1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.65 2003/08/24 17:24:33 gbazin Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and HEAD:
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7 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
10 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
11 * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
14 * Support for AAC + SBR.
17 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X.
20 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
21 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
22 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
25 * Text subtitles filename and charset autodetection.
26 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
28 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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32 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
35 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
36 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
39 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
40 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
43 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
46 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
47 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
50 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
53 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
56 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
57 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
60 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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64 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
65 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
69 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
70 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
71 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
72 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
73 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
76 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
77 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
78 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
81 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
82 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
83 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
86 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
87 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
88 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
89 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
90 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
93 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
94 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
95 * A new CORBA control plugin.
98 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
101 * Improved build system.
102 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
103 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
104 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
105 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
108 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
109 ---------------------------------
112 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
115 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
116 * Fixed large file support on Windows
117 * Video 4 Linux support
118 * CD Digital Audio support
119 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
122 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
123 * Support for OpenDML avi files
124 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
125 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
128 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
129 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
130 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
131 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
132 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
133 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
134 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
137 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
138 * New HTTP remote control interface
141 * 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.
142 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
143 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
144 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
147 * New reset option for the preferences
148 * You can set your language in the prefences
149 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
150 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
151 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
152 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
155 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
156 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
157 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
160 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
161 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
162 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
163 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
164 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
165 * New icons by Davor Orel.
166 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
167 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
168 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
169 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
172 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
173 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
174 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
175 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
176 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
177 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
178 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
181 * Interface localization
182 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
183 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
184 * New full-featured Preferences window
186 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
187 ---------------------------------
190 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
191 * support for skins at the interface level
192 * new OSD module using Freetype2
193 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
194 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
195 input level before dropping out of date frames.
196 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
199 * fixed HTTP redirects
200 * support for opening an entire directory
201 * EOF should be detected more reliably
202 * new video4linux access plug-in
203 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
206 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
207 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
208 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
211 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
212 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
213 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
214 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
215 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
216 * new codec for raw I420 video
217 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
220 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
221 (although it still misses some important features)
222 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
225 * new HTTP output support
226 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
227 * fixed AV synchronization issues
230 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
233 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
236 * reorderable playlist
237 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
238 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
239 * support for mono audio output devices
240 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
241 * fixed several cosmetic issues
242 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
243 * the messages window remembers more lines
244 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
245 * http and ogg stream output options
246 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
249 * new skinnable interface
250 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
252 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
253 * support for FLAC audio format
254 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
256 * network tab in the interface
257 * "apply" handling in preferences
260 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
261 ---------------------------------
264 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
265 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
266 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
267 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
269 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
273 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
274 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
275 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
276 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
279 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
280 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
283 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
286 * fixed the GNU-pth support
289 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
291 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
292 * rc interface is now fully useable
293 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
296 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
297 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
298 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
299 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
300 * VLC now uses the default audio device
302 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
303 * support for mouse gestures
304 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
307 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
308 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
311 * improved ID3 tag detection
312 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
313 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
314 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
316 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
319 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
320 ---------------------------------
323 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
324 English was set as the preferred language
327 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
328 --------------------------------
331 * new mouse gesture interface
332 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
336 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
337 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
338 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
341 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
342 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
346 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
349 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
350 without the user consent
353 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
355 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
356 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
357 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
360 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
361 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
362 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
363 * playlist enhancements
364 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
365 * new step forward/step backward commands
366 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
367 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
368 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
371 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
372 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
373 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
376 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
377 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
380 * native video output is working again
381 * only commandline interface support
382 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
385 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
386 --------------------------------
389 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
390 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
391 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
392 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
393 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
394 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
395 and A/52 streams are supported)
396 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
401 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
402 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
403 * VCD entry points support
404 * VCD image file support
407 * support for *.asf format
408 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
409 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
410 * support for ogg encapsulation
411 * support for raw DV format
412 * support for *.wav format
413 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
416 Stream discovery & playlists:
417 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
418 * support for .m3u file format
419 * support for .asx file format
420 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
423 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
424 (only available with the .avi demux)
425 * support for ADPCM audio codec
426 * support for raw PCM data
427 * support for Cinepak video codec
428 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
429 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
430 * support for Xvid codec
431 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
432 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
433 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
435 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
437 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
440 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
443 * new WxWindows interface
444 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
445 device and the channels configuration
446 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
447 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
448 format that VLC can play
449 * new swedish translation
450 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
452 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
453 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
454 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
457 * localization support via GNU gettext software
458 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
459 * new preferences panel
460 * new open panel with full features
461 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
462 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
463 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
466 * preferences dialog box redesigned
467 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
469 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
470 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
471 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
472 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
475 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
477 * enhancements of the playlist window
478 * new messages window to see debug info
479 * fixed a few crashes
482 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
483 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
484 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
485 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working