1 Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Instantaneous pausing
6 * Frame-by-Frame playback
7 * Timeshift for all medias
8 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
9 * RTSP trickplay support
13 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
16 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
17 * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
18 * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer
21 * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files
22 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
23 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files
26 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
27 * Shine mp3 fixed point encoder
30 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
31 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
32 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
33 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
34 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
35 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
36 * DVB scanning on linux
37 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc Folder support
38 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file)
41 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
42 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
46 * Export the playlist in HTML
47 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
49 Linux/Windows interface:
50 * Recently played items list
51 * Interface customizations
52 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
55 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
58 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
59 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
60 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
61 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
64 * New Maemo port with:
65 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
66 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
69 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
72 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
73 * Surround support for PulseAudio
76 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
77 * Video is able to stay in original size in fullscreen (hotkey 'o')
80 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
83 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
84 ---------------------------------
87 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
89 Bunch of small bugfixes.
92 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
93 --------------------------------
98 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
99 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
102 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
103 --------------------------------
105 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
106 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
109 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
112 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
113 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
116 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
117 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
120 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
121 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
122 * Various fixed in playlist
125 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
128 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
131 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
132 ------------------------------------
134 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
135 * Fixes several memory leaks.
138 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
139 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
140 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
143 * Stability fix for the video output.
146 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
147 --------------------------------
150 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
151 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
152 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
153 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
154 * Fixed update system bugs
155 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
158 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
159 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
160 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
161 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
162 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
163 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
164 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
165 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
166 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
167 modern Mac OS X versions
170 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
171 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
173 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
174 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
177 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
178 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
179 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
180 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
181 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
182 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
185 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
186 --------------------------------
188 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
189 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
193 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
194 --------------------------------
196 * Multiple bug fixes.
199 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
200 ---------------------------------
204 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
205 recent to work correctly
206 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
207 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
208 edit the ".hosts" file.
209 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
210 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
211 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
212 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
213 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
214 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
215 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
216 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
217 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
218 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
219 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
220 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
221 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
222 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
223 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
224 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
225 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
226 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
227 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
228 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
229 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
230 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
231 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
232 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
233 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
234 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
235 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
236 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
237 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
238 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
239 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
240 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
241 and postproc modules.
242 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
243 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
244 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
245 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
247 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
249 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
250 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
252 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
253 * Glide video output module has been removed.
259 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
261 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
262 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
265 * Vastly improved playlist support:
266 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
268 * Shoutcast TV listings
269 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
271 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
272 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
274 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
277 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
278 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
279 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
280 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
281 * JACK audio input support
282 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
283 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
284 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
285 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
286 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
287 * Experimental EyeTV access module
288 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
289 (available as a separate download).
290 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
292 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
293 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
294 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
296 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
297 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
300 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
301 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
302 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
303 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
305 * APEv1/2 tags support
306 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
307 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
309 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
310 * TiVo Series 2 support
311 * CD+G karaoke Files support
316 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
317 * Flash Screen Video support
318 * CamStudio Screen Video support
319 * DosBox Capture support
320 * Karl Morton's Video support
321 * limited atrac3 support
323 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
324 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
325 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
327 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
328 * NellyMoser ASAO support
329 * APE (Monkey audio) support
330 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
331 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
334 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
335 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
336 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
337 * AQTitle subtitles support
338 * MKV USF subtitles support
339 * HTML-based subtitles support
340 * MPSub subtitles support
341 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
342 * MPL2 subtitles support
343 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
344 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
345 * Realtext subtitle support
346 * DKS subtitle support
347 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
348 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
351 * Flash Screen Video support
352 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
354 Video outputs and filters:
355 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
356 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
357 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
358 * New puzzle video output filter
359 * Re-written motion detection video filter
360 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
362 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
363 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
364 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
365 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
366 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
367 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
368 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
369 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
370 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
371 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
372 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
373 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
374 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
375 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
377 Audio outputs and filters:
378 * Replay gain support
379 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
380 new scaletempo audio filter)
381 * New spatializer audio filter
382 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
385 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
386 * New RTP payload formats:
387 * Speex voice audio codec
388 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
389 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
390 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
391 * DCCP transport for RTP
392 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
397 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
398 end-user suitable way.
399 * Improved user interaction
400 * Improved mouse gestures
401 * Vastly improved Update checker
402 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
404 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
405 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
407 * Improved video output features
408 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
409 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
410 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
411 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
412 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
414 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
415 if libncursesw is available.
416 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
417 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
418 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
420 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
421 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
422 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
423 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
424 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
425 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
426 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
427 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
430 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
431 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
432 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
435 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
436 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
437 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
438 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
439 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
440 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
443 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
444 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
454 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
455 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
456 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
459 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
460 ----------------------------------
463 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
466 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
467 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
468 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
469 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
470 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
471 * Updated Polish translation
474 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
475 ----------------------------------
478 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
479 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
480 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
483 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
484 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
485 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
486 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
487 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
488 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
489 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
490 to an unexpected application termination
491 * New Serbian translation
492 * Updated Romanian translation
495 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
496 ----------------------------------
499 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
500 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
501 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
502 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
503 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
504 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
505 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
506 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
509 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
510 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
511 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
512 * Fixed AAC resampling
513 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
514 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
517 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
518 ----------------------------------
521 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
522 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
523 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
524 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
525 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
528 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
529 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
530 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
531 * Close MMS access on network timeout
532 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
535 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
536 ----------------------------------
539 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
540 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
543 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
544 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
545 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
546 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
548 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
552 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
555 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
558 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
561 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
564 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
565 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
566 encoding on multi-cpu systems
567 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
568 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
570 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
571 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
572 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
573 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
576 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
579 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
580 ----------------------------------
583 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
584 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
585 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
587 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
588 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
590 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
591 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
594 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
596 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
597 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
598 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
599 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
600 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
601 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
603 * Support for current Ogg file formats
604 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
605 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
608 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
611 * The automatic updating facility was removed
612 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
613 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
614 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
617 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
618 ----------------------------------
620 Various bugfixes, notably:
621 * Windows Vista compatibility
622 * Cropping in Direct3D
623 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
624 * RSS filter string overflow
626 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
628 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
629 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
632 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
633 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
636 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
639 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
642 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
645 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
646 ----------------------------------
648 Various bugfixes, notably:
649 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
650 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
651 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
652 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
653 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
654 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
657 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
658 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
661 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
663 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
664 * Diverse usability improvements
665 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
666 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
667 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
670 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
671 ---------------------------------
674 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
677 * Fullscreen controller improvements
680 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
681 --------------------------------
684 * Shoutcast TV listings support
687 * Support for RTSP authentication
688 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
689 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
690 * ATSC support for DVB input
691 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
692 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
693 * Improved support for Flash Video files
696 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
697 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
698 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
699 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
700 * Matroska WavPack support
701 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
702 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
703 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
706 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
707 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
708 * Improved libcaca support
712 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
713 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
715 * Systray support in skins
717 * Support for Apple Remote control
718 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
719 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
720 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
721 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
723 * Notifications using notification-daemon
726 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
728 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
729 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
730 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
731 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
732 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
734 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
735 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
744 * Updates to the libvlc API
745 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
748 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
749 --------------------------------
752 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
753 * Support for downloading updates
757 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
758 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
759 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
760 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
762 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
763 * Improved subtitles encoding support
764 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
767 * Cook (Real audio) support
769 Playlist / Services discovery:
770 * XSPF playlist support
772 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
775 * New JACK audio output
779 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
780 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
781 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
782 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
783 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
784 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
787 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
790 * System to inform the user and request information
791 - HTTP authentication
795 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
796 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
797 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
800 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
801 - Improved playlist handling
802 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
804 - Embedded Video output
805 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
806 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
807 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
808 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
809 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
811 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
812 - A bunch of new RPN functions
815 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
818 * Mac-Intel compatibility
819 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
820 * Growl "Now playing" support
823 * Ability to log to syslog
824 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
827 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
829 * A bit more automatic testing
832 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
833 ---------------------------------
836 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
837 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
840 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
841 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
844 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
847 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
848 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
854 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
857 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
858 --------------------------------
861 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
865 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
866 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
867 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
870 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
871 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
872 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
873 * GnomeVFS input module
874 * Support for RTP packet reordering
875 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
878 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
879 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
880 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
883 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
884 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
890 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
891 Mixer and Dolby Surround
894 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
895 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
896 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
899 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
901 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
902 - New extended controls panel
903 - New bookmarks window
904 - Fixed playlist sorting
905 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
907 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
908 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
909 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
910 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
914 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
915 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
917 - Include macro to include other files
921 * Should now work outside IE as well
924 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
927 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
928 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
931 The following languages were added:
936 The following languages were re-added:
940 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
941 --------------------------------
944 * Rewrite of the playlist
946 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
947 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
948 * Preferences improvements:
949 - New organization, designed to improve usability
950 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
952 * Core image manipulation support
953 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
954 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
955 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
956 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
957 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
958 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
959 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
960 now separated by ':' instead of ','
961 * Access filter architecture
962 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
963 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
967 * Support for SOCKS proxy
968 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
969 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
970 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
971 * Better support for Kasenna streams
972 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
973 * Massive Matroska improvements
974 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
976 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
977 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
978 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
979 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
980 * Support for FTP over IPv6
983 * Dirac decoder and encoder
984 * PNG decoder/encoder
985 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
986 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
989 * New Record and Timeshift filters
992 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
993 * Brand new SAP module
994 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
995 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
996 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
997 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
998 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
999 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1003 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1006 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1007 * Image file video output (png)
1008 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1009 * Improvements to wall video filter
1010 * Support for font color and opacity
1016 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1017 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1018 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1022 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1023 - Improved preferences
1024 - Improvements to the wizard
1025 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1027 - Redesigned playlist
1028 - Improved preferences
1030 - Support for multiple actions
1033 - Support for the new playlist system
1035 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1038 * Screensaver disabling fix
1039 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1040 * Support for no-decoration windows
1043 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1044 * The OpenGL video output is back
1045 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1046 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1047 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1048 is not yet available in the new module
1049 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1052 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1061 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1064 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1067 The following languages were added:
1073 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1074 --------------------------------
1077 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1078 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1081 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1082 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1083 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1086 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1089 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1092 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1095 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1096 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1097 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1101 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1103 * Support of playlist group announcement
1106 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1107 --------------------------------
1110 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1111 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1112 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1113 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1114 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1115 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1118 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1119 (Stream your desktop)
1120 * Improved DVD support:
1121 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1122 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1123 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1124 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1125 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1126 (selection of titles/chapters).
1129 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1130 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1131 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1132 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1133 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1134 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1135 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1136 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1137 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1138 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1141 * G.726 audio support
1142 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1143 * MPEG-4 text support
1144 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1145 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1146 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1150 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1151 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1152 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1153 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1154 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1155 * DVB subtitles encoder
1156 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1157 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1159 * Text track muxing for mp4
1160 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1161 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1162 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1163 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1164 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1165 * Improved ASF muxer
1167 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1168 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1169 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1172 * New audio equalizer filter
1173 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1174 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1175 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1176 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1179 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1180 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1181 with support for effects.
1182 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1183 - New filters can be streamed.
1184 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1185 - Centralized scaling and blending
1187 - "time", to display current time
1188 - "marq", to display a marquee
1191 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1192 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1193 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1194 * A few skins2 improvements
1195 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1196 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1197 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1198 * Improved CORBA control module
1201 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1202 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1203 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1206 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1207 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1208 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1211 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1212 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1213 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1214 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1215 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1218 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1221 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1222 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1225 * Server/client network synchronization module
1226 * VBrick streams fully supported
1227 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1231 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1232 --------------------------------
1235 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1236 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1237 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1238 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1241 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1242 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1243 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1244 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1245 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1246 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1247 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1250 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1251 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1252 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1253 * Improved directory access module.
1254 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1255 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1256 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1257 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1258 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1261 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1262 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1263 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1266 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1267 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1268 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1271 * Improved session announcement system.
1272 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1273 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1274 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1275 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1276 * Improved transrater.
1277 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1278 * New configuration system.
1279 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1282 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1283 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1284 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1285 * Supports scheduling.
1286 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1287 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1290 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1291 - Ability to embed video output.
1292 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1293 - Lots of improvements.
1294 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1295 - New design and set of icons.
1296 - Ability to embed video output.
1297 - Support for hotkeys.
1298 - Support for bookmarks.
1300 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1301 - Better hotkeys handling.
1304 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1305 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1306 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1307 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1310 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1311 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1312 * Improved Windows installer.
1318 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1319 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1322 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1323 ---------------------------------
1326 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1327 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1330 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1331 --------------------------------
1334 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1335 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1338 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1339 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1340 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1341 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1344 * Internal improvments
1345 * Improved import/export
1348 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1350 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1351 small and strange formats.
1353 * New MOD audio demux.
1354 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1355 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1356 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1357 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1360 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1361 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1362 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1368 * New opengl video output plugin.
1371 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1372 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1375 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1376 --------------------------------
1379 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1380 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1381 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1382 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1383 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1384 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1385 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1386 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1389 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1394 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1395 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1396 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1397 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1398 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1399 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1400 * Better Icecast support.
1401 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1402 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1405 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1406 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1407 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1408 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1409 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1410 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1411 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1414 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1415 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1416 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1417 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1418 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1419 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1420 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1421 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1422 * Preliminary RTP support.
1423 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1428 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1429 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1431 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1432 - Improvements and help in preferences
1433 - New streaming wizard
1434 - Revised Disc Open menu
1436 - Improvements of the standard pages
1437 - Support for new commands
1438 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1441 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1442 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1445 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1446 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1447 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1448 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1449 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1450 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1451 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1452 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1453 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1456 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1458 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1459 * Support for Panther.
1460 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1461 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1464 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1465 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1466 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1467 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1468 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1469 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1470 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1471 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1474 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1475 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1476 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1479 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1482 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1483 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1484 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1485 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1488 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1489 --------------------------------
1492 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1495 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1496 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1499 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1500 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1503 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1506 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1507 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1510 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1513 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1516 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1517 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1521 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1522 --------------------------------
1525 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1526 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1530 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1531 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1532 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1534 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1535 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1538 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1541 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1544 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1545 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1549 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1550 --------------------------------
1553 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1554 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1558 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1559 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1560 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1561 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1562 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1565 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1566 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1567 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1570 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1571 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1572 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1575 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1576 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1577 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1578 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1579 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1582 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1583 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1584 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1587 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1590 * Improved build system.
1591 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1592 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1593 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1594 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1597 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1598 --------------------------------
1601 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1604 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1605 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1606 * Video 4 Linux support
1607 * CD Digital Audio support
1608 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1611 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1612 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1613 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1614 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1617 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1618 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1619 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1620 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1621 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1622 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1623 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1626 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1627 * New HTTP remote control interface
1630 * 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.
1631 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1632 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1633 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1636 * New reset option for the preferences
1637 * You can set your language in the prefences
1638 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1639 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1640 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1641 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1644 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1645 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1646 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1649 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1650 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1651 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1652 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1653 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1654 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1655 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1656 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1657 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1658 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1661 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1662 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1663 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1664 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1665 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1666 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1667 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1670 * Interface localization
1671 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1672 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1673 * New full-featured Preferences window
1676 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1677 --------------------------------
1680 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1681 * support for skins at the interface level
1682 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1683 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1684 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1685 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1686 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1689 * fixed HTTP redirects
1690 * support for opening an entire directory
1691 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1692 * new video4linux access plug-in
1693 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1696 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1697 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1698 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1701 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1702 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1703 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1704 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1705 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1706 * new codec for raw I420 video
1707 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1710 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1711 (although it still misses some important features)
1712 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1715 * new HTTP output support
1716 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1717 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1720 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1723 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1726 * reorderable playlist
1727 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1728 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1729 * support for mono audio output devices
1730 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1731 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1732 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1733 * the messages window remembers more lines
1734 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1735 * http and ogg stream output options
1736 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1739 * new skinnable interface
1740 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1742 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1743 * support for FLAC audio format
1744 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1746 * network tab in the interface
1747 * "apply" handling in preferences
1750 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1751 ---------------------------------
1754 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1755 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1756 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1757 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1759 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1760 * DTS S/PDIF support
1763 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1764 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1765 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1766 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1769 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1770 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1773 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1776 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1779 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1781 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1782 * rc interface is now fully useable
1783 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1786 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1787 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1788 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1789 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1790 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1792 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1793 * support for mouse gestures
1794 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1797 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1798 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1801 * improved ID3 tag detection
1802 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1803 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1804 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1806 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1809 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1810 ---------------------------------
1813 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1814 English was set as the preferred language
1817 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1818 --------------------------------
1821 * new mouse gesture interface
1822 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1826 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1827 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1828 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1831 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1832 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1836 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1839 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1840 without the user consent
1843 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1845 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1846 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1847 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1850 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1851 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1852 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1853 * playlist enhancements
1854 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1855 * new step forward/step backward commands
1856 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1857 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1858 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1861 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1862 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1863 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1866 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1867 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1870 * native video output is working again
1871 * only commandline interface support
1872 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1875 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1876 --------------------------------
1879 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1880 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1881 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1882 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1883 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1884 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1885 and A/52 streams are supported)
1886 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1891 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1892 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1893 * VCD entry points support
1894 * VCD image file support
1897 * support for *.asf format
1898 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1899 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1900 * support for ogg encapsulation
1901 * support for raw DV format
1902 * support for *.wav format
1903 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1906 Stream discovery & playlists:
1907 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1908 * support for .m3u file format
1909 * support for .asx file format
1910 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1913 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1914 (only available with the .avi demux)
1915 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1916 * support for raw PCM data
1917 * support for Cinepak video codec
1918 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1919 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1920 * support for Xvid codec
1921 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1922 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1923 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1925 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1927 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1930 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1933 * new WxWindows interface
1934 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1935 device and the channels configuration
1936 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1937 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1938 format that VLC can play
1939 * new swedish translation
1940 * enhancements of the playlist window
1941 * new messages window to see debug info
1942 * fixed a few crashes
1945 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1946 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1947 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1948 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working