw DV format
1021 * support for *.wav format
1022 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1025 Stream discovery & playlists:
1026 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1027 * support for .m3u file format
1028 * support for .asx file format
1029 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1032 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1033 (only available with the .avi demux)
1034 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1035 * support for raw PCM data
1036 * support for Cinepak video codec
1037 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1038 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1039 * support for Xvid codec
1040 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1041 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1042 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1044 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1046 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1049 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1052 * new WxWindows interface
1053 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1054 device and the channels configuration
1055 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1056 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1057 format that VLC can play
1058 * new swedish translation
1059 * enhancements of the playlist window
1060 * new messages window to see debug info
1061 * fixed a few crashes
1064 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1065 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1066 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1067 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working