3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
12 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
13 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
14 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
15 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
16 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
17 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
18 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
19 interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
20 It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version.
21 If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
22 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
23 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
24 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
25 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
26 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
27 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
28 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
29 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
30 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
31 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
32 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
33 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
34 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
35 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
36 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
37 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
43 * Vastly improved playlist support:
44 * Media library support
46 * Shoutcast TV listings
47 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
49 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
50 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
51 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
52 share/lua/meta/README.txt
55 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
56 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
57 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
58 * JACK audio input support
59 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
60 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
61 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
62 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
63 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
65 * APEv1/2 tags support
66 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
67 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
69 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
70 * TiVo Series 2 support
71 * v4l2 access module support
72 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
73 * CD+G karaoke Files support
75 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X using OpenGL
77 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
78 * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
79 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
80 (available as a separate download).
81 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
85 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
86 * Flash Screen Video support
87 * CamStudio Screen Video support
88 * DosBox Capture support
89 * Karl Morton's Video support
90 * limited atrac3 support
91 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
92 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
93 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
94 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
96 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
97 * NellyMoser ASAO support
98 * APE (Monkey audio) support
99 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
100 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
103 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
104 * AQTitle subtitles support
105 * MKV USF subtitles support
106 * HTML-based subtitles support
107 * MPSub subtitles support
108 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
109 * MPL2 subtitles support
110 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
111 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
112 * Realtext subtitle support
113 * DKS subtitle support
114 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
117 * Flash Screen Video support
118 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
120 Video output and filters:
121 * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
122 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
123 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
124 * New puzzle video output filter
125 * Re-written motion detection video filter
126 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
128 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
129 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
130 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
131 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
132 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
133 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
134 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
135 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
136 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
137 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
138 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
139 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
141 Audio output and filters
142 * Replay gain support
143 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
144 * New spatializer audio filter
145 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
148 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
149 * New RTP payload formats:
150 * Speex voice audio codec
151 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
152 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
153 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
154 * DCCP transport for RTP
155 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
159 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
161 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
162 end-user suitable way.
163 * Improved user interaction
164 * Improved mouse gestures
165 * Vastly improved Update checker
166 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
168 * Improved video output features
169 * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
170 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
171 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
172 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
174 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
175 if libncursesw is available.
176 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
177 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
179 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
180 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
181 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
182 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
183 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
184 * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
185 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
186 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
189 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
190 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
191 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
194 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
195 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
196 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
197 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
198 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued.
201 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
202 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
210 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
211 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
212 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
214 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
215 ----------------------------------
218 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
219 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
220 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
221 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
222 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
225 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
226 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
227 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
228 * Close MMS access on network timeout
229 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
232 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
233 ----------------------------------
236 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
237 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
240 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
241 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
242 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
243 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
245 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
249 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
252 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
255 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
258 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
261 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
262 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
263 encoding on multi-cpu systems
264 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
265 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
267 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
268 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
269 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
270 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
273 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
276 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
277 ----------------------------------
280 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
281 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
282 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
284 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
285 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
287 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
288 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
291 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
293 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
294 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
295 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
296 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
297 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
298 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
300 * Support for current Ogg file formats
301 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
302 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
305 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
308 * The automatic updating facility was removed
309 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
310 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
311 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
314 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
315 ----------------------------------
317 Various bugfixes, notably:
318 * Windows Vista compatibility
319 * Cropping in Direct3D
320 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
321 * RSS filter string overflow
323 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
325 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
326 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
329 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
330 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
333 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
336 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
339 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
342 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
343 ----------------------------------
345 Various bugfixes, notably:
346 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
347 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
348 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
349 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
350 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
351 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
354 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
355 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
358 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
360 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
361 * Diverse usability improvements
362 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
363 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
364 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
367 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
368 ---------------------------------
371 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
374 * Fullscreen controller improvements
377 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
378 --------------------------------
381 * Shoutcast TV listings support
384 * Support for RTSP authentication
385 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
386 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
387 * ATSC support for DVB input
388 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
389 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
390 * Improved support for Flash Video files
393 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
394 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
395 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
396 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
397 * Matroska WavPack support
398 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
399 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
400 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
403 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
404 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
405 * Improved libcaca support
409 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
410 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
412 * Systray support in skins
414 * Support for Apple Remote control
415 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
416 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
417 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
418 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
420 * Notifications using notification-daemon
423 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
425 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
426 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
427 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
428 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
429 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
431 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
432 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
441 * Updates to the libvlc API
442 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
445 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
446 --------------------------------
449 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
450 * Support for downloading updates
454 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
455 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
456 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
457 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
459 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
460 * Improved subtitles encoding support
461 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
464 * Cook (Real audio) support
466 Playlist / Services discovery:
467 * XSPF playlist support
469 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
472 * New JACK audio output
476 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
477 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
478 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
479 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
480 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
481 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
484 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
487 * System to inform the user and request information
488 - HTTP authentication
492 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
493 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
494 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
497 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
498 - Improved playlist handling
499 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
501 - Embedded Video output
502 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
503 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
504 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
505 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
506 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
508 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
509 - A bunch of new RPN functions
512 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
515 * Mac-Intel compatibility
516 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
517 * Growl "Now playing" support
520 * Ability to log to syslog
521 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
524 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
526 * A bit more automatic testing
529 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
530 ---------------------------------
533 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
534 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
537 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
538 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
541 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
544 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
545 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
551 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
554 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
555 --------------------------------
558 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
562 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
563 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
564 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
567 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
568 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
569 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
570 * GnomeVFS input module
571 * Support for RTP packet reordering
572 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
575 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
576 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
577 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
580 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
581 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
587 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
588 Mixer and Dolby Surround
591 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
592 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
593 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
596 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
598 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
599 - New extended controls panel
600 - New bookmarks window
601 - Fixed playlist sorting
602 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
604 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
605 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
606 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
607 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
611 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
612 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
614 - Include macro to include other files
618 * Should now work outside IE as well
621 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
624 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
625 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
628 The following languages were added:
633 The following languages were re-added:
637 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
638 --------------------------------
641 * Rewrite of the playlist
643 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
644 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
645 * Preferences improvements:
646 - New organization, designed to improve usability
647 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
649 * Core image manipulation support
650 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
651 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
652 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
653 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
654 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
655 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
656 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
657 now separated by ':' instead of ','
658 * Access filter architecture
659 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
660 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
664 * Support for SOCKS proxy
665 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
666 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
667 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
668 * Better support for Kasenna streams
669 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
670 * Massive Matroska improvements
671 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
673 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
674 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
675 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
676 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
677 * Support for FTP over IPv6
680 * Dirac decoder and encoder
681 * PNG decoder/encoder
682 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
683 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
686 * New Record and Timeshift filters
689 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
690 * Brand new SAP module
691 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
692 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
693 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
694 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
695 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
696 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
700 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
703 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
704 * Image file video output (png)
705 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
706 * Improvements to wall video filter
707 * Support for font color and opacity
713 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
714 - Seeking support in VoD streams
715 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
719 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
720 - Improved preferences
721 - Improvements to the wizard
722 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
724 - Redesigned playlist
725 - Improved preferences
727 - Support for multiple actions
730 - Support for the new playlist system
732 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
735 * Screensaver disabling fix
736 * DirectShow tuner configuration
737 * Support for no-decoration windows
740 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
741 * The OpenGL video output is back
742 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
743 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
744 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
745 is not yet available in the new module
746 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
749 * Support for single-buffered overlay
758 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
761 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
764 The following languages were added:
770 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
771 --------------------------------
774 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
775 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
778 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
779 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
780 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
783 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
786 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
789 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
792 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
793 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
794 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
798 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
800 * Support of playlist group announcement
803 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
804 --------------------------------
807 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
808 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
809 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
810 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
811 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
812 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
815 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
816 (Stream your desktop)
817 * Improved DVD support:
818 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
819 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
820 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
821 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
822 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
823 (selection of titles/chapters).
826 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
827 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
828 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
829 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
830 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
831 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
832 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
833 * Improved Ogg demuxer
834 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
835 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
838 * G.726 audio support
839 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
840 * MPEG-4 text support
841 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
842 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
843 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
847 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
848 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
849 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
850 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
851 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
852 * DVB subtitles encoder
853 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
854 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
856 * Text track muxing for mp4
857 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
858 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
859 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
860 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
861 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
864 * H.263 RTP streaming support
865 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
866 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
869 * New audio equalizer filter
870 * Very trivial volume normalizer
871 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
872 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
873 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
876 * Roku HD1000 Video output
877 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
878 with support for effects.
879 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
880 - New filters can be streamed.
881 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
882 - Centralized scaling and blending
884 - "time", to display current time
885 - "marq", to display a marquee
888 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
889 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
890 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
891 * A few skins2 improvements
892 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
893 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
894 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
895 * Improved CORBA control module
898 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
899 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
900 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
903 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
904 * Experimental SVG rendering module
905 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
908 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
909 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
910 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
911 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
912 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
915 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
918 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
919 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
922 * Server/client network synchronization module
923 * VBrick streams fully supported
924 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
928 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
929 --------------------------------
932 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
933 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
934 * Improved HTTP daemon.
935 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
938 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
939 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
940 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
941 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
942 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
943 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
944 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
947 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
948 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
949 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
950 * Improved directory access module.
951 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
952 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
953 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
954 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
955 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
958 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
959 * mmsh streaming fixes.
960 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
963 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
964 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
965 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
968 * Improved session announcement system.
969 * Minimize threads usage by default.
970 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
971 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
972 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
973 * Improved transrater.
974 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
975 * New configuration system.
976 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
979 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
980 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
981 * Supports live streams and VoD.
982 * Supports scheduling.
983 * Telnet interface for vlm.
984 * HTTP interface for vlm.
987 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
988 - Ability to embed video output.
989 - Support for bitmap fonts.
990 - Lots of improvements.
991 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
992 - New design and set of icons.
993 - Ability to embed video output.
994 - Support for hotkeys.
995 - Support for bookmarks.
997 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
998 - Better hotkeys handling.
1001 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1002 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1003 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1004 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1007 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1008 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1009 * Improved Windows installer.
1015 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1016 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1019 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1020 ---------------------------------
1023 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1024 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1027 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1028 --------------------------------
1031 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1032 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1035 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1036 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1037 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1038 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1041 * Internal improvments
1042 * Improved import/export
1045 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1047 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1048 small and strange formats.
1050 * New MOD audio demux.
1051 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1052 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1053 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1054 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1057 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1058 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1059 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1065 * New opengl video output plugin.
1068 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1069 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1072 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1073 --------------------------------
1076 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1077 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1078 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1079 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1080 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1081 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1082 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1083 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1086 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1091 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1092 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1093 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1094 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1095 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1096 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1097 * Better Icecast support.
1098 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1099 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1102 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1103 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1104 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1105 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1106 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1107 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1108 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1111 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1112 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1113 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1114 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1115 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1116 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1117 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1118 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1119 * Preliminary RTP support.
1120 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1125 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1126 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1128 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1129 - Improvements and help in preferences
1130 - New streaming wizard
1131 - Revised Disc Open menu
1133 - Improvements of the standard pages
1134 - Support for new commands
1135 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1138 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1139 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1142 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1143 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1144 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1145 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1146 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1147 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1148 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1149 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1150 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1153 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1155 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1156 * Support for Panther.
1157 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1158 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1161 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1162 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1163 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1164 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1165 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1166 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1167 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1168 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1171 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1172 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1173 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1176 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1179 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1180 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1181 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1182 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1185 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1186 --------------------------------
1189 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1192 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1193 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1196 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1197 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1200 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1203 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1204 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1207 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1210 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1213 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1214 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1218 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1219 --------------------------------
1222 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1223 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1227 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1228 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1229 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1231 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1232 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1235 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1238 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1241 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1242 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1246 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1247 --------------------------------
1250 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1251 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1255 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1256 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1257 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1258 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1259 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1262 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1263 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1264 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1267 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1268 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1269 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1272 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1273 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1274 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1275 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1276 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1279 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1280 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1281 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1284 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1287 * Improved build system.
1288 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1289 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1290 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1291 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1294 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1295 --------------------------------
1298 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1301 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1302 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1303 * Video 4 Linux support
1304 * CD Digital Audio support
1305 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1308 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1309 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1310 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1311 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1314 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1315 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1316 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1317 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1318 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1319 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1320 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1323 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1324 * New HTTP remote control interface
1327 * 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.
1328 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1329 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1330 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1333 * New reset option for the preferences
1334 * You can set your language in the prefences
1335 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1336 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1337 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1338 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1341 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1342 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1343 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1346 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1347 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1348 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1349 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1350 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1351 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1352 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1353 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1354 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1355 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1358 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1359 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1360 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1361 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1362 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1363 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1364 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1367 * Interface localization
1368 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1369 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1370 * New full-featured Preferences window
1373 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1374 --------------------------------
1377 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1378 * support for skins at the interface level
1379 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1380 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1381 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1382 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1383 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1386 * fixed HTTP redirects
1387 * support for opening an entire directory
1388 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1389 * new video4linux access plug-in
1390 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1393 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1394 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1395 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1398 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1399 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1400 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1401 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1402 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1403 * new codec for raw I420 video
1404 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1407 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1408 (although it still misses some important features)
1409 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1412 * new HTTP output support
1413 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1414 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1417 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1420 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1423 * reorderable playlist
1424 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1425 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1426 * support for mono audio output devices
1427 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1428 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1429 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1430 * the messages window remembers more lines
1431 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1432 * http and ogg stream output options
1433 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1436 * new skinnable interface
1437 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1439 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1440 * support for FLAC audio format
1441 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1443 * network tab in the interface
1444 * "apply" handling in preferences
1447 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1448 ---------------------------------
1451 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1452 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1453 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1454 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1456 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1457 * DTS S/PDIF support
1460 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1461 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1462 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1463 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1466 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1467 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1470 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1473 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1476 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1478 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1479 * rc interface is now fully useable
1480 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1483 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1484 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1485 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1486 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1487 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1489 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1490 * support for mouse gestures
1491 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1494 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1495 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1498 * improved ID3 tag detection
1499 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1500 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1501 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1503 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1506 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1507 ---------------------------------
1510 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1511 English was set as the preferred language
1514 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1515 --------------------------------
1518 * new mouse gesture interface
1519 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1523 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1524 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1525 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1528 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1529 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1533 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1536 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1537 without the user consent
1540 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1542 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1543 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1544 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1547 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1548 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1549 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1550 * playlist enhancements
1551 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1552 * new step forward/step backward commands
1553 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1554 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1555 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1558 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1559 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1560 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1563 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1564 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1567 * native video output is working again
1568 * only commandline interface support
1569 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1572 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1573 --------------------------------
1576 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1577 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1578 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1579 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1580 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1581 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1582 and A/52 streams are supported)
1583 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1588 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1589 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1590 * VCD entry points support
1591 * VCD image file support
1594 * support for *.asf format
1595 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1596 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1597 * support for ogg encapsulation
1598 * support for raw DV format
1599 * support for *.wav format
1600 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1603 Stream discovery & playlists:
1604 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1605 * support for .m3u file format
1606 * support for .asx file format
1607 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1610 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1611 (only available with the .avi demux)
1612 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1613 * support for raw PCM data
1614 * support for Cinepak video codec
1615 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1616 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1617 * support for Xvid codec
1618 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1619 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1620 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1622 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1624 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1627 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1630 * new WxWindows interface
1631 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1632 device and the channels configuration
1633 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1634 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1635 format that VLC can play
1636 * new swedish translation
1637 * enhancements of the playlist window
1638 * new messages window to see debug info
1639 * fixed a few crashes
1642 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1643 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1644 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1645 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working